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« Reply #540 on: July 29, 2026, 12:28:14 am »
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In a Famitsu interview, SEGA President Shuji Utsumi stressed the company's hardware roots and plans to balance physical releases with digital growth. This follows Sony's July 1 announcement to end physical disc production for new PlayStation games from January 2028. Here’s what Mr. Utsumi had to say ...

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Re: Shinobi: The Complete History
« Reply #541 on: July 29, 2026, 10:05:31 am »
I don't know if 3D Printer could produce ROM chips.
Eeh, the short answer is yes, you can 3D print circuit boards with specialised equipment, but you can't 3D print microchips. But I'm saying todays technology can recreate items that were more difficult to produce by hand back then.
I guess we got lucky since gambling is banned here.
Yeah, I dunno if these gambling machines we have count as gambling or not, or else why have them in arcades during business hours?

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« Reply #542 on: July 30, 2026, 09:37:23 pm »
Eeh, the short answer is yes, you can 3D print circuit boards with specialised equipment, but you can't 3D print microchips. But I'm saying todays technology can recreate items that were more difficult to produce by hand back then.

The problem is the microchip though, but modern technology really has really changed a lot. I remember back then our country forbid color photo copy machine (to avoid people make a photo copy of money) but they couldn't ban color printer many years later since it against the future.

Yeah, I dunno if these gambling machines we have count as gambling or not, or else why have them in arcades during business hours?

Do they look like pachinko machines in Japan? If yes then they're gambling machines that's banned in our country.
Funny thing is ... gambling is also technically illegal in Japan, yet their pachinko business has flourished for over 70 years.
The reason is a carefully maintained legal loophole built around how winnings are exchanged in Japan.
Players cannot exchange their balls directly for cash inside the parlor, nor can they take balls off the premises.
However, players almost always exchange pachinko balls for special tokens, usually slips of gold encased in plastic, and then "sell" them at a neighboring shop for cash.


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Re: Shinobi: The Complete History
« Reply #543 on: July 31, 2026, 04:15:16 pm »
The problem is the microchip though, but modern technology really has really changed a lot. I remember back then our country forbid color photo copy machine (to avoid people make a photo copy of money) but they couldn't ban color printer many years later since it against the future.
Yeah, you can probably find replacement components for your monkey game out there. Maybe not the exact same components, but compatible ones.
Do they look like pachinko machines in Japan? If yes then they're gambling machines that's banned in our country.
Funny thing is ... gambling is also technically illegal in Japan, yet their pachinko business has flourished for over 70 years.
The reason is a carefully maintained legal loophole built around how winnings are exchanged in Japan.
Players cannot exchange their balls directly for cash inside the parlor, nor can they take balls off the premises.
However, players almost always exchange pachinko balls for special tokens, usually slips of gold encased in plastic, and then "sell" them at a neighboring shop for cash.




UK Gambling machines are mostly slot machines. But unlike the Slot Machines depicted on television, these machines have other features which I believe mostly bells and whistles.

My mother tells me they are likely rigged, as in they only give winnings to a certain number of players. And that in some places you get those just hanging around slot machines like subtle vultures, waiting for the right number of people on the machines to play, until they take their turn and win.

What bothers me if, if you go into a "family arcade" in Wales, you'll likely find it consist mostly of these machines than any other arcade machine.

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Re: Shinobi: The Complete History
« Reply #544 on: August 03, 2026, 02:52:59 am »
Yeah, you can probably find replacement components for your monkey game out there. Maybe not the exact same components, but compatible ones.
 
That's the hard part, even if the exact chip was made, the program needed on chip couldn't be copied from elsewhere.
This handheld is like Nintendo's game watch series.
Unlike modern screens made of millions of tiny movable pixels, game watch screen contains a fixed layout of pre-drawn shapes (like a ball, a character's arm, or an enemy) on its LCD.
The internal chip sends electricity to specific segments, making them turn dark (visible) or transparent (hidden).
For my game watch-like handheld, the chip's working on segments that turn on and off to create the illusion of movement (the monkey's kid, the monkey's left hand, monkey's right hand, the bees, and the banana).



UK Gambling machines are mostly slot machines. But unlike the Slot Machines depicted on television, these machines have other features which I believe mostly bells and whistles.

My mother tells me they are likely rigged, as in they only give winnings to a certain number of players. And that in some places you get those just hanging around slot machines like subtle vultures, waiting for the right number of people on the machines to play, until they take their turn and win.

What bothers me if, if you go into a "family arcade" in Wales, you'll likely find it consist mostly of these machines than any other arcade machine.

Okay, the photo showed it, that's definitely banned in our country and I'm sure in most country, it's limited to certain age for people to be able to access them so I don't understand why your country allowed them being presented in family arcade places.
Not banning or age restriction will stop people for playing it though since right now it came in digital form as online gambling (which is more easily rigged so i don't know why people still want to play it but the reality is that they're still popular).
Of course they're banned too here but now it's harder for government to monitor since everyone could be played it from their closed room now.

