Year: 1976
Very few games with the building graphics still there can be found today. The following 2 photos have a building graphic, but it seems it was cut out and inserted, and you can only see 1 story of the building we were looking at in regards to the First Generation machines. Perhaps they graphic was modified further over time?
I am assuming the following machine does not have a paper background. If I see a machine that is not heavily faded, chances are it is the upgraded graphics.
This picture of the operator's instructions is from the DGM book:
It tells us that the operator can make the final winning shot harder by raising the middle bar, or easier by lowering it.
In the Shinkansen Game II, and other models, the shot can be adjusted by the operator:
A digital version of this game was made. It is no longer available, but here is the cleaned-up graphic that the game used:
Company: 株式会社 九娯貿易 & ニシキ製作所 (Kyugo Trading & Nishiki Seisakusho)
Shinkansen Game went through a number of iterations and improvements... All within the same year! The first version of Shinkansen Game has metal rails, and so is simple to distinguish.
The marquees for Shinkansen Game II have the train facing to the left.
The changes did not happen all at once. Take a look at this advertisement that shows the First Generation marquee, but has the expanded window:
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| Game Machine 1976-04-15: ベンドジャパン (Vend Japan) distributed many machines It is hard to say if this counts as First Gen or II. |
Earlier version of Shinkansen Game II have the backing graphics on paper. In this screen shot you can see the texture of the paper. Of course, these would fade quite quickly over the years.
I am assuming the following machine does not have a paper background. If I see a machine that is not heavily faded, chances are it is the upgraded graphics.
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| excellent colour! |
This picture of the operator's instructions is from the DGM book:
It tells us that the operator can make the final winning shot harder by raising the middle bar, or easier by lowering it.
In the first generation machines, this shot was fixed by screws and does not seem to be easily changed:
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| first generation |
In the Shinkansen Game II, and other models, the shot can be adjusted by the operator:
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| Model II with adjustable difficulty |
A digital version of this game was made. It is no longer available, but here is the cleaned-up graphic that the game used:
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| digital Shinkansen Game II |
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