Sega Soft Desk 10
| Soft Desk 10 | |
|---|---|
| Katakana | ソフトデスク 10 |
| Rōmaji | SOFUTODESUKU10 |
| AKA | Coreland Soft Desk 10 |
| Type | Sitdown |
| Dimensions | 600 x 520 x 1150 (1270 with header) mm |
| Wiring | modified SEGA SG-1000 console system |
| Weight | 70 kg |
| Power Supply | AC 100 V |
| Power | 90 W |
Coreland released the Japan exclusive Soft Desk 10 cabinet for SEGA, claiming it would "double the benefits" as it offereded 10 simultaneous SEGA SG-1000 games to choose from directly on the control panel itself, each game being assigned to a square service button (numbered from 1-10), several years before SNK launched its MVS multi cart system. Shortly after, in 1985, Coreland relased the equivalent of the Soft Desk 10 named Soft Desk 10 MkIII, based on SEGA's Mark III console system.
Soft Desk 10 cabinets permitted stock to play any of the 10 selected games on a timer basis of 100¥ per 10 minutes, but the playtime could be adjusted from 1 to 30mn to "adapt to the different locations and customer types" according to the manufacturer.
Coreland's Soft Desk 10 continued where SEGA Enterprises left off with the PC Study Desk (セガパソコン学習机 = PASOKONGAKUSHUTSUKUE) a couple years before whose concept revolved around the SEGA SC-3000 personal computer and a combination of 10 games and or educative software to choose from, which could be enjoyed via a time-based play. Coreland & SEGA kept a vestigial "Desk" term in the cabinet's Soft Desk 10 name, probably as a nod to SEGA's former model but ditched the keyboard and hybrid game/educational purpose altogether with the affiliated peripherals (printer etc), while opting with the Soft Desk 10 for a pure arcade amusement experience via a dagashiya styled cabinet and the console equivalent of the SC-3000 : the SG-1000.
Nintendo's Playchoice-10 cabinet followed the same concept shortly after in 1986 but expanded the possibilities via conversion kits intended for older cabinets of the same brand.
Amusingly, SNK released in 1991 two cabinets which were strinkingly similar in design and somehow in concept as well -to a limited degree- to the Soft Desk 10 & MkIII variant, since they each housed a 4-cart MVS system: the overseas exclusive MVS-2-19 and Japan exclusive SCB-U4 (see below in gallery, Soft Desk Mk III shown).
In some promo material, Soft Desk 10 is phonetized generally as "ソフトデスク 10" (SOFUTODESUKU10) but can be found sometimes as "ソフトテイスク 10" (SOFUTOTEISUKU10)
Gallery
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late 1985 advert -
1986 japanese ad with alternative spelling
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