An outage in the network system Sega Fave runs for game centers has entered its sixth day with no fix in sight, leaving arcade cabinets with blank screens lined up in game centers around Japan. The trouble began on the afternoon of November 1 and had not been resolved as of November 6. Sega Fave, based in Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo, said the cause was unauthorized access, and that as of 9 a.m. on November 6 it had no estimate for restoring service.
The outage has hit ALL.Net, which connects arcade machines to a network, and Aime, the user authentication system that identifies players through IC cards and other means and stores their play data. It has also affected Sega Lucky Kuji Online, an online lottery service, and Sega's ID service. Games that rely on ALL.Net or Aime cannot be played normally, and operators have either shut machines down or kept them running with functions restricted.
At a game center in the Kanto region on the afternoon of November 5, the arcade area was almost empty. Cabinets that normally flash with light and sound sat silent, and a few people were seated at the handful of machines still working. Sega titles such as Ikkyo Taisen were affected, as were Bandai Namco games including Taiko no Tatsujin, Mario Kart Arcade GP DX and Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. 2 Infinite Boost.
Announcements on official game sites list more affected titles, among them Initial D THE ARCADE, Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 6RR PLUS, CHUNITHM Mate, maimai de luxe MAGiCAL and Mobile Suit Gundam Arsenal Base.
Shutdowns spread nationwide
Game centers across the country appear to be in the same position. Posts from stores' official social media accounts show several have stopped or limited machines, and some said they had removed cabinets. At least one announced it had canceled a planned game tournament. Players have complained in numbers.
Not every game is down. At the game center visited on November 5, crane games were running as usual and drew a crowd.
The outage has also reached AMUSEMENT EXPO 2026, an arcade game exhibition running at Tokyo Big Sight from November 6 to 7. Sega Fave pulled its Initial D THE ARCADE-related exhibit. The company said on its official social media account that it will issue another notice on the ALL.Net situation at around 9 a.m. on November 8.