Wednesday, August 27, 2025

scans: Play Graph magazine issues spanning 1971-1984

10 MORE Play Graph scans!  I have been slowly purchasing purchasing issue I could find that weren't over $100.  Scanning done by Detchibe.

Play Graph プレイグラフ 1971-01
Play Graph プレイグラフ 1971-02
Play Graph プレイグラフ 1971-03
Play Graph プレイグラフ 1975-10
Play Graph プレイグラフ 1976-03
Play Graph プレイグラフ 1977-01
Play Graph プレイグラフ 1977-05
Play Graph プレイグラフ 1977-10
Play Graph プレイグラフ 1977-11
Play Graph プレイグラフ 1984-09

 

プレイグラフ [Play Graph] Vol. 7 No. 1 (January 1971) (600DPI)

 プレイグラフ [Play Graph] Vol. 7 No. 2 (February 1971) (600DPI)

プレイグラフ [Play Graph] Vol. 7 No. 3 (March 1971) (600DPI)

プレイグラフ [Play Graph] Vol. 11 No. 10 (October 1975) (600DPI)

プレイグラフ [Play Graph] Vol. 12 No. 3 (March 1976) (600DPI)

プレイグラフ [Play Graph] Vol. 13 No. 1 (January 1977) (600DPI)

プレイグラフ [Play Graph] Vol. 13 No. 5 (May 1977) (600DPI)

プレイグラフ [Play Graph] Vol. 13 No. 10 (October 1977) (600DPI)

プレイグラフ [Play Graph] Vol. 13 No. 11 (November 1977) (600DPI)

プレイグラフ [Play Graph] Vol. 20 No. 9 (September 1984) (600DPI)


Some highlights:












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Tuesday, August 26, 2025

scans: Silver Falls photograph (1974, Sega)

Mike Minchew has graced us with another extremely important scan, a promotional photo of the 1974 medal game Silver Falls. This is considered to be the very first mass medal game built in Japan. (archive)

Japanese companies (like Esco Trading & Japan Overseas Business,) began importing large gambling machines from the UK in the early 1970s, especially in 1973 and 1974. In 1974 many Japanese companies came out with their own mass medal games, but Sega's Silver Falls was the first out the gate.

1974 Silver Falls - シルバー・フォールズ by セガ (Sega)



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This blog stands in solidarity with all of the youth who are being terrorized by a fascist president who has declared them to be threats that must be eliminated.

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Please read: Stark report highlights harassment of trans, cis and intersex people since Supreme Court ruling by Sophie Perry 

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

scans: huge Play Meter update!

Hubz has been killing it with the Play Meter scans. We are almost at the end of collecting all of the Play Meter and Replay issues. It is exciting to think that one day all of the 20th century Play Meter issues will be preserved. if you want to support these efforts, I recommend supporting Hubz and Gaming Alexandria on Patreon.

We have a bunch of issues to share, plus I'll be linking a huge stack of Play Meter Updates, smaller publications that happened between issues, because apparently the coin-op industry was so vibrant back then that month the issues could not properly encapsulate it. 

Play Meter - 1983-04-15
Play Meter - 1985-03-15
Play Meter - 1986-30-15
Play Meter - 1987-02
Play Meter - 1983-03
Play Meter - 1987-09
Play Meter - 1987-10
Play Meter - 1990-01
Play Meter - 1990-02
Play Meter - 1990-03
Play Meter - 1992-10
Play Meter - 1996-03
Play Meter - 1996-04
Play Meter - 1996-05
Play Meter - 1996-06
Play Meter - 1996-07
Play Meter - 1996-08
Play Meter - 1996-09
Play Meter - 1996-10
Play Meter - 1996-11
Play Meter - 1996-12  

Play Meter - Volume 9, Number 7 - April 15th 1983 (600DPI)

Play Meter - Volume 11, Number 5 - March 15th 1985 (600DPI)

Play Meter - Volume 12, Number 6 - April 15th 1986 (600DPI)

Play Meter - Volume 13, Number 2 - February 1987 (600DPI)

Play Meter - Volume 13, Number 4 - April 1987 (600DPI)

Play Meter - Volume 13, Number 9 - September 1987 (600DPI)

Play Meter - Volume 13, Number 10 - October 1987 (600DPI)

Play Meter - Volume 16, Number 1 - January 1990 (600DPI)

