There was an auction on YJA for a Nakamura Seisakusho price list that appears to be from 1970. (YJA - archive)
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Thank you to tweakbod @ GamingAlexandria for transcribing the parts I couldn't read!
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価格表
■ゲーム機械
レーサー…………………………¥ 450,000
30テスト…………………………¥ 185,000
ミニコンピューター……………¥ 240,000
バルジ大作戦……………………¥1,800,000
ペリスコープ……………………¥1,800,000
ベースボール……………………¥ 265,000
浪人……………………¥260,000
プレイランド……………………¥260,000
エアーファイター………………¥395,000
ニューコンバットガン…………¥320,000
サファリガン……………………¥320,000
ミニドライブ M型………………¥220,000
ミニドライブ MA型………………¥250,000
ホッケーゲーム……………………¥120,000
■小型乘物
バンビ………………¥80,000
ダンボ………………¥80,000
ミッキーマウス……¥80,000
ライオン……………¥80,000
ドンガバチョ………¥80,000
トラヒゲ……………¥80,000
バス…………………¥80,000
ワンチャン…………¥75,000
スワン………………¥75,000
アヒル………………¥75,000
ヒヨコ………………¥75,000
スポーツカー………¥75,000
■中型乘物
化学消防車……………………¥180,000
ひかり号………………………¥180,000
ボーイング 727号……………¥180,000
海のパトロール………………¥180,000
宇宙パトロール………………¥180,000
ハイウェイパトロール………¥180,000
ジェット戦斗機………………¥185,000
ミニカー（1セット3台）…¥360,000
Machine translation:
Price List■Game MachinesRacer…………………………¥450,00030 Test…………………………¥185,000Mini Computer………………¥240,000Battle of the Bulge……………………¥1,800,000Periscope……………………¥1,800,000Baseball……………………¥265,000Ronin……………………¥260,000Playland……………………¥260,000Air Fighter………………¥395,000New Combat Gun………………¥320,000Safari Gun……………………¥320,000Mini Drive M………………¥220,000Mini Drive MA type………………¥250,000Hockey game……………………¥120,000■Small vehiclesBambi………………¥80,000Dumbo………………¥80,000Mickey Mouse…………¥80,000Lion………………¥80,000Donga Bacho…………¥80,000Torahige………………¥80,000Bus……………………¥80,000One Chance…………¥75,000Swan………………¥75,000Duck………………¥75,000Chick………………¥75,000Sports car…………¥75,000■Medium vehiclesChemical fire truck………………¥180,000Hikari……………………¥180,000Boeing No. 727……………¥180,000Sea Patrol………………¥180,000Space Patrol………………¥180,000Highway Patrol…………¥180,000Jet Fighter………………¥185,000Minicar (1 set of 3)…¥360,000
What can we learn here? I am not very interested in kiddie rides, so I will focus on the game machines.
Racer (1970) is the hallmark machine, at 450k for the single game. A full 55,000 yen pricier than Kasco's Air Fighter from 1970.
I have Racer, MiniCom, and 30 Test all as 1970 machines and they lead this list off. There exists a Nakamura flyer that then has the next two large installation games, Battle of The Bulge (1968) and Periscope (1966). At 1.8 million yen, they are the equivalent of 4 Racer units.
The next 3 are curious: Baseball, Ronin, Playland. These 3 also show up together, in the same order, on a Nakamura distribution flyer.
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| こまや (Komaya) games being sold by |
We only have circumstantial and design evidence, but at this point I am fairly confident that Ronin is a こまや (Komaya) game.
The final 6 games are by Kansai Seiki. The only revelation here is that Safari Gun is listed, and previously the earliest date I had recorded for that was 1971, so I will bump it forward a year to 1970. I am very confident this flyer is in fact from 1970, but I feel it's important to show my work so that my assumptions can be untangled by future researchers.
It is interesting to see Combat Gun being referred to as New Combat Gun, presumably to differentiate from their Combat gun game from the late 1960s. But we don't see it written like that in other sources, AFAIK.
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