research notes: 日本自動販売機 / Nihon Jidô Hanbaiki / Game Mate / Jihan / "Japan Vending Machine"

We had previously been referring to 日本自動販売機 as "Japan Vending Machine" (which I got via machine translation,) but we always try and use any official romanized version of a company's name.  We will no longer be using "Japan Vending Machine" for this company and have renamed all entries with Nihon Jidô Hanbaiki.

Some flyers and catalogues refer to "JH" or "Jihan", a contraction of the romanization Nihon Jidô Hanbaiki. The company regularly utilized the English-facing brand Game Mate, and sometimes they would use the "Jihan" brand logo.

In this post we will be tracking the changes in the Jihan logos and addresses on the flyer. 

You can the Jihan machines listed in the eremeka tool.

From the エレキボール (Electric Ball) flyer:

Head Office: Daido Seimei Building No. 706, Nihonbashi-dori 2, Chuo-ku, Tokyo

TEL (271) 4547-4548

Factory: 4-23-7 Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

TEL (443) 5709

Electric Ball is a very early game.  Another flyer with the same company information, and no logo at all, is Derby Horse Racing (ダービー Horse Racing).  Because of this, I am moving Derby Horse Racing from ~1969 to ~1967 since it appears to be one of the earliest Jihan machines.

Head Office Daido Seimei Building No. 706, Nihonbashi-dori 2, Chuo-ku, Tokyo

TEL (271) 4547-4548

Factory 4-23-7 Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

TEL (443) 5709

From the ソロッタ (solotta, 1969) flyer, we see the JH logo

Head Office: 2-1 Nihonbashi-dori, Chuo-ku, Tokyo (Room 706, Daido Life Insurance Building)

Tel: (271) 4547-8

Postal Code: 103

This games' flyer also features the Game Mate logo.

King Ball (1969 or earlier) has the same details, and includes the same Game Mate logo.

The Jido Hanbaiki entry from the 1969 machine directory says that up until 1961 the company was not involved in amusement machines.  They operated locations (and making and selling machines) from 1961-1965.

Only the Tokyo address is mentioned.

From the 1969 machine directory, we again see that the Game Mate logo was in use in 1969.

1969 machine directory JH advertisement

main office

2-1 Nihonbashi-dori, Chuo-ku, Tokyo (Daido Seimei Building No. 706)

TEL Tokyo (03) 271-4547 103

1970 advertisement, features JH logo and Game Mate logo

main office

2-1 Nihonbashi-dori, Chuo-ku, Tokyo (Daido Seimei Building No. 706)

TEL Tokyo (03)271-4547〒103

from the Clay Gun - クレーガン advertisement published 1970-07, we see a new address for the factory.

Head Office 2-1 Nihonbashi-dori, Chuo-ku, Tokyo (Room 709, Daido Seimeikan) 103 Phone (271) 4547-8

Factory 847 Ichinomiya, Samukawa-cho, Koza-gun, Kanagawa Prefecture

253~01 Tel (0467) 75~2195 2196

We see this new factory as well on the flyer for 大宇宙旅行 (big space travel), Nice Catch - ナイスキヤッチ, 打撃王 (Batting King)

Batting King (earliest appearances so far is 1971) includes a variation on the Game Mate logo with the Japanese company name included:

On the Birds Shooting flyer we see the romanized "Jihan":

We eventually see an Osaka Sales Office opening up.

From the flyer for Birds Shooting - バードシューティング

Head Office 2-1 Nihonbashi-dori, Chuo-ku, Tokyo (Room 709/710, Daido Seimeikan) 103 Phone (03) 271-4547~9

Factory 847 Ichinomiya, Samukawa-cho, Koza-gun, Kanagawa Prefecture

253-01

Phone (0467) 75-21952196

Osaka Sales Office 3-73 Satanakacho, Moriguchi City, Osaka Prefecture

570 Phone (06)903-5224

From the Taito 40th anniversary book, we see that Taito acquired Jihan in 1971.

