Name: Baseball Mate - ベースボールメイト
Year: 1977
Company: 関西企業 (Kansai Kigyo) & アイ・ピー・エム (IPM) & ウチナダ電子 (Uchinada Denshi)
Baseball Mate was made in 1977. It is a medal game but there is a timing element of hitting the ball. It has a PITCHER and BATTER buttons, and then your typical grid for placing bets. It counts your Strikes, Balls, and Outs.
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| Game Machine 1977-1215 |
The article states it is by アイ・ピー・エム (IPM). There are also many IPM advertisements for this game.
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| manufacturer plate |
The manufacturer plate confirms it was made by ウチナダ電子 (Uchinada Denshi) and they are the company on the Type Approval Number 91-15517 which is seen here and referenced in numerous advertisements.
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| advertisement from アイ・ピー・エム (IPM) and the cabinet design aligns with their other machines. This blue cabinet is only seen here. The green button has moved location and there is not instruction panel any more. I currently don't think this enough to show it as a separate variant |
For reference, the blue version with the green button in a different location:
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| slight variant: no instruction card, green button has moved. |
Here it is being advertised by Kansai Kigyo:
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| Coin Journal 1979-01 |
In fact, the earliest article I have about Baseball Mate lists it as Kansai Kigyo and does not mention IPM.
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| Coin Journal 1977-11 |
Also note that the later Kansai Kigyo sunset logo is on the game!
Please enjoy this flyer I purchased:
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| Baseball Mate - ベースボールメイト by 関西企業 (Kansai Kigyo) & アイ・ピー・エム (IPM) & ウチナダ電子 (Uchinada Denshi) |
Be on the lookout for their custom medals!
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