This one is quick:
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| 1970 - 湯の町 夜のひとで / Maruhi yu no machi: Yoru no hito de (Secret Hot Spring Resort: Starfish at Night) |
If this crane looks familiar it's because it's listed in the 駄菓子屋ゲーム博物館 (Dakashiya game museum) book: 日本懐かし10円ゲーム大全 (highly recommended!)
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| 日本懐かし10円ゲーム大全 (published 2015) |
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| They do not know the year but say it is from around 1976 |
Now we know it is from 1970 or earlier! That is one reason these arcade explorations are important.
Next we see a boxy machine for viewing photographs of naked women. I have seen many viewer machines, but none that look like this. Why does it only have a single hole for looking in? Why is the front plate like that? It almost looks like it a different machine, they put a circle on one side, taped up 2 photos on the front, and used it as a prop.
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| this is the best shot I could find of the whole chasis |
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| this snapshot illustrates the monocular peep hole |
There is no coin slot visible. There are side vents which imply something is running hot, like an incandescent lightbulb.
There are no machines I have documented that force the user to use a single hole to view things. Well, except for telescopes. :)
Update: thanks to EM好きおじさん for the help, my instincts were correct: this is not a slider viewer machine, it is an electric furnace. The propmaster taped some nude photos on to it to make it seem like a viewer.
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| Not the exact model, but a very similar example |
I love these cork shooting galleries
A look at the tchotchkes you shoot at:
On the top-left you can see a pack of Hope cigarettes.
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