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After an article from note.com user tripwalker today, some new information has come to light about some material I have previously posted about.

The medal token should have been a big tipoff, as medal games hadn't been popularized until Sigma started the movement in '71, with Sega Enterprises taking notice in '75.

In January 1936, the Coin Machine Review asked a few stars of the biz what they did before jobbing. Irv gave a vexing response: 12 years in coinops, and 5 years selling cars before that. This would hypothetically cover his entire adult life since graduating high school in 1918... (thread)

[Austin Powers voice] WAIT A TICK

In 1993, the Funland arcade opened in the Brickyard Mall in Chicago. It boasted 16,000 square feet of floor space, including indoor bumper cars, a SEGA R360 motion simulator, and an entire floor geared for younger audiences. (small thread)

Funland operated a second location in '93, in London's Trocadero building, also sporting an R360. Bob Deith's Sega Europe leased part of the building for the infamous SEGAWORLD LONDON from '94 to '99, and after that venue closed part of the space was absorbed to expand Funland.

In 1993, the Funland arcade opened in the Brickyard Mall in Chicago. It boasted 16,000 square feet of floor space, including indoor bumper cars, a SEGA R360 motion simulator, and an entire floor geared for younger audiences. (small thread)

In January 1936, the Coin Machine Review asked a few stars of the biz what they did before jobbing. Irv gave a vexing response: 12 years in coinops, and 5 years selling cars before that. This would hypothetically cover his entire adult life since graduating high school in 1918... (thread)

And then "prior to entering the coinop field" might instead refer to before he formed Irv Bromberg Co, allowing overlap of the two timespans. Still, multiple things don't quite line up here, I wish more was known about his story, esp. since Service Games had claimed 1932 was the start of SEGA.

In January 1936, the Coin Machine Review asked a few stars of the biz what they did before jobbing. Irv gave a vexing response: 12 years in coinops, and 5 years selling cars before that. This would hypothetically cover his entire adult life since graduating high school in 1918... (thread)

The next company he made was Bromberg Co. in late November '31, which reincorporated as Irving Bromberg Co. a few days later on December 2nd. It incorporated a third time in January '33 under sales manager Eddie Blumenthal as Irv prepared to go west.

In January 1936, the Coin Machine Review asked a few stars of the biz what they did before jobbing. Irv gave a vexing response: 12 years in coinops, and 5 years selling cars before that. This would hypothetically cover his entire adult life since graduating high school in 1918... (thread)

Thanks to the International Arcade Museum Library's trade magazine holdings I've been able to glean further information about the SEGA 1000 Stereo Jukebox. Rather than poast things piecemeal here, this will be the topic of my next article on Note. Stay tuned!

Does anyone know good contact info for the International Arcade Museum Library/Museum of the Game? Been trying to reserve some research time for a couple months now but haven't gotten a response. Tried both staff2020 and library2024.

Particularly frustrated because they require two-weeks notice, good thing i wasn't trying to schedule around free time in february! Do you think if i sent a donation to their library founding campaign they'd notice my request sooner?

After an article from note.com user tripwalker today, some new information has come to light about some material I have previously posted about.

tripwalker's article uncovered some information about Kobe's sega, including the discovery that their headquarters closed down some time between april 2017 and april 2018, with google streetview embeds of the location

After an article from note.com user tripwalker today, some new information has come to light about some material I have previously posted about.

The font and owl insignia are consistent between the two, but have glaring differences to known dated documents from the 50s sega.

After an article from note.com user tripwalker today, some new information has come to light about some material I have previously posted about.

In memoriam of Hideki Sato (1950 -2026), this shall be a thread for rarities and curios about his life and career.

Sato only belonged to the Pinball team for a couple years, before he became involved in reverse engineering Pong and working out changes, the creation of Sega's video division.

In memoriam of Hideki Sato (1950 -2026), this shall be a thread for rarities and curios about his life and career.

Correction, the deal with MSX fell through when Sato and Nakayama had a dinner with Nishi, whose personality had started to irk Nakayama, a problem Nishi seemed to have often.

In memoriam of Hideki Sato (1950 -2026), this shall be a thread for rarities and curios about his life and career.

The CSK buyout of Sega ended the talks, and hardware engineer Ishikawa was loaned out to CRI after the Mark III's release to help design an education-oriented computer more in line with CSK's business computer sensibilities.

In memoriam of Hideki Sato (1950 -2026), this shall be a thread for rarities and curios about his life and career.

In 1984, Sato had been in talks with Mr. Nishi of ASCII corp. about joining the MSX group. Sega's home computers didn't recieve a new model after its originally planned SC-5000 (released as the SC-3000H) like the SG-1000 did, possibly in anticipation of an MSX deal.

In memoriam of Hideki Sato (1950 -2026), this shall be a thread for rarities and curios about his life and career.

Sega's HR politely obliged his request to be shown their facility, and Sato showed interest in their R&D and P&E (production/engineering) departments. He lucked out as one of their three recent hires there didn't show, so he was directed to the department head for an impromptu interview.

In memoriam of Hideki Sato (1950 -2026), this shall be a thread for rarities and curios about his life and career.

While an undergrad, Sato originally aimed to join an overseas agriculture program, mostly for its perk more than anything. When he wasn't selected, and a school counselor declined to help, he went looking through brochures at his school's hiring resource center.