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These ridiculous USA machines even made it to Japan in the 70s:
this is 1976 ホームラン王! ルースター君 (Home run king! Mr. Rooster) [import] by 友栄 (UA) and Animal Behavior Enterprises

A collection of JJP and Gameplan? Love it!

I posted these pictures to the facebook "Fruit machines and electromechanical games" group, So figure I should also put them here as well: The first one is an 8-sided 4-player roulette game that would have been from the 1960s, as the picture here is from 1969. https://ptpimg.me/9em046.jpg ...

I am unsure what game that is that I posted, all I know is that it was imported into Japan under the name Roulette and it's one of the many games I'm trying to find any sign of existence for. :) Another would be Magic Hat, which is similar to Cromptons' Magic Toppers but I am unsure if Crompton actu...

Has anyone seen a 4-player, 8-sided roulette machine like this before?

Arcades and Slot Machines , No. 3 in the Fairground Heritage Series, includes an A-Z of British slot machine manufacturers 1870-1970. The book details the history of amusement arcades, including piers, static and travelling arcades. Fully illustrated in colour and black & white with dozens of p...

Niche Mechanisms 005: booze barometers http://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2023/02/niche-mechanisms-005-booze-barometers.html https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDJH-rNzKZme0-q1dfdkenJ9jD2Lu4SyYiiPs7qimHDLl_w3IzfaaXaf1rqz-zwag1hjKaLerDclxo0rsOKR2swbdXluYdNbqQvdQ20LjysSCpup3c8vSNAWCZeSdo...

3 pages of other "arcade explorations" I've done, at http://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/searc ... xploration

The Band Wagon (1953)
http://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2020/ ... wagon.html

La belle équipe (1936) http://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/search/label/Arcade%20Exploration https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHaoP5mKyC1hPGLqNeK6sKYQEhVhFXE1K3TG5sFJshyP3xUpeNo2vfPRS_aTMuNxJ6bvBFret0mGfuDdrz4pW3GtMGWFUXCvhh2CD8c8DsA4YqyyFkMYqVkxacPSR6L55Bu0LT0Wj44etqIP4Flh67qMpZ5UtWW...

Is there a place that gathers a lot of information on the post-war electromechanical machines from Britain? I am trying to find a good resource for electromechanical machines from the 60s and 70s. Most people seem to collect prewar, or maybe 1950s machines, but there are less resources dedicated to ...

Can you please post a photo so we can be sure? There are many games called Roulette.

I'm so fricking excited for this book!
Is there any way to arrange for a signed copy? I can't wait!!!

Thank you for your wonderful videos.

I wanted to let you know that some Magic Toppers ended up in Japan in the early 1970s.

Anyone recognize the game on the left?
I'm unable to find any images for Streets' Horse Racing and I'm wondering if that is that game...

any chance anyone has better photos of these Grand National machines? I would like better photos of either of these two versions... https://i.ibb.co/qrQcLnX/image.png https://i.ibb.co/ypDv6KG/image.png are these both by Whittaker and not R&W? I am collecting information on some of the British ma...

are people interested in Super Match around here? I know it's a GERMAN machine, but the UK got a lot of them, plus local variants, right? ;) I made these 4 posts to outline what I've found so far about the history of Super Match in Japan. Many European machines made it to Japan, especially in the 19...

So looking forward to this book!

So looking forward to this book!

if y'all want an excuse to mock gender diversity, at least be technically correct?
The original song lyric is "The old gray mare, she ain't what she used to be"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Gray_Mare

Even The Simpsons got it right...