Transcription:

1970:

・大宮工場を新設、本社工場(綱島)を拡張して赤羽工場を吸収

・当社のドライブゲームの元祖「スーパーロード7」開発

・「スカイファイター」、「スペースドッキング」、「サイクルライダー」開発

1971:

・日本自動販売機㈱を買収

・「ラットパトロール」、「ラビットファイヤー」、「スカイファイターⅡ」開発

Machine translation:

1970:

・Established Omiya Factory, expanded head office factory (Tsunashima) and absorbed Akabane Factory

・Developed "Super Road 7", the original driving game of our company

・Developed "Sky Fighter", "Space Docking", and "Cycle Rider"

1971:

・Acquired Nihon Jidohanbaiki Co., Ltd.

・Developed "Rat Patrol", "Rabbit Fire", and "Sky Fighter II"

We have two flyers for the game Pass (1972).  This one is written in Japanese.  It has the Osaka office.

Head Office 2-1 Nihonbashi-dori, Chuo-ku, Tokyo (Room 709/710, Daido Seimeikan) 103 Phone (03) 271-4547~9

Factory 847 Ichinomiya, Samukawa-cho, Koza-gun, Kanagawa Prefecture

253-01

Phone (0467) 75-21952196

Osaka Sales Office 3-73 Satanakacho, Moriguchi City, Osaka Prefecture

570 Phone (06)903-5224

This version is probably for export, and has Taito's info as well.

Listed as Nihon Jido Hanbaiki K.K.

In the 1972 machine directory (printed late 1971) there is no mention of the Taito outside their list of business partners.

The Perfect Bowler (1972) manual has the Game Mate: Jihan logo, as well has the romanized company name of Nihon Jidohanbaiki.  Please note that this catalogue might have been prepared for export, and so might be from after 1972.

On the flyer for Derby - ダービー by ユニバーサル (1973) the Game Mate logo has been replaced with Nihon Jihan as the "brand logo".

The addresses include the Osaka sales office. 

Stop The Three (1973) has the same information as about, but with the Game Mate Jihan logo:

In the 1973 machine directory (printed late 1972) we finally see Time 80 arrive, but there is not much new information

I have not seen any advertising from 日本自動販売機 past 1973.  But that does not mean the company went away.  In this Taito catalogue from 1975-03 we see machines referred to as Jihan, and many are available new.   I do not know for sure, but I doubt that the "new" machines listed here are just "new old stock", i.e. I doubt that they are just machines that were built in prior years but unsold.

1975-03 Taito price list

By the time New Time 80 was released (the version with the electric shooter, 1974) we have plates for Universal and Taito on the back, no Jihan reference.

from New Time 80 - ニュータイム８０ [electric shooter]

The classic game Time 80 is an odd one, since it is branded as by Universal.  Taito acquired Jihan, but were they still contracting to build machines for other manufacturers?  A number of the games advertised by Jihan also have the UNIVERSAL logo emblazoned on their front:

1972 Time 80 - タイム・エイティー by ユニバーサル (Universal) & 日本自動販売機 (Japan Vending Machine — Game Mate Jihan)

1973 Derby - ダービー by ユニバーサル (Universal) & 日本自動販売機 (Japan Vending Machine — Nihon Jihan)

1973 Stop The Three - ストップザスリー by 日本自動販売機 (Japan Vending Machine — Game Mate) & ユニバーサル (Universal)

In the 1974/1975 machine directory (published in 1974,) Nihon Jidô Hanbaiki is listed:

from the 1974/75 machine directory

The address given says Taito Building.

所在地

東京都千代田区平河町2-5-3 タイトービル 〒102

TEL 03 (264) 8611

資本金 2,200万円

主な取引銀行 第一勧業(日本橋)・三和(日比谷)・三井(1日本橋)・太陽神戸(赤坂) 東海(新橋)・幸福相互(東京)

主な取引先 タイトー、岡本製作所、全国オペレーター各社、全国ホテル、旅館、ボウ リング場

社歴 昭和32年8月設立

営業種目 小型娯楽機械の製造・販売・賃貸。

machine translation:

Location

Taito Building, 2-5-3 Hirakawacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102

TEL 03 (264) 8611

Capital 22 million yen

Main banks Dai-Ichi Kangyo (Nihonbashi), Sanwa (Hibiya), Mitsui (1 Nihonbashi), Taiyo Kobe (Akasaka), Tokai (Shinbashi), Kofuku Sogo (Tokyo)

Main clients Taito, Okamoto Manufacturing, various operators nationwide, hotels, inns, bowling alleys nationwide

Company history Established August 1957

Business type Manufacturing, sales, and rental of small entertainment machines.

