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I still can't find mine, I also had the white one with the SeaWorld and Sonic on it on colour, but the colour has faded badly and the white is no longer white lol
As someone who's 30 now and was aged 6-9 living in London when this was open back in 1996-9, I remember going there as a child thinking it was like entering into some kind of futuristic spaceship with that epic staircase, rides & arcade machines... Thank you for making this great documentary, it takes me back in time! 🚀🎮🤖
It's like you took the words right out of my head. This is what I remember most too from the first time. I went back quite a few times. It was my most favourite place ever!
Went to London in 2001 and was excited for Sega World (having read about it in magazines) due to being a big Sega fan... There was an arcade at the same spot iirc but nothing was left pretty much. Massive bummer. There are/were exactly zero arcades around me growing up. Only experience of them was trips to Denmark and Gothenburg. Ironically I now own two arcade machines in a third floor apartment (sitting right next to my Sega Blast City rn). I guess never getting to visit one/Sega World did a number on me.😛 Edit: seen that pin before (at auction). Can't remember if it was on Ebay or Tradera. Tried to buy it but didn't want to spend too much on a pin as a reminder of a place I never visited so gave it up. Didn't end up being THAT expensive (?), obviously that's subjective, but still too much for me to spend on it. I believe it was about £40. Edit 2: those transformer R360... Oh shit I didn't realize there were still arcade machines like this being made (I miss Sega and their arcade innovations bleeding over to consoles). My gaming dream would be an R360 with modern flying/jet- or space fighting games on a modern screen (or possibly even VR). Just imagine that.
I was 8, it was very good. The escalators, the pepsi drop, the michael jackson virtual reality, all very memorable and futuristic even over 20 years later
I was 14 at the time and living in Tampa, FL. My family and I went to London for the millennium change. We stayed at a hotel in Piccadilly Circus and were having an awesome time seeing the city. Then I remember my brother pointing at the wall while we rode the escalator from the subway. “SEGA WORLD” was right by our hotel! My brother and I couldn’t believe it, we asked for money from our parents and ran to SEGA World. I remember it like it was yesterday, at the top of the rocket escalator was an epic Sonic statue and the first time I saw a DDR arcade. I had the best memories at SEGA World. We spent days going to back to every floor. I remember playing the Sonic fighting game and playing Beatmania for the first time. I really appreciate you making this video, awesome memories!
I went to Segaworld London as a kid when I was about 8 years old! It's always been this weird blurry memory that I could see clearly in my mind by the logic of walking around and where everything was was a blur. For YEARS I've been looking for a comprehensive look at the inside! Thank you so much. I think my brain can finally calm down!
I have translated the entire Polish text into English. Enjoy: 6:45 ??) or 735 London's buses (they have 2 floors). - SEGAWORLD takes 7 floors of Trocadero and three neighboring buildings. - at the construction of SEGAWORLD was employed 1500 workers, which in total worked more than 8 million hours by 18 months. 10:58 & 19:14 Flight Deck - under wings of a real Harrier you can fly at will 13:20 SONIC... rules the World... Bonus: 37:15: That's a Polish Diaspora's TV channel
we had gameworks here!! it didn't have the indoor haunted house kinda thing, but it had a lot of little rides and even had sonic out for birthday parties. there are a few left, i think there's one in las vegas still
SegaSonic the Hedgehog was never translated, unfortunately. There does exist some English text and Robotnik sprites resembling his appearance from the Archie Comics and SatAM are in the game, but are never used, hinting that Sega planned to translate the game for American audiences.
I visited SegaWorld London with my family as an American tourist in 1998 and vividly remember the Beast in Darkness attraction. There were big screens set up throughout the place where they'd show video of "the beast" appearing and roaring at you, so that it looked as if he really was emerging from some hidden cavern or passage. As I recall, you eventually got to a point where you were put into dark-ride-style carts instead of being on foot, but as I was eight years old at the time, I found all the cheesy horror so terrifying that I had to be escorted out by park staff through an emergency exit before we actually got to that point. Thanks for the memories!
Hey, I visited sega world with my dad for my birthday. Can't remember the year but its one of my fondest childhood memories. I absolutely loved it but I was a kid and a fanatic sega fan. I visited the trocadero in the mid 2000s and was disappointed to find it had closed. Thank you so much for making this video.
i went on beast in darkness i really young so i may get stuff wrong but i remember the end part u get on a train i rember at one point somone yell the light kill the beast and seen light coming throw and then hereing the beast yelling I also remember both the sonic the fighters and sega sonic been there
I remember about a year ago during a science lesson my teacher showed us this old science tv show for kids on youtube and it actually had some footage from sega world. At the time I didn't recognise it so I wasn't paying that much attention but now watching this I actually recognise some of the attractions for the video. It was about magnets and how people can use electric magnets for certain objects and used the pepsi drop ride as an example. If you want to find it I know it was about a woman who dropped a bunch of metal objects on the floor and explains to the viewer that she needs a magnet to use it. It also shows some kids in this weird secret base asking her how magnets work but that's all I can really remember because unfortunately I forgot the name but if you can find a show with a lady explaining to kids about science your on the right track.
It was called Science in Action! I remember my science teacher playing it for us to teach about magnets and evolution. I might be able to find it. EDIT: I found it! 13:29 is where the segment starts. ruclips.net/video/zkUetTDGNoM/видео.html
That pricing policy is just disgusting. If you charge to enter, the big attractions inside should be free. At least the tried to fix it, but all the ways they tried, according to your video, just seemed half baked as well.
No, the reviewers who didn't bother doing their jobs properly were disgusting. All the arcade games were free and you got 1 go of each of the rides free. It was actually great value for money as long as you stayed all day so could play much more than the £12 ticket's worth.
Yea I wasn’t allowed to go because of the entry fee. Eventual my mum relented and I went with my sister. When we got there they had just changed the entry fee. So had more money to play more games
I went to Sega World when I was around 10 or 11. Only went once, which was a bit of a shame in itself, but I do remember having fun. And failing miserably at SegaSonic XD (And sorry, sadly I don't have the badge)
Nice video, I really wanted to know more about this place after seeing a picture of Sonic during a car journey to London. I recently found out that my mother was lucky enough to visit Segaworld London when it was open in the late 90s. Had a great experience there.
