{"rewrite":{"id":"r_35d608f062677682efaa41f8","clusterId":"c_9c3725658e28df61c31929f5","slug":"taito-shows-restored-crown-603-crane-game-at-amusement-expo-2026","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Taito Shows Restored Crown 603 Crane Game at Amusement Expo 2026","summary":"Taito is displaying the restored Crown 603 crane game at Amusement Expo 2026, held November 6 and 7 at Tokyo Big Sight. The machine was developed by Taito Trading, Taito's predecessor organization, and turned up through Taito's search for the domestically produced Crown 602, a project running since October 2025. Visitors can touch the cabinet at the Taito booth but cannot operate it.","whyItMatters":"Taito is putting a restored predecessor-company machine in front of the arcade trade on its own booth, which makes the Crown 602 search project a public exhibit rather than an internal archive exercise.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe Crown 603 cabinet sits on the Taito booth at Amusement Expo 2026, which runs November 6 and 7 at Tokyo Big Sight in the South Halls. The machine is not playable at the show. Visitors can touch the cabinet and look it over at close range.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaito Trading built the Crown 603 before Taito existed under its current name. The machine surfaced through Taito\u0026#39;s project to find the domestically produced Crown 602, a search the company has run since October 2025. Taito announced the restoration\u0026#39;s success shortly before the expo.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Taito lets visitors touch the restored Crown 603 but not play it. A machine from predecessor Taito Trading, found while Taito hunted for the Crown 602 since October 2025, stays a museum piece at Amusement Expo 2026.","twitterPost":"Taito's Crown 603 is touchable, not playable, at Amusement Expo 2026. The restored Taito Trading machine is preserved as an object, not a working game.","threadsPost":"Taito's Crown 603 booth rule is the detail: visitors can touch the cabinet but cannot operate it. A machine from predecessor Taito Trading, surfaced during the Crown 602 search that has run since October 2025, arrives at Amusement Expo 2026 as a display piece rather than a playable one.","newsletterBlurb":"Taito has the restored Crown 603 crane game on its booth at Amusement Expo 2026, November 6 and 7 at Tokyo Big Sight. The machine was built by Taito Trading, the company's predecessor, and turned up through Taito's search for the Crown 602. Visitors can touch the cabinet, though it cannot be played at the show.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"GAME Watch (Impress)\",\"url\":\"https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/2154239.html\",\"title\":\"The Phantom Crane Game \\\"Crown 603\\\" on Display! 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