Round One Corporation (Japanese: ラウンドワン, Hepburn: Raundo Wan),[2] stylized as ROUND1, is a Japan-based amusement store chain. In Japan, the amusement centers offer bowling alleys, arcade games, karaoke, and billiards, they also have a larger variation of Round One known as SpoCha, abbreviated for Sports Challenge, that offers a variety of items and indoor/outdoor activities such as batting cages, basketball, volleyball, tennis, futsal, driving range, etc.[3] Round One Entertainment Inc. is an American subsidiary of Round One Corporation, the amusement centers in the U.S. offer a variety of bowling, karaoke, video game arcade cabinets and redemption games, billiards, darts, and ping pong while serving a variety of food and beverages.[4]
Round One Corporation Round1 logo mark.jpg Native name ラウンドワン Traded as TYO: 4680 Headquarters Sakai-ku, Sakai City, Osaka, Japan[1] Area served Japan United States China Russia Subsidiaries Round One Entertainment Inc. Website round1.co.jp round1usa.com History Arcade games Edit Round One locations in the United States offer many exclusive Japanese arcade games. These include beatmania IIDX 28: BISTROVER, Dance Dance Revolution A20 PLUS, Sound Voltex EXCEED GEAR, Groove Coaster, Maximum Tune 5, and Initial D Arcade Stage 8. They also exclusively offer the special 20th anniversary golden cabinet for Dance Dance Revolution A20 PLUS.[11] Round One and Dave & Buster's are the only two entertainment centers in the United States that have e-AMUSEMENT, an online service integrated into some Konami...
Read moreThis Round1 location appears to be less busy compared to other locations when we visited on a Wednesday afternoon. There were a lot of claw machines, the aisles were clean and spacious, but sometimes the staff was hard to find when we needed help. The coin exchange machines aren't very clear either - some give a mix of 10 yen and 100 yen coins without giving the option to choose and I had to go fix that at the reception desk on the second floor. Besides all that, it's worth stopping by if you're hyped about UFO catchers. There's a variety of prizes to choose from. Tip: You can always ask the staff for help too, if you're stuck or unsure of how to win a prize at...
Read moreGreat place to visit with any age group of your families. The only drawback/s are the kiosk are not as user friendly if you don’t know Japanese you’ll be in for a task however if you ask nicely someone will be there to walk you through the steps EVERY TIME. And please don’t feel bad it’s not the USA where as the customer you’re the one expected to do the customer serving nope it is not like home. You can select from the kiosk if you want to part take in the drink bar they also have different types of challenges upstairs at the bowling alley. Ps...
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