Play Graph (プレイグラフ) was a pachinko operator magazine. Thank you to the members of the global pachinko community that contributed funds to help us purchase 19 issues of this magazine, and thank you to @Detchibe for scanning these (as well as contributing funds). The magazines are filled with great images of new pachinkos, arrangeball machines, gear for running a pachinko parlor, photos of parlors, and articles about the industry and players.
Here are the first 6 scans. I have also posted some of my favourite pages under the cut.
If you would like to help with future magazine purchases my email (and paypal) is thetastates@gmail.com and you can also find us on the GA Discord.
Tip: If you download the "COMIC BOOK ZIP" from the Internet Archive you can rename the .CBZ file to .ZIP and then unzip the entire issue as JPEG images. These can be easily dropped into Translate programs.
Some highlights:
1978-01
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| robot pachinko cabinet |
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| beautifully maxmimalist |
1978-02
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| pachinko on a boat |
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| check the buttons on this machine! |
1978-03
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| coin-operated headphones |
1978-05
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| this is years before Fever games |
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| ball accounting gear! |
1978-06
1978-08
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