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I was very surprised to recognize one of the train-leaving jingles:

Took me a second but I realized it was the same music that the old Mr. Do arcade machine (from 1982) plays when you get an extra man:

https://youtu.be/5_BBQWed8Vk?t=434

So is this jingle an homage to the game, or did the game lift the melody from somewhere else?

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It’s the theme song from Astro Boy https://youtu.be/KGq6z1mEU9Q

And they play it at Takadanobaba station which located in the area where Osamu Tezuka, the creator of Astro Boy, had his studio. (There is also a huge mural under the railway bridge outside featuring all of his characters)

Funny to hear that here, that's my local train station :)

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