From the 1976 machine directory, they are still around and in the Taito Building:

Nihon Jidô Hanbaiki does not appear in any other documents I have seen after that point.

research notes: 日本遊園設備 (Japan amusement park equipment), 東京中機 (Tokyo Chuuki), and the beginning of カトウ (Kato)

We need to discuss the details of 日本遊園設備 (Japan amusement park equipment).  The company 東京中機 (Tokyo Chuuki) was started by 加藤イサム (Isamu Kato) and 守屋邦芳 (Kuniyoshi Moriya) and they released their first machine クレンピック (clempic) around 1959. (citations in link)

Despite the obvious name, this quote implies that Tokyo was where 東京中機 (Tokyo Chuuki) began:

Amusement Journal 2015-11

Transcription:

卒業後は故郷の名古屋に戻り、発電所 の工事をしている会社に就職したが、一 年間働いたあと再び上京することになった。また長姉に呼ばれたのである。当時長姉は守屋邦芳なる人物と結婚しており、その守屋氏が事業をスタートさせる にあたり、手伝い手を求めたのだ。

Machine translation:

After graduating, he returned to his hometown of Nagoya and got a job at a company that was building a power plant, but after working there for a year he returned to Tokyo. He was also called by his eldest sister. At the time, his eldest sister was married to a man named Kuniyoshi Moriya, and Mr. Moriya was looking for someone to help him start his business.

From the same issue of Amusement Journal, 2015-11, this text reveals a few important details.  Car-Shed - カーシェット and Hoi Hoi Test - ホイホイテスト were both built before the company's name changed, so they must have been made by by 東京中機 (Tokyo Chuuki) first.  Early in 1964, the company's name was changed to 日本遊園設備 (Japan amusement park equipment).

Transcription:

昭和30年代後半、日本は高度経済成長 のまっただ中にあった。人々のレジャー 機運も高まっていく。加藤氏は、さらに「カーシェット」と「ホイホイテスト」 の2機種を新たに製作する。前者は玩具 の車を利用した車庫入れゲームで、ハン ドルで車を操作し、フィールド四隅の車 庫に上手く入れていく内容のもの。後者 の「ホイホイテスト」は、数字を素早く 探していくゲームで、バラバラに配置さ れた1から30までのボタンを30秒で順番 通りに何個押せるかを試すものだった。守屋氏の経営する東京中機も事業規模 が少しずつ拡大していく。東京オリンピックの開催が近づき、さらに景気が上 向いてきたころには同じ遊戯関係の会社 と合併し企業規模が一気に拡大する。社 名も日本遊園設備に変わった。組織形態 も大きく変わる。

Machine translation:

In the late 1950s, Japan was in the midst of rapid economic growth. People's interest in leisure will also increase. Mr. Kato will also produce two new models: ``Carchet'' and ``Hoihoi Test.'' The former is a garage parking game using toy cars, in which the player uses dollars to operate the car and successfully drive it into the garages at the four corners of the field. The latter, ``Hoi Hoi Test,'' was a game where you quickly search for numbers, testing how many randomly placed buttons from 1 to 30 you could press in order in 30 seconds. Tokyo Chuki, run by Mr. Moriya, also gradually expanded in business scale. As the Tokyo Olympics neared and the economy started to improve, the company merged with another amusement-related company and expanded rapidly. The company name was also changed to Nippon Amusement Park. The organizational form will also change significantly.

The article does not say who the merger was with, but we can infer which company it was by looking at the company history included in the 1969 machine directory:

1969 machine directory

Transcription:

社歴
創業昭和30年4月1日。その後発展に伴ない昭和36年2月1日にアメリカ精機㈱として法人設立。
昭和39年3月アメリカ精機㈱を発展的に解組し、日本遊園設備)を設立する。
昭和40年11月、現在地に本社・工場を建設する。
昭和41年4月、西日本地区に販売業務およびアフターサービス業務開始する。
昭和41年、近代設備の充実した昭島工場を竣工し、作業のオートメ化と従業員福祉厚生施設を併設する。
昭和42年1月、モリヤ精機株を吸収合併して、資本金1,350万円とする。

