[Gallery] The Retro Archives Pictures Flux

[Belike]

Cool stuff, where did you get these magazines?

[DarthNuno]

Cool stuff, where did you get these magazines?

I got them from the son of an old arcade operator years ago. A nice collection. So yeah a lot of pictures but also a lot of very interesting articles/stories... but in french. I'll publish them too.

[DarthNuno]

The Ninja Warriors by Taito...THE row! #taito #ninjawarriors



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Who said 'The Ninja Warriors' was a rare cabinet, huh? Here's a row of them... ;-)
This picture has been taken during the inauguration of the new location (Gennevilliers) of the french company called 'NEWKO', the 7th december 1988.
In addition of building their own (generic) cabinet, they were imported Gottlieb & Taito games...

[DarthNuno]

The Ninja Warriors by Taito... the price & the girl! #ninjawarriors #taito



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Wanna buy a Taito 'The Ninja Warriors' dedicated cabinet?
Back in february 1989, retail price was 25000 French francs... which is about 3800€
Note that this one was cheapest than Chase HQ...
Nice model by the way :-)

[DarthNuno]

Kendo cabinet ... and the NW model? #Kendo #arcade



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Here's an ad coming from "L'inter-automatique" (issue February 1989) that shows the Kendo generic cabinet...and a model. I'm pretty sure she's the same girl than the one on the Ninja Warriors promo right here. Do you confirm?

[DarthNuno]

Galaxy Force 2 DX by Sega @ Amusexpo 88 #galaxyforce #sega #joeltiehi



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French football player 'Joël Tiehi' playing Sega Galaxy Force II during the Amusexpo 88

[DarthNuno]

N'Styl versus at AmusExpo 88 #nstyl #amusexpo #vsfighting



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Here is the stand of the french generic cabinet manufacturer N'Styl, where you can see their cabinets.
When setup 'back to back', like you can see on this picture, it almost looks like the famous 'Versus Astro City', a well know set up for fighting games. But we are here in 1988, during the AmusExpo 88 in France.

[DarthNuno]

Taito Chase HQ DX / AmusExpo 88 #taito #chaseHQ



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Presentation of the Taito Chase HQ deluxe version, on the Kendo stand (importer for Taito games) during the AmusExpo 88.

[DarthNuno]

Konami Europe show room in 1989 #konami



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A view inside the Konami Europe show room, based in Frankfort(Germany) in 1989

[DarthNuno]

Sega Turbo Outrun cockpit / IMA 89 #outrun #sega #ima



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SEGA Turbo Out Run cockpit as presented during the IMA 89 show in Frankfort (Germany)

[DarthNuno]

Atari Hard Drivin' at Stambouli's presentation in 1989 #atari #harddrivin #stambouli



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Atari Hard Drivin' as presented inside the Stambouli's showroom in Paris in February 1989

[Andreas_AUT]

Hard Drivin is really a nice game.

[DarthNuno]

Nintendo PlayChoice-10 Amiro 1989 advertisement #nintendo #playchoice



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Nintendo PlayChoice-10 Deluxe, as advertised by the reseller French AMIRO group, in march 1989 in the "L'inter-Automatique" magazine.

[DarthNuno]

Nintendo stand at ACME show Reno 1989 #Nintendo #alanstones #playchoice



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Alan Stone (one of the co-founders of Nintendo of America) and A.Mulon (Amiro group) at Nintendo stand at the ACME show Reno 1989, for the introduction of their new game 'PlayChoice-5' (5 games in one cabinet, and only one monitor), the successor of the famous 'PlayChoice-10'

[DarthNuno]

Nintendo stand overview at ACME show Reno 1989 #Nintendo #playchoice



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All these Nintendo signs! Sure you couldn't miss the Nintendo stand at the ACME show Reno 1989, for the introduction of their new game 'PlayChoice-5' (5 games in one cabinet, and only one monitor), the successor of the famous 'PlayChoice-10'