Name: Playlearn ABC
Year: 1974 or earlier
Company: unknown
This game can be seen in 2 screenshots of the Japanese TV show ラブラブ・ライバル (Love Love Rivals), as shared by TOO_yoshikawa (archive)
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| ラブラブ・ライバル 第21話 「雪のロマンス？」(1974年2月19日放送) |
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| ラブラブ・ライバル 第21話 「雪のロマンス？」(1974年2月19日放送) |
This episode aired in 1974 but the game could have existed earlier. This is the only example of this game I have ever seen.
This game appears to be a reworking of a German Addi-Mint machine by NSM. There is a single button at the center, bottom, and a ring of numbers around it. You spin the wheel 3 times and the sum of your spins determines if you win.
The dimensions of Playlearn seem slightly different than the addi-mint machines, but sometimes a camera distorts things, and sometimes cabinets could be changed.
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| 1963 add-mint standard by NSM |
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| 1964 addi-mint Juwel by NSM |
Many German Rotamint-style machines were brought into Japan and used for gambling purposes, and I suspect that Playlearn ABC is another example of that.