Machine translation:

Company history
Founded on April 1, 1955. As the company continued to develop, it was incorporated as America Seiki Co., Ltd. on February 1, 1961.
In March 1964, America Seiki Co., Ltd. was disbanded and Nippon Amusement Park Co., Ltd. was established.
In November 1965, the head office and factory were built at the current location.
In April 1966, sales and after-sales service operations began in the western Japan area.
In 1966, the Akishima factory was completed, equipped with modern equipment, automated work, and employee welfare facilities.
In January 1967, Moriya Seiki stock was absorbed and the capital became 13.5 million yen.

The company that formed 日本遊園設備 with 東京中機 (Tokyo Chuuki) must have been アメリカ精機㈱ (America Seiki Co., Ltd.).  This says March 1964, but the Amusement Journal mentions "6 months before July 1964", implying January, so it probably occurred between January and March.

In the address blurbs below we see that Akishima is referred to as Head Office / Factory.  I do not know how accurate this is.  Akishima is not mentioned on any of the game flyers from 日本遊園設備 (Japan amusement park equipment) that I have seen, but the information above says it was their main office from 1965 until at least 1969 when this was published?

The "Western Japan area" referred to for 1966 is most likely the Osaka location.  The Osaka address written below matches exactly to the Osaka address that appears on 日本遊園設備 (Japan amusement park equipment) flyers.  This assures us that the address section was not mistakenly swapped from somewhere else by a clumsy editor.

From an advertisement in the 1969 machine directory, the address used aligns with what is in the company information section: Akishima and Osaka.

日本遊園設備株式会社
本社工場
東京都昭島市宮沢町563~12  
TEL (0425) 4-6268(代)
大阪
大阪市西区阿波堀3-54 ニューオカザキビル
TEL 532-1212(代) 531-3625(直)

From the 1969 directory company information page:

Transcription:

所在地
本社・工場
東京都昭島市宮沢町563の12 
電話昭島 0425(41)6268(代)

大阪支店
大阪市西区阿波堀通3の54 (ニューオカザキ橋ビル401号)
電話 06(532)1212(代) 内線74~3 
(531)3625 (直通)

東京支店
東京都港区芝4丁目6の6 (大介ビル2階)
電話03(452)1044(代)

研究所
東京都小平市上水南町692
電話時分島 0423(22)3732
代表者 [illegible]

Machine translation:

location
Head office/factory
563-12 Miyazawa-cho, Akishima-shi, Tokyo
Telephone: Akishima 0425(41)6268(Main)

Osaka Branch
3-54 Awahoridori, Nishi-ku, Osaka (New Okazakibashi Building No. 401)
Phone: 06(532)1212 (Main) Extension 74~3
(531)3625 (direct)

Tokyo branch
4-6-6 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo (2nd floor, Daisuke Building)
Phone: 03(452)1044 (Main)

research institute
692 Kamisuiminami-cho, Kodaira-shi, Tokyo
Telephone number: 0423(22)3732
representative [illegible]

Assumptions I am making:

1. The logo seen in the 1969 machine directory was adopted in the 2nd-half of the 1960s, and any machine where the advertisement does not have the logo come before advertisements that do.

logo for 日本遊園 (Japan Amusement Park)

2. 日本遊園 (Japan Amusement Park) began in Tokyo and flyers that only mention Tokyo exist earlier than flyers that also include Osaka.

3. The Osaka location opened in April 1966, and was referred to as the "Western branch".

4. While Kato-san left 東京中機 (Tokyo Chuuki) in the summer of 1964, he ended up doing soldering "for nearly a year", meaning the first Kato machine would not have been made until at least 1965.  From the Amusement Journal article, here is the relevant excerpt: 自宅の近所に一部上場の電気機器メーカー・岩崎通信機の工場があったので、加藤氏は何度も足を運んで頭をさげた。ようやくわけてもらえた仕事は、岩崎通信機の下請けの下請けから回ってくる1個1円のハンダ付け作業。[...]  そうした状況が一年近く続いた。("There was a factory of Iwasaki Tsushinki, a partially listed electrical equipment manufacturer, near his home, so Mr. Kato visited it many times and paid his respects. The job I was finally given was soldering work for 1 yen per piece, provided by a subcontractor of Iwasaki Tsushinki. [...] This situation continued for nearly a year.")

