The Internet Archive has been blessed by user @allwin_archivist uploading 80 issues of Mechanical Memories Magazine!
Beginning with issue 1 from April 2006 to issue 87 from October 2014, the only issues not included here seem to be 2, 12, 22, 57, 75, 76, 77.
There also seems to be 3 auction catalogues uploaded to the account.
Download them all at The Internet Archive.
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| Mechanical Memories Magazine Issue 01 (Apr. 2006) (600DPI) |
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| Mechanical Memories Magazine Issue 87 (Oct. 2014) (600DPI) |
An iconic arcade game mechanism that still has drawing power today, basketball games where you pop the ball into the net have been popular for generations. Over on my eremeka site I have been writing about the confusing history of basketball games in Japan, and I wanted to present a streamlined international timeline as part of the Niche Mechanisms series.
We will look at games that are 2-player head-to-head and use a series of buttons to activate solenoids to fire balls from holes that are resting in grooves. Not every game is basketball-themed, but most are.
A perfect companion to the episode TVムック故郷は欧州 意外なパチンコ進化論 (TV Mook Mystery Journey: Surprising theory of pachinko evolution) that I posted, and also did an arcade exploratin for. This book explores the history of pachinko in the context of European machines!
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| ヨーロッパに生まれ日本で育ったパチンコ百年史 |
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| A visit to the Hastings ' pier |
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| We even get to see Nic Costa again! |
FoghAndersen has revealed another operator hack, this time on a Duomat. Someone had put 4 metal straps to remove 4 different stopping points, and thus reduce the odds.
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| Duomat operator hack |
From the original Duomat restoration page:
