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[[File:Phonecard Evil Pigs cropped.jpg|thumb|Two types of Tomba! phone cards in plastic wrap.]]
[[File:Phonecard Evil Pigs cropped.jpg|thumb|Two types of Tomba! phone cards in plastic wrap.]]
[[File:2560px-Green pay phones group in Tokyo area July 08 2019 07-01PM.jpeg|thumb|A series of green pay phones that phone cards can be used on.]]
[[File:2560px-Green pay phones group in Tokyo area July 08 2019 07-01PM.jpeg|thumb|A series of green pay phones that phone cards can be used on.]]
Several officially licensed '''phone cards''' were released in Japan to promote [[Tomba!|the first game]]. Phone cards were prepaid cards that could be used to make calls at public landline phones.
Several officially licensed '''phone cards''' were released in Japan to promote [[Tomba!|the first game]].
 
== Description ==
 
Phone cards are prepaid cards that can be used to make calls at public landline phones. At the time Tomba was first released, mobile phone use was not yet widespread and landlines were the primary means of communication.
 
Phone cards are credit card sized (85.60×53.98 mm) with rounded corners and two rounded indents on one side to guide proper insertion.
 
Several design variants are known to exist, featuring:
 
* Tomba and various other characters
* Seven evil pigs in front of a pig snout
* Tokyo Q Channel [[Paradise]] song, featuring [[Yasutaka Taga]]'s clay artwork
* Tomba and an evil pig and the [[Playstation Magazine]] logo


== Images ==
== Images ==
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<gallery mode="nolines">
File:Phonecard Tomba.jpg|Scanned card featuring Tomba characters
File:Phonecard Tomba.jpg|Scanned card featuring Tomba characters
File:I-img768x1024-165221106180rzyl495820.jpg|Phone card containing the [[PlayStation Magazine]] logo
File:Phonecard_Evil_Pigs.jpg|Phone cards from an auction
File:Phonecard_Evil_Pigs.jpg|Phone cards from an auction
File:Phonecard Tokyo Q Channel PARADISE.jpg|Tokyo Q Channel [[Paradise|Paradise]] song variant
File:Phonecard Tokyo Q Channel PARADISE.jpg|Tokyo Q Channel [[Paradise|Paradise]] song variant
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== External links ==
== External links ==


* [https://web.archive.org/web/20231108211655/https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/1112534955 Auction of a phone card] on Buyee
* Auctions of the [https://archive.is/dTNsh Q Channel] and [https://archive.is/5fMin Playstation Magazine] cards on ZenMarket
* Auctions of the [https://archive.is/beMLh Tomba characters collage] and [https://archive.ph/oVRHV Evil Pigs] cards on Yahoo! Auctions; also [https://archive.is/VRPb8 <nowiki>[1]</nowiki>]
* Auction of [https://archive.is/3BE8Y two cards] on Buyee; also [https://archive.is/p60wf <nowiki>[1]</nowiki>], [https://web.archive.org/web/20231108211655/https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/1112534955 <nowiki>[2]</nowiki>]

Latest revision as of 19:34, 25 May 2024

Two types of Tomba! phone cards in plastic wrap.
A series of green pay phones that phone cards can be used on.

Several officially licensed phone cards were released in Japan to promote the first game.

Description

Phone cards are prepaid cards that can be used to make calls at public landline phones. At the time Tomba was first released, mobile phone use was not yet widespread and landlines were the primary means of communication.

Phone cards are credit card sized (85.60×53.98 mm) with rounded corners and two rounded indents on one side to guide proper insertion.

Several design variants are known to exist, featuring:

Images

External links