The flyers for 日本遊園設備 (Japan amusement park equipment) come with 3 different versions of address information, and there is a 4th version (already shown above) from the 1969 machine directory.  Please note there may be many other flyers I have not seen, but I will assume this covers all of the printed variations.

I am assuming this is the earliest address, as Osaka is not listed:

1

製造・販売
日本遊園設備株式会社 
東京都武蔵野市境南町4の1443
電話武蔵野 (0422) 43-6161(代)

These first two both have Kyonancho as a Tokyo address.  The location moved within the city, but the phone number is the same.  The Osaka address is now added, so #2 must be 1966+.

2

本社 
東京都武蔵野市境南町4の16の18 
電話 三鷹(0422) 43-6161(代表)

大阪支社 
大阪市西区阿波堀通り3の54 ニューオカザキバシビルディング (306号室)
電話 大阪 (06)532-1212 (大代表) 内線 (73) (74) 
直通電話大阪 (06)531-3625

This third address is nowhere near Kyonancho, and is instead close to Tokyo Bay. This 中央区 (Chuo City) address is very close to the Minato City address given in the 1969 machine directory, so I assume their business office moved between when the flyer and the machine directory were printed.  I believe the factory address was left off.

3

日本遊園設備株式会社
東京・東京都中央区銀座東4-7 77ビル TEL 541-2521(代)
大阪・大阪市西区阿波堀通3-54 ニューオカザキバシビル TEL 532-1212

Chuo City is right next to Minato City

4

日本遊園設備株式会社
本社工場
東京都昭島市宮沢町563~12  
TEL (0425) 4-6268(代)
大阪
大阪市西区阿波堀3-54 ニューオカザキビル
TEL 532-1212(代) 531-3625(直)

The evolution and resultant ordering given by the above addresses makes sense to me.  What does not make sense is the Akishima office/factory listed in the 1969 machine directory, as it is presented with the story of how this was their location since 1965.

This is speculation, but I have a hypothesis.  What if the Akishima factory was built by 守屋邦芳 (Kuniyoshi Moriya) to work on games alone, or to be a subcontractor?  The company Moriya Seiki was absorbed into 日本遊園設備 (Japan amusement park equipment) in 1967, so perhaps after the change in the company and Kato-san leaving to form Kato in 1964, Moriya as well setup a company outside of Japan Amusement Park Equipment. 

The Akishima factory address is 16km West of the Kyonancho one, so not an insurmountable move.  Here is a map showing the general locations:

Kyonancho to Akishima is just over 16km

It is just a guess, but it would explain why Moriyama Seiki existed, and explain the company story in the 1969 machine directory despite the multiple address changes documented.

We have seen flyers from 11 different 日本遊園設備 (Japan amusement park equipment) games and we can group them based on which era their address is from.  This implies a rough order to when they were made.  

Note that it would be easy enough to have false positives, with a machine made earlier given an updated flyer.  For example we know Car-Shed - カーシェット would originally be from 1963 or earlier, since it was made before the rename in 1964.  But below we indicate it has the Osaka address, so that version of the flyer was printed in 1966+.

Group 1: Kyonancho Tokyo address only

Tele Type - テレタイプ [B&W]

Furidashi - フリダシゲーム [B&W]

Rakudai Game - ラクダイゲーム [B&W]

ホイホイテスト (hoi hoi Test) [red + black]

Group 2: new Kyonancho Tokyo address, plus Osaka

Airport - エアーポート [B&W]

Car-Shed - カーシェット [B&W]

ウサバラシ (Usabarashi) [orange, red, black]

Popeye's Rally Drive - Popeye's ラリードライブ [red + black]

Group 3: Chuo City Tokyo address, plus Osaka

U-Boat - Uボート [colour]

The Blue Max - ブルーマックス [colour]

Mid Night - ミッドナイト [colour]

荒野の決斗 (Duel in the Wilderness) [colour]

Group 4: Akishima Tokyo address, plus Osaka
アポロ77 (Apollo 77)
パチンカスポーツ (pachinka sports)
パチンカトリオ (pachinka trio)

Pony Derby - ニューポニーダービー (New Pony Derby) by 昭和娯楽物産 (Showa entertainment products) & 日本遊園設備 (Japan amusement park equipment) [colour]

ワンタッチクレン (One-touch clean [crane]) [colour]

I have added brackets to denote the colours used in each flyer.  We expect the cost of colour printing to decrease and and accessibility to increase as the 1960s continued.  The colour flyers only being in Group 3 reinforces that we have the correct ordering of the flyer versions.

