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A screenshot from the startup sequence from Namco's Japan-only 1987 isometric shooter arcade game, Blazer. It displays the first appearance of the "legal notice" that would become typical of all but three of their Japan-exclusive sixteen-bit arcade games, and reads as follows:

This game is for use exclusively in Japan. The sale, export, use or operation of this game outside of Japan may be a violation of international copyright, trademark and/or other related laws subjecting the violator to legal penalties. © NAMCO 1987

With the exceptions of Beraboh Man, Bakutotsu Kijūtei and Four Trax, every Japan-only game Namco has released since has featured this notice on startup - and even though some of these were later released in the US, it is still featured on startup in the Japanese versions. However, Märchen Maze misspells "sale" as "save", and Kosodate Quiz My Angel 2 misspells "laws" as "lows".