Tuesday, 30 May 2023

1970 Sky Fighter - スカイファイター by 太東 (Taito)


Name: Sky Fighter - スカイファイター
Year: 1970
Company: 太東 (Taito)


Sky Fighter seems to only have been around for a short time before being replaced by Sky Fighter-II in the Taito catalogues. 

entry from the Taito 40th Anniversary book, showing Sky Fighter as 1970 and Sky Fighter-II as 1971


entry in the 1972 machine directory


In late 1971, USA company Chicago Coin unveiled a new machine called Sky Battle that is shockingly similar to Sky Fighter:

Cash Box 1971-10-16


Cash Box 1971-10-16


Clay has some good photos of Sky Battle on his pinrepair site.  (archive)


Chicago Coin's Sky Battle

Taito Trading's Sky Fighter


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