Jigsaw Puzzle Catalog Yanoman (hibaihin)

Atm there is an unknown Saturn Hibaihin in the Super Potatos showcase in Akiba, with the following writtings on (out of my head):

ジグソーパズルカタログ　Yanoman　[非売品]

Super Potato put a note next to the CD, that they have no clue what it is, and that any help to identify is highly appreciated.

Unfortunately I have no picture of the disc nor did I found anything about this particular disc in question in the net so far.

The only thing I could find so far is that Yanoman is indeed a Jigsaw manufacturer, and that this must be kind of a digital catalog of their products to be watched on the saturn.

 

Hmm, the only Hibaihin Yanoman Jigsaw game I have is one of their Body Special dics. I doubt this is the same one.

 

Can you post a pic? So I can verify whether if it was the same or not

But anyway I'm very sure about this ジグソーパズルカタログ　Yanoman　[非売品]

If yours says something different, it isn't it.

 

It's not the same one, Body Special hibaihin is rather common in terms of Saturn hibaihins.
picture:



If Super Potato puts it in their shelf with a sign next to it such as this, it has to be something special.
I've never heard of that disc either and it's not even popping up on Satakore.com which has every (other) obscure hibaihin listed that I've ever known of.

 

Next time I'll try to make a picture

 

Yes, please do. A good hint is to actually video as you walk past the case. This is much easier than trying to take a sneeky photo. Then you can either do a frame grab to get the image or just upload the video to YouTube.

Yakumo

 

I better just ask them for making the picture, since in the end it's them who like to know what this disc really is, lol.

 

Super Potato isn't very friendly about taking pictures...

I'm headed to Akiba next week, I'll talk to them and take a look.

 

Really? It felt to me like they were aware of their cult status and didn't mind anymore if someone takes photos or not. I was able to take photos of their entire store and lots of close-ups of their rarities and nobody said anything.

Complete opposite of Mandarake Galaxy whose employee seriously asked me to reformat my camera's compact flash card :dance:

 

Isn't there a sign right in the door that says NO PHOTOGRAPHY (I actually think it's a picture of a camera with a "don't" circle and line through it).

 

Here the pic as promissed



Lol, and now I feel a little bit like an idiot :banghead:

Why had they to put it in the middle of all the Saturn stuff?

 

I've heard this a few times about Japanese game stores. Why is it? What's the problem with free publicity?

 

Thanks for the picture, Tatsujin. That is a mystery disc for sure. The idiots don't help themselves by covering up the cat number with their card though

 

I like the fact that they'll put ye old mystery game up for display, but not for sale; ensuring that it remains a mystery.

 

yeah, I hate the way they do that. I'd love to go in there with some unknown disc and wave it in front of them saying "look what I've got. Do you want to buy it? Sorry, it's not for sale." :lol:

Yakumo

 

That's weird... why the hell would a jigsaw puzzle company make a Saturn game? I mean, to me it's weird that a huge company like Toyota would make a game just showing 3D models of their cars. But that's a huge company... how much resources could a jigsaw puzzle company have to devote to game development?

 

I think sometimes part of me prefers it like that. At least we can see it, and they are trying to learn what it is. I think there are mystery games for all systems, but how many of them have we learned/discovered to exist for the first time because of shops like Super Potato, maybe like this game. I think many.

Anyway, thanks for taking the picture Tatsujin. :thumbsup:

 

It's probably not even a game since it has "catalog" in the title. Maybe they handed this one out on a trade show to promote their puzzles.

 

Yanoman wasn't just a jigsaw company.
They made and released many games on the Saturn including the Sega arcade conversion of Funky Head Boxers. Most of Yanoman's games are puzzle based such as the Cube Battler games or the Girls in Motion games to be honest but they are far from being a normal jigsaw company.

As for the Dreamcast Toyota discs, they were made as a sales promotion tool to show customers what their new car would look like with various options and so on. These days car companies use a PC for this but back in 1998 it was much cheaper to use a Dreamcast for killer graphics.

Yakumo