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Nihon Tenbo (日本展望娯楽社, "Japan Outlook Entertainment Company," abbreviated Nitten) was a Japanese manufacturer of [[technology-generation:electromechanical]] pinball machines. From the late 1960s into the early 1970s it built sports-themed tables — [[model:home-run-nihon-tenbo]] (c.1967), [[model:soccer-ace]] (1969), and [[model:beat-spark]] and [[model:jumbokick]] (both 1970) — and worked with [[manufacturer:nihon-goraku-ki-kabushikigaisha]] on the [[franchise:ultraman]]-based [[model:ultra-attack]] and [[model:ultra-spark]].^[1]

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Eremeka — a foreigners' guide to eremeka arcades — https://thetastates.com/eremeka/eremekaDisplay.php?mentionOnly=1&search=yes&tag=yokomono+~+flipper+pinball

~1967 Home Run - ホームランゲーム by 日本展望娯楽社 (Nihon Tenbo Entertainment Company) [...] 1969 Socker Ace - サッカーエース (Soccer Ace) by 日本展望娯楽社 (Nihon Tenbo Entertainment Company — Nitten) [...] yokomono ~ flipper pinball [...] 1970 ビート & スパーク (Beat & Spark) [Socker] by 東急商事株式會社 (Tokyo Corporation) & 日本展望娯楽社 (Nihon Tenbo) [...] 1970 ジャンボ キック (Jumbo Kick) by 東急商事株式會社 (Tokyo Corporation) & 日本展望娯楽社 (Nihon Tenbo) [...] ~1972 ウルトラアタック (Ultra Attack) by 日本娯楽機 (Nihon Gorakuki) & 日本展望娯楽社 (Nihon Tenbo) [presumed] [...] theme ~ kaiju & mecha [...] theme ~ licensed property [...] ~1972 ウルトラスパーク (Ultra Spark) by 日本娯楽機 (Nihon Gorakuki) & 日本展望娯楽社 (Nihon Tenbo) [presumed]

The eremeka catalog credits 日本展望娯楽社 ("Nihon Tenbo / Japan Outlook Entertainment Company", abbreviated Nitten) with early Japanese flipper games c.1967-1972.

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Nitten

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Nihon Tenbo / Nitten

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Nihon Tenbo

Eremeka — a foreigners' guide to eremeka arcades — https://thetastates.com/eremeka/eremekaDisplay.php?mentionOnly=1&search=yes&tag=yokomono+~+flipper+pinball

Nihon Tenbo / Nitten

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nihon-tenbo

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