new movie added to "exploring pachinko in Japanese cinema..."
1957 - 警視庁物語 上野発五時三五分 / Keishichō monogatari Ueno-hatsu 5:35am (Metropolitan Police Department Story: 5:35am from Ueno)
https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2021/02/exploring-pachinko-in-japanese-cinema.html

#retroarcade #japan #pachinko

exploring the arcade in 1992-01 TVムック故郷は欧州　意外なパチンコ進化論 / TV Mook Mystery Journey: Surprising theory of pachinko evolution
https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2023/10/exploring-arcade-in-1992-01-tv-tv-mook.html

This was an incredible amount of work. When someone says "prewar game", we have to specify WW2, WW1, Russo-Japanese war... because some of these machines go into the 19th century.
The translated documentary is also linked.

#japan #pachinko #allwin #germany #uk #usa #arcade #retroarcade

scan: ヨーロッパに生まれ日本で育ったパチンコ百年史 [A Centennial History of Pachinko Born in Europe and Raised in Japan] (2002)
https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2023/10/scan-centennial-history-of-pachinko.html

#retroarcade #japan #pachinko #allwin #arcade #scans #gamingalexandria

Exploring the arcade in 大当りパチンコ娘 (1952) aka Oatari Pachinko Musume aka Jackpot Pachinko Girl

https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2024/04/exploring-arcade-in-1952-aka-oatari.html
#retroarcade #pachinko #japan

Cash Box Amusement Machines 1955-1983

I took all of the annual "Amusement Machine" summaries from Cash Box and combined them into one file. 1955-1983
https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2024/04/cash-box-amusement-machines-1955-1983.html

#retroarcade #pinball #videogames #arcade

Coin Journal scans:
月刊コインジャーナル [Monthly Coin Journal] 1994-10 & 1997-10
https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2024/04/scans-monthly-coin-journal-1994-10-1997.html

月刊コインジャーナル [Monthly Coin Journal] 1992-09 & 1993-07
https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2024/04/scans-monthly-coin-journal-1992-09-1993.html

#retroarcade #japan #coinjournal

scan: Parts Catalog & Schematics for 1967 Rifleman - ライフルマン by セガ (Sega)
https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2024/03/scan-parts-catalog-schematics-for-1967.html

schematics and instructions for 1968 Periscope [single] - ペリスコープ by セガ (Sega)
https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2024/03/scans-schematics-and-instructions-for.html

#retroarcade #japan #eremeka #electromechanical #arcade

J. A. Jost, Jost & Cie: 19th century gamemaker extraordinaire

https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2024/05/j-jost-jost-cie-gamemaker-extraordinaire.html

massive infodump post for those interested in woodworking, French pinball ancestry, and table games

#pinballancestry #retroarcade #france #jajost #jost #jostetcie

someone has been ripping the music from the Data East pinball machines and sharing it on Archive dot org
https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2024/03/data-east-pinball-music.html

#retroarcade #pinball #soundtracks

I bought a bunch of rare coinop (& related) auction catalogues and detchibe scanned them.

11 are linked in this one post: https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2024/06/scans-auction-catalogues.html

#slotmachines #tradestimulators #pinball #orchestrions #allwins #strengthtesters etc
#retroarcade cade

Play Meter 1983 has been fully scanned
https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2024/03/scans-play-meter-1983-has-been-fully.html

and Play Meter 1984 has been fully scanned
https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2024/03/scans-play-meter-1984-has-been-fully.html

#retroarcade #videogames #arcade #pinball

Rock-Ola's Jigsaw from 1933 is one of the most iconic #pinball machines ever.
two articles... the first is the story of my own machine
https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2024/03/1933-worlds-fair-jigsaw-by-rock-ola.html
and then a comparison of the early-run and main-run versions
https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2024/03/jigsaw-differences.html

#retroarcade #worldsfair #rockola #arcade

scan: Coin Slot Review - 1967 Spring

https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2024/07/scan-coin-slot-review-1967-spring.html

#retroarcade #uk #british #arcade

6 more Coin Journal [月刊コインジャーナル] issues have been scanned:
1992-08
1993-12
1996-01
1996-03
1997-05
1997-11
https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2024/07/scans-6-more-coin-journals.html

#retroarcade #coinjournal #japan #magazines #arcade

my writeup on the Central Ontario Arcade & Pinball Fest, including my Pinball Ancestry signs, the pinball history booth layout, and far too many photographs of pinball machines.
https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2024/07/coapf-writeup.html

#retroarcade #pinball #pinballancestry #pinballhistory #arcade

3 more issues of Canadian Coin Box are now online
1977-11. 1977-12, 1978-01

https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2024/08/scans-canadian-coin-box-1977-11-1977-12.html

#retroarcade #pinball #arcade

I bought this brochure for a Japanese onsen (~1970) and my friend scanned it at 1200 DPI. Let's check out what games they have!

https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2024/08/exploring-arcade-in-this-shinshu-togura.html

#retroarcade #pinball #arcade

exploring the arcade in the トラック野郎 / Torakku yarô aka Truck Guy movies (1975-1979)

https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2024/08/exploring-arcade-in-torakku-yaro-aka.html

#retroarcade #japan #pachinko

6 scanned issues of プレイグラフ Play Graph pachinko operator magazine from 1978. The purchase of these magazines courtesy the global pachinko fan community and Gaming Alexandria members.

https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2024/09/scans-play-graph-1978-010203050608.html

#retroarcade #pachinko

3 more issues of Play Graph are now up for all your showa pachinko / dog in kimono needs

https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2024/09/scans-play-graph-1980-01-1982-01-1983-09.html

#retroarcade #pachinko #japan

5 more issues of プレイグラフ Play Graph are now online
https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2024/09/scans-5-more-issues-of-play-graph-from.html

#retroarcade #pachinko #japan

80 issues of Mechanical Memories Magazine have been scanned and uploaded to The Internet Archive

https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2024/09/scans-mechanical-memories-magazines.html

#retroarcade #britain

I have posted 6 issues of Pacific Coin Machine Review
1936-01 through 1936-06

https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2024/11/scans-pacific-coin-machine-review-first.html
#retroarcade #pinball #jukebox #slotmachine #arcade

2 amazing scans from Japan:
アミューズメン産業 (Amusement Industry) 1975-05
Computopia・コンピュートピア 1968-01

https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2024/11/scans-amusement-sangyo-1975-05.html

#retroarcade #japan #computing

6 more issues of Canadian Coin Box!
https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2025/01/scans-canadian-coin-box-1986-02-1986-06.html

#retroarcade #canadiancoinbox #arcade #pinball