SHVC-TJAJ-JPN-S2 * JRA PAT (Japan)
SHVC-TJBJ-JPN-S3 * JRA PAT (Japan) (TJBJ)
SHVC-TJDJ-JPN-P1 * JRA PAT - Wide Baken Taiyou (Japan)
JRA PAT, what are they?
JRA: Japan Racing Association
These carts bundled with a modem and a special controller are most probably Horse Racing gambling games. But was it about real money or just virtual credits? Did it require some kind of registration at the Japan Racing Association?
What do PAT & SPAT mean? Is it the name of a race?
Please enlighten us.
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Re: JRA PAT \ resxto on 30th January 2008, 21:17 wrote:
I don't think it's about real money, since gambling is forbidden in Japan.
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Re: JRA PAT \ NGEfreak on 31st January 2008, 14:39 wrote:
Betting on horse racing seems to be legal in Japan.
PAT is the name of JRA's telephone voting system and doesn't appear to be an acronym.
SPAT is the name of another such system. I think it's also called Super PAT.
There exist also PAT devices for Famicom and Dreamcast.
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Re: JRA PAT \ resxto on 31st January 2008, 15:51 wrote:
Thats news for me, thanks
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Re: JRA PAT \ generalleoff on 31st January 2008, 15:58 wrote:
Back when I was reserching this "game" with nach I saw I-PAT, G-PAT, and A-PAT as well.
PAT stands for Personal Access Terminal.
I-PAT stands for Internet Personal Access Terminal. Internet and cell phone betting.
G-PAT is Green Channel Data Station Personal Access Terminal. Satellite betting I belive.
A-PAT seems to refer to the PAT members club. People with PAT accounts.
A second less feature full system called ARS (Audio Response System) is in place for use with analog touch tone phones.
No clue what S-PAT is.
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I guess SPAT proly does mean Super Personal Access Terminal but I cant find any confirmation on that. It does seem to be a more advanced version of PAT. All hits I get on SPAT on Google list it as SPAT4. I assume that means revision 4 or version 4 or something to that end.
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Re: JRA PAT \ Yakushi~Kabuto on 31st January 2008, 18:56 wrote:
Thanks for the infos, now it's much clearer.
Here are the confirmed versions of JRA PAT (see attachment).
Modem serial: NDM24
Keypad serial: NDK10
And here is a low quality picture of the modem instructions.
As you can see the modem is connected to the console second controller port, it has its own power supply and is connected to the phone wall port.
If someone has a higher quality version, lease post it here.
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Re: JRA PAT \ generalleoff on 31st January 2008, 19:24 wrote:
The NTT part means Nippon Telegraph and Telephone if anyone is wondering. I don't think that part was under question though.
Anyway going on the ROM serial numbers I would say an SHVC-TJCJ-0 has yet to turn up. An updated version was probably released every year the service was available on the SFC.
It seems it was definitely about real money as most JRA and SPAT4 related sites link to Japanese banks.
Official SPAT4 website if someone wants to translate it.
http://www.spat4.ne.jp/
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Still looking up stuff about this cuz I find this odd stuff interesting. So far I have learned that Japanese jockeys are hilarious.
http://www.nankankeiba.com/jockey/jc_urawa.html
http://www.nankankeiba.com/jockey/jc_tck.html
http://www.nankankeiba.com/jockey/jc_funabashi.html
http://www.nankankeiba.com/jockey/jc_kawasaki.html
They all look like they are 15 years old and they all dress like they definitely want to stand out in the pack.