Sega Mark III Cartirdge "Traffic Safety" sells for ¥800,000 ($9,000) in Japan

[konangrit]

ゲームでチェック！交通安全 (Check the game! Traffic Safety)







This has just sold on Yahoo Auctions for ¥800,000, unfortunately I don't speak Japanese so have to use the far from perfect Google translate for the description:

Vision software
Check the game! Traffic Safety
Work confirmed

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Sega Master System / Mark Ⅲ software "check in the game! Traffic safety," the
The seller will let bon appétit

Found no reports on the net ownership, the software is not known whether the existence
Sega lovers overseas sites is "almost impossible to obtain Rejendosofuto" We are described as

This is 1988, and co-developed by SEGA for 東京海上火災保険 awareness of road safety education,
Lent to the organization that you want (it) is soft.
Reported in the local newspaper has been, whether that is actually lent Unknown

I happened to get that far We've been kept as a collection
That doubles as a curiosity or is the evaluation of how much time has been exhibited.
EMPRESS if we think your core fans who are the beloved Sega

The overall sense of light aging condition, light yellowing labels (tan) are.
There is also a secular sense of the terminals had been used as contact point is fine too.
Upon the sale, has a check mark Ⅲ is good at running.
Given the damage to the whole light's, as I owned fit into the category of use is reasonable Yoshi Yoshi.
However, in mint condition is fine because you do not ask please refrain

Link

It seems that this was co-developed by Sega in 1988 for use in teaching road safety awareness.

So is this the only known example of this title, and if so, was it previously known about prior to this auction? I can't see anything like this in the Sega Master System rarity guide.

[Steve W]

A second question... do all Mark III cartridges have little clips on the back for overlays like Colecovision carts?

[PingvinBlueJeans]

A second question... do all Mark III cartridges have little clips on the back for overlays like Colecovision carts?

All SG-1000 and Mark III carts have those "clips" you refer to, except they're not really clips, they're solid notches and the cartridges thusly won't hold overlays. No loss, since no titles came with any.

[konangrit]

After a bit of searching it seems that this item of software was only known from a 1988 Japanese newspaper article:

A driving rule related 3-in-1 cartridge for the Sega Master System & Sega Mark III, very much in the same spirit as Car Licence (except this one looks better

Summary:
Game de check/koutsuuanzen
*not for sale
*TOKYO MARINE AND FIRE INSURANCE CO.,LTD.
*3 in 1
■ Driving sentence test
1. Driving eye
2. Speed sense
3. Driving ｔechnique
4. Risk control)
■ You are the best driver
■ Pyonkichi adventure

The name is "Game De Check! Koutsuu Anzen" (ゲームでチェック！交通安全), meaning something along the line of "Let's check traffic security with a game!".

Seller doesn't say from where he obtained the cartridge, but he held it in his collection for many years. He makes a reference to this very thread being the only place talking about it on the internet (quoting me for using the word "legend").

Says its good looking and well playable (with a "surreal pop" feeling to it). To be relativized on the fact that it is a driving security software, mind you.

Link

Some more info here in Japanese.

[PingvinBlueJeans]

After a bit of searching it seems that this item of software was only known from a 1988 Japanese newspaper article...

Yeah, I believe it was rumored to exist (due to that article) but no copies had ever been found until now...none that I'm aware of anyway.

[konangrit]

After reading the Japanese article I gather this this was co-developed with insurance company Marine Tokio to promote traffic safety awareness and was available to loan for free by kindergartens etc.

[portnoyd]

So I guess this would be akin to the Minnesota Lottery NES modem, rumored but never surfaced.

[megasdkirby]

Does anyone know who purchased it? Why do I think it's Bock?

[moocolon]

That would be my guess. It was originally listed for ¥3,000,000 ($33,000+) and he made an offer.

[TheRedEye]

He did make an offer on it, maybe the guy accepted?

[BetaWolf47]