Saturday, February 25, 2023

scans: Gremlin/Sega service notes, Japanese flyers + Amusement magazine + 1978 arcade machine book

 A huge update!

John of John's Juke's (flippers.com) has graciously scanned in his binder of technical notices from Gremlin / Sega games.  They can all be found here:  Gremlin / Sega service notes (Internet Archive)

The PDFs are broken down by game, and one for notices specific to the G-80 system, and then general Gremlin tech notices.

  1. 005
  2. Astro Blaster
  3. Borderline
  4. Buck Rogers
  5. Carnival
  6. Digger
  7. Eliminator
  8. Frogger
  9. G-80 system notes
  10. general Gremlin tech notices
  11. Monaco GP
  12. Monster Bash
  13. Moon Cresta
  14. Pengo
  15. Space Firebird
  16. Space Fury
  17. Space Odyssey
  18. Space Tactics
  19. Star Trek
  20. Sub Roc
  21. Sub Roc 3d
  22. Super Zaxxon
  23. Tac Scan
  24. Tranquilizer Gun
  25. Turbo
  26. Zaxxon
  27. Zektor




as an example, here is a Star Trek cabinet wiring diagram


another example: check out this lovely Zaxxon joystick diagram



I purchased these 3 Japanese arcade flyers and to share them with the world.  The pics embedded open to high res, but also there are links to the PDFs on the Internet Archive.

つり大会 (Fishing Tournament) by 昭和遊園 (Showa Yuen)
from 1970 or earlier: this game as listed as being at Expo 70



Toreador Spain - 闘牛 (Bullfighting)
the earliest date we've recorded is an appearance in a 1975 publication


1985 ゴールキーパー  (goalkeeper) by 三和電子 (Sanwa Electronics)


A friend and I went together and purchased a stack of Amusement Sangyo magazines (and I think there's a Coin Journal in there,) and as he scans them I'll be sharing them here.  Here's the first one!

A different friend had the 1978 machine directory and scanned it for me.  I am elated that I get to share this with you all.  This is an extremely rare document of Japanese arcade history.

Thursday, February 2, 2023

Niche Mechanisms 005: booze barometers

Simple, effective, iconic.

2 bars.
1 circuit.
MAY THEIR PATHS NEVER CROSS!!!





Wednesday, February 1, 2023

exploring the arcade in 団地妻しのび逢い (1972) aka Danchizuma shinobiai aka Apartment Wife: Secret Rendezvous

Oh I found a good one!

It's the arcade in the background of one scene in this "blue movie".

団地妻しのび逢い (1972)

It is a very short clip, but yields many important games!  In this first shot we see a row of games from the ride.





Let's go smudge-by-smudge and try and figure out what games these are!