Play Meter - Volume 16, Number 3 - February 1990 (600DPI)

Play Meter - Volume 16, Number 5 - April 1990 (600DPI)

Play Meter - Volume 18, Number 11 - October 1992 (600DPI)

Play Meter - Volume 22, Number 4 - March 1996 (600DPI)

Play Meter - Volume 22, Number 5 - April 1996 (600DPI)

Play Meter - Volume 22, Number 6 - May 1996 (600DPI)

Play Meter - Volume 22, Number 7 - June 1996 (600DPI)

Play Meter - Volume 22, Number 8 - July 1996 (600DPI)

Play Meter - Volume 22, Number 9 - August 1996 (600DPI)

Play Meter - Volume 22, Number 10 - September 1996 (600DPI)

Play Meter - Volume 22, Number 11 - October 1996 (600DPI)

Play Meter - Volume 22, Number 12 - November 1996 (600DPI)

Play Meter - Volume 22, Number 13 - December 1996 (600DPI)


The following are Play Meter Updates. These are shorter, but often packed with very juicy industry information. 

Play Meter Update - Volume 6, Number 2 - February 1st 1980 (600DPI
Play Meter Update - Volume 6, Number 4 - March 1st 1980 (600DPI)
Play Meter Update - Volume 6, Number 6 - April 1st 1980 (600DPI)
Play Meter Update - Volume 6, Number 8 - May 1st 1980 (600DPI)
Play Meter Update - Volume 6, Number 10 - June 1st 1980 (600DPI)
Play Meter Update - Volume 6, Number 12 - July 1st 1980 (600DPI)
Play Meter Update - Volume 6, Number 14 - August 1st 1980 (600DPI)
Play Meter Update - Volume 6, Number 16 - September 1st 1980 (600DPI)
Play Meter Update - Volume 6, Number 18 - October 1st 1980 (600DPI)
Play Meter Update - Volume 6, Number 20 - November 1st 1980 (600DPI)
Play Meter Update - Volume 6, Number 22 - December 1st 1980 (600DPI)
Play Meter Update - Volume 6, Number 24 - December 31st 1980 (600DPI)
Play Meter Update -  Volume 7, Number 2 - February 1st 1981 (600DPI)
Play Meter Update - Volume 7, Number 4 - March 1st 1981 (600DPI)
Play Meter Update - Volume 7, Number 6 - April 1st 1981 (600DPI)
Play Meter Update - Volume 7, Number 8 - May 1st 1981 (600DPI)

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Please read: US to ‘root out anti-Americanism’ in reviewing immigration applications by Agence France-Presse and Anna Betts 
 

 

scans: 2 Japanese flyers: Arabian Nights by Jaleco, and Kasco Re-Creation

I purchased these flyers and Detchibe scanned them in luscious 1200 DPI. I am very grateful to get that Kasco one because I have slowly been upgrading the image for Mind Control over the years. I started with the tiniest black-and-white smudge of the thumbnail, and now with my fourth and final upgrade we get a glorious flyer scan.

Lots of questionable cultural appropriation going on here…

 Arabian Nights [アラビアンナイト] (Jaleco) Arcade Flyer (1200DPI) 

 

Re-Creation [レ・クリエイション] (Kasco) Flyer (1200DPI)

 

 

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This blog stands in solidarity with all of the youth who are being terrorized by a fascist president who has declared them to be threats that must be eliminated.

The USA is disappearing random brown people off the streets via unidentified masked men and shipping them off to concentration camps and notorious foreign prisons, all with no due process. Solidarity for all who are in the gaze of this American Nazism terror campaign against its own citizens.

Please read: Experiences of trans segregation following the Supreme Court ruling [UK] 

Please read: Ranger fired for hanging transgender flag in Yosemite and park visitors may face prosecution 

Monday, August 18, 2025

Videos part 13

Another huge collection of pinball / arcade videos.
Prior video posts: 123, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and entry 5 onward has a link to one of these ZIP files of movie clips. Clips were trimmed by tweakbod.