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« Reply #545 on: August 04, 2026, 05:43:25 am »
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Re: Shinobi: The Complete History
« Reply #546 on: August 04, 2026, 04:43:47 pm »
 
That's the hard part, even if the exact chip was made, the program needed on chip couldn't be copied from elsewhere.
This handheld is like Nintendo's game watch series.
Unlike modern screens made of millions of tiny movable pixels, game watch screen contains a fixed layout of pre-drawn shapes (like a ball, a character's arm, or an enemy) on its LCD.
The internal chip sends electricity to specific segments, making them turn dark (visible) or transparent (hidden).
For my game watch-like handheld, the chip's working on segments that turn on and off to create the illusion of movement (the monkey's kid, the monkey's left hand, monkey's right hand, the bees, and the banana).
Well, you could go as far as buying a replacement game entirely, but depends on how much they go by these days.
Okay, the photo showed it, that's definitely banned in our country and I'm sure in most country, it's limited to certain age for people to be able to access them so I don't understand why your country allowed them being presented in family arcade places.
Not banning or age restriction will stop people for playing it though since right now it came in digital form as online gambling (which is more easily rigged so i don't know why people still want to play it but the reality is that they're still popular).
Of course they're banned too here but now it's harder for government to monitor since everyone could be played it from their closed room now.
These machines are allowed in family entertainment places... just people under the age is not allowed to use them. Why have them in arcades? I dunno, probably because arcade owners want gamblers regardless of age.

But I feel like I only played The House of the Dead or Virtua Cop in an arcade at least once in my life. Granted, I can use an emulator to play these games or play THotD:Remakes but I barely remember the experience of playing these games at an arcade.

While Scarlet Dawn is in UK, I've yet to come across it. The cabinet alone looks interesting.
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Re: Shinobi: The Complete History
« Reply #547 on: August 04, 2026, 11:14:39 pm »
Well, you could go as far as buying a replacement game entirely, but depends on how much they go by these days.

I did find it in ebay but it's priced US $159.99 plus US $40.00 shipping price (plus around US $30.00 for tax)  to Indonesia, so I don't think it's worth it for me.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/358746233640

These machines are allowed in family entertainment places... just people under the age is not allowed to use them. Why have them in arcades? I dunno, probably because arcade owners want gamblers regardless of age.

Damn. I guess the arcade games could be used as bait for the children for them to go into gamble later.



But I feel like I only played The House of the Dead or Virtua Cop in an arcade at least once in my life. Granted, I can use an emulator to play these games or play THotD:Remakes but I barely remember the experience of playing these games at an arcade.

While Scarlet Dawn is in UK, I've yet to come across it. The cabinet alone looks interesting.


Yes, it was awesome. Especially the loud sound. If we're good at it, having others watching us playing make us fired up too.

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« Reply #548 on: August 05, 2026, 07:51:53 am »
I did find it in ebay but it's priced US $159.99 plus US $40.00 shipping price (plus around US $30.00 for tax)  to Indonesia, so I don't think it's worth it for me.
What about the needed components alone?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/358746233640

Damn. I guess the arcade games could be used as bait for the children for them to go into gamble later.

That's my guess.
Yes, it was awesome. Especially the loud sound. If we're good at it, having others watching us playing make us fired up too.
I'll never get that feels.

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Re: Shinobi: The Complete History
« Reply #549 on: August 06, 2026, 01:11:17 am »
What about the needed components alone?

Nope. Couldn't find it. It's really time to let it go ... for now.

I'll never get that feels.

Someday may be ... when UK government banned gambling, all arcade centers would be full of nothing but video games.

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« Reply #550 on: August 06, 2026, 02:25:28 pm »
Someday may be ... when UK government banned gambling, all arcade centers would be full of nothing but video games.
I doubt that will happen.

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« Reply #551 on: August 07, 2026, 02:15:49 am »
I doubt that will happen.

Yeah, especially that the legal gambling industry generates billions of pounds in tax revenue for the government.
Not to mention that it supports thousands of jobs across retail, hospitality, and sports.
It's just considered as a sin from many religious leaders (Church of England included) but I guess, unlike here, they have no legal power to ban the commercial gambling industry.

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« Reply #552 on: August 07, 2026, 12:54:20 pm »
Yeah, especially that the legal gambling industry generates billions of pounds in tax revenue for the government.
Not to mention that it supports thousands of jobs across retail, hospitality, and sports.
It's just considered as a sin from many religious leaders (Church of England included) but I guess, unlike here, they have no legal power to ban the commercial gambling industry.
Internet porn accessible for all = NO!
Gambling accessible for all = Alright!

Way to have your standards set, parliament.

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Re: Shinobi: The Complete History
« Reply #553 on: August 10, 2026, 01:06:07 am »
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Re: Shinobi: The Complete History
« Reply #554 on: August 10, 2026, 01:07:25 am »
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