Continuing after the prior episode we explored, another G-Men episode has a great arcade. Both of these clips are available for download in Video post part 15. This is a remarkable arcade with top-of-the-line medal games. This was a very expensive arcade to build.
I have auto-adjusted the colour balance on these stills.
There are currently 5 machines we have yet to identify. Perhaps you could assist?
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| GUTS |
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| bottom of sign seems to say "ゴールドコイン投入れゲーム" (Gold coin insertion game) |
Look past the escalator, on the left side is a Bio-Rhythm machine! Made in 1974, but Sega released it in Japan in 1975. It appears to have some sort of bar or sign running across the top.
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| Bio・Rhythm - バイオリズム by For-Play & セガ (Sega) |
Looking through the glass, further on the left.... We can see a partly blocked copy of Komaya's Jump Up. Machine on the left/top might be a vending machine, unsure. Machine on the left seems to say "[something] HOCKEY", but it looks like a crane?
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| 1975 Jump Up - ジャンプアップ by こまや (Komaya) |
This is the best capture I could find of that "HOCKEY" crane game:
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| No idea if it actually says HOCKEY, there are a number of words that could look like that when smeared out by the camera. It could also say ROCKET. |
Crane game on the left. There is not a lot of detail, as we are seeing it at the corner of the frame, at a different focal length, and through a wall of glass. But I can see the wood-panel texture. Given that this is a very modern arcade with very recent machines, I would guess this is Sega's Deluxe Skill Diga.
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| 1974 Deluxe Skill Diga - デラックス・スキル ディガ by セガ (Sega) |
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| 1975 Dark Horse - ダーク・ホース by タイトー (Taito) |
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| Auto Roulette - オート・ルーレット [import] by ウィットテーカー (Whittaker) & imported by ジャパンオーバーシーズビジネス (Japan Overseas Business) as early as 1974 |
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| check the blurry machine, center/back |
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| Quarter Horse Derby made in 1970 by Games of Nevada |
This is the first time I've seen Quarter Horse Derby in Japan! I'm a bit surprised there weren't more of these machines imported. I don't think many of these were actually sold.
We actually cannot see Quarter Horse Derby fully, there is at least one machine in front of it.
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| At this blog we force our readers to stare crosseyed at blurry messes! (Either you will figure out what machine it is or it's a boat.) |
The ground-level brown blob might extend all the way to the left where that blue blob of a person is. It kind of looks like a low glass dome at the top, and that might be extending all the way to the left. Bottom, 1/3 of the way from the right, you can see two parallel metallic lines. I believe that's a payout drawer.
For the cabinet, imagine something akin to Seesaw Ball:
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1974 Seesaw Ball - シーソー・ボール by タイトー (Taito)
[for reference only] |
But this machine might not have any topper. Very unsatisfying to leave this inconclusive, but there's just a second of footage to squint at.
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| unknown mass medal machine potentially with low dome |
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| 1974 Silver Falls - シルバー・フォールズ by セガ (Sega) |
Center of the frame at the back is a large pusher machine, like Cakewalk or Double Falls, but I can't find a match for the marquee.
Here are the best images I can extract from the clip:
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| unknown UK mass medal game |
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| Carousel made in 1969 by クロンプトン (Crompton) and imported in Japan by 1974 or earlier |
Center of the frame at the back is a machine that kind of looks like a pinball chassis at first, but when you notice the depth it appears to be a console slot machine. The obvious clue is the "jackpot light" at the top. The physical profile of the machine does not seem to align with console slots I know. First, the backbox is similar to a pinball machine in that the glass takes up almost the entire head. Most console slots of this era have coin acceptors up there, or at least have a display that isn't so flush to the edges.
I am unable to see if there is a handle to pull, but many UK machines (for instance) didn't use pull handles on their console slots.
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| unknown machine, assuming it is a console slot based on the jackpot lamp on top. |
Over the attendant's left shoulder is Faro!
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| 1974 Faro - ファロー by セガ (Sega) |
Look in the background...
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| the purple with the orange smudge? That's a Pro-Bowler |
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| 1972 Pro-Bowler - プロボウラー by セガ (Sega) |
This next one is a bit of a shock, but based on the marquee proportions, the font, and the symbol to the left, I think this is The Great Ocean Cup!
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| "certainly you can't identify a machine just with THE--"... |
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| 1976 The Great Ocean Cup - ザ・グレートオーシャン・カップ by 野村電機 (Nomura Electric) & 恵通商事 (Keitsu Shoji) |
but in the middle? I do not know what machine this is. Flat orange cabinet side, and the silhouette we can see if almost perfectly vertical. There is a large grey/blue glow which is why I suspect it's a videogame.
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| unknown machine |
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| in this frame we can see the green section from Quarter Horse Derby |
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| 1974 Harness Race - ハーネス・レース by セガ (Sega) |
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| New Penny Falls - ニュー・ペニー・フォールズ by クロンプトン (Crompton) & first imported by ジャパンオーバーシーズビジネス (Japan Overseas Business) in 1973, then in 1975 by ジャトレ (Jatre) |
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| 1975 Group Bingo - グループ ビンゴ by セガ (Sega) |
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| Double Falls - ダブルフォールズ made in 1965 by クロムプトン (Crompton) & imported 1974 or earlier by ジャパンオーバーシーズビジネス (Japan Overseas Business) |
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| center, back |
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| 1976 モグラ退治 (Mole Extermination) by 東洋娯楽機 [トーゴ] (Toyo Gorakuki — Togo) |
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| interesting to note that the woman on the Auto Roulette has a different pose than the model I have a picture of. Perhaps they are different on the other side. |
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above the Harness Race sign we see Indy 800!
(I am unsure what the signage at the back says. does the fragment say "E WA"? |
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| 1975 Indy 800 - インディ八00 [import] by アタリ (Atari) & 中村製作所 (Nakamura Seisakusho) |
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| three videogames in the upper-right quadrant |
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| unknown videogame. I am unable to identify this machine. White side, marquee looks like it has a metallic border, visible silhouette looks like a gentle curve. Do you recognize this? |
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| 1976 Road Race by Sega |
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| 1974 Speed Race [Deluxe] - スピードレース by タイトー (Taito) |
To the left of the Harness Race sign we see smudges that reveal a lineup of at least 2 pinball machines. I can only identify the first smudge.
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| we have FIREBALL! |
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| I think he is running past Deluxe Skill Diga crane games, like we saw above. I believe that is two copies, placed bum-to-bum |
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