I think the first real uramono machines I bought were Safari Rally and Magical Ben-Hur.

By the way, the normal one was Dateline Ginga. (2nd machine)

Safari Rally (2nd machine)

Debuted at the arcade in 1990

Debuted at the arcade in 1991

[Photo taken in the warehouse at the time]

We had two Safari machines.

Magical Ben-Hur (3rd machine)

Debuted at the arcade in 1991

[The head of the department's favorite machine]

※I don't have a picture of the actual machine I had, so I'm borrowing this one.

The main reason I bought them was because I was able to get them relatively cheaply, but the main reason I bought them was because I played them at the arcade and had a sentimental attachment to them.

Both machines are long gone, but I still have a sentimental attachment to them.

However, that was 30 years ago, and children still need money.

I have a mortgage on my house, so I'll have to give up two machines to buy the next one.

After that, we reintroduced Farrally, but we were also buying and selling at the same time.

After that, we went through a period where we reduced the number of machines, which had increased to about 280, to about 40-60 at once...

I think that was around 1997-1999.

The reason was that my wife and I were on the verge of divorce due to differences in our values...

We avoided divorce, but we gave up a lot of our beloved slot machines.

I also decided to take charge of the household finances.

Now, I give my wife money for food and do everything else.

Even now, my wife and I have different ways of thinking, but I think we're doing pretty well.

I've been buying and selling machines up to now, but I have no regrets.

It's inevitable that we don't have the money to buy machines blindly.

I do regret that I should have thought a little more about buying and selling them.

For example...

Thunder V secret setting version

There are times when I want to play it...

Sticky 5 for the same reason

All the machines below are for the same reason.

It's normal, but I'm full of emotion.

This one is normal, but I'm full of emotion.

Continental 2 was a secret machine.

I got a lot of consecutive wins though.

It's normal.

It's normal.

I got a lot of consecutive wins for some reason

If I were playing it now, I would have thought a little more about introducing or releasing it.