Survey and Analysis of Historical Materials Concerning the Repair and Maintenance of Arcade Game Machines

—Focusing on the Literature Materials—

Abstract

This presentation investigates information regarding the repair and maintenance of arcade game machines based on literature materials. Based on this investigated information, the objective is to clarify how much of a methodology for preserving the culture centered around arcade game machines can be explored within the scope of literature materials. The presentation analyzed articles on arcade game. Analysis of these materials revealed that they primarily contained basic information for maintenance and information centered on general-purpose video game consoles. However, it was also evident that collecting information on other individual devices was difficult, necessitating the separate acquisition of techniques for accumulating such information.