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Sonic's Space Tours (ソニックのスペースツアーズ,Sonikku no Supēsutsuāzu?) is a redemption machine that publishes keychains combined with an arcade game. It was published twice by Sega exclusively in Japan, first in 1994 and later in 1999.
Gameplay[]
Sonic's Space Tours was a slot machine that issued keychain figurines of Sonic the Hedgehog or Amy Rose. The 1999 version included keychains of NiGHTS. The machine contained a digital game, but it is not known what it was about. It’s likely involved the spinning wheel (perhaps a roulette or a Japanese-style lottery machine) to win a keychain after inserting a coin. The analog 1994 version had a cut-out of Sonic flying the Tornado and spinning around, pointing to what appears to be a roulette wheel, indicating which panel was landed on (accompanied by an LED light, a voice line and a sound effect) and two buttons, the green one which starts the game, and the red one which stopped Sonic's spinning. If the player lands on a black space, then they will miss and nothing will happen. If the player lands on a yellow space, the same thing happens, but they will get to play one more time for free. If the player lands on a red space, then they wiil win the game, and the machine will vend out a prize capsule loaded on the lop of the machine. If they lose the game by missing three (or one, set by the operator) times, then the game will vend out a superball loaded on the bottom of the machine, allowing the player to win a prize every time they try the game.
Development[]
The machine was first released in 1994 and was mainly dark blue and pink, with stock artwork of Sonic and Tails. A circle was displayed on the screen. In 1999, a different version of the machine was released. It was less extensive and white in color. There was a screen, and under it a circle control that could be rotated during the game.
