Name: Windmill - ウインドミル
Year: 1973
Company: 関西精機 (Kansai Seiki — Kasco)
Year: 1973
Company: 関西精機 (Kansai Seiki — Kasco)
In this article I will discuss Kasco's Windmill, but also other similar machines that came before and after it. According to Onitama's Minidrive Encyclopedia, Windmill was first made in 1973.
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| via ミニドライブ大百科 (Mini-Drive Encyclopedia) |
The machine appears in the 1974/1975 game directory:
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| 1974/75 machine directory advertisement |
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This style of game has a long history.
Conveyor was released in the UK in 1945 and was very popular:
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| 1945 Conveyor by Stevenson & Lovett |
A lesser-made version had the player travelling down instead of up:
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| Roller Coaster [inspired by Stevenson & Lovett, these were scratch-made by a fan] |
Here is a timeline of the Japanese machines:
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| 1973 Windmill - ウインドミル by 関西精機 (Kansai Seiki — Kasco) |
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| 1981 Circus by 関西精機 (Kansai Seiki — Kasco) |
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| 1997 冒険宝島 (Adventure Treasure Island) by ショーケン (Shoken) |
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| 2013 ハムハムくるくる大脱走 (Ham ham round and round big escape) by ホープ (Hope) |
At the Elecmecha Institute, the owner has salvaged many eremeka machines and made them operational again. This is their rescued Windmill:
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