Thank you, this was really nostalgic. I remember going as a kid and loving it. I remember going up the escalator, and even remember that underground billboard. I still have a metal coin token and a "Best Gunner" badge from the Space Mission VR ride.
Great video! I’ve always wanted to hear as much about Sega World and arcades as possible. That monkey plush at 7:05 is dang adorable, and I can’t get over it.
Brilliant Video! I learned so much and saw so many things that I didn't know the Sega World even had. Thank you for making this video. It was definitely worth the wait :)
Was looking forward to this video for a while now, and it didn't disappoint! Some great footage, and information! Got me in the feels seeing that urban explorers footage aswell knowing that all those memories are completely erased :( I remember visiting a while back and it still had the escalator, but like you said most of the floors were shut off, and there were just a couple of shops on the ground and maybe a couple of arcade machines dotted around. It's such a shame it's all completely gone.
grew up in london in the 70's till the mid 90's and was a regular in all the arcades in london throughout all the years, marbles in marble arch, oxford st, leicester square, las vegas, warren street arcade etc, played in the first snk king of fighters 94 tournament in tottenham court road also street fighter 2 tournament in trocadero, sega world was the only arcade that i didnt visited, lol
Just watched your great video (a bit late to the party I know) but I was very lucky to be able to visit a number of times in my younger years, I went when I was around 9 with some friends for a birthday party and the place was just something else, for a 9 year old gaming nut who loved Sega, you just couldn’t beat it! I honestly pine the closing of SegaWorld London!
My parents took me and my friend to Segaworld when we were about 12, this video has brought back so many memories! Thanks! We went when the cabs were on freeplay and it was just unbelievable, a proper dreamworld. All of the branding, the lights, the atmosphere were just unreal and I remember the feeling of sheer excitement it gave me. I remember going back to the Trocadero in the following years and being increasingly disappointed with the state of it. Until now, Segaworld London lived only in my memory! Thanks for your time to make this :)
I was one of those people who were fortunate enough to attend Segaworld back in 1998. This came courtesy of my dad who did the lighting for the park. I don't recall going on the rides, but that was probably down to the waiting times. And to my 8 year old mind, they didn't look that appealing. I remember going on the arcade machines, some of which were quite defective but I got a ton of memories. But the thing that I remember the most about Segaworld was the merchandise. I had the yellow and black wallet for several years and at one point, my dad had a Segaworld t-shirt in large size that he would often let me use. When I visited Trocadero years later, I was saddened to see how far a great attraction had fallen and seeing the rocket escalator cordoned off by the vending machine. By the time the Troc was in its twilight years, it was even worse, tacky souvenir shops had pretty much taken over. Also, I agree that bringing another Segaworld back, so to speak would be good in essence but I fear that with Vegas Soho just a stone's throw away (or even HOG in Croydon), the park may not have the same wow factor as it formerly did and in such a competitive location as well. Sorry for the long post but thanks for making such an informative history on one of my beloved childhood sights.
I was just thinking about Sega World London recently and wondered if there were any videos about it and low and behold I come across you’re one dude. So yes I had the pleasure of going there back in January 1997, I was 14 and it was just the coolest thing ever at that time. We’d planned to go in advance so I made sure I had plenty of pocket money saved up before we went. Can’t recall if we paid to enter but the arcade machines definitely required money so I had about £40 on me just for the games. Didn’t do any of the rides, didn’t shop in the store and we got McDonald’s from somewhere else in London. We went there purely for the games and that was it. I went with my older brother and some of his friends and again it was just an amazing day. To be surrounded by arcades in such a colourful environment was a real treat and I remember it very fondly. I did go back there a few times but that was when Sega were no longer apart of it. A nicely presented video man 👌
I used to go to the arcade at troc ages in the late 2000's early 2010's, had no idea it used to be a sega world.... now a lot of the decor makes sense to me!
Wow, I remember my Mum taking me to this twice back in the day! I remember the flight simulator game with Michael Jackson in it and also playing one of the few Sonic The Fighters cabinets that probably existed in the UK! Thanks for the vid!
I longed to go while it was open but the price put my parents off from taking me. I only went to Trocadero once and that was in 2010/2011 before it closed and got gutted. Gone but not forgotten. RIP SegaWorld London.
I remember I visited Sega world several times in 2000, Sonic’s statue on the building entrance was missing, but all the floors were accessible. I visited it again in 2004 but only half of the building was opened. Finally I visited it in 2013 with my wife with only two floors are opened to the public, it was sadly shutdown after that. I do have recorded footage for my visit in the year 2000, but I have to track down our old cam-recorder as well as the tapes and learn how to convert them digitally. But I really have fond memories to that place. Sad it was gone. Thank you for this video.
if you can, please do find your footage- there isn't much of its final days, and its an interesting period in its history as changes were already being made before funland's take over.
ted I would love too, my parents located the cam-recorder but didn’t find the tapes, according to them, they were placed in a box and then taken to one of the storage areas in their home a while after I moved out. Unfortunately the boxes weren’t labeled. I have to go treasure hunting for them on my next visit.
Only went once to England as a kid and of course it was to London. My dad surprised me with a visit to Sega World London. I didn't even knew that it existed! Boy was I amazed! The only sad part about it that most of the things I dad told me "were too expensive", queue too long or the arcade/ride was out of service. Still a fun experience. I got a few little trinkets from there, but nothing major. Always had Ninteno console's and my only Sega console was a Game Gear which I played hours and hours on. Sonic 1 & 2 on Game Gear was my life!
I went to meet a bunch of people online in the UK around 2010, and we decided on going to the arcades there at the time, along with going paintballing and such. Got to play that Fist of the North Star arcade game where you punch the panels. Still have the photos of the cabinets there. Really good times.
39:16 WOW, You actually got Brian Blessed to help with the voices on this video. I'm impressed and also shocked that you didn't put his name in the title!
Stumbled upon this video whilst looking for info on what the trocadero looks like now. Glad I did. It brings back memories as I used to work in Sega world back in 1997. I still have a ticket that I purchased before applying to work there .
I have always had a great fascination with this place, wish I was around when it was still open, being born in 1999 missed out on this event, I do in fact own that pin badge, which is the plastic coloured version and a coin from the park.