Group 1: since 日本遊園設備 (Japan amusement park equipment) was created in 1964, and had an Osaka address in 1966, I believe it is safe to assume that these 4 machines existed before 1966.  I will place these four machines into ~1965.

Group 2: Osaka is listed here, but the flyers are still mostly black and white, with an added tone of red and/or orange on some of them. We know Car-Shed is from 1963 or earlier, so we will ignore that one and put the other 3 into ~1967.  I believe some of those games might have even come out earlier, but I have to move the data around deliberately, based on clues and evidence only.

Group 3: I do not feel comfortable modifying any of the game years here outside of 1969 or 1968.  I already had placed 荒野の決斗 (Duel in the Wilderness) as ~1967 due to proximity to Astronauts, and will leave that there.  U-Boat and The Blue Max will not move away from ~1969 at this point.  I previously had Mid Night as "~1960s", but feel more confident to say that it is a late machine from 日本遊園設備, and will mark is as ~1968.

Group 4: he first 4 are from the 1969 Machine Directory.  The first three are just a black and white advertisement, the 4th machine is a colour advertisement in the directory.  The crane machine is a proper full colour flyer.  

The 1969 Machine Directory profile lists 20 games.  There is often not an easy way to determine if a company is a manufacturer or a distributor based on these listings.  But we have a significant amount of evidence of games they made, so we can see that most of these are already know as being made by Japan Amusement Park Equipment.

The first line is 50 types of "various ornamental machines," so I assume that means rides?  But the next 19 are all games.  I will take the liberty of using the full name, as I have it in the eremeka database already.

1. "various ornamental machines"
2. Popeye's Rally Drive - Popeye's ラリードライブ
3. Car-Shed - カーシェット 
4. Airport - エアーポート
5. U-Boat - Uボート
6. The Maginot - ザ・マジノ
7. The Blue Max - ブルーマックス
8. コインゲーム (Coin Game)
9. 5 トラップ  (5 trap)
10. アポロ77 (Apollo 77)
11. パチンカトリオ (pachinka trio)
12. パチンカスポーツ (pachinka sports)
13. パチンエース (pachin ace)
14. クレーンゲーム (crane game)
15. コインマーク1000 (coin mark 1000)
16.  ボールドライブ (ball drive)
17. ウサバラシ (Usabarashi)
18. ホイホイテスト (Hoi Hoi Test)
19. Tele Type - テレタイプ
20. Pony Derby - ポニーダービー

There are only 3 games of the 19 listed that I have not seen before, and of the 16 games I do know there is corroborating evidence that they were made by 日本遊園設備 for 14 of them.  It is fair to say this list is not games they are distributing, but games they are making and selling.  The only exception might be Pony Derby, which has a different manufacturer but still has 日本遊園設備 listed on the flyer. 

The 3 games I have never seen will now get added to the database as "MENTION ONLY".  However I do wonder if "coin mark 1000" is a coin changing machine.

5 トラップ (5 trap)
パチンエース (pachin ace)
コインマーク1000 (coin mark 1000)

If you have any more information on 日本遊園設備 (Japan amusement park equipment) or their games, please reply below or email me at thetastates@gmail.com

research materials wanted! 研究資料が欲しかった！

There are very few resources available for research of old Japanese games.  If you have any materials that can assist us, please email me thetastates@gmail.com

古い日本のゲームの研究に利用できるリソースはほとんどありません。 私たちを助けることができる資料があれば、私にメールしてくださいthetastates@gmail.com

Please let us know if you have access to any of these.  The arcade research community is willing to put forward money to help get copies scanned & preserved.

