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A photo of Hideki Sato during boot camp at Gremlin HQ.
a headline from the june 1st '98 issue of Game Machine, covering Nishi's demotion from president of ASCII
Sega print ad sourced from December '84 issue of Micom Basic. The info blurb in the lower left includes the MSX compatibility claim.
Excerpt of an interview with Sega hardware designer mr. Ishikawa, commentting on Mr. Sato's meetings with Mr. Nishi, and about the MSX. sourced from 4gamer
196?, Sega donates a jukebox to a teen activity club.
An exterior of the Reader's Digest building, early 60s.
A page from the june 15th 2002 issue of Game Machine containing part of a gaming retrospective. This page has some info on Service Games, as well as the start of Rosen's section.
A photo of a yellow Rolls Royce in front of Roebuck House in the 60s, bearing the vanity plate "MB 2"
A pepakura model of the Sega 1000 beside the original, unedited photo used for the single promo photo Sega uses for the juke. Underneath them is a catalog with jukeboxes includimg the Sega 1000, some Jupiter models, and a bunch of Rock O La models.
An excerpt from the US Senate's special investigation into fraud and corruption in US Military clubs from 1971, where Gunter Wulff is listed as one of the directors of Club Specialty Overseas, the parent company of Sega until the G+W buyout.
A rare image of a flyer for the Sega 1000, taken from the Famitsu DC book Sega Arcade History.
A photo from an article from Evening Asahi News, showing around a dozen Sega 1000 machines being assembled on the factory floor.
A close-up of the main chassis of the Sega 1000 jukebox recently on display at Sega HQ. The albums at top are retro-styled mockups based on tunes and promotional stills from legendary Sega composer Takenobu Mitsuyoshi.
A pair of photos depicting a Sega Bell slot machine, and its license place declaring its origin to be the Sega Division of Günter Wulff Apparatebau in Berlin, Germany. The photos came from career coinop salesman Freddy Bailey who had worked with Wulff as well as Sega's Bromley on many occasions.
A flyer advertising Beromat's line of Harmonie 120-side jukeboxes, dated 1959
A print ad in german Automatenmarkt DE advertising Utamatic's sale of Harmony jukes from Beromat
The official photo of the Sega 1000 Stereo jukebox.
an excerpt from sega's internal Harmony magazine, where it mentions the SEGA-1000 jukebox manufactured in july of showa year 35 (1960).
Dick Stewart standing with employees in front of their company cars at their office by Gotanda Station in Shinagawa, Tokyo.
An aerial map of Sega's main buildings near Haneda Airport circa 1986 and the years they were moved into.