Taking a Look at Tower of Tickets 

Even if it was playing at half a decibel, I can hear Loonboon from a mile away

I’ve worked on Tower of Tickets for years. The platform version was at one time an upgrade kit you could buy for your unit that dispenses the ticket rolls. I was happy to upgrade as people would often take the ticket rolls home with them. The ticket rolls I have have RFID chips in the bottom of them, adhered to the black plastic puck the tickets are on. Super handy. Other of my companies locations have the Trolls one too. It is exactly the same, but the long hair on the newer style ticket pucks is pretty cool. Thought about buying them and putting them in the older version I have. That would be fun. It’s easy to work on too, though sometimes the secondary arm connected to the one that pushes the pucks comes loose. When this happens, the second arm can break sensors. That sucks. It is fun to see that you like this game so much. Most of my techs much prefer the gameplay of Zombie Snatcher. That was a lot of rambling from me, but I like fixing arcade games and it is fun to see other people enjoy them too.

My most consistent machine, once you get a feel for how fast the pushers are, it's pretty easy. It also feels as though the larger ones feel easier to knock in weirdly enough. You'd assume the smaller ones would be harder to push in?

Ok ok, you have gone long enough without doing a review of the real OG of the arcade. Skeeball and the many variations. In all seriousness, its a great day when Capybarski posts.

Mad respect using Tower of Heaven music to talk about Tower of Tickets.

i haven't been in an arcade in probably 10 years, but i just love listening and watching the games be mastered and scored. keep it up i love the videos.

I'd love to see a video about Monster Drop, or similar ball dropping games. When I was a kid, my local arcade had one of these that had a faulty sensor, so it detected a jackpot if you made it in the hole next to the actual jackpot hole (which was relatively easy and consistent to do). I was able to get a bunch of goodies well below MSRP thanks to this so the memory is special to me haha

Tower of Heaven is one of the best OSTs ever. Thank for reminding me.

It's lovely to see an arcade focused channel that isn't screaming to children about jackpots or loading prizes into your own machine just to win them because you can just un-rig it for yourself. I'd like to see a video for Monster Drop, I used to play the hell out of that when Planet X was still around- that arcade had actual tokens and tickets rather than cards. That was fun! Now they've got the huge monster drop machines instead and it's $1.50 per ball rather than a single token. Another one I'd like to see is Pixel Chase. There's another arcade around here now that has it and it's FUN. It's one where you have to throw balls into the highlighted targets

it’s crazy how well packed these videos are. the way you weave information, tips and jokes into this tight a package is so so impressive. really love the vids. hope you’re enjoying p3 reload haha.

I'm completely hooked for this series. I've always wanted to find out which games are the most efficient way to get the most tickets. The skeeball is one of my all time favorites and have one of the most consistent ticket payouts of any game I've seen so I think you should definitely check that out next.

The more videos you put out the happier I am lmao

I am once again asking for a review of the ticket claw games (both big and small).

Strange how the high value puck is also the bigger one. You'd think they would make the small ones worth 1k tickets because getting one is near impossible in any sane amount if plays. But then again, what do I know about kiddie casinos?

The Tower of Heaven music put the dopiest smile on my face :D

One of the few times I'm thankful for the algorithm recommending me random videos. Even though I'm not a big arcade-goer, this is still very nostalgic for me to watch. Keep up the great work!

Just binge watched your channel. Awesome content! I love going to arcades and I haven't been in once since covid. You're making me want to go to an arcade so I have an idea of what to suggest next hahaha

I appreciate the use of Tower of Heaven music. It feels very fitting in a Tower of Tickets review

thanks for making these videos. theyre really useful in experimenting at our arcade here.

Please talk about box of balls

tower of heaven ost omg

I'll have you know, I haven't played an arcade machine in many, many years. But even so, I absolutely love your videos talking about them :D

I read the descriptions, thank you for making them!

Finaly! An s tier at the arcade near me!

Im 25 and I still love arcades and I’m glad to see another adult talk about these arcade games with love as well. Plus 1 subscriber ❤

former arcade tech and current AP player. Your videos are really enjoyable to watch, and I just wanted to say thank you for taking the time to make them.

Tower of tickets is one of the best for sure. I saw a duck Version at IAAPA. Awesome seeing your channel grow so fast!

I always read the video descriptions!!!!!! I need details!!! And more coin pusher videos :)

OBSESSED with these videos - you should do one on quik drop 'cause I feel like its pretty consistent (also, maybe on one pump it up/dance dance revolution but ik those aren't ticket games so theyre categorically different)

I stumbled across this series on happenstance, and I've definitely become a fan. There was a stretch of a couple of years where I'd visit an out of state friend, and we'd hit up a nearby Dave and Buster's and just blow through several hundred credits during their half price play days. Those were awesome times. I'm eagerly waiting to see if you'll do Tower of Power or Strike it Rich. Those are the 2 that I definitely played the most as I found them to be fairly consistent to win at.

This guy is reviving arcade games ❤

Good vid. Thanks for the tech and info

im surprised quick drop hasn't had a video yet, always interested to see how the payout method for that game works compared to pop the lock in terms of winning the jackpot consistsntly

excellent taste in music included.

Great