Name: Tropicana - トロピカーナ
Year: 1972
Company: 太東貿易 (Taito Trading)
Year: 1972
Company: 太東貿易 (Taito Trading)
The earliest appearance I've found of Tropicana is in a 1972 issue of Amusement magazine. It is not mentioned in any of the Taito books that I have seen. I think that is because it wasn't designed by Taito, but a machine they imported and redid the appearance of. This was probably one of the final machines before Taito changed their name from 太東貿易 to タイトー.
Tropicana is a new art package, but appears to be the same game as Star-Match and Bingomat, both machines by NSM-Löwen in 1971. I am unable to see any differences between these two besides the name.
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| 1971 Star-Match by NSM-Löwen (archive) |
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| from the 1973 machine directory, which was published in October 1972. |
The stand was an optional feature when ordered.
Since it is a new name and new artwork, I am not listing this one as an "import", but it is a grey area.
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