Bingo Pinballs

Created on 12-31-2002 _ Last update 04-17-2022

 

Sega Saga - A Japanese Bingo Story - Skill Ball

 

In the Don Hooker interview, the guys start talking about business in general and how the Japanese have done so well and one of the guys (I’ll fill his name in later) mentions that he has knowledge of a Japanese Bingo and before he elaborates, they move on to other things.

 

The interview occurred in 89 when Don was 85 years old, and this correlates with the Bingo below if we take the 19?? date shown on their website into account.

 

This is the only straight-up pinball shown on the site, the rest of the Bingo machines shown are all very elaborate and mulit-player.

 

Raymond Watt’s turned me on to the link where I got these photos, I thought I surfed a lot Raymond – To have found this, I know it means you are equally as busy as I am looking for this kind of thing. Thank you

 

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Look at that deck, those look one heck of a lot like Bally Light Towers - Hmmm?

 

SEGA

 

Check out the top right card, looks like the center spot is a 17 – Hmmm?

 

Maybe a few 21s in a couple of the others.

 

 

 

Where I originally saw these – The Medal Game Museum

 

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...a nice surprise I found here in 2020`

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List of Sega Pinball machines - Wikipedia

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Sega Pinball Inc. was a division of Sega which existed from 1994 until 1999. Though Sega first entered the pinball market in 1971 but stopped production in 1978. Sega re-entered the market when it took over Data East's pinball division in 1994. They produced machines under the name Sega Pinball Inc.

Products‎: ‎Pinball machines and some arcade/‎r...

Founded‎: ‎1994

Sega Pinball (1994–1999) · ‎Pinball · ‎Sega Enterprises Ltd ...

 

 

 

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Skill Ball (スキルボール) is an arcade machine released by Sega. Very little is known about its existence - it was likely sold in the first half of the 1970s exclusively in Japan, and working units are now exceptionally rare.

 

 

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...the Bally and Sega Connection

 

 

I was wondering if we’d ever see one of these`

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Some blog I stumbled upon`…check that date`

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