Wonder Eggs - 1992 promotional video ...feature Galaxian³

[DarthNuno]

I've found a 1992 promotional video of a Namco Wonder Eggs theme park in Japan.
There are 3 scenes where you can see the Galaxian³ , model GH-28 (28 players!!! see this post). 

From the outside :


The players:




See the complete promotional video (in Japanese) 



Now, because I do not understand Japanese, I'm more sure what is the localization of this specific theme park (there were several Namco Wonder Eggs theme parks over Japan) : Osaka? Tokyo?
So It's maybe not the GH-28 model on the video? It may even be the GM-16 ?

I hope our Japanese friends here may help us to identify the place and the model ?   

[Tom#2-JP]

Now, because I do not understand Japanese, I'm more sure what is the localization of this specific theme park (there were several Namco Wonder Eggs theme parks over Japan) : Osaka? Tokyo?
So It's maybe not the GH-28 model on the video? It may even be the GM-16 ?

I hope our Japanese friends here may help us to identify the place and the model ?  

It's GH-28. There were GH-28 and GT-6 at Wonder Eggs, but there has not been GM-16.
And Wonder Eggs was only at Futakotamagawa.

We could play this GH-28 first at "The International Garden and Greenery Exposition,Osaka,Japan,1990" (Tsurumi-ku, Osaka, Japan : Apr 1,1990 - Sep 30,1990)
And it improved and moved to "Namco Wonder Eggs" (Futakotamagawa, Tokyo, Japan : Feb 29,1992 - Dec 31,2000)

[DarthNuno]

Thanks for the additional infos 

I thought they were several 'Wonder Eggs" parks because of these different cards 



or



WonderEggs2... WonderEggs3?

[Tom#2-JP]

I thought they were several 'Wonder Eggs" parks because of these different cards 

WonderEggs2... WonderEggs3?

All of them were at the same place, Futakotamagawa, Tokyo, Japan.
They have renewed it twice, the name has changed along with it.

WE : Feb 29 ,1992 - Jul 6 or 7? 1996
WE2 : Jul 20, 1996 - Mar 31, 1999
WE3 : Apr 3, 1999 - Dec 31, 2000

[DarthNuno]

I found an *extend version* of the Namco's Wonder Eggs theme park promotional video.

It includes 30 seconds of Galaxian³ (GH-28 model) new footage ... hurray   



...but also few seconds about what *I presume* will become the Ridge Racer full scale attraction   



..and other various arcade games... can you name them 

Here's the video



 

[DarthNuno]

And an other one, with external view of the beast   



Wow! See the artwork on the top of the Galaxian³ logo   



The Tower of Druaga 



The full video 



 

[Q*ris]

So THAT's what you're building in your garden atm? 

[ataritoobin]

Fabulous    Thanks for the uploads!

[Tom#2-JP]

I found an *extend version* of the Namco's Wonder Eggs theme park promotional video.

It includes 30 seconds of Galaxian³ (GH-28 model) new footage ... hurray   



...but also few seconds about what *I presume* will become the Ridge Racer full scale attraction   



..and other various arcade games... can you name them 

Here's the video



 

Ummm....
This is a promotion video of WanderEggs,but some parts of movie are from EXPO'90.
from 0:00-0:58 -> G3 & Tower of DRUAGA at EXPO'90
2:38 -> DRUAGA @ WonderEggs

[DarthNuno]

Many thanks for the additional informations Tom#2-JP 

[DarthNuno]

Found the park brochure, including the G3    











Now I've to find them in a bigger size  


(source)

[Geosword X]

http://www.tsp.ne.jp/~netanker/day/select/we3final/daywonder1231.html

Here's a small link I found with someones own account on the Wonder Eggs 3 theme park.
The site is entirely in Japanese (in which I got a headache from reading some of it... ) but it provides a few links to some images and videos (which I have not checked out).



I also found this image from the official NAMCO web site (archived) about the Wonder Eggs 3 closing.

[Geosword X]

Thanks to Google Earth, I located a satellite image of the Wonder Eggs Theme Park:


This shot was taken in 1997.


By the year 2000, the theme park was closed down and apparently demolished. There would be nothing but a patch of empty land for the next 7 years (eventually turns into a parking lot in 2007).

By the year 2010, construction begins on the former Wonder Eggs Theme Park site. What used to the the magical Wonder Eggs 3 is now either a work complex or apartments (can't tell from photos maybe apartments...).


This photo was taken back in 2012. Well, its too bad for such a good theme park to go, t least they made used of the land for something nice other than a parking lot.

[DarthNuno]

Very interesting! Thx for this 

I didn't know Google Earth gives the possibility to go back in time? Amazing!

[Tom#2-JP]

The site is entirely in Japanese (in which I got a headache from reading some of it... ) but it provides a few links to some images and videos (which I have not checked out).

in 2001 or so, Web page in Japan was mostly text.
in the days of analog modem (56k) , could we get a 5MB file from the server easily and quickly?