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Nice! Initial D arcade game in real cars photo

The anime and manga series Initial D is based around illegal street racing, and has maintained it's popularity with fans for some time. The series has since made the transition to popular racing game, eventually hitting consoles and arcades everywhere. In your travels, you may have come across SEGA's Initial D Arcade Stage cabinets in bigger arcades, but it's unlikely that you've stumbled onto one like this.

Visitors to the fun little entertainment island of Odaiba, Japan should make their way to SEGA's Joypolis amusement park this summer to see a special revision of the Initial D Arcade Stage 4 Limited arcade game using real cars. The series' Toyota Trueno, Subaru WRX, and Mazda RX-7 Type-R are all there, mounted on motion mechanisms (sans engine) in front of a 90 inch monitor.

Players are assigned to each car's respective character (example: the Trueno's character will be Fujiwara), and the game supports both automatic and manual transmission selection. Each game costs 600 yen (about $5). Riding shotgun (or suicide seat) is free.

This is a limited time engagement, so Initial D fans will need to quickly find a way to Japan. 

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Mr Derp's Avatar
Mr Derp at 07/27/2007 09:57
FD RX's are pure sex.... even sans the rotary.

screen needs to be bigger, those crazy j**s
pattern's Avatar
pattern at 07/27/2007 10:10
Awesome!
Blazingluke's Avatar
Blazingluke at 07/27/2007 10:14
I want to play!
fetusmilk's Avatar
fetusmilk at 07/27/2007 10:15
for some reason i think it would be weird to play that on the wrx cabinet and then get back into my wrx.
Dale North's Avatar
Dale North at 07/27/2007 10:32
fetusmilk - that would be kinda odd
mid3vol's Avatar
mid3vol at 07/27/2007 10:55
'01 wrx *faps uncontrollably* oh blessed lawd
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SaraAB87 at 07/27/2007 11:16
This is very sweet! It looks like they may have modified their Sega Touring Car Championship machine!
UNDERSTAR's Avatar
UNDERSTAR at 07/27/2007 11:40
HOLY SHIT!!!! Thats even more awesome than Jesus playing the guitar in KISS!!!
jamisu's Avatar
jamisu at 07/27/2007 12:56
@http://www.destructoid.com/blogs/UNDERSTAR

I would hope so, seeing as how KISS is one of the worst bands in history.
vinnchan's Avatar
vinnchan at 07/27/2007 13:01
@Mr. Derp:

How right you are. In fact, they're so sex that they're Playboy's Car of the Year for 1993.
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SpencersGifts at 07/27/2007 21:32
jesus another reason to hate wrx's lol

I wish MY mommy and daddy bought me a 300hp car off the lot..

then "I" could be cool and pretend like I made my car fast

Vroom Vroom!
Rosseh's Avatar
Rosseh at 07/28/2007 06:18
That is pretty awesome.
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