1972 Pursuiter - パシューター [2 player] by さとみ (Satomi — Sammy)

Name: Pursuiter - パシューター [2 player]
Year: 1972
Company: さとみ (Satomi — Sammy)

Satomi exported a few games (under their more American-sounding Sammy brand) to North America.  Some machines spent much of their life boxed up in a warehouse in North America, and I am grateful to receive photos of a very clean machine.

How does the 2 player option work?

from the backglass, an English sticker placed over the Japanese instructions

2-player button the left-hand side of the control panel.
This button is not on the 1 player version

player 2 can control the car's speed to mess up the main player's (player 1 is always the airplane) timing
The 1 player version of this game does not have an accelerator pedal.

It is odd that there was no Type Approval Number on the information plaque.  Perhaps that is because it was made for export?  It shows a manufacturer date of 1972-10-14, and lists this as model A-2B.  I wonder if A-2A is the 1 player version?

Amusement magazine 1972-11