これらのいずれかにアクセスできるかどうかをお知らせください。 アーケードの研究コミュニティは、コピーをスキャンして保存するために資金を提供する用意があります。

Here is a short list of what research material we are looking for:
これが私たちが探している研究資料の短いリストです：

• This seller has a 1966 Senyo Kogyo catalogue (archive,) and while I added information from the glimpses I can see in the photographs, I would absolutely love to get a scan of this to include the information into the database. 
  この販売者は 1966 年の Senyo Kogyo カタログ (アーカイブ) を所有しており、写真で垣間見える部分から情報を追加しましたが、この情報をデータベースに含めるために、ぜひこれをスキャンして入手したいと思っています。

• In this photo from @pachinkotanjo a guest at the Birth Of Pachinko Museum shows off 3 extremely rare flyers from the 1930s. (archive)  If you are reading this, thank you so much for saving those flyers.  I would very much like to speak with you and incorporate the information you have into this database.
  @pachinkotanjoのこの写真では、パチンコ誕生博物館のゲストが 1930 年代の非常に珍しいチラシ 3 枚を披露しています。(アーカイブ)  これを読んでいる方、チラシを保存してくださって本当にありがとうございます。ぜひあなたとお話しして、あなたが持っている情報をこのデータベースに組み込みたいと思っています。
   
•  Type Approval Numbers documentation:  Beginning in 1961 with 電気用品取締法 (Electrical Appliance and Material Safety Law) and continuing to about 2001,  型式認可番号 (type approval numbers) were used to register almost all commercial electrical equipment to assure they met production safety standards.  Beginning in 1978, Game Machine would periodically print relevant Type Approval Number information, but as we see their list begins at 91-13204.
  
  Each entry contains the Type Approval Number, the date registered, the company, and the name.  Retrieving the history of this information will be essential for piecing together the history of amusement machines in Japan.  We have very little information about manufacturing in the 1960s but if we could access the full government records of Type Approval Numbers it would unlock a massive amount of arcade history.  Amusement machines all begin with 91-xxxxx although earlier entries, from the 1960s, are in the format "XXXX" without the 91- prefix.  I think after about #4500 they switched to using the 91- prefix.  (Other prefixes are used for different industries and machine types)
  Currently, I do not even know where these records might be stored.  Any information would be appreciated.
• History of electrical product safety by Steering Council of Safety Certification for Electrical and Electronic Appliances and Parts of Japan (archive)
• We have extracted relevant information from https://search.kanpoo.jp/
  
• Coin Machine Directories!  1969, 1972, 1973, 1974/1975, 1976 1977, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991/1992, 1994/1995
• Note: I think 1969 is the first year.  I do not think there was a 1970 and/or 1971 edition.  1994/1995 is the latest edition I know exists.
• The Amusement issues (newspaper-style, 1960s)
• アミューズメント・ジャーナル (Amusement Journal) magazines
• アミューズメント産業 (Amusement Sangyo) magazines
• 全日本遊園 (All Japan Amusement Park) magazines (I have seen # 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34)
• I would LOVE to see any other issues, but would love to see 1-27 SO MUCH.  I would be eternally grateful to see them.
• JAA internal magazine (unverified)
• any other issues of 月刊コインジャーナル / Monthly Coin Journal or アミューズメン産業  / The Amusement Industry.  Please!!  the earlier the better.  Here is a list of what we have seen and/or purchased so far.
• any documentation of ジャパンアミューズメントエキスポ (Japan Amusement Expo) from before 1976.
• Game Fantasia magazines
• Any photos of Expo '70 and the arcade Gameland / Playland there.
• Pachinko magazines from before 1984.  I want any documentation on smartball, sparrow ball, and arrangeball machines.
• 遊技通信 (Yūgi tsūshin / Game communication) published 1951-1990
• 全遊連弘報 launched in 1965 (at the National Diet Library)
• グリーンべると (green belt) launched in 1966
  

  

  magazine archive from the now-defunct Pachinko Museum in Nagoya
  I would love an opportunity to research with these magazines!

• Any Sigma newsletters!  シグマ社員ニュース (Sigma Employee News) published by シグマ (Sigma) began November 1972.
  In May 1976 it was renamed to こみゅにてぃ Sigma (Community Sigma).
  
