Here is another batch of Japanese eremeka flyers I purchased. ty to Joey for scanning them. A big range of years here. The 1979 Caribbean Pirates is the obviously priziest of them all, but also of note is the super rare 電流イライラ棒 バベル (Electric Frustrating Stick Babel) which is a machine that made it to the amusement expo but I do not think it entered full production. (the flyer has an illustration, but we have seen a photo from the 1997 show)
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The following tidbits of pinball ancestry were shared with me by user PaulKersey on the Gaming Alexandria Discord.
Booklet series name : Hand-bibliothek för sällskapsnöjen : eller systematiskt ordnande spel, lekar och konster Edited by G. J. Billberg Publisher : Stockholm : L. J. Hjerta, 1838-1839
1839 Hand-bibliothek för sällskapsnöjen pages 86+87
1839 Hand-bibliothek för sällskapsnöjen p88
Transcription via Paul:
FORTUNA.
För detta spel erfordras ett vertikalt jemnt stående bord (a), som är rundadt i öfra ändan, i hvilken rundel är utmärkt plats för 9 käglor, deraf de 3 medlersta stå midt emellan båda sidorna (b). Omkring de 3 sidorna och hälften af nedra ändan löper en ränna för klotets lopp. Denna är betäckt från halfva långsidan till höger (c); äfvensom nedra ändan (dd) är betäckt, deraf likväl locket (dcee) är gångbart, till förvarande af käglor och klot. Början af rännan från (e) till (d) är långslut, och vid (d) har klotet sin vanliga plats, hvarifrån det utstötes med en kort mas (f), sådan som i Billard, men af rännans bredd.
Spelsättet. Spelarne kunna vara så många som hälst, och beräkningen sker såsom i vanligt kägelspel. Klotet stötes från (g); men om det ej hinner (c), omstötes. I öfrigt räknas bom, såsom i vanligt kägelspel.
Machine translation:
FORTUNA.
For this game a vertical, even table (a) is required, which is rounded at the upper end, in which round is a place for 9 skittles, of which the 3 middle ones stand midway between both sides (b). Around the 3 sides and half of the lower end runs a chute for the ball to run. This is covered from half the long side to the right (c); although the lower end (dd) is covered, the lid (dcee) is still operable, for the storage of skittles and balls. The beginning of the chute from (e) to (d) is the long end, and at (d) the ball has its usual place, from which it is ejected with a short mass (f), such as in Billiards, but of the width of the chute.
Method of play.
The players can be as many as desired, and the calculation is made as in ordinary skittles. The ball is ejected from (g); but if it does not have time (c), it is overturned. Otherwise, a miss is counted, as in ordinary skittles.
This game of fortuna is similar to 'naco' bowling tables. For me this highlights how the game names really shifted between countries and decades, so I am grateful for the diagram and description.
Another tidbit, this from a 1795 Swedish newspaper:
I was told Fortuna-spelet med des tillbehör = “The Fortuna game with its equipment.” so we do not know for sure what time of table this was, but it shows that Fortuna was a name used for tables like this going back to the 18th century.
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books and school curriculum from university level down to elementary
school, banning trans people from bathrooms, and declaring trans
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I purchased a bunch of Japanese arcade flyers and Joey/Detchibe has scanned them for me. This batch is UK fruit machines made by JPM that Sega imported into Japan in 1997 and 1998.
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trans people from society. Trans people have always existed, in every
society, but the administration has embraced a moral panic, declared a
war against reality, and says that trans people can no longer be allowed
to exist. This includes making their healthcare illegal, censoring
books and school curriculum from university level down to elementary
school, banning trans people from bathrooms, and declaring trans
existence to be child abuse.
This blog stands in solidarity with
all of the youth who are being terrorized by a fascist president that
has declared them to be threats that must be eliminated.
The USA
is disappearing random brown people off the streets via unidentified
masked gestapo and shipping them off to concentration camps and
notorious foreign prisons, all with no due process. The world witnessed
ICE execute a mother and a nurse and then lie about what we saw.
Solidarity for all who are in the gaze of this American Nazism terror
campaign against its own people.
3 rare scans from Mike Minchew. Click on the titles under each image to get all pages at The Internet Archive. The Star Trek flyer was purchased from Japan but does not have any Japanese writing on it.
Mike Minchew is a prolific collector of Pinball and Arcade/Video Flyers
with over 12,000 spare flyers available for sale/trade. He is always
looking to buy flyers for his collection - from a single flyer to entire
collections. Mike can be reached at mike.minchew@verizon.net
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blog stands in protest against the USA's horrific attempts to eliminate
trans people from society. Trans people have always existed, in every
society, but the administration has embraced a moral panic, declared a
war against reality, and says that trans people can no longer be allowed
to exist. This includes making their healthcare illegal, censoring
books and school curriculum from university level down to elementary
school, banning trans people from bathrooms, and declaring trans
existence to be child abuse.
This blog stands in solidarity with
all of the youth who are being terrorized by a fascist president that
has declared them to be threats that must be eliminated.
The USA
is disappearing random brown people off the streets via unidentified
masked gestapo and shipping them off to concentration camps and
notorious foreign prisons, all with no due process. The world witnessed
ICE execute a mother and a nurse and then lie about what we saw.
