Hitachi VCR with built-in slots game - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

dj_fivos_sak · 30th Oct 2020, 7:22 pm

Hi. I was given a 1993-94 Hitachi VT-M328E VHS machine for free and it works great. I am creating this thread because I noticed something very unusual to me. The VCR's on-screen menu appears to have a slots game under the "GAME MODE" option. Has anyone else ever seen something like this on different models?

Fivos

Welsh Anorak · 31st Oct 2020, 12:17 am

That's a new one on me, Fivos!

Richard_FM · 31st Oct 2020, 12:25 pm

My parents 1990s Panasonic TV had a built in calculator & calendar, but I've never seen a games mode before.

mark pirate · 31st Oct 2020, 12:48 pm

Very unusual, I have a Humax Freeview box that has games, but never seen games on a VCR.

Mark

gallowfields · 31st Oct 2020, 2:55 pm

we saw quite a few of the u/k version of this machine and certainly it did,nt have the games mode .noticed yours is a multisystem one

Spec-chum · 31st Oct 2020, 11:01 pm

I remember once seeing a cheap Pacific branded 14'' combi TV and DVD player that had a game mode, which was of a classic Tetris style brick game. If the TV had poor reception you could faintly make out in the background of the picture the demo mode of the game playing. A bit like screen burn but it wasn't. Think the set was sold by Asda.

patrickgnl · 31st Oct 2020, 11:12 pm

I have never seen games on a vcr either.

I see its a multi-standard model Pal/Secam b/g/d/k/i so its main market was probably the middle or far east. I suspect it would also have been more expensive than a normal model, so was probably included to add value.

Welsh Anorak · 1st Nov 2020, 12:15 am

Mark in post#4 mentions a Humax box with games. The 9150/9300 had this feature, but it only appeared on the menu if the hard drive had failed. Nice to have a machine do the diagnosis for you - if the menu includes games you need a new hard drive!

dj_fivos_sak · 2nd Nov 2020, 1:41 am

Yes. It's a indeed multi system/standard machine and that's why I'll keep it. SECAM tapes play back perfectly on this one.

Fivos

emeritus · 2nd Nov 2020, 11:34 am

My Icecrypt freeview box has Tetris, Snake, and Othello. I did try them when we first got it but I had completely forgotten about them until I saw this thread.

cmjones01 · 2nd Nov 2020, 11:44 am

I remember a TV in a hotel in Kosovo which had a built in Tetris-type game. That was odd. It seemed to be a run-of-the-mill 14" CRT TV otherwise.

Chris

Maarten · 2nd Nov 2020, 12:25 pm

I think the last generation CRT chassis from Finlux had games as well. In any case, some Medion TV sets sold by Aldi had them and I think this was at the time Medion bought up stock from Finlux instead of buying from Beko as they normally did.

Heatercathodeshort · 2nd Nov 2020, 1:52 pm

The only game I ever experienced with a VCR was attempting to explain to the customer how to set the timer. J.

30th Oct 2020, 7:22 pm	#1
dj_fivos_sak Heptode Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Lefkada, Greece Posts: 969	Hitachi VCR with built-in slots game Hi. I was given a 1993-94 Hitachi VT-M328E VHS machine for free and it works great. I am creating this thread because I noticed something very unusual to me. The VCR's on-screen menu appears to have a slots game under the "GAME MODE" option. Has anyone else ever seen something like this on different models? Fivos Attached Thumbnails

31st Oct 2020, 12:17 am	#2
Welsh Anorak Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: North Wales, UK. Posts: 6,927	Re: Hitachi VCR with built-in slots game That's a new one on me, Fivos! __________________ Glyn www.gdelectronics.wales

31st Oct 2020, 12:25 pm	#3
Richard_FM Nonode Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Stockport, Cheshire, UK. Posts: 2,004	Re: Hitachi VCR with built-in slots game My parents 1990s Panasonic TV had a built in calculator & calendar, but I've never seen a games mode before. __________________ Hello IT: Have you Tried Turning It Off & On Again?

31st Oct 2020, 2:55 pm	#5
gallowfields Hexode Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Durham, County Durham, UK. Posts: 325	Re: Hitachi VCR with built-in slots game we saw quite a few of the u/k version of this machine and certainly it did,nt have the games mode .noticed yours is a multisystem one

31st Oct 2020, 11:01 pm	#6
Spec-chum Tetrode Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Grantham, Lincolnshire, UK. Posts: 79	Re: Hitachi VCR with built-in slots game I remember once seeing a cheap Pacific branded 14'' combi TV and DVD player that had a game mode, which was of a classic Tetris style brick game. If the TV had poor reception you could faintly make out in the background of the picture the demo mode of the game playing. A bit like screen burn but it wasn't. Think the set was sold by Asda.

31st Oct 2020, 12:48 pm	#4
mark pirate Dekatron Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Worthing, West Sussex, UK Posts: 5,185	Re: Hitachi VCR with built-in slots game Very unusual, I have a Humax Freeview box that has games, but never seen games on a VCR. Mark

31st Oct 2020, 11:12 pm	#7
patrickgnl Pentode Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Stourbridge, West Midlands, UK. Posts: 115	Re: Hitachi VCR with built-in slots game I have never seen games on a vcr either. I see its a multi-standard model Pal/Secam b/g/d/k/i so its main market was probably the middle or far east. I suspect it would also have been more expensive than a normal model, so was probably included to add value.

1st Nov 2020, 12:15 am	#8
Welsh Anorak Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: North Wales, UK. Posts: 6,927	Re: Hitachi VCR with built-in slots game Mark in post#4 mentions a Humax box with games. The 9150/9300 had this feature, but it only appeared on the menu if the hard drive had failed. Nice to have a machine do the diagnosis for you - if the menu includes games you need a new hard drive! __________________ Glyn www.gdelectronics.wales

2nd Nov 2020, 1:41 am	#9
dj_fivos_sak Heptode Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Lefkada, Greece Posts: 969	Re: Hitachi VCR with built-in slots game Yes. It's a indeed multi system/standard machine and that's why I'll keep it. SECAM tapes play back perfectly on this one. Fivos

2nd Nov 2020, 11:34 am	#10
emeritus Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Brentwood, Essex, UK. Posts: 5,347	Re: Hitachi VCR with built-in slots game My Icecrypt freeview box has Tetris, Snake, and Othello. I did try them when we first got it but I had completely forgotten about them until I saw this thread.

2nd Nov 2020, 11:44 am	#11
cmjones01 Nonode Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Warsaw, Poland and Cambridge, UK Posts: 2,681	Re: Hitachi VCR with built-in slots game I remember a TV in a hotel in Kosovo which had a built in Tetris-type game. That was odd. It seemed to be a run-of-the-mill 14" CRT TV otherwise. Chris __________________ What's going on in the workshop? http://martin-jones.com/

2nd Nov 2020, 12:25 pm	#12
Maarten Dekatron Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Haarlem, Netherlands Posts: 4,203	Re: Hitachi VCR with built-in slots game I think the last generation CRT chassis from Finlux had games as well. In any case, some Medion TV sets sold by Aldi had them and I think this was at the time Medion bought up stock from Finlux instead of buying from Beko as they normally did.

2nd Nov 2020, 1:52 pm	#13
Heatercathodeshort Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Warnham, West Sussex. 10 miles south of DORKING. Posts: 9,147	Re: Hitachi VCR with built-in slots game The only game I ever experienced with a VCR was attempting to explain to the customer how to set the timer. J.