This was a proper nostalgia trip of a video, great work - also, amused me to see the janky photo I took of the 'Sega Store' pop up in it! I wish I could remember more about it, but I was probably 7 or 8 when I took that!
Great run down Badnik - worked for some of the corporations mentioned. We evaluated the SEGA World and Japanese versions over the years. The story of some of the rides is interesting. Including the day the Royals visited the site - nice trip down memory lane.
I went Sega World Twice as a kid in 1996 and then again in the summer holidays 1999 when it was on the way out and changing back into Funland and was a lot smaller by that point. Memories are fuzzy but I do remember really enjoying and loved seeing Sonic plastered everywhere and when I went in 99 I do remember playing Crazy Taxi there for the first time. Jo Guest in the 90s😍😍😍😍 that is all.
The sega sonic arcade game and r360 aeroplane game were both at Hamlies toys shop in London in the early nineties. They were in the downstairs arcade bit. I bet these are the exact same 2 machines that were probably moved to segaworld. I wonder if there is any footage of hamleys back then. Untill now i thought the sonic machine had only appeared there in the UK. Great video
Do you remember opening that huge collection of different old Sonic figures and the person who sold it to you included their Segaworld ticket and guide?
Heh, this is a blast from the past, I was one of the artists that made the "90's style walkthrough" One of the things that never made it into the final fly through are some robot vultures, but they never made it into the final cut unfortunately.
Really fascinating and well put together video man - I was lucky enough to visit the park shortly after it opened, the main thing I remember is playing Virtua Fighter 3 and Sonic the Fighters the first time - my memories of the rides are very hazy, but I seem to remember the Aqua Planet one made me feel slightly queasy :P I definitely still have a photo of me and the family in front of that Sonic statue at the entrance somewhere at my parent's house...must try and dig that up. I'm also fairly certain I might have some of the items they sold at the shop...must have a good dig around sometime...but at any rate, fantastic job getting all this footage and info together. This is the sort of thing that really should be preserved
Ahh, Sega World Bournemouth. I remember it well. Nowadays the location is just a generic arcade, but back then, to my 8-year old self, it was a place of wonder. :D
Around mid 90s I visited London, unfortunately I did not go to Sega World. I do remember going at the time the BEST Toy shop in the world, Hamelys. And if my memory serves my right, in the basement area of the store there was a few arcade machines and it had SegaSonic which was my first and only time to play on the actual arcade. If anyone here knows any information about this, please let me and Badnik Mechanic know.
Overwhelming nostalgia. I been to sega world for a couple of times in the 90s and I loved it. by the time I moved to London sadly it was closed down and reopened as funland. I still have fond memories of both sega world and funland until their demise in 2011😞
That's my jacket at 25:38 it's one of 2 jackets made for the bournemouth sega world site for the opening for the manager and assistant manager, the sonic lining is cool as it was the logo of sonic balancing a beach ball
Hey, so... I actually tried to get in touch with you via twitter. I'm thinking about looking at Sega World Bournemouth for a possible future video, was wondering if you'd be willing to answer some questions at some point?
@@BadnikMechanic yeah ask away, I did my work experience there in 1997 and was hired when I left school in 98, was there til 2005 I was there through the good of the sega owned period and the the bad of the leisure exchange period where they changed it from family entertainment to fruit machines and smoking
@@segasonicsteve Do you have a twitter account or another personal messaging service I could use to get in touch. My email is in my RUclips account and on my twitter if you don't feel ok posting it in the comments. Would just make communication a lot easier.
I loved the video, This is the video have been looking for for so many years. Thank you. FYI you never mentioned anything about the Dodgems (Bumper-Cars) that replaced the F1 car and Harrier. I'm pretty sure it was on the Race Track floor anyway, could have been the top floor once they removed the entry barriers. But they had wireless cars and some sort of special metal flooring. I think it was one of the first of it's kind. Once Sega World closed it was taken apart and transferred to the Namco Arcade across the River not far away in South Bank next to Sea World and the London Dungeon, where it was reconstructed but it was a smaller arena for the Bumper Cars. As far as I'm aware it is still there. Along with some of the old machines from Sega World 😉😊
Thank you for making this video! I went there back in 1997 for a friends birthday party. Sadly I have no photos or anything, just a blurry mind of it (I was 11!) and bought no merchandise (don’t even remember going into the gift shop) but I know had great fun on the main rides, (especially Aqua Planet) but then when you’re younger they always seem better than as a adult, as you don’t overthink it and ruin the magic! The one ride I never tried and I wish so much I did was the R-360... When I saw it when playing Segagaga back in 2003 remembered seeing it and wishing I got that one chance to play the real one again. But oh well! Only other one I sent to was the Bournemouth one, I have a few photos of that from when I went in 2005, (it was still branded as a SEGA Park then) it had a load of MushiKing arcade cabs in that I spent a lot of money on to get the cards lol. I do feel sorry for SEGA as they always tried to go over the top and do something different and it hardly ever paid off for them. I’m glad at least their arcades and UFO catchers still do well in Japan though. They’re still going to stay in my childhood, that’s for sure! :) Thanks again for the video, look forward to your next! :D
I was fortunate enough to visit, I remember being in awe at the golden sonic statue at the front, the dizzying escalator that bought back a ton of memories of the pictures of it in the video. the part I remember the most was the sonic the fighters/ sonic Sega arcade game, as that was the first time I sae that game and was infuriated at how difficult Sega sonic the hedgehog was to control as it was on a mouse pad style of ball i think. but over all loved the video and it bought a few memories back almost like i was back there again , it was a great time seeing it in person and I never realised how fortunate I was to visit it, until now :)
i went to Sega World London in March of 2000. The web says it closed in September of 1999, but that's not entirely accurate. It was pretty empty when I went but that epic escalator was still working, and most of the park was still functioning. I don't think the rides were still going, but the arcade and carnival stuff still was. Don't recall if McDonald's was still open. Anyway, it sure was a magical day for me, as I was visiting London from Chicago. I thought it was epic in March of 2000, can only imagine how great it woulda been in 1997-98. Thanks for the cool video, was fun to revisit Sega World London!