In this batch:

1928 - Speedy coin-op scenes
1931 - On the Loose shooting gallery scene
1937 - Way Out West coin-op scene
1961 - Goodbye Again pinball scene
1962 - Carnival of Souls coin-op scenes
1962 - ギャング対ギャング (Gyangu tai gyangu aka Gang vs. Gang) arcade scenes
1962 - ひとりぼっちの二人だが (Hitoribotchi no futari daga aka Two people alone) amusement park and arcade scenes
1963 - ギャング対Gメン 集団金庫破り (Gang tai G-men Shudan kinko yaburi aka Gangster vs. G-Men Group Safecracking) arcade scene
1963 - ギャング対Gメン 集団金庫破り (Gang tai G-men Shudan kinko yaburi aka Gangster vs. G-Men Group Safecracking) rooftop amusement park scene
1971 - Night Gallery S01E04a Make Me Laugh pinball scene
1971 - ずべ公番長 ざんげの値打もない (Delinquent Girl Boss Worthless to Confess aka Delinquent Girl Boss Unworthy of Penance) arcade scenes
1971 - 関東テキヤ一家 喧嘩火祭り (Kantô Tekiya ikka Goromen himatsuri aka Kanto Tekiya Family Fighting Fire Festival) shooting gallery scene
1973 - Pets derby & carnival arcade scene
1973 - 愛欲の罠 (Aiyoku no wana aka Trapped in Lust) arcade scene
1974 - ㊙色情めす市場 (Maruhi shikijô mesu ichiba aka Secret Chronicle; She Beast Market) slots and arrangeball scene
1975 - Pure Shit pinball scene
1976 - Cools - Mrハーレーダビットソン (Mr. Harley Davidson) arcade scenes
1976 - Milano Violenta bowling alley scene
1976 - The Sweeney S03E08 Sweet Smell of Succession coin-op scenes
1976 - The Tenant pinball scenes
1976 - Trackdown pinball scene
1976 - À nous les petites Anglaises! aka Let's Get Those English Girls arcade scenes
1977 - End of the World pinball scene
1977 - Summer City pinball scene
1978 - 鬼畜 (Kichiku aka The Demon) arcade & coinop telescope scenes
1979 - 俺たちは天使だ! (We are the Angels!) arcade scene
1979 - 俺たちは天使だ! (We are the Angels!) slot machine scene
1979 - 俺達に墓はない (Oretachi ni haka wa nai aka No Grave For Us) arcade scene
1980 - It's My Turn arcade scene
1980 - Pixote foosball and pinball scenes
1980s - スペースインベーダー当時の ゲームセンター (Game center at the time of Space Invaders) [NKvc3r4-eoM] arcade footage
1981 - Friday the 13th Part 2 bar scene
1981 - Goin' All the Way diner arcade scenes
1981 - Les Filles de Grenoble pinball scene
1981 - 打雀英雄傳 (Da qiao ying xiong zhuan aka Mahjong Heroes) arcade scenes
1984 - Automan S01E07 The Biggest Game In Town arcade scenes
1984 - Les Ripoux arcade scene
1986 - America 3000 arcade scene
1988 - It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books pinball scene
1990 - Side Out unknown surfing arcade game
1998 - Physical Pinball pinball scene

Download this zip (3.2 GB)

 

And some youtube...

Great video from pindude152 showcasing an extremely obscure Japanese game ライダーセブン (Rider Seven), which is a conversion of a Rotamint machine. This is one of many conversions that existed in the early 1970s, mostly for black market gambling. Check my tag of Germany-related Japanese machines to see a few others.


 

Pinbruh posted a great gameplay video of Lady Robinhood (a game that is now on my dream want list) and I loved the sounds and asked if he could record a gameplay-only version.  and he did!  the sounds are pretty fabulous.


 

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This blog stands in solidarity with all of the youth who are being terrorized by a fascist president who has declared them to be threats that must be eliminated.

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please read: DOJ Wants to Scare Schools, Businesses and More Into Trans Bathroom Ban by S. Baum

please read: Massachusetts lesbian Gov. Maura Healey signs abortion and gender-affirming care shield law by Ryan Adamczeski


 

Monday, August 11, 2025

scans: Coin Machine Review 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953

And with this post I am finished uploading all of the Coin Machine Review scans I have.

