Tuesday, 2 July 2024

price list from 中村製作所 (Nakamura Seisakusho) [presumed 1970]

There was an auction on YJA for a Nakamura Seisakusho price list that appears to be from 1970. (YJA - archive)

original image from listing

cropped and warped

Thank you to tweakbod @ GamingAlexandria for transcribing the parts I couldn't read!

Transcription:

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 Machines
Racer…………………………¥450,000
30 Test…………………………¥185,000
Mini Computer………………¥240,000
Battle of the Bulge……………………¥1,800,000
Periscope……………………¥1,800,000
Baseball……………………¥265,000
Ronin……………………¥260,000
Playland……………………¥260,000
Air Fighter………………¥395,000
New Combat Gun………………¥320,000
Safari Gun……………………¥320,000
Mini Drive M………………¥220,000
Mini Drive MA type………………¥250,000
Hockey game……………………¥120,000

■Small vehicles
Bambi………………¥80,000
Dumbo………………¥80,000
Mickey Mouse…………¥80,000
Lion………………¥80,000
Donga Bacho…………¥80,000
Torahige………………¥80,000
Bus……………………¥80,000
One Chance…………¥75,000
Swan………………¥75,000
Duck………………¥75,000
Chick………………¥75,000
Sports car…………¥75,000

■Medium vehicles
Chemical fire truck………………¥180,000
Hikari……………………¥180,000
Boeing No. 727……………¥180,000
Sea Patrol………………¥180,000
Space Patrol………………¥180,000
Highway Patrol…………¥180,000
Jet Fighter………………¥185,000
Minicar (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.
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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