My new toy, an ancient pachinko machine

Reaperman@home · Post by **Reaperman@home** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 11:32 pm

I was thrilled when I found her at a thrift store for $13. It's a vintage 60's Dai-Ichi Pachinko machine converted for American home use. No, it's not 'worth anything'--the balls are actually more valuable than the unit. But it's good enough for me.

She's a manual fire unit, loads of fun. All she needs are a couple light bulbs (or LED conversion) and a power supply. Of course to do either, I have to figure out what voltage it needs. From the wiring and size of the electronics I'd say 6-12v, and it probably doesn't care which. Without power I'm stuck to playing without lights or payouts. This is why the bottom catcher is looks halfway open--it's jammed with way too many balls.

I always wanted one of these, but I'd previously been looking at the modern, motorized ones with LCD screens and mini-games (about $200). But this will more than get me by until I get a proper game room.

...just another noisy reason for the cat to hate me...

soundwave · Post by **soundwave** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 11:38 pm

Looks cool in a "what is this?" kind of way.

Reaperman@home · Post by **Reaperman@home** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 11:40 pm

it's a cross between pinball and a slot machine.

pachinko r0x0rs!

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 7:26 am

heheh anybody remember that episode of power rangers like 7 years ago were jason got addicted to an evil pachinko machine

dont ask me how i remember this

HomicidalBarber · Post by **HomicidalBarber** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 12:09 pm

yeah dude those things are surprisingly fun for a little bit, I have only played a real one once and an online one a few times

kidw/32+systems · Post by **kidw/32+systems** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:24 am

i have one their fun
i got it for free

Reaperman@home · Post by **Reaperman@home** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:51 am

great!
If you don't mind taking a couple seconds with your multimeter; what type of power does it take, what voltage, and which pins are which?

It's probably safe for me to assume that the green (middle one) is ground. Of course there's still the red and blue one...

I've actually had a house guest the last few days and have been unable to do much aside from walk past and fire the occasional ball into it.

Kiddcade · Post by **Kiddcade** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 1:38 pm

Turbo Tax 1.0 wrote:heheh anybody remember that episode of power rangers like 7 years ago were jason got addicted to an evil pachinko machine

dont ask me how i remember this

Rocky.

"Rocky Just Wants to Have Fun."

Post by **Gamelver** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 3:43 pm

hmmmm....pinball/slot machine....one word comes to mind......sonic.....

N Rage64 · Post by **N Rage64** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 5:27 pm

i rember these i saw that on tv it get addictaive

Reaperman@home · Post by **Reaperman@home** » Mon May 28, 2007 12:04 am

well this is like a 2 year drag up, but what the heck.

I was finally browsing around for a transformer for my old pachinko machine when I came across pachislo.com. yes there are other retailers for pachinko/pachislo stuff, but these guys have insanely low US shipping ($1), so I thought I'd share the link to some more modern machines. I'm already putting together my xmas list. They are actually pretty reasonably priced too. And technology certainly has come a long ways--3d graphics, large LCD's, really cool transparent 'el vision' screens. you know you want one too.

the pachislo machines start at $130 shipped, $150 for the el vision unit, or $239 for gamera with its 3d graphics and 20" LCD
unfortunately because of my current state of residence I can't buy a pachislo, but I guess I could always have it reshipped from relatives out of state. ...maybe I meant to say: "but that would be 'smuggling' which is wrong." (actually, transporting a slot machine-like device over state lines may even be felony wrong)

otherwise the pachinkos aren't bad either. starting at $200 for robocop or $300 for star wars

just dreaming. of course they do sell the transformer I need for $16 shipped so maybe I should take baby steps and actually play with what I have for once...

Reaperman@home · Post by **Reaperman@home** » Wed May 30, 2007 6:09 pm

well, I found a video of that $130 (shipped) street fighter 2 pachislo machine.
It's incredibly cool for the least expensive machine. I totally want one now, but again--I live in one of the states they won't ship to.