Coin Machine Review 1948-05
Coin Machine Review 1948-07
Coin Machine Review 1948-08
Coin Machine Review 1949-03
Coin Machine Review 1949-04
Coin Machine Review 1949-05
Coin Machine Review 1949-06
Coin Machine Review 1949-07
Coin Machine Review 1949-08
Coin Machine Review 1949-10
Coin Machine Review 1950-01
Coin Machine Review 1950-06
Coin Machine Review 1950-07
Coin Machine Review 1953 directory and source book for the coin machine industry
 

Coin Machine Review 1948-05


Coin Machine Review 1948-07

Coin Machine Review 1948-08

Coin Machine Review 1949-03

Coin Machine Review 1949-04

Coin Machine Review 1949-05

Coin Machine Review 1949-06

Coin Machine Review 1949-07

Coin Machine Review 1949-08

Coin Machine Review 1949-10

Coin Machine Review 1950-01

Coin Machine Review 1950-06

Coin Machine Review 1950-07

Coin Machine Review 1953 directory and source book for the coin machine industry

Highlights reel!

I want to start with the last item posted. It's just a directory, and I want to highlight (and make findable) the contact info from Japan and Canada.  After this, I'll go back to 1948 and go in order for the rest of the highlights.

 

Transcription: 

JAPAN
Tokyo

Robert T. Brooks & Co., Inc., Hotel Tokyo.
Philippine Amusement Enterprises, Hotel Tokyo, Room 303. 

R. C. Williams & Co., Inc., #3-1 Chome Shiba
Tamuracho Minato-ku.

 


Transcription:
CANADA

ALBERTA
 
Calgary
Alberta Vending Machines, Ltd., 109 7th Ave., E. Delton Dists., 209 7th Ave., E.
 
Edmonton
Jim Louis, 9916 Jasper Ave. Van Dusen Bros., 10147 112th St. 2-2505.
 
BRITISH COLUMBIA
 
Cranbrook
R. & M. Sales.
 
New Westminster
Clayton Serv., 738 Columbia St. 141. C. R. Stens-gaard, gm.
 
Vancouver
Siegel Dist. Co., Ltd., 40 Powell St. Store Fixtures Supply House, 1260 Granville St.
 
Victoria
Musicale Network System, 2017 Quadra St. GAr-den 2131.
 
MANITOВА
 
Winnipeg
Allan Pullmer, 30 Buckingham Apts., Broadway Ave. 92-5971.
Wilson Coin Machine Exch., 191 Pacific Ave. Winnipeg Coin Machine Co., 277 Donald St.
 
NEW BRUNSWICK
 
Moncton
Reid Amusement Machines, Reg., 280 Botsford St. 4079. L. A. Reid.
 
St. John
Nova Sales Co., Ltd., 23 Water St. J. B. Jones.
 
NOVA SCOTIA
 
Amherst
Maritime Automatic Music 
 
Debert
Natl. Amusements & Nov., Ltd. DEbert 20. C. M. Warner, gm,
 
Halifax
Eastern Nov. Co., 178 Grafton St.
Halifax Coin Machine Exch., Co., Ltd. PO Box 1526.
 
Stellarton
Central Amusement Co., Ltd. J. B. Keay.
 
Yarmouth
Maritime Vending Machine Co. Don Veinot.
 
ONTARIO
 
Barrie
Eddie Fitzgerald.
 
Belleville
Selco Dist. Co., Box 243, L. J. Seymour.
 
Chatham
Canadian Vend-Rite Dist. Co., 16 Charteris St. A. 1. Camphell; Kenneth McPhail.
 
Cornwall
Cornwall Music, 706 Montreal, A, Thibeault.
 
Dundas
Canadian Vending Machines, Ltd., PO Box 114.
Dundas 613. J. 5. H. Q. Lyon, gm.
 
Hamilton
Maple Leaf Sales, 1575 Main St., 2-6083. Ernie Card.
Wentworth Music Co., 105 King St., W.
 
Hawkesbury
Lewis Music Sales, 13 Main St. 65.
 
Kingston
Kingston Music Co., 346 Princess St. Peter Lee, p.
 
Orillia
Cliff Davie Amusement, 300 Bay St. OR 5272, Cliff Davie.
 
Ottawa
Atlas Music Co., 891 Bank St. 4-7833. Ernie Dowsett.
Donald Fielding & Co., 587 Bank St.
Regent Vending Machines, Ltd., 779-78112 Bank St. 3-8487. Mack Levin, p; E. Leving, vp; L Stone, s-t.
 
Owen Sound
Eddie Sargent.
 
Peterborough
Canadian Games & Nov. Co., 204 George St., N.
6245.
 
