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cpi.pinball.horse
scans of flyers of こまや (Komaya) machines that Vending International brought to the USA
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#retroarcade #eremeka #arcade #electromechanical
1983 Frog Ball [export version of ケロケロパックン] by & Vending International 1983 Frog Hunter [export version of フロック・ハンター] by 半田機械器具 (Handa Kikaikigu) & Vending International 1983 Mountain Climb [export version of 山のぼりゲーム] by こまや (Komaya) & Vending International 1985 The Crane [export version of お山のクレーン] by こまや (Komaya) & Vending International
November 2, 2026 at 9:45 PM
cpi.pinball.horse
1993 チキチキマシン猛レース (Wacky Race) by セガ (Sega) #eremeka #sega #medalgames #derby
October 18, 2026 at 5:52 AM
cpi.pinball.horse
Generative AI is poison to history and truth.
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#retroarcade #eremeka #arcadehistory #archivists
Generative AI is poison to history and truth.
Generative AI is poison to history and truth.  As historians and archivists we must shun any usage of generative AI in our communities. It s...
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October 12, 2026 at 8:10 PM
cpi.pinball.horse
thank you for your service to the #eremeka cause! 🫡
October 9, 2026 at 7:44 PM
cpi.pinball.horse
I wrote about this CD-ROM on the eremeka db blog
earlyarcadesjapan.blogspot.com/2026/10/cd-r...
CD-ROM: Trot Road - とらっとろーど (1997)
Name: Trot Road - とらっとろーど Year: 1997 Company: Media Quest - メディアクエスト) This CD-ROM has been preserved by preserved by Krugman and is availab...
earlyarcadesjapan.blogspot.com
October 9, 2026 at 6:56 PM
thestacks.ca
Caitlyn (@cpi.pinball.horse) is assuredly Canada's top eremeka/pinball/pachi researcher. She also scans ooold coin-op magazines from the 30s-50s, and arranges scans of countless arcade flyers! AND has documented >5800 eremeka machines! earlyarcadesjapan.blogspot.com
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October 5, 2026 at 11:59 PM
cpi.pinball.horse
pics added pointing out that a backglass from Satomi's 1968 Sonar Attack was repurposed in to the set for Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) #📽️ #eremeka
earlyarcadesjapan.blogspot.com/2022/08/1968...
September 27, 2026 at 3:28 AM
cpi.pinball.horse
check these chill Japanese men in their cozy afterwork wear, playing medal games at Joyland Tokyo, circa 1978
#retroarcade #japan #medalgames #eremeka
Nintendo EVR takes center stage, with a rarer 8-player config. Left is probably Color Bingo by Taito. Bally slot machines. 4p driving game in front.
from Amusement 1978-04
September 27, 2026 at 12:28 AM
cpi.pinball.horse
Help wanted: photo requests for a number of rare EM machines. Please pass this along to any collectors you might know. I want to better archive these machines online.
pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2026/09/phot...

#em #electromechanical #gungames #eremeka #basketball #arcade #retroarcade
September 24, 2026 at 3:14 PM
cpi.pinball.horse
bidding on #eremeka flyers be like
September 23, 2026 at 3:13 PM
cpi.pinball.horse
exploring the arcade in 快獣ブースカ (Kaiju Booska) episode 17
pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2026/09/expl...
#eremeka #retroarcade #pinball #EMgungames #shootinggallery #corkgun #punchingbag
September 23, 2026 at 7:43 PM
cpi.pinball.horse
I have been searching for Time Shock for years! I'm so relieved to finally see it.
Sunic / Sunny Tokyo is a company I've been obsessed about!
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'73 SUNIC advertisement SUNIC entry from 1973 machine directory showing Time Shock (published in late 1972)
September 23, 2026 at 3:53 PM
cpi.pinball.horse
The 愛欲の罠 arcade has a curious number of rare Sunic machines.
"Diamond Punch" is a real mystery. I assume it's Sunic based off the font design!

#eremeka #retroarcade
~1973 Rich-Ball - リッチボール by サニック (Sunic) 1973 Diamond Punch [seen in 愛欲の罠] by unknown [maybe by サニック (Sunic)] 1973 Prehistoric Hunter - カイジュウX (Kaiju X) by サニック (Sunic) 1972 Time Shock - タイムショック by サニック (Sunic)
September 23, 2026 at 5:18 PM
cpi.pinball.horse
Time Shock appears in the movie 愛欲の罠 / Aiyoku no wana aka Trapped in Lust (1973)!
This machine stumped me for a long time. It is similar to 1971 Spiral Ball - スパイラルボール by 中村製作所 (Nakamura Seisakusho)
but many differences!
pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2022/02/expl...
#retroarcade #eremeka
愛欲の罠 / Aiyoku no wana aka Trapped in Lust (1973) https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2022/02/exploring-arcade-in-aiyoku-no-wana-aka.html scene from 愛欲の罠 / Aiyoku no wana aka Trapped in Lust (1973) 1971 Spiral Ball - スパイラルボール by 中村製作所 (Nakamura Seisakusho) 1972 Time Shock - タイムショック by サニック (Sunic)
September 23, 2026 at 4:01 PM
mrmxy.bsky.social
Wondered why this "EVR Player" was in this auction site's gaming section, then remembered where I'd seen the term: these were used in Nintendo's first electronic videogame, EVR Race (1975). Almost got it since it was cheap but noped out upon learning they are HUGE www.fromjapan.co.jp/japan/en/auc...
A Mitsubishi Electronic Video Recording (EVR) Player, a device that can be loaded with film-like tapes. An EVR Race arcade cabinet, a long cabinet with stations for 10 players to place bets and a TV screen at the end displaying a horse race. Source: https://thetastates.com/eremeka/eremekaDisplay.php?search=yes&company=Nintendo An original Xbox console placed on top of an EVR Player, showing that the EVR is about twice the Xbox's size. Source: https://x.com/BEEP_SHOP/status/1641369209459593216
September 21, 2026 at 3:21 AM
cpi.pinball.horse
one feature of my Japanese arcade research is that I prioritize sharing the primary resources I purchase. When any are scanned and online you can find a link here:
research publication list - 研究出版物リスト
earlyarcadesjapan.blogspot.com/2025/07/rese...

