Name: Ronin - 浪人
Year: 1970
Company: こまや (Komaya) [presumed]
We have a flyer from 中村製作所 (Nakamura Seisakusho) that includes Ronin, but I do not believe Ronin is by 中村製作所 (Nakamura Seisakusho).
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| 中村製作所 (Nakamura Seisakusho) flyer |
Base Ball (ベースボール) is a famous game from こまや (Komaya). Play Land (プレイランド) is also by Komaya. This suggests to me that Namakura was distributing Komaya games, and implies that Ronin was also by Komaya.
We also have seen a Nakamura price list (presumed 1970) that lists the three games in this same order, heavily implying this is the Komaya section of their offerings.
We can see this exact trio in a lineup (at the 中村製作所 (Nakamura Seisakusho) booth) at the 1970 Amusement show:
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| 1970 amusement show |
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| another shot from the same show, showing Nakamura's 30 Test (サーティテスト) |
A Komaya advertisement showing Base Ball and Play Land together:
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| 1970-11 |
I have not seen any other advertisements for Ronin or any further mention. It does not appear in the 1969 machine directory nor the 1972 machine directory. (If you have access to the 1970 or 1971 machine directories, please let me know!)
Ronin has similar markings to Play Land.
For example, the start button is the same design:
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| Ronin start button |
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| Play Land start button (similar shape accent paint) |
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| Base Ball start button (similar shape accent paint) |
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