pachinko

[invaderhorizongreen]

here is my pachinko table does anyone else here own or even played one?  The one I have is a mid 1960's sanyo model.

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[lovesbabysquirmy]

Awesome!  My step-father-in-law collects them but I don't think we have any pictures, just stacks of pachinko machines in the garage.   

[kaoskat]

What is it? I've never seen one before.

[Eviecorn]

Interesting!  I had a friend with a pachinko machine and we played quite a bit.

[zabe77]

Very cool! I think I've played or seen one before but can't think where...

[momo_no_hime]

That's in amazing condition! Did you restore it, or were you lucky to find one is such great condition?

My brother has one that he got at an auction, but it's in pretty rough shape. They're pretty fun!

[Kaeldre]

I've heard of it...but what exactly is it? O.o

[ponylady]

Those are cool!  I saw a couple of them on Storage Wars for the first time not to long ago.

Do they play like a pinball machine? 

[Sternenstaub]

Looks interesting!
But to be honest - I've never seen it before.

[invaderhorizongreen]

I restored it and we have 3 more on the porch that we are working on. As for what it is it is kinda the equivalent of the slot machines here in the states.  I love them we have two more sanyos and one that is a sankyo model.

[gemini_pony]

Oh very cool! I know what they are but never played one...LOL makes me think of Power Rangers

[DoctorMowinckel]

Pachinko is sort of a mix between pinball and slots. Depending on the venue, it's either an arcade game, or a form of gambling. Pachinko boards are vertical, and you put in like, a 25 yen coin (about 30 cents), which will give you a ball (or several balls), you pull on a spring loaded handle, release it, and the ball shoots up, follows a curve, and is sent onto the pachinko board. As it falls down the board, it can hit various pins that will give you more balls, trigger slot machines on the board, which can result in more balls being dropped, or a whole bunch of other stuff. Your ball can land on different parts of the board given you more balls, which will give you more tokens or tickets you can redeem for cash, or it will be a total dud and you'll have to start over. The idea is to catch as many balls as possible. More balls = more tokens = more money or bigger prizes.

Gambling is illegal in Japan, so rather than winning money from the pachinko machines, you win tokens that can be redeemed for money somewhere else. That somewhere else is always owned by the same place that owns the pachinko machines, but is usually directly adjacent (often in the same building) to the venue that houses the parlour.

There's also the straight up arcade version of pachinko. Get tokens or tickets, exchange them for prizes. Though for the most part, pachinko is used for gambling. There are huge pachinko parlours in Japan that have hundreds of machines under one roof. It's definitely a cultural thing, only being a niche in North America. I think it's pretty cool, but it's hard to find in the states.

[momo_no_hime]

Pachinko is sort of a mix between pinball and slots. Depending on the venue, it's either an arcade game, or a form of gambling. Pachinko boards are vertical, and you put in like, a 25 yen coin (about 30 cents), which will give you a ball (or several balls), you pull on a spring loaded handle, release it, and the ball shoots up, follows a curve, and is sent onto the pachinko board. As it falls down the board, it can hit various pins that will give you more balls, trigger slot machines on the board, which can result in more balls being dropped, or a whole bunch of other stuff. Your ball can land on different parts of the board given you more balls, which will give you more tokens or tickets you can redeem for cash, or it will be a total dud and you'll have to start over. The idea is to catch as many balls as possible. More balls = more tokens = more money or bigger prizes.

Gambling is illegal in Japan, so rather than winning money from the pachinko machines, you win tokens that can be redeemed for money somewhere else. That somewhere else is always owned by the same place that owns the pachinko machines, but is usually directly adjacent (often in the same building) to the venue that houses the parlour.

There's also the straight up arcade version of pachinko. Get tokens or tickets, exchange them for prizes. Though for the most part, pachinko is used for gambling. There are huge pachinko parlours in Japan that have hundreds of machines under one roof. It's definitely a cultural thing, only being a niche in North America. I think it's pretty cool, but it's hard to find in the states.

That was a great explanation! I actually didn't know that gambling was illegal in Japan.

[FairyDust]

My dad has one. I think he bought it used in the 70's.  It is supposed to light up but my dad said when he bought it the lights parts didn't work (might have had sounds too but I don't know).  I used to play with it when I was little.  I'd love to get it working properly again (I don't care about the lights but the little moving parts that are the targets aren't moving properly).  The moving parts don't work right now.  They opened and closed when a ball landed in the "goal" parts.

My dad's looks similar to the one pictured above but has different colors and patterns/theme.

The little metal ball bearings are really cool.  I think it's more fun than a pinball machine.

[melodys_angel]

Isnt there a game like this on the price is right?

Thats a cool looking table^^