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It's 2020. It's a bad year. But, it's also a time of appreciation for things we don't take for granted – like the sound from Japanese arcades.
The game center of Techno World in the Iwate region, Japan spread over four hours of noise from inside its arcade as the cabinets played demo scenes, waiting for coins and players to come.
The result is both captivating and beautiful as the demo music creates an unexpected soundtrack.
The arcade was intended for these sounds to be background music. Listen to them.