  
  

  

  
  
• ゲームファンタジア (Game Fantasia) magazines published by シグマ (Sigma), beginning March 1975
  
  
  
  
  
• issues of たいとうグループ (Taito Group) in-house magazine launched in 1970.  We would especially love to see all issues from the 1970s.  Cover taken from @Taito70th (archive)
  

  

Machines by 中村製作所 (Nakamura Seisakusho) that we have no pictures of:

• 1966 ナバロンの要塞 (Fortress of Navarone)
• 1968 サイレンサー (silencer)
• 1968 スピンルーレット (spin roulette)
• 1968 ファイヤーカーニバル (Fire Carnival)
• 1968 神経衰弱ペアマッチ (nervous breakdown pair match)
• 1969 シャッフルゲーム (Shuffle game)
• 1974 ピッコロピッコロ (Piccolo Piccolo)
• 1974 フルフェィス　マジンガーＺ (Full Face Mazinger Z)
• There is also the mystery of チャレンジャー (Challenger) from 1966.  I had suspected that the Challenger we have a photo of was the 中村製作所 machine, but the 1972 Coin Machine Directory says it is a different company....

Machines by 太東貿易 (Taito Trading) / タイトー (Taito) that we have no pictures of:

• 1964 フリッバーチャリアッツ (Flipper Chariats)
• 1966 クラウンクレーンゲーム605 (crown crane game 605)
• 1967 ラッキーバルーン (lucky balloon)

Machines by セガ (Sega) needed:

• We need any photos for:
• Rosen's Photorama machines from the 1950s
• Rosen's model car racing kits from the 1960s, or the Sega ones from 1966
  
• 1962 Western Gun - ウェスタン・ガン
• 1976 Apollo 6 - アポロ・シックス [MENTION ONLY - Galaxy payout re-theme]
• 1977 Best Hand - ベスト・ハンド [MENTION ONLY - Straight Flush payout re-theme]
• 1977 Do Do Bug - ドウ・ドウ・バッグ [MENTION ONLY - Doodle Bug payout re-theme]
• 1977 Nottingham - ノッチンガム [MENTION ONLY - Robin Hood payout re-theme]
• 1977 Spanish Beauty - スパニッシュ・ビューティー [MENTION ONLY - Spanish Eyes payout re-theme]
• flyers and/or better photos of these, top priority:
• 1961 Jungle Gun - ジャングルガン
• 1962 Space Ace - スペースエース
• 1976 White Festival - ホワイトフェステバル [Sapporo payout re-theme] by セガ (Sega)
• 1976 Surf Club - サーフクラブ [Surfing payout re-theme] by セガ (Sega)
• 1966 Shuffleboard by セガ (Sega)
  
• We would like better photographs of:
• 1967 Tokaido Drive - 東海道ドライブ by セガ (Sega)
• 1973 73パンチング・バッグ - '73 Punching Bag
• 1974 ライフル・ギャラリー (Rifle Gallery)
• 1975 Double or Nothing - ダブルオァナッシング
• 1976 Stretch Drive - ストレッチ・ドライブ [Winner payout re-theme]
• 1977 Basketball - バスケットボール by セガ (Sega)
• 1978 Amazonian - アマゾニアン by セガ (Sega)
• 1980 New Skill-Diga - ニュー・スキルディガ by セガ (Sega)
  
• 1981 甲子園 (Koshien) by セガ (Sega)
• 1981 Roulette - ルーレット by セガ (Sega)
• 1985 Digatron - ディガトロン by セガ (Sega)
• 1989 Fortune Wheel - フォーチュンホイール by セガ (Sega) 
• 1998 グルグルラッキー (Guru Guru Lucky) by セガ (Sega)
• 2000 Dancing Fever - ダンシング・フィーバー by セガ (Sega)
  
• 2001 UFO Catcher Ride - UFOキャッチャーライド by セガ (Sega) & ホープ (Hope)

任天堂 (Nintendo) machines we need better photos of:

• 1974 Wild Gunman - ワイルドガンマン [1st ver] [aka Gun Fight] by 任天堂 (Nintendo)
• 1975 Fascination [aka Gun Fantasy] [prototype] by 任天堂 (Nintendo)
• 1978 Laser Clay Twin - レーザークレーツイン by 任天堂 (Nintendo)