My dad has one of these. His is a Sanyko. He got it in the early 80's when I was a little kid and as kids we played with this thing all the stinking time. The sound of these machines is calming and mesmerized to me. I miss those days. I introduced my kids to it a few weeks ago and they love it.
When I was in junior high, so like '79-'80, there was a pizza place on the way home that had like 2 pinball tables, 2 video games, and a pachinko machine. It was similar to this with spinners, but the cups would open up like flowers and then close when a ball got inside. It was 100% self contained though so you never had access to the balls. It obviously had some kind of mechanical system that moved the balls from the "lost ball" area to the place where you could fire them with the lever. Maybe a year later, I was with my Mom at the Super-X pharmacy right across the street from that pizza parlor, and they were selling refurbed pachinko machines for $49. I really wanted one, but my parents had just bought me a Atari 2600 in 1977 for xmas for $200 plus some games. And my parents were not in any way rich. They were frugal, but in a way that never made my sister and I feel poor. But damn, I REALLY wish I could go back in time and get one of those things! I can only imagine how much they must cost now! BTW, these were machines that were from arcades on the Ginza Strip in Tokyo which had been refurbed. I have many regrets in life, and not getting one of those back then is one of them!
@@sh-oj8ei It's the same with the 2600 carts. AAA games were $39.95, and AA games were $29.95. So when people were bitching about the prices of PS3, PS4, PS5 games it annoys me because they have no idea how stupid they are....
I've NEVER seen this before in all of my 80's childhood lol. I gather this is kind of like a vertical pinball+Plinko game machine. I'm here now because someone is selling one on Facebook Marketplace so I came here to see one in action. Very interesting. Thank you for sharing!
I went home to visit my dad recently and he had this same exact one in his garage because he collects antiques. I was surprised. I played pachinko in Japan when I was there and also when I lived in Guam.
I still have mine - haven't played it for decades. Was learning how to 'fix it' and had lots of fun. Too bad I didn't have time to really get into fixing, etc. It works. I should sell it.
There was this friendly but weird kid in my school. One day he invited me and a friend over to his house after school. We eventually went into his basement and it was filled with these antique Pachinko machines his dad collected.
I've been wondering what the Hell Eric Forman (That '70s Show) had in his parent's basement shower...A strange machine...My wife found it for me here...a Pachinko Machine ! I never knew that existed
When I was a kid we had a neighbor who was a hoarder and she had one of those machines and let me play with it and I thought it was the coolest thing until a few minutes later when my ADHD child mind forgot all about it and found something else to play with.
Really it just needs to be enough to power either of the two lights on the machine. In theory, you could throw in some low power LED lamps and power them off of a few AA or AAA batteries. In my case, I've got a 9v battery hooked up.
Dont forget, you had to BUY those balls from the hall. I did when i was a kid. I won BIG TIME. I was only 8 years old. it was great. I wo 5 dollars in one day, and never lost. I would skill shot and win more than lose.
What kind of skill is there in this game? Doesn't look like any real skill to me. Flip the lever and that's it? Regardless, my wife wants one of these things. Said it's part of her childhood. What does a restored, functioning one cost from the 1970s?
