Today's Japan from NHK Tokyo (June 30, 1989)

it was space invaders now all different forms of the game are storming the market and taking a big chunk out of the pinball machine business most of these games is to blow the enemy up before it blows you up and their po most of these games is to blow the enemy up before it blows you up and their popularity stems from their complexity you're you're playing against a machine it's it's really hard to I guess it's maybe trying to do better every time you come in then what you're you're playing against a machine it's it's really hard to I guess it's maybe trying to do better every time you come in then what you do the time before it to do something raining outside you don't have nothing to do you can do something here some players take out their aggressions on the machines often with a particular person in mind this can't beat on the machines because you know you get in trouble and stuff like that but I spend a lot of money and I spend about five dollars every day manufacturers of pinbal this can't beat on the machines because you know you get in trouble and stuff like that but I spend a lot of money and I spend about five dollars every day manufacturers of pinball machines are trying to meet the competition like these we play three balls at one time but one Colombian distributor says a video explosion can't be stopped in the next decade plain old pinball machines may be a rare sight sandy Mason new Central amusement location as we see in this report from TV 10s Fred Davis games people play at th like these we play three balls at one time but one Colombian distributor says a video explosion can't be stopped in the next decade plain old pinball machines may be a rare sight sandy Mason new Central amusement location as we see in this report from TV 10s Fred Davis games people play at this desk we're a location they play about 52 different kinds of games that are keep spitting out entertainment as long as the quarters will last there are games you sit down to games you stand up to games you poke fun at and games that poke fun at you in essence there's a game for every age group most of the young people however prefer the newer electronic games that have no time limitations in the next decade plain old pinball machines may be a rare sight sandy Mason new Central amusement location as we see in this report from TV 10s Fred Davis games people play at this desk we're a location they play about 52 different kinds of games that are keep spitting out entertainment as long as the quarters will last there are games you sit down to games you stand up to games you poke fun at and games that poke fun at you in essence there's a game for every age group most of the young people however prefer the newer electronic games that have no time limitations the object here is just to stay on target [Music] possible the plane forever is for good enough you know pinball you can only play for a certain amount of time space invaders started this type of game and I'm better at Galaxian the space invaders so that's why I play yes despite the interest in the new may be a rare sight sandy Mason new Central amusement location as we see in this report from TV 10s Fred Davis games people play at this desk we're a location they play about 52 different kinds of games that are keep spitting out entertainment as long as the quarters will last there are games you sit down to games you stand up to games you poke fun at and games that poke fun at you in essence there's a game for every age group most of the young people however prefer the newer electronic games that have no time limitations the object here is just to stay on target [Music] possible the plane forever is for good enough you know pinball you can only play for a certain amount of time space invaders started this type of game and I'm better at Galaxian the space invaders so that's why I play yes despite the interest in the newer and more sophisticated games the pinball machine remains an amusement staple even those games have a new flair to them nowadays with music that attained the most savage beast [Music] t they play about 52 different kinds of games that are keep spitting out entertainment as long as the quarters will last there are games you sit down to games you stand up to games you poke fun at and games that poke fun at you in essence there's a game for every age group most of the young people however prefer the newer electronic games that have no time limitations the object here is just to stay on target [Music] possible the plane forever is for good enough you know pinball you can only play for a certain amount of time space invaders started this type of game and I'm better at Galaxian the space invaders so that's why I play yes despite the interest in the newer and more sophisticated games the pinball machine remains an amusement staple even those games have a new flair to them nowadays with music that attained the most savage beast [Music] the interest in electronic games apparently is at an all-time high is expected to remain that way as long as people continue to look for inexpensive ways to entertain themselves and the end is not in sight Fred Davis TV 10 News as long as the quarters will last there are games you sit down to games you stand up to games you poke fun at and games that poke fun at you in essence there's a game for every age group most of the young people however prefer the newer electronic games that have no time limitations the object here is just to stay on target [Music] possible the plane forever is for good enough you know pinball you can only play for a certain amount of time space invaders started this type of game and I'm better at Galaxian the space invaders so that's why I play yes despite the interest in the newer and more sophisticated games the pinball machine remains an amusement staple even those games have a new flair to them nowadays with music that attained the most savage beast [Music] the interest in electronic games apparently is at an all-time high is expected to remain that way as long as people continue to look for inexpensive ways to entertain themselves and the end is not in sight Fred Davis TV 10 News there are games you sit down to games you stand up to games you poke fun at and games that poke fun at you in essence there's a game for every age group most of the young people however prefer the newer electronic games that have no time limitations the object here is just to stay on target [Music] possible the plane forever is for good enough you know pinball you can only play for a certain amount of time space invaders started this type of game and I'm better at Galaxian the space invaders so that's why I play yes despite the interest in the newer and more sophisticated games the pinball machine remains an amusement staple even those games have a new flair to them nowadays with music that attained the most savage beast [Music] the interest in electronic games apparently is at an all-time high is expected to remain that way as long as people continue to look for inexpensive ways to entertain themselves and the end is not in sight Fred Davis TV 10 News wn to games you stand up to games you poke fun at and games that poke fun at you in essence there's a game for every age group most of the young people however prefer the newer electronic games that have no time limitations the object here is just to stay on target [Music] possible the plane forever is for good enough you know pinball you can only play for a certain amount of time space invaders started this type of game and I'm better at Galaxian the space invaders so that's why I play yes despite the interest in the newer and more sophisticated games the pinball machine remains an amusement staple even those games have a new flair to them nowadays with music that attained the most savage beast [Music] the interest in electronic games apparently is at an all-time high is expected to remain that way as long as people continue to look for inexpensive ways to entertain themselves and the end is not in sight Fred Davis TV 10 News most of the young people however prefer the newer electronic games that have no time limitations the object here is just to stay on target [Music] possible the plane forever is for good enough you know pinball you can only play for a certain amount of time space invaders started this type of game and I'm better at Galaxian the space invaders so that's why I play yes despite the interest in the newer and more sophisticated games the pinball machine remains an amusement staple even those games have a new flair to them nowadays with music that attained the most savage beast [Music] the interest in electronic games apparently is at an all-time high is expected to remain that way as long as people continue to look for inexpensive ways to entertain themselves and the end is not in sight Fred Davis TV 10 News the object here is just to stay on target [Music] possible the plane forever is for good enough you know pinball you can only play for a certain amount of time space invaders started this type of game and I'm better at Galaxian the space invaders so that's why I play yes despite the interest in the newer and more sophisticated games the pinball machine remains an amusement staple even those games have a new flair to them nowadays with music that attained the most savage beast [Music] the interest in electronic games apparently is at an all-time high is expected to remain that way as long as people continue to look for inexpensive ways to entertain themselves and the end is not in sight Fred Davis TV 10 News is just to stay on target