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| 花と嵐とギャング |
This movie features a scene with a single shot from the vantage of behind the targets, and follows the shooter with the camera.
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| the painted lettering on the window seems to say キング ホール (king hall) but I am unsure how much we might be missing |
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| the statue targets move along on a conveyor |
In these next 3 posts we will be looking at movies featuring shooting galleries (previously: 私刑（リンチ）/ Rinchi,) an important predecessor to all coinop arcades and a thread that continues to this day. In Japan, arcade shooting galleries go back to at least the 18th century.
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| 丹下左膳余話 百萬両の壺 |
Yaba has a number of meanings and nuances, but in general it is arcade-style archery, featuring various styles of targets and targets that are seemingly spring-loaded. Sometimes this would involve a hostess, such as in this movie. And sometimes it was directly connected with sex work.
It is wonderful to see their imagining of a Yaba parlor, and get a sense of where arcades came from.
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| targets of various size are hung by string |
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| tiny little bows |
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| the small target is hit by the arrow |
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| these characters fall from above |
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| we can see the gallery from a distance |
5 more issues of Play Graph. Combined with the 6 others from 1978 we posted, the only issue we don't have from that year is 07 (July).
I really hope we can find Play Graph magazines from 1977 and before. Arrangeball history begins in 1972 and really takes off in 1973. Classic Smart Ball probably fades out of the magazine in the mid/early 1970s. I hope we can find more!
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| プレイグラフ [Play Graph] Vol. 14 No. 4 (April 1978) (600DPI) |
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| プレイグラフ [Play Graph] Vol. 14 No. 9 (September 1978) (600DPI) |
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| プレイグラフ [Play Graph] Vol. 14 No. 10 (October 1978) (600DPI) |
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| プレイグラフ [Play Graph] Vol. 14 No. 11 (November 1978) (600DPI) |
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| プレイグラフ [Play Graph] Vol. 14 No. 12 (December 1978) (600DPI) |
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) |
More scans of wonderful Japanese arcade magazines to share. If you are interested in helping us procure more of these to scan (because they are very rare, expensive, & heavy) my email/paypal is thetastates@gmail.com
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| 月刊コインジャーナル [Monthly Coin Journal] Vol. 14 No. 6 (June 1989) (600DPI) |
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| 月刊コインジャーナル [Monthly Coin Journal] Vol. 14 No. 12 (December 1989) (600DPI) |
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| Japan Amusement Monthly Vol. 4 No. 2 (October 1994) (600DPI) |
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| 月刊コインジャーナル [Monthly Coin Journal] Vol. 21 No. 10 (October 1996) (600DPI) |
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| Amusement Journal Vol. 11 No. 12 Issue 128 (December 2011) (600DPI) |
This film contains a bowling alley scene with a few arcade games in the background. Thank you to @TOO_yoshikawa for bringing this to my attention.
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| 乾いた花 (1964) |
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| let's begin with the machine on the far-left, since we only see it for a fraction of a second |
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| again on the far left, there is a machine that looks like Taito's Sportsman. But Taito did not begin selling that machine until 1966, so this must be the machine it was based on. |
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| for reference only: 1966 Sportsman - スポーツマン by 太東 (Taito — Crown) |
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| 1947 Deluxe Athletic Scale floor model machine by Mercury Steel Corporation |
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| on the left there is a pinball machine, but it cannot be identified by the door and leg alone. Let's focus on the 2 machines at the center of the frame. |
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| 1960 Skill-Score by Bally |
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| 1958 Double Shot by Games Inc |
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| 1955 Gypsy Queen by Gottlieb |
It looks like a Dodge City.... but could this be the elusive Western Gun?
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| is this Sega's Western Gun? Or just a Dodge City by Frantz, without the marquee? |
