I'm Sorry (video game)

I'm Sorry
Title screen
Developer(s)Coreland
Publisher(s)Sega
Platform(s)Arcade
Release[1]
Genre(s)Maze
Mode(s)Single player, Two players alternating
Arcade systemSega System 1

I'm Sorry, known in Japan as Gombe's I'm Sorry (ごんべえのあいむそ〜り〜, Gonbē no Aimusōrī), is a political satire arcade game developed by Coreland and published by Sega in 1985. This action game stars a caricature of former Prime Minister of Japan Kakuei Tanaka. The title is actually a play on the Japanese word for Prime Minister, Sōri (総理).[2] I'm Sorry was made after the Lockheed bribery scandals, and satirizes Tanaka's greed by making the goal of the game acquiring gold bars.[2] Despite the game's context in Japanese politics, I'm Sorry was localized to United States arcades.

  1. ^ "ごんべいのあいむそーりー" [Gonbei no I'm sorry]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
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