Year: 1977
Company: オリエンタル興業 (Oriental Kogyo)
Super-Scope is a classic rotary merchandiser game, where you press a button to time a pusher arm to see if you can knock prizes off.
Super-Scope is a game with a messy history. As with most Oriental Kogyo machines, this is a modified design of a foreign machine. But not quite, as their version comes after the Bonanza
The original Super Scope was imported by リバーストン (Riverstone) in 1974. (see Game Machine article further below)
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| Super Scope - スーパースコープ [import, 1974] by Nuversions & リバーストン (Riverstone) |
From an old home video of a UK arcade, we have the original Super-Scope:
We see this version in Japan in 1974 when リバーストン (Riverstone) held an exhibition to showcase arcade machine. The easiest 2 differences are the marquee shape, and the lack of front arm rest.
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| Game Machine 1974-09-30 |
The full article:
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| Game Machine 1974-09-30 |
Bonanza produced their version:
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| 1975 Super-Scope - スーパースコープ by ボナンザ (Bonanza) |
This one seems to be identifiable by the two front coin slots.
In 1975 Riverstone is advertising the new Bonanza version of Super-Scope.
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| Game Machine 1975-06-01 ad by リバーストン (Riverstone) |
This next articles mention that in 1975 ボナンザ (Bonanza) sued オリエンタル興業 (Oriental Kogyo). In March 1975, Bonanza hired Oriental Kogyo to make Super-Scope. If Oriental wanted to sell them they would have to pay a 50k yen licensing fee. Oriental sold many copies without paying the fee to Bonanza.
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| Game Machine 1980-04-15 |
The payment was reduced to $8 million yen.
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| Game Machine 1980-11-15 |
The Oriental Super-Scope, as indicated by the sticker on the right near the front, was made by オリエンタル興業 (Oriental Kogyo). It does not have coinslots on the front facing outward.
The earliest date we see so far is 1977, appearing in a Sega price list.
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| Sega price list from 1977 |
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| "Oriental Super-Scope" sticker visible |
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