Theres was a 7th floor which was our staff room. I began working there on admissions and then became Golf 4. Golf's were the guys that gave you credit whenever your coins were stuck in the machines. We also had access to setting game difficulty. Most people left Segaworld very unimpressed, we got so fed up of answering "what's up there?" we just said video games. The platform at the top of the first escalator was called the stage and was literally the worst job there. Stand there for an hour listening to 'Dont speak' by No Doubt 50 times an hour on the video loop that would be on the big screen. The animatronic show never worked and the Alien that was housed right above the stage almost fell once. Staff were mostly unhappy, you were fired for any little thing and every once in a while execs from japan would walk around and request people were 'let go' for not looking happy enough. As a teen it was a great place to make friends and meet girls but in general it was too hot, too noisy and again, fired for any silly excuse. Staff would get £3 off McDonalds meals. When it began it was £2 entry but numbers were low so they scrapped that and made entry free.
Yup we definitely worked together. I was in admissions too and stood on that platform listening to no doubt and michael jackson's stranger in moscow a million times! (or standing outside in the cold in a shiny blue segaworld puffer jacket handing out segaworld flyers). I remember the golf units always hooking up staff with credits after our shifts finished! So hard to figure out who you are but we probably had a few conversations if we weren't work friends over 30 years ago lol
Ha the blue jackets! So many people used to ask where we got them and I couldn't believe they'd want that shiny thing. Matt was our manager and the girl I can't remember her name. I remember we were talking once, Matt came over all mad and said he's going to go do something and we should explain to him why we were talking when he came back. Then told him to jog on when he came back@@sajk
I don't remember much from my childhood, but i distinctly remember going on that ghost shooting ride and playing the sonic arcade cabinet. I wonder if i got any souvenirs?
I was lucky enough to visit it twice, the first time was when the machines were on free play. It was an amazing experience, me and my brother played every game we possibly could - I remember particularly loving Virtua Fighter 3 as I had seen the Gamesmaster tv show Tetsujin challenge not long before. We went on some of the rides. I remember House of Grandish a bit different!y to how you described it. You sat looking at a blank screen (which flashed occasionally and I believe showed some images) with a pair of very high quality headphones on. You could hear monsters walking around with chains and talking until it felt like they were right behind you speaking into your ear, saying "I want to suck your blood!" and then would drink one of the "guest's" blood complete with straw slurping sounds. Haha. It was pretty bad but kind of funny. Sadly don't have any videos or pictures though, just great memories
I also remember going several times as a kid - and it was all free to play. Even the rides - I remember literally going on one 3d simulator ride - Aqua Planet - over and over again. As a little kid just going around and around. Such good memories
I remember going as a kid with my friend & paying to for a card to go on the big rides 4 times. We worked out pretty quickly they had no way of counting how many times you used it, so we just kept going on the rides all day.
I remember going there as a kid in 1998 visiting from Africa. It was a dream. the escalators that seemed to levitate from my little perspective, the bright lights, the gaming and the crowds. I still have a sonic the hedgehog toy I got from there decades ago.
I'm from Poland and I remember buying and reading that issue of Secret Service with the article about Segaworld, the one citing the number of workers and hours involved. I was a kid back then and from the very few photos in the article that place seemed like the coolest thing. I forgot about it and then remembered it years later, it was sad and disappointing to read it turned out to be a failed enterprise.
Holy cow that's awsome thanks for going into detail on this it looks awsome in terms of footage wish I found out about this sooner the only real reason alone that I knew about this was from the merch that I've seen people review clearly must be quite expensive merchandise annyways though like mentioned earlier I love videos like this keep it up please I love these types of videos
So if anyone does have the silver Sega World pin badge... I'd quite like it.
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I still can't find mine, I also had the white one with the SeaWorld and Sonic on it on colour, but the colour has faded badly and the white is no longer white lol
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@@robertopretara8945 heres vid idea. History of sonic 1 2 3
My uncle used to work at saga world London I will check if he has one
Accidental lost media discovery is the best.
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As someone who's 30 now and was aged 6-9 living in London when this was open back in 1996-9, I remember going there as a child thinking it was like entering into some kind of futuristic spaceship with that epic staircase, rides & arcade machines... Thank you for making this great documentary, it takes me back in time! 🚀🎮🤖
It's like you took the words right out of my head. This is what I remember most too from the first time. I went back quite a few times. It was my most favourite place ever!
Went to London in 2001 and was excited for Sega World (having read about it in magazines) due to being a big Sega fan... There was an arcade at the same spot iirc but nothing was left pretty much. Massive bummer. There are/were exactly zero arcades around me growing up. Only experience of them was trips to Denmark and Gothenburg. Ironically I now own two arcade machines in a third floor apartment (sitting right next to my Sega Blast City rn). I guess never getting to visit one/Sega World did a number on me.😛
Edit: seen that pin before (at auction). Can't remember if it was on Ebay or Tradera. Tried to buy it but didn't want to spend too much on a pin as a reminder of a place I never visited so gave it up. Didn't end up being THAT expensive (?), obviously that's subjective, but still too much for me to spend on it. I believe it was about £40.
Edit 2: those transformer R360... Oh shit I didn't realize there were still arcade machines like this being made (I miss Sega and their arcade innovations bleeding over to consoles). My gaming dream would be an R360 with modern flying/jet- or space fighting games on a modern screen (or possibly even VR). Just imagine that.
I didn’t even exist back when sega world was open.
But my dad did actually see it in person when it was open. But he never went in.
I was 8, it was very good. The escalators, the pepsi drop, the michael jackson virtual reality, all very memorable and futuristic even over 20 years later
I was 14 at the time and living in Tampa, FL. My family and I went to London for the millennium change. We stayed at a hotel in Piccadilly Circus and were having an awesome time seeing the city. Then I remember my brother pointing at the wall while we rode the escalator from the subway. “SEGA WORLD” was right by our hotel! My brother and I couldn’t believe it, we asked for money from our parents and ran to SEGA World. I remember it like it was yesterday, at the top of the rocket escalator was an epic Sonic statue and the first time I saw a DDR arcade. I had the best memories at SEGA World. We spent days going to back to every floor. I remember playing the Sonic fighting game and playing Beatmania for the first time. I really appreciate you making this video, awesome memories!
”Guests have to pay a entrance fee.” Billboard: Free entry.