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Some rare Taito flyers courtesy Mike Minchew. I love the 1960s machines! Those 2 basketball flyers are probably not from 1967, but that is when those games first appeared. They were built and exported for a number of years, especially the 902 model. The Taito Stagecoach flyer is interesting, as it is a Kasco product. Taito was probably handling the exporting.
Mike Minchew is a prolific collector of Pinball and Arcade/Video Flyers with over 12,000 spare flyers available for sale/trade. He is always looking to buy flyers for his collection - from a single flyer to entire collections. Mike can be reached at mike.minchew@verizon.net
This
blog stands in protest against the USA's horrific attempts to eliminate
trans people from society. Trans people have always existed, in every
society, but the administration has embraced a moral panic, declared a
war against reality, and says that trans people can no longer be allowed
to exist. This includes making their healthcare illegal, censoring
books and school curriculum from university level down to elementary
school, banning trans people from bathrooms, and declaring trans
existence to be child abuse.
This blog stands in solidarity with
all of the youth who are being terrorized by a fascist president that
has declared them to be threats that must be eliminated.
The USA
is disappearing random brown people off the streets via unidentified
masked gestapo and shipping them off to concentration camps and
notorious foreign prisons, all with no due process. The world witnessed
ICE execute a mother and a nurse and then lie about what we saw.
Solidarity for all who are in the gaze of this American Nazism terror
campaign against its own people.
Prior video posts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and entry 5 onward has a link to one of these ZIP files of movie clips.
Most files edited by tweakbod.
Some screenshots...
In this batch we have...
1937 - A Star is Born pinball scene 1941 - Out Of The Fog pinball scene 1944 - Hi Beautiful arcade scene 1948 - Highway 13 pinball scenes 1953 - The Colgate Comedy Hour E18 penny arcade scene 1959 - Les quatre cents coups (aka The 400 Blows) pinball scene 1963 - Billy Liar photo booth scene 1964 - The Andy Griffith Show S04E32 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. pinball scene 1965 - The Addams Family S02E03 Morticia's Romance (part 2) pinball scene 1968 - Baisers volés (aka Stolen Kisses) pinball scene 1970 - Every Home Should Have One coin-op scenes 1971 - The Persuaders! S01E08 Anyone Can Play coin-op scenes 1973 - Electra Glide in Blue coin-op scenes 1973 - Hawaii Five-O S05E22 Engaged To Be Buried coin-op scenes 1978 - High-Ballin' pinball scene 1978 - Il figlio dello sceicco (aka The Son of the Sheik) pinball scene 1980 - Stir Crazy pinball scenes 1980 - Used Cars pinball scenes 1981 - Honky Tonk Freeway arcade scene 1982 - Laberinto de pasiones arcade scenes 1982 - Zapped! pinball scene 1983 - Si elle dit oui... je ne dis pas non coin-op scenes 1983 - Tchao Pantin (aka So Long, Stooge) arcade scenes 1983 - Zappa photo booth scene 1984 - Falling in Love arcade scene 1984 - Gregorio arcade scene 1984 - The Last Starfighter arcade scenes 1986 - Nightmare Weekend arcade scene 1987 - The Lost Boys pinball scenes 1987 - Wings Of Desire pinball scene 1989 - Sex, Lies and Videotape bar scene 1993 - What's Eating Gilbert Grape pinball scene 2025 - F1 The Movie pinball scene
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This blog stands in solidarity with all of the youth who are being terrorized by a fascist president that has declared them to be threats that must be eliminated.
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I've spent a lot of time in pinball venues over the years: From hobbyist conventions to dedicated pinball meccas, to barcades and arcades and pinball co-ops. If you've spent a few hours at a Free Play arcade, you've probably seen this as well: people come in never having seen or played pinball before and they struggle with starting the game and sometimes have to be told where the flippers are. This often ends up with a few games in a row that have 4-player games and someone walked away during player 3 ball 1.
There must be a better way to entreat these people into the world of pinball, so I decided to write a Pinball 101 info card in the hopes of conveying the basics to pinball neophytes of the world. Annie Socoria teamed up with me and handled the design side, and shout out to all of the people I consulted with my early draft(s).
Not only will the flyer give the basics, but it gives people something to take home. Maybe they'll see it and remember the fun then had and it will act as a reminder to go back. There are helpful links on the back to help encourage new players, and hopefully help inspire future pinball fans.
We designed 101+102 to fit an 8.5x11 page so it could easily be printed at home. You can print + fold, or print 2 copies (with duplex on the short edge) and cut in the middle and you can have Pinball 101 on one side and Pinball 102 on the back. Feel free to print them flush to cut cardstock for your own arcade!
These are free to use for pinball arcades everywhere.
Click on the text beneath each image to get the PDF at The Internet Archive.
The version above has links relevant to Ottawa, but we also produced a delocalized version with the Ottawa-specific links removed. The rest is the same. These can be used in any arcade location!
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trans people from society. Trans people have always existed, in every
society, but the administration has embraced a moral panic, declared a
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books and school curriculum from university level down to elementary
school, banning trans people from bathrooms, and declaring trans
existence to be child abuse.
This blog stands in solidarity with
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has declared them to be threats that must be eliminated.
The USA
is disappearing random brown people off the streets via unidentified
masked gestapo and shipping them off to concentration camps and
notorious foreign prisons, all with no due process. The world witnessed
ICE execute a mother and a nurse and then lie about what we saw.
Solidarity for all who are in the gaze of this American Nazism terror
campaign against its own people.
