Space Invaders License Cards from Taito Cabinet

[darthlaker]

Hi Guys,

I recently bought a Taito Space Invaders cab in GREAT condition.

Inside in a little plastic bag were these License Cards. Size of a credit card.

I contacted Taito about these via their Facebook page and their reply is below.

Has anyone else seen these before? Are they rare?

TAITO Corporation
Not sure about their rarity, but these cards were used to record the dates at which Space Invaders high scores are achieved. The "license" part is a bit like racing games; get above a certain high score and you could call yourself an "A-class" player. Hope this helps!

[Sjaak]

They look great. Any chance you can post a bigger picture or a scan?

[darthlaker]

Will put up scans tomorrow!

[DarthNuno]

Wow, never seen such cards... really interesting! 

Oh, and welcome to DLF' ALS' board 

[Q*ris]

GREAT cab
By any chance: was the manual included?
I could never find one nor a scan of it... and even worse: I missed a free one on UKVAC a few weeks ago

[darthlaker]

Thanks guys.

Sorry, no manual with it......

[darthlaker]

chrischris,

Would love to see a manual. Maybe the buyer of the manual will scan it for you if you contact them?

[ataritoobin]

Nice find!  Here's a PDF scan of the manual: http://arcarc.xmission.com/PDF_Arcade_Manuals_and_Schematics/Space_Invaders_Service_Instructions_and_Parts_Catalog_%28SV070019%29.pdf

[darthlaker]

THANKS atari for the manual link!!!

[darthlaker]

Hi Guys,

Here are the scans. Enjoy!

Cheers

Grab them here for the next seven days (if you have any other better site suggestions to upload these to please let me know)

http://www.fileconvoy.com/dfl.php?id=g5b17295eab61d4fa999283852bbe840599acf0a74

[darthlaker]

Apparently these were pretty common in Japan, multiple arcade games had them. The red version is on this page:

http://www.geocities.jp/hiropong_9372/goods/goods.html

Translated version:
http://translate.google.com/translat...s%2Fgoods.html

[Etienne MacGyver]

(if you have any other better site suggestions to upload these to please let me know)

http://www.fileconvoy.com/dfl.php?id=g5b17295eab61d4fa999283852bbe840599acf0a74

I'll Host them  

Full size, but "unnecessary" white  is removed.

scorecard1.jpg

scorecard2.jpg

[darthlaker]

Thanks EMacG!

[level42]

Very cool !

Needs to be vectored 

[Sjaak]

Hi Guys,

Here are the scans. Enjoy!

Thanks, darthlaker!

For anyone interested in the japanese text (for using in vectorizing):

株式会社

貴殿はタイト一「 スペースインベーダー」 において規定のスコア一をあげる技能を認め、 A級ライセンスを認定します。


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株式会社

貴殿はタイト一「 スペースインベーダー」 において規定のスコア一をあげる技能を認め、 B級ライセンスを認定します。