I believe they changed it to free entry and paid arcade games at some point towards the end
I went to Segaworld London as a kid when I was about 8 years old! It's always been this weird blurry memory that I could see clearly in my mind by the logic of walking around and where everything was was a blur. For YEARS I've been looking for a comprehensive look at the inside! Thank you so much. I think my brain can finally calm down!
Lol you and your brain are very welcome!
I have translated the entire Polish text into English. Enjoy:
6:45 ??) or 735 London's buses (they have 2 floors).
- SEGAWORLD takes 7 floors of Trocadero and three neighboring buildings.
- at the construction of SEGAWORLD was employed 1500 workers, which in total worked more than 8 million hours by 18 months.
10:58 & 19:14 Flight Deck - under wings of a real Harrier you can fly at will
13:20 SONIC... rules the World...
Bonus: 37:15: That's a Polish Diaspora's TV channel
You guys are so LUCKY to have this in the UK! I would've given my left arm to have one of those here in the US!
I'm in UK
@@Pēm̐cā amazing, nobody cares.
@@MarkSkids about you idiot
we had gameworks here!! it didn't have the indoor haunted house kinda thing, but it had a lot of little rides and even had sonic out for birthday parties. there are a few left, i think there's one in las vegas still
Also had one in Sydney Australia, it was awesome and in my childhood memory bigger than this one even. ruclips.net/video/30rewscpdE8/видео.html
I love how the SegaSonic machine in London wasn't even translated lol.
SegaSonic the Hedgehog was never translated, unfortunately. There does exist some English text and Robotnik sprites resembling his appearance from the Archie Comics and SatAM are in the game, but are never used, hinting that Sega planned to translate the game for American audiences.
I visited SegaWorld London with my family as an American tourist in 1998 and vividly remember the Beast in Darkness attraction. There were big screens set up throughout the place where they'd show video of "the beast" appearing and roaring at you, so that it looked as if he really was emerging from some hidden cavern or passage. As I recall, you eventually got to a point where you were put into dark-ride-style carts instead of being on foot, but as I was eight years old at the time, I found all the cheesy horror so terrifying that I had to be escorted out by park staff through an emergency exit before we actually got to that point.
Thanks for the memories!
With the coin crushing, in America, penny's get crushed and imprinted, but I've never seen a videogame character printed on a coin before!
Hey, I visited sega world with my dad for my birthday. Can't remember the year but its one of my fondest childhood memories. I absolutely loved it but I was a kid and a fanatic sega fan. I visited the trocadero in the mid 2000s and was disappointed to find it had closed. Thank you so much for making this video.
I have I question why you blurred some clips or shots in some videos?
i went on beast in darkness i really young so i may get stuff wrong but i remember the end part u get on a train i rember at one point somone yell the light kill the beast and seen light coming throw and then hereing the beast yelling I also remember both the sonic the fighters and sega sonic been there
I live in basildon Essex and we used to have a Sega park in our town centre. I was in there every weekend It was my favourite place to go
Me too ! Unfortunately it was way before my time as I was around 5 ? When it closed
I went there a couple of times in the Mid to Late 2000s at Eastgate shopping centre, place was practically near dead by that point.
I remember about a year ago during a science lesson my teacher showed us this old science tv show for kids on youtube and it actually had some footage from sega world. At the time I didn't recognise it so I wasn't paying that much attention but now watching this I actually recognise some of the attractions for the video. It was about magnets and how people can use electric magnets for certain objects and used the pepsi drop ride as an example. If you want to find it I know it was about a woman who dropped a bunch of metal objects on the floor and explains to the viewer that she needs a magnet to use it. It also shows some kids in this weird secret base asking her how magnets work but that's all I can really remember because unfortunately I forgot the name but if you can find a show with a lady explaining to kids about science your on the right track.
It was called Science in Action! I remember my science teacher playing it for us to teach about magnets and evolution. I might be able to find it.
EDIT: I found it! 13:29 is where the segment starts. ruclips.net/video/zkUetTDGNoM/видео.html
That pricing policy is just disgusting.
If you charge to enter, the big attractions inside should be free. At least the tried to fix it, but all the ways they tried, according to your video, just seemed half baked as well.
No, the reviewers who didn't bother doing their jobs properly were disgusting. All the arcade games were free and you got 1 go of each of the rides free. It was actually great value for money as long as you stayed all day so could play much more than the £12 ticket's worth.
Yea I wasn’t allowed to go because of the entry fee. Eventual my mum relented and I went with my sister. When we got there they had just changed the entry fee. So had more money to play more games
I went to Sega World when I was around 10 or 11. Only went once, which was a bit of a shame in itself, but I do remember having fun. And failing miserably at SegaSonic XD
(And sorry, sadly I don't have the badge)
This video was brilliant! Very good work and research. Brought back so many memories for me.
Thankyou.
Nice video, I really wanted to know more about this place after seeing a picture of Sonic during a car journey to London. I recently found out that my mother was lucky enough to visit Segaworld London when it was open in the late 90s. Had a great experience there.
Thank you, this was really nostalgic. I remember going as a kid and loving it. I remember going up the escalator, and even remember that underground billboard. I still have a metal coin token and a "Best Gunner" badge from the Space Mission VR ride.
I was so young back then, I barely remember being there. This video is so fascinating, wish I could go back in time.
Great video! I’ve always wanted to hear as much about Sega World and arcades as possible. That monkey plush at 7:05 is dang adorable, and I can’t get over it.
I remember him on TV! They stopped using him for the tea tho :/
Same
Tune in to my next video... For a monkey related surprise!
@@BadnikMechanic ok I will be watching it!
Brilliant Video!
I learned so much and saw so many things that I didn't know the Sega World even had.
Thank you for making this video.
It was definitely worth the wait :)
Was looking forward to this video for a while now, and it didn't disappoint! Some great footage, and information! Got me in the feels seeing that urban explorers footage aswell knowing that all those memories are completely erased :( I remember visiting a while back and it still had the escalator, but like you said most of the floors were shut off, and there were just a couple of shops on the ground and maybe a couple of arcade machines dotted around. It's such a shame it's all completely gone.
