Taito Taitrovision 50

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Taitrovision 50
Katakana タイトロビジョン50
Rōmaji TAITOROBIJON50; TAITOROBIJON
AKA Taitrovision
Type Sitdown
Released 1989
Wiring JAMMA
Monitor 50 in 15/24 kHz (Ikegami projector)
Rotatable No


Taito produced a 50" projector Taitrovision cab mainly used for major amusement industry events in Japan, starting at AOU'89 (editor's note: as far as my research goes). In 1990 a french videogame magazine article promoted heavily the Taitrovision's Ikegami 50" projector and its technology. In Japan, random photos showed it in seldom arcade venues, the same model being renamed Taitrovision 50. It can be spotted in a promo pic for ATEI91 convention at Taito's booth. A screencap from a AOU'92 promo video shows very briefly one such cabinet (in Gallery below).

The cabinet offered the option to be converted to a shooting or driving cab.

The individual player control panels seen on Taitrovision 50 cabs with Street Fighter II' in Japan (see below in Gallery), featured stock a 6 button layout disposed in two straight rows of 3 buttons which is quite rare on japanese panels -Japanese players favor ergonomic curved layouts- but quite common on "overseas" (american & european) cabinets such as the american version of Capcom Street Fighter 2 cabinet. The generic Sanwa OOM-8-6C control panel (for dagashiya type cabs & cocktails) which wasn't very successful, featured the same layout.


  • Taitrovision prototype at AOU 1989, here converted to a shooting cabinet for what appears to be Taito's 1988 Operation Thunderbolt
    Taitrovision prototype at AOU 1989, here converted to a shooting cabinet for what appears to be Taito's 1988 Operation Thunderbolt
  • Article about Taitrovision's technology. Converted here to a driving cab for Chase H.Q. (Joystick, french magazine, 1990)
    Article about Taitrovision's technology. Converted here to a driving cab for Chase H.Q. (Joystick, french magazine, 1990)
  • behind Taito booth's desk, one can spot a Taitrovision cab at ATEI'91
    behind Taito booth's desk, one can spot a Taitrovision cab at ATEI'91
  • next to a couple Canary cabs, a row of Taitrovision with Capcom Street Fighter II' spotted in an arcade salon in Japan,1993 article. Notice the "straight" 6 button layout, extremely rare in Japan but almost mandatory at the time in the US.
    next to a couple Canary cabs, a row of Taitrovision with Capcom Street Fighter II' spotted in an arcade salon in Japan,1993 article. Notice the "straight" 6 button layout, extremely rare in Japan but almost mandatory at the time in the US.
  • old-school dagashiya style SANWA OOM-8-6C panel featured also a "straight" 6 button layout like the Taitrovision 50, rare in Japan.
    old-school dagashiya style SANWA OOM-8-6C panel featured also a "straight" 6 button layout like the Taitrovision 50, rare in Japan.
  • screencap from AOU92 promo video
    screencap from AOU92 promo video
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