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| 1977 アクションボール (Action ball) by 楠野 (Kusuno) & 三共 (Sankyo) |
There are 3 primary art variants of this game: dinosaur, dolphin, and shark. And then there are colour variants of those 3 main graphics:
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| From an auction listing, we can see part of a flyer that advertised the 3 options |
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| game instructions |
For a long time Kororin Ball was a mystery. There were many photographs of this machine in different Japanese arcades, but I could not find any solid information on it online. The machine itself does not display a company name. Despite this machine seeming to be a popular modern version of a candystore game, I could not locate any flyers for it, advertisements in magazines, or entries for it at arcade websites.
There is a rejected trademark application filed in 2009 for this machine's name:
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| コロリンボール (Kororin Ball) filed by 梶 安宏 (Kaji Yasuhiro) 安宅商会 (Ataka Shokai) |
This blog entry from 2012 shows that one of these machines was sold at auction in 2012. This clip also identities the company as Ataka Shokai. I would guess that this machine was released some time between 2009 and 2011. It is possible it game out earlier in the mid 2000s and they only applied for a trademark later.
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| 高額落札された駄菓子屋ゲーム（エレメカ）まとめ 2012 (archive) |
Searching for the company further, I found a website that lists job opportunities that had a page for this company. (archive)
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| コロリンボール (Kororin Ball) on the right ぐるぐるジャングル (round and round jungle) on the left |
I believe Kororin Ball and Round and Round Jungle are made by the same company.
Notes the unique design of the handles:
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