Thank you for this beautiful trip down memory lane! I'd love a modern equivalent of Sega World!
grew up in london in the 70's till the mid 90's and was a regular in all the arcades in london throughout all the years, marbles in marble arch, oxford st, leicester square, las vegas, warren street arcade etc, played in the first snk king of fighters 94 tournament in tottenham court road also street fighter 2 tournament in trocadero, sega world was the only arcade that i didnt visited, lol
Just watched your great video (a bit late to the party I know) but I was very lucky to be able to visit a number of times in my younger years, I went when I was around 9 with some friends for a birthday party and the place was just something else, for a 9 year old gaming nut who loved Sega, you just couldn’t beat it!
I honestly pine the closing of SegaWorld London!
My parents took me and my friend to Segaworld when we were about 12, this video has brought back so many memories! Thanks!
We went when the cabs were on freeplay and it was just unbelievable, a proper dreamworld. All of the branding, the lights, the atmosphere were just unreal and I remember the feeling of sheer excitement it gave me. I remember going back to the Trocadero in the following years and being increasingly disappointed with the state of it. Until now, Segaworld London lived only in my memory! Thanks for your time to make this :)
39:16 your impression of this guy sounds like a mix of Yoda and Sir Topham Hatt
Sir Topsham Hat, better known as the Fat Controller. That's what the trains called him.
Great video, got to go there back in the day, I remember in Brighton they also had a Sega arcade on the seafront for a while above the Aquarium.
I was one of those people who were fortunate enough to attend Segaworld back in 1998. This came courtesy of my dad who did the lighting for the park.
I don't recall going on the rides, but that was probably down to the waiting times. And to my 8 year old mind, they didn't look that appealing. I remember going on the arcade machines, some of which were quite defective but I got a ton of memories.
But the thing that I remember the most about Segaworld was the merchandise. I had the yellow and black wallet for several years and at one point, my dad had a Segaworld t-shirt in large size that he would often let me use.
When I visited Trocadero years later, I was saddened to see how far a great attraction had fallen and seeing the rocket escalator cordoned off by the vending machine. By the time the Troc was in its twilight years, it was even worse, tacky souvenir shops had pretty much taken over.
Also, I agree that bringing another Segaworld back, so to speak would be good in essence but I fear that with Vegas Soho just a stone's throw away (or even HOG in Croydon), the park may not have the same wow factor as it formerly did and in such a competitive location as well.
Sorry for the long post but thanks for making such an informative history on one of my beloved childhood sights.
Footage from Megalopolice exists in the 1994 film The Gate to the Minds Eye.
I was just thinking about Sega World London recently and wondered if there were any videos about it and low and behold I come across you’re one dude. So yes I had the pleasure of going there back in January 1997, I was 14 and it was just the coolest thing ever at that time. We’d planned to go in advance so I made sure I had plenty of pocket money saved up before we went. Can’t recall if we paid to enter but the arcade machines definitely required money so I had about £40 on me just for the games. Didn’t do any of the rides, didn’t shop in the store and we got McDonald’s from somewhere else in London. We went there purely for the games and that was it. I went with my older brother and some of his friends and again it was just an amazing day. To be surrounded by arcades in such a colourful environment was a real treat and I remember it very fondly. I did go back there a few times but that was when Sega were no longer apart of it. A nicely presented video man 👌
Going here was genuinely the highlight of my childhood. This place was like heaven on earth
I used to go to the arcade at troc ages in the late 2000's early 2010's, had no idea it used to be a sega world.... now a lot of the decor makes sense to me!
Wow, I remember my Mum taking me to this twice back in the day! I remember the flight simulator game with Michael Jackson in it and also playing one of the few Sonic The Fighters cabinets that probably existed in the UK! Thanks for the vid!
For years I thought I'd made the best video on SegaWorld. Happy to pass that trophy to you. Great vid x
Ahhhh.... yes My favourite sega thing...... *The sega pico bus*
You can't have Sega without the Pico bus.
I longed to go while it was open but the price put my parents off from taking me. I only went to Trocadero once and that was in 2010/2011 before it closed and got gutted. Gone but not forgotten. RIP SegaWorld London.
I remember I visited Sega world several times in 2000, Sonic’s statue on the building entrance was missing, but all the floors were accessible.
I visited it again in 2004 but only half of the building was opened.
Finally I visited it in 2013 with my wife with only two floors are opened to the public, it was sadly shutdown after that.
I do have recorded footage for my visit in the year 2000, but I have to track down our old cam-recorder as well as the tapes and learn how to convert them digitally.
But I really have fond memories to that place.
Sad it was gone.
Thank you for this video.
if you can, please do find your footage- there isn't much of its final days, and its an interesting period in its history as changes were already being made before funland's take over.
ted I would love too, my parents located the cam-recorder but didn’t find the tapes, according to them, they were placed in a box and then taken to one of the storage areas in their home a while after I moved out. Unfortunately the boxes weren’t labeled.
I have to go treasure hunting for them on my next visit.
@@TwinSnake777 thank you, if you do find it i'll feature it on a twitter page i run in conjunction with others, @SegaWorldLondon
Only went once to England as a kid and of course it was to London. My dad surprised me with a visit to Sega World London. I didn't even knew that it existed! Boy was I amazed! The only sad part about it that most of the things I dad told me "were too expensive", queue too long or the arcade/ride was out of service. Still a fun experience. I got a few little trinkets from there, but nothing major. Always had Ninteno console's and my only Sega console was a Game Gear which I played hours and hours on. Sonic 1 & 2 on Game Gear was my life!
that's cool thanks for sharing your experience
Congrats on getting your video out. I think you've outdone me here.
No I would not say that, I think yours is just as good.
I went to meet a bunch of people online in the UK around 2010, and we decided on going to the arcades there at the time, along with going paintballing and such.
Got to play that Fist of the North Star arcade game where you punch the panels. Still have the photos of the cabinets there. Really good times.
I just got here after the premiere LMBO
Same
I remember going there and been blown away that there were 2 sonic games I wasn’t aware of. Sonic fighters and segasonic
39:16 WOW, You actually got Brian Blessed to help with the voices on this video. I'm impressed and also shocked that you didn't put his name in the title!
Defunctland for Sonic... I love it - awesome video. Really brings me back to a period I wasn't even around for.
Stumbled upon this video whilst looking for info on what the trocadero looks like now. Glad I did. It brings back memories as I used to work in Sega world back in 1997. I still have a ticket that I purchased before applying to work there .
