Time Extension | News Comments https://www.timeextension.com/feeds/comments en-GB (c) 2025 Hookshot Media Thu, 13 Nov 2025 09:51:03 GMT https://www.timeextension.com/feeds dgpCMS/1.0 https://hookshot.media help@timeextension.com (Time Extension) 60 https://images.timeextension.com/site/icon/128x128.png Time Extension https://www.timeextension.com/ 128 128 Wed, 12 Nov 2025 01:50:07 GMT Re: Taito Will Pay You $650 To Find The "Origin" Of Its Technology @Zeebor15

Playing cards for yakuza? My brotha NINTENDO IS YAKUZA right down to their intimidation tactics.

By PopetheRev28

]]> http://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/11/taito-will-pay-you-usd650-to-find-the-origin-of-its-technology#comment8903010 http://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/11/taito-will-pay-you-usd650-to-find-the-origin-of-its-technology#comment8903010 Tue, 11 Nov 2025 15:28:09 GMT Re: Taito Will Pay You $650 To Find The "Origin" Of Its Technology First I heard Taito was Ukraine in origins. 😲

By slider1983

]]> http://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/11/taito-will-pay-you-usd650-to-find-the-origin-of-its-technology#comment8901839 http://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/11/taito-will-pay-you-usd650-to-find-the-origin-of-its-technology#comment8901839 Tue, 11 Nov 2025 01:42:55 GMT Re: Taito Will Pay You $650 To Find The "Origin" Of Its Technology @Zeebor15 Technically Ukrainian-Japanese, since Kogan spent most of his life in Japan.

He also had quite an interesting life, being an adventurer and businessman in China during the Japanese occupation, where he helped to formulate an ultimately unsuccessful plan to resettle Jewish refugees across China and the rest of the Japanese Empire.

By PKDuckman

]]> http://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/11/taito-will-pay-you-usd650-to-find-the-origin-of-its-technology#comment8900851 http://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/11/taito-will-pay-you-usd650-to-find-the-origin-of-its-technology#comment8900851 Mon, 10 Nov 2025 23:16:46 GMT Re: Taito Will Pay You $650 To Find The "Origin" Of Its Technology This is a great idea. I expect they'll rediscover a Crown 602 by the end of the week with that small bounty.

By JJtheTexan

]]> http://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/11/taito-will-pay-you-usd650-to-find-the-origin-of-its-technology#comment8900702 http://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/11/taito-will-pay-you-usd650-to-find-the-origin-of-its-technology#comment8900702 Mon, 10 Nov 2025 23:07:45 GMT Re: Taito Will Pay You $650 To Find The "Origin" Of Its Technology @Zeebor15 thanks for posting that history lesson for me! I didn’t know a handful of those company origins.

Gonna need a few moments to let it all blast process… 😅

By Blast16

]]> http://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/11/taito-will-pay-you-usd650-to-find-the-origin-of-its-technology#comment8900686 http://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/11/taito-will-pay-you-usd650-to-find-the-origin-of-its-technology#comment8900686 Mon, 10 Nov 2025 21:14:46 GMT Re: Taito Will Pay You $650 To Find The "Origin" Of Its Technology @Null2 Let's go down the list of origins

Sega: service bar games on military bases in the Pacific

Taito: Booze

Square: Electric company

Konami: Jukebox and Gyms

Tecmo: Yachts and Building Maintenance

Koei: Made to order SMUT

Sunsoft: Textiles

Namco and Data East: Pre-computer games and automotons

Irem: Cotton Candy machines

Capcom: Side hustle for the founder of Irem

and of course, Nintendo: Playing cards for the Yakuza

By Zeebor15

]]> http://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/11/taito-will-pay-you-usd650-to-find-the-origin-of-its-technology#comment8900523 http://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/11/taito-will-pay-you-usd650-to-find-the-origin-of-its-technology#comment8900523 Mon, 10 Nov 2025 18:54:15 GMT Re: Taito Will Pay You $650 To Find The "Origin" Of Its Technology @Zeebor15 WAS Ukrainian.

Interesting that both Sega and Taito were founded by non-Japanese people.

By Null2

]]> http://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/11/taito-will-pay-you-usd650-to-find-the-origin-of-its-technology#comment8900307 http://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/11/taito-will-pay-you-usd650-to-find-the-origin-of-its-technology#comment8900307 Mon, 10 Nov 2025 18:26:41 GMT Re: Taito Will Pay You $650 To Find The "Origin" Of Its Technology TAITO IS UKRAINIAN?!

By Zeebor15

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