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   name  = Hi-Tech Land Sega|
   name  = Hi-Tech Land Sega|
   held_by    = [[Sega]]|
   held_by    = [[Genda Sega Entertainment]]|
   image = [[File:Hi-tech land sega.png|300px]]|
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   location        = Japan|
   location        = Japan|
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'''Hi-Tech Land Sega''' was a chain of [[arcade|arcades]] in Japan.
'''Hi-Tech Land Sega''' was a chain of [[arcade]]s in Japan and Taiwan alongside others including [[Club Sega]], [[Hi-Tech Sega]], [[Joypolis]], [[Sega Arena]], [[Sega World]], and [[Sega]] branded game center locations.


Other Sega locations in Japan included [[Club Sega]], [[Hi-Tech Sega]], [[Joypolis]], [[Sega Arena]], [[Sega World]], and [[Sega]] branded arcade locations.
They were managed by [[Genda Sega Entertainment]].  


The first Hi-Tech Land Sega location opened in October 1986.
The first Hi-Tech Land Sega location opened in October [[1986]]. Hi-Tech Land Sega arcades were renamed to [[GiGO]] in March [[2022]].


==Renaming of Hi-Tech Land Sega locations==
==Renaming of Hi-Tech Land Sega locations==
[[File:Hi-Tech Land Panda.jpg|left|250px]]
[[File:Hi-Tech Land Panda.jpg|left|295px]]
In December 2020, Genda purchased the majority of Sega's share of the stock in Genda Sega Entertainment.
On November 4, [[2020]], Genda acquired 85.1% of Sega's share of the stock in [[Sega Entertainment]]. The company was renamed Genda Sega Entertainment.


On January 28, 2022, Genda purchased the remaining shares and renamed the company Genda GiGO Entertainment.
On January 28, 2022, due to losses sustained during the worldwide [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Genda purchased the remaining shares and renamed the company [[Genda GiGO Entertainment]].


Beginning on March 9, 2022, and continuing in the following months, all of the Sega-branded arcades in Japan were rebranded as [[GiGO]] arcades.
Beginning on March 9, 2022, and continuing in the following months, all of the Sega-branded arcades in Japan were rebranded as GiGO arcades.


==Appearances in video games==
==Appearances in video games==

Latest revision as of 23:41, 30 July 2024

Hi-tech land sega.png
Hi-Tech Land Sega
Held byGenda Sega Entertainment
LocationJapan
Date(s)October 1986 - March 2022
LinkN/A
Hi-tech land sega.jpg

Hi-Tech Land Sega was a chain of arcades in Japan and Taiwan alongside others including Club Sega, Hi-Tech Sega, Joypolis, Sega Arena, Sega World, and Sega branded game center locations.

They were managed by Genda Sega Entertainment.

The first Hi-Tech Land Sega location opened in October 1986. Hi-Tech Land Sega arcades were renamed to GiGO in March 2022.

Renaming of Hi-Tech Land Sega locations

Hi-Tech Land Panda.jpg

On November 4, 2020, Genda acquired 85.1% of Sega's share of the stock in Sega Entertainment. The company was renamed Genda Sega Entertainment.

On January 28, 2022, due to losses sustained during the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, Genda purchased the remaining shares and renamed the company Genda GiGO Entertainment.

Beginning on March 9, 2022, and continuing in the following months, all of the Sega-branded arcades in Japan were rebranded as GiGO arcades.

Appearances in video games

Hi-Tech Land Sega appears as a location in Yakuza 0.

There are also Panda and Game branded Hi-Tech Land arcades that appear as locations in Shenmue III.