Great vid. One of my friends from secondary school went here once and all I could do was
1. Be jealous
2. Picture what it looked like
4:30 that beautiful Rail Chase cab
My favorite Super Scaler
I have always had a great fascination with this place, wish I was around when it was still open, being born in 1999 missed out on this event, I do in fact own that pin badge, which is the plastic coloured version and a coin from the park.
This was a proper nostalgia trip of a video, great work - also, amused me to see the janky photo I took of the 'Sega Store' pop up in it! I wish I could remember more about it, but I was probably 7 or 8 when I took that!
Sad to see RUclips blurred out a lot of the video, hope Dave can get it fixed!
Great run down Badnik - worked for some of the corporations mentioned. We evaluated the SEGA World and Japanese versions over the years. The story of some of the rides is interesting. Including the day the Royals visited the site - nice trip down memory lane.
4 months after the blur, and it's still here
why is it there? were there privacy concerns?
@@riley2476 he said it was due to copyright I think
I went Sega World Twice as a kid in 1996 and then again in the summer holidays 1999 when it was on the way out and changing back into Funland and was a lot smaller by that point. Memories are fuzzy but I do remember really enjoying and loved seeing Sonic plastered everywhere and when I went in 99 I do remember playing Crazy Taxi there for the first time. Jo Guest in the 90s😍😍😍😍 that is all.
The sega sonic arcade game and r360 aeroplane game were both at Hamlies toys shop in London in the early nineties. They were in the downstairs arcade bit.
I bet these are the exact same 2 machines that were probably moved to segaworld.
I wonder if there is any footage of hamleys back then.
Untill now i thought the sonic machine had only appeared there in the UK.
Great video
Do you remember opening that huge collection of different old Sonic figures and the person who sold it to you included their Segaworld ticket and guide?
My mum used to take me there as a kid. I had so much fun on the arcade and rides. Remember being proper bummed out when it was shut down
Heh, this is a blast from the past, I was one of the artists that made the "90's style walkthrough"
One of the things that never made it into the final fly through are some robot vultures, but they never made it into the final cut unfortunately.
Really fascinating and well put together video man - I was lucky enough to visit the park shortly after it opened, the main thing I remember is playing Virtua Fighter 3 and Sonic the Fighters the first time - my memories of the rides are very hazy, but I seem to remember the Aqua Planet one made me feel slightly queasy :P I definitely still have a photo of me and the family in front of that Sonic statue at the entrance somewhere at my parent's house...must try and dig that up. I'm also fairly certain I might have some of the items they sold at the shop...must have a good dig around sometime...but at any rate, fantastic job getting all this footage and info together. This is the sort of thing that really should be preserved
I remember going to my local Sega Park in Harlow a few times, it wasn’t big as London’s as it had a few arcade units in the days before it closed.
amazing video, everything i expected and more. said it numerous times but so glad to have helped out with this :)
I never expected to see massimo boldi in a sonic video
Why is there so much blurry parts
Amazing! I knew Ted had to be involved as his article is so comprehensive, but this really is a great look at Segaworld.
Ahh, Sega World Bournemouth. I remember it well. Nowadays the location is just a generic arcade, but back then, to my 8-year old self, it was a place of wonder. :D
I love the voices you do for all of the quotes, one of which sounds like Doc Brown
Will there be someday an unblurred version posted somewhere ? it quite frankly one of my favorite video of yours
Why is it blurred?
i went to sega world london with my family when i was 11 or 12. it was cool!
This really fills me with nostalgia for a time when I wasn't even born! Thanks, mechanic.
I used to go alot. It was brilliant as a massive sonic fan as a child this was it for me. I also have the pin badge but in chain necklace form
I was there! I visited Sega World London as a kid in 1996. Great memories.
Around mid 90s I visited London, unfortunately I did not go to Sega World. I do remember going at the time the BEST Toy shop in the world, Hamelys. And if my memory serves my right, in the basement area of the store there was a few arcade machines and it had SegaSonic which was my first and only time to play on the actual arcade. If anyone here knows any information about this, please let me and Badnik Mechanic know.
Overwhelming nostalgia. I been to sega world for a couple of times in the 90s and I loved it. by the time I moved to London sadly it was closed down and reopened as funland. I still have fond memories of both sega world and funland until their demise in 2011😞
That's my jacket at 25:38 it's one of 2 jackets made for the bournemouth sega world site for the opening for the manager and assistant manager, the sonic lining is cool as it was the logo of sonic balancing a beach ball
Hey, so... I actually tried to get in touch with you via twitter. I'm thinking about looking at Sega World Bournemouth for a possible future video, was wondering if you'd be willing to answer some questions at some point?
@@BadnikMechanic yeah ask away, I did my work experience there in 1997 and was hired when I left school in 98, was there til 2005 I was there through the good of the sega owned period and the the bad of the leisure exchange period where they changed it from family entertainment to fruit machines and smoking
@@segasonicsteve Do you have a twitter account or another personal messaging service I could use to get in touch.
My email is in my RUclips account and on my twitter if you don't feel ok posting it in the comments.
Would just make communication a lot easier.
I loved the video, This is the video have been looking for for so many years. Thank you.
FYI you never mentioned anything about the Dodgems (Bumper-Cars) that replaced the F1 car and Harrier. I'm pretty sure it was on the Race Track floor anyway, could have been the top floor once they removed the entry barriers. But they had wireless cars and some sort of special metal flooring. I think it was one of the first of it's kind. Once Sega World closed it was taken apart and transferred to the Namco Arcade across the River not far away in South Bank next to Sea World and the London Dungeon, where it was reconstructed but it was a smaller arena for the Bumper Cars. As far as I'm aware it is still there. Along with some of the old machines from Sega World 😉😊
8:11 Haha... dropped... egg... geddit?
i was so close to get one of those Sega World London Pins but I was out bid at the last second.
I used to have another silkie picture from My Pet Chicken as my youtube profile picture. I even had the name 'That Silkie Chicken'
This reminds me of Disneyquest, which I enjoyed. I miss giant arcades
43:14 there is a Sega FunZone near me in a place called Bluewater in Kent and yes, they have a Sonic Statue.