#eremeka #retroarcade #japan #pinball
September 6, 2026 at 4:46 PM
cpi.pinball.horse
14 more flyers of Japanese eremeka games 1979-2013 including some impressively big-ass games
pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2026/09/scan...
#retroarcade #eremeka #japan #medalgames #pachinko #irritatingstick
scanned by @thestacks.ca
September 6, 2026 at 1:11 AM
cpi.pinball.horse
time for more rare arcade flyer scans. Let's get some eremeka flyers from Taito.
pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2026/08/scan...
#retroarcade #taito #kansaiseiki #kasco #arcade #japan #eremeka
hey @taito.co.jp
August 25, 2026 at 3:59 PM
cpi.pinball.horse
I opened my Vimeo account and it says my lecture from Replaying Japan 2025 had accrued 18 views over the last year.
Honestly thought that the low end number would be at least 100.

Vimeo link: vimeo.com/1116023421
Full notes: earlyarcadesjapan.blogspot.com/2025/09/repl...
#eremeka #retroarcade
Replaying Japan 2025: a foreigners' guide to eremeka arcades - 外国人のためのエレメカアーケードゲームガイド 18 views·11 months ago
August 14, 2026 at 7:39 PM
devilrei.bsky.social
This was the game, if you're curious:
thetastates.com/eremeka/erem...

It's a game where you're trying to inflate a balloon as fast as possible with an air pump. And yes, in the illustration that air pump was exactly where you're thinking
外国人のためのエレメカアーケードゲームガイド - a foreigners' guide to eremeka arcades
外国人のためのエレメカアーケードゲームガイド - a foreigners' guide to eremeka arcades
thetastates.com
May 18, 2026 at 10:50 PM
universalfacts.bsky.social
Harem Cat was far from the only pinball table Universal put out; some others they put out include 1978's Hercules (not to be confused with the Atari table), 1977's Hard Rock, and 1976's Orienteering.
The IPDB also lists a table called "Asteroid Killer", but I could not find any evidence it exists.
The English-language flyer for the 1978 Universal pinball table, Hercules; the tagline demands that you "CHALLENGE THE EXTRAORDINARY DEMIGOD HERCULES!" and also features a list of bullet points, the first of which reads "THE CUP INSURES (sic) TROUBLE-FREE PLAY". (sourced from https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/pinballs/show/7546) A Japanese flyer for the 1977 Universal pinball table, Hard Rock. (sourced from https://www.ipdb.org/search.pl?searchtype=advanced&mfgid=324) A scanned image of the 1976 Universal pinball table, Orienteering. (sourced from https://thetastates.com/eremeka/eremekaDisplay.php?search=yes&company=Universal)
March 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM
onionsoft.net
#楠野製作所 のミニパスボールは電源を使わないエコでクリーンな駄菓子屋ゲームとしてよく見かけたけど、本家HPによればコピー品が大量に作られたとのこと。なるほど似たものが色々ある…
prizegame.jp/eremeka/1151
#MiniPassBall #1977
November 12, 2024 at 1:05 PM
namcohistory.bsky.social
Another resource is a list of Namco’s non-video game arcade output including mechanical games, redemption games, sports games, and animatronics. thetastates.com/eremeka/erem...
外国人のためのエレメカアーケードゲームガイド - a foreigners' guide to eremeka arcades
外国人のためのエレメカアーケードゲームガイド - a foreigners' guide to eremeka arcades
thetastates.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 PM
hokan185.bsky.social
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なんか面白そうなサイト
a foreigners' guide to eremeka arcades - 外国人のためのエレメカアーケードゲームガイド: introduction & main page - 紹介＆メインページ
eremeka search tool  // エレメカ検索ツール begin browsing at the beginning / 最初から閲覧を開始する begin browsing at 1960 / 1960年代から閲覧する begin browsing at 1970...
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October 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
thestacks.ca
TV Gamer [週刊テレビゲーマー] Vol. 1 No. 25 Issue 25 (October 3, 1997) has been scanned and archived, please enjoy! Article on eremeka in there
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TV Gamer [週刊テレビゲーマー] Vol. 1 No. 25 Issue 25 (October 3, 1997) TV Gamer [週刊テレビゲーマー] Vol. 1 No. 25 Issue 25 (October 3, 1997) TV Gamer [週刊テレビゲーマー] Vol. 1 No. 25 Issue 25 (October 3, 1997)
May 1, 2026 at 3:09 PM