St. Thomas
St. Thomas Coin Sales, Ltd., 669 Talbot St. 2648. Vincent A. Barrie,
 
Smith Falls
Rideau Amusements, Reg., 22 Main St., E.
 
Toronto
Beasley Amusement Nov. Co., 1056 Queen St., W.
Canadian Restroom Equipment Co., 42 Lombard St. Empire 3-7656. E. J. Piggott.
Century Prod., Ltd., 964 W. Eglinton Ave. OR 2213, OR 8133. H. R. Springer, p; L. Bruno, s-t.
Eugene Chevrier, 2411 Dundas, W.
Cole Prod. Corp., 737 Church St.
M. Fields, 504 Church St.
R. C. Gilchrist, Ltd., 1166 Bay St. Princess 2638. Reg. A. Gilchrist, p; Miss E. Getty, s-t.
Intl. Vending, 111 Broadview.
Frank Kirke Nov. Co., 241 King St., E. Waverley
4077.
Liebman Enterprises, 179 Gerrard, E. Midway 8815.
Eric Liebman.
Moore Bros. Equipment, 956 Yonge St. RA 5556. S. A. Moore. 
PM Amusement Co., 2 Sammon Ave. (6).
Phono-Vision Dist. Co., 145 Dundas St., W. George Chow.
Siegel Dist. Co., Ltd., 477 Yonge St.
Toronto Coin Machine Exch., 826 St. Clair, W. Toronto Trading Post, Ltd., 736 Yonge St. (5).
Kingsdale 0186. W. G. Fielding, p; A. A. Clavir, vp.
Wasaga Recreations, Ltd., 124 Harbord. RA 7177.
Uptergrove
Harold H. Thompson.
 
Windsor
Downie Bros., 889 Wyandotte St., E. Donald Fielding & Co., 1106 Hall Ave.
 
QUEBEC
 
Cap-de-la-Madeleine
J. C. Blouin & Fils, Inc., 93 Fusey. 4-4675. J. C. Blouin.
 
Granby
American Amusement, 200 Main St.
 
Montreal
M. Adelson, Reg., 1105 St. Lawrence Blvd. Automat Machines, Inc., 437 Ontario St., E. (24). J. Lauzier, gm.
Louis-Philippe Beaudin, 1675 Laurier St., E. (34).
Chevrier & Larin, 4241 Delaroche St. AM 2394. Eugene Chevrier.
Federal Amusements, 853 Notre Dame, W.
Laniel Amusement, 1807-15 Notre Dame St., W. (3).
Lawrence Nov. Co., 1436 Notre Dame St., W.
Mortimer Sales Co., 1269 Amherst St.
Paul Nov., Reg., 7421 St. Hubert. Paul Campeau.
Quebec Coin Machine Exch., 1247 Guy St. (25).
Roxy Spec. Corp., 703 Notre Dame St., W. (3).
Siegel Dist. Co., Ltd., 1951 St. James St., W.
Kenneth Tom Amusement, 15 Vitre St., E. LA 2666.
Trans Canada Dist. Co., Ltd., 1247 Guy St. (25). Victory Amusement Co., 1887 Beaubien St., E. TAlon 4882. John Achladites.
 
Quebec
Laurent Lemieux, 1114 Rue St. Vallier.
 
Ste. Agathe Des Monts
Solway Nov. Enterprises, 74 St. Joseph St., Box 129.
 
St. Joseph de Beauce 
Dallaire Industries, Ave. du Palais. 139. Beaudoin
Dallaire.
 
Sherbrooke
Laval Nov. Reg., 28 Belmont St.
 
Trois Rivieres
Crown Vending Machine, 935 Ste. Julie St.
 
SASKATCHEWAN
 
Saskatoon
Saskatoon Coin Machine Co., 233 22nd St. 
 
 






















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This blog stands in solidarity with all of the youth who are being terrorized by a fascist president who has declared them to be threats that must be eliminated.

The USA is disappearing random brown people off the streets via unidentified masked men and shipping them off to concentration camps and notorious foreign prisons, all with no due process. Solidarity for all who are in the gaze of this American Nazism terror campaign against its own citizens.

Please read: A Mother and Her Trans Teen Decide to Leave the U.S. (archive copy) by Sam Wolson & Lilli Carré

Please read:  After only 6 months, Project 2025 is already 47 percent complete by Kimberly Wehle 

Please read: NYC opens first publicly funded homeless shelter for transgender people