Thank you for making this video! I went there back in 1997 for a friends birthday party. Sadly I have no photos or anything, just a blurry mind of it (I was 11!) and bought no merchandise (don’t even remember going into the gift shop) but I know had great fun on the main rides, (especially Aqua Planet) but then when you’re younger they always seem better than as a adult, as you don’t overthink it and ruin the magic! The one ride I never tried and I wish so much I did was the R-360... When I saw it when playing Segagaga back in 2003 remembered seeing it and wishing I got that one chance to play the real one again. But oh well! Only other one I sent to was the Bournemouth one, I have a few photos of that from when I went in 2005, (it was still branded as a SEGA Park then) it had a load of MushiKing arcade cabs in that I spent a lot of money on to get the cards lol. I do feel sorry for SEGA as they always tried to go over the top and do something different and it hardly ever paid off for them. I’m glad at least their arcades and UFO catchers still do well in Japan though. They’re still going to stay in my childhood, that’s for sure! :) Thanks again for the video, look forward to your next! :D
there's not that many photos of bournemouth around, if you could post them somewhere that would be great thanks :)
I was fortunate enough to visit, I remember being in awe at the golden sonic statue at the front, the dizzying escalator that bought back a ton of memories of the pictures of it in the video. the part I remember the most was the sonic the fighters/ sonic Sega arcade game, as that was the first time I sae that game and was infuriated at how difficult Sega sonic the hedgehog was to control as it was on a mouse pad style of ball i think. but over all loved the video and it bought a few memories back almost like i was back there again , it was a great time seeing it in person and I never realised how fortunate I was to visit it, until now :)
There was also a Sega Zone in Catford, London, which had Killer Instinct 2 in 96 and Plasma Sword a few years later. No photos unfortunately.
i went to Sega World London in March of 2000. The web says it closed in September of 1999, but that's not entirely accurate. It was pretty empty when I went but that epic escalator was still working, and most of the park was still functioning. I don't think the rides were still going, but the arcade and carnival stuff still was. Don't recall if McDonald's was still open. Anyway, it sure was a magical day for me, as I was visiting London from Chicago. I thought it was epic in March of 2000, can only imagine how great it woulda been in 1997-98. Thanks for the cool video, was fun to revisit Sega World London!
Theres was a 7th floor which was our staff room. I began working there on admissions and then became Golf 4. Golf's were the guys that gave you credit whenever your coins were stuck in the machines. We also had access to setting game difficulty. Most people left Segaworld very unimpressed, we got so fed up of answering "what's up there?" we just said video games. The platform at the top of the first escalator was called the stage and was literally the worst job there. Stand there for an hour listening to 'Dont speak' by No Doubt 50 times an hour on the video loop that would be on the big screen. The animatronic show never worked and the Alien that was housed right above the stage almost fell once. Staff were mostly unhappy, you were fired for any little thing and every once in a while execs from japan would walk around and request people were 'let go' for not looking happy enough. As a teen it was a great place to make friends and meet girls but in general it was too hot, too noisy and again, fired for any silly excuse. Staff would get £3 off McDonalds meals. When it began it was £2 entry but numbers were low so they scrapped that and made entry free.
Yup we definitely worked together. I was in admissions too and stood on that platform listening to no doubt and michael jackson's stranger in moscow a million times! (or standing outside in the cold in a shiny blue segaworld puffer jacket handing out segaworld flyers). I remember the golf units always hooking up staff with credits after our shifts finished! So hard to figure out who you are but we probably had a few conversations if we weren't work friends over 30 years ago lol
Yeah I remember you Saj, we used to skate sometimes, I'm sure I still had blonde dreads at the time@@sajk
Ha the blue jackets! So many people used to ask where we got them and I couldn't believe they'd want that shiny thing. Matt was our manager and the girl I can't remember her name. I remember we were talking once, Matt came over all mad and said he's going to go do something and we should explain to him why we were talking when he came back. Then told him to jog on when he came back@@sajk
I don't remember much from my childhood, but i distinctly remember going on that ghost shooting ride and playing the sonic arcade cabinet. I wonder if i got any souvenirs?
I went as a kid, absolutely loved it. Got that pewter pin too, just need to find it...
I would have loved to visit this place if it was still around. Great video it was very interesting
I was lucky enough to visit it twice, the first time was when the machines were on free play. It was an amazing experience, me and my brother played every game we possibly could - I remember particularly loving Virtua Fighter 3 as I had seen the Gamesmaster tv show Tetsujin challenge not long before.
We went on some of the rides. I remember House of Grandish a bit different!y to how you described it. You sat looking at a blank screen (which flashed occasionally and I believe showed some images) with a pair of very high quality headphones on. You could hear monsters walking around with chains and talking until it felt like they were right behind you speaking into your ear, saying "I want to suck your blood!" and then would drink one of the "guest's" blood complete with straw slurping sounds. Haha. It was pretty bad but kind of funny.
Sadly don't have any videos or pictures though, just great memories
I also remember going several times as a kid - and it was all free to play. Even the rides - I remember literally going on one 3d simulator ride - Aqua Planet - over and over again. As a little kid just going around and around. Such good memories
I remember going there around 1998 when I was 6. Only played air-hockey because I was too scared to play anything else.
Love your history of videos
I remember going as a kid with my friend & paying to for a card to go on the big rides 4 times. We worked out pretty quickly they had no way of counting how many times you used it, so we just kept going on the rides all day.
I remember going there as a kid in 1998 visiting from Africa. It was a dream. the escalators that seemed to levitate from my little perspective, the bright lights, the gaming and the crowds. I still have a sonic the hedgehog toy I got from there decades ago.
If I could travel back in time, just once. No way back, I'd come back here.
Sega World love going here as a child. Beast in darkness was terrifying!!
I'm from Poland and I remember buying and reading that issue of Secret Service with the article about Segaworld, the one citing the number of workers and hours involved. I was a kid back then and from the very few photos in the article that place seemed like the coolest thing. I forgot about it and then remembered it years later, it was sad and disappointing to read it turned out to be a failed enterprise.
Holy cow that's awsome thanks for going into detail on this it looks awsome in terms of footage wish I found out about this sooner the only real reason alone that I knew about this was from the merch that I've seen people review clearly must be quite expensive merchandise annyways though like mentioned earlier I love videos like this keep it up please I love these types of videos