Yugumo Catcher is an arcade game merchandiser created by Yugumo Corporation's Yugumo Vending And Entertainment venture in YE 42.

The Claw Crane game has been popular in vending machine locations across the Yamatai Star Empire for a long time. In YE 42, the Yugumo Vending And Entertainment venture decided they would create their own version of the popular arcade to feature everywhere from shopping malls, Kikyo Pie Company and Tachi's to the crew lounges on Star Army of Yamatai ships and bases. The new Starchaser III-Class Ferry set to serve on PAINT routes was also selected to host these machines.

The machines have a simple design, a claw controlled by a joystick and trigger button at the front of the machine hovers over an enclosed transparent bin with a selection of capsule enclosed prizes. When the user positions the claw over their target prize and presses the trigger button, the crane will lower and depending upon the position of the crane and orientation of the capsule will either pick up the prize or miss. The user, if successful, then has to guide the claw over to the prize chute and drop the prize into the chute to be retrieved.

The onboard simple computer controls payout percentages, the strength of the claw grip and the speed of the crane.

The default configured price on the Yugumo Catcher is five 30-second games for 0.5KS.

The game's screen has a short story for users to enjoy:

A Yugumo Corporation cargo ship, filled with capsules of toys and snacks, has had an accident and spilled its cargo across the Yamatai Star System. Help out our salvage teams and retrieve the spilled toys and snacks and keep the ones you like as your cut of the haul!

Andrew created this article on 2020/02/12 02:34.

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