Jupiter-30 is the very first game from YUVO that I have recorded. It was sold/distributed by Vend Japan. Jupiter-50 and Jupiter-300 will also be discussed in this article.
Here is a flyer I purchased, front and back:
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| Jupiter-30 - ジュピター30 by ベンドジャパン (Vend Japan) & 大平技研 (Ohira Giken — Yuvo) |
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| Jupiter-30 - ジュピター30 by ベンドジャパン (Vend Japan) & 大平技研 (Ohira Giken — Yuvo) |
from the front:
Transcription:
JUPITER-30
10円又は100円→3段階チャレンジが選択できるプライズマシン。
景品展示窓付。景品(たばこ大) 約80個収納可。金庫10円玉6,000枚収納可。
JUPITER-50
10円、20円→メタル販売機付。メタル配当5枚、10枚、50枚の3段階ステップ・チャレンジ方式。ホッパー採用。
JUPITER-300
本格的メタルGマシン。当り倍率2、5、30の3段階。チャレンジ倍率は追加メタル投入により1~10倍。
配当はチャレンジ倍率×当り倍率の枚数。チャレンジ倍率表示ランプ付。ホッパー採用。
Machine translation:
JUPITER-30
A prize machine with three-stage challenge options for 10 yen or 100 yen coins.
Includes a prize display window. Holds approximately 80 prizes (large cigarettes). Safe holds 6,000 10-yen coins.
JUPITER-50
Includes a medal vending machine for 10 yen and 20 yen coins. Three-stage challenge system with metal payouts of 5, 10, or 50 coins. Features a hopper.
JUPITER-300
A full-fledged Metal G machine. Three win multipliers: 2, 5, or 30. Challenge multipliers range from 1x to 10x by adding additional medal.
Payouts are calculated as the challenge multiplier multiplied by the number of coins with the win multiplier. Features a challenge multiplier indicator lamp. Features a hopper.
30 is for winning cigarettes. 50 looks the same but uses a coin hopper to payout medals. I have never seen a picture of Jupiter-300 so I do not know if it uses the same case, but it ups the medal gambling aspects and offers a chance for larger payouts.
Jupiter-30 is one of 3 machines in the series. 30 and 50 use the same cabinet except with the 30 altered to 50. 30 is a prize machine, where rolls of cigarettes can be won!
Let's take a look at how the gameplay works on Jupiter-30:
According to the back of the flyer, you insert a 10 yen coin and flick it up at the sun. The sun is attached to a motor and rotates. You can see a translucent plastic column around the rocket in the center. If the coin goes down that chute you get to shoot it again.
There are six planets and hitting any of them will cause the reels at the bottom to spin. If you stop each drum at the right position I think it awards you that prize. I am actually kind of unsure about the specifics of the gameplay of this portion, given how the flyer is written (and my lack of understanding the Japanese language).
Besides the Sun I can make out Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, what I presume is Saturn, and then I can't see the writing on the lower-right one.
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| Game Machine 1977-08-15 |
In this advertisement we can see how Jupiter-50 appears to have an identical cabinet:
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| Coin Journal 1977-11 |
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| Jupiter-50 - ジュピター50 by ベンドジャパン (Vend Japan) & 大平技研 (Ohira Giken — Yuvo) |
Only difference here is that there is no prize display in the main window.
I hope we one day find evidence of a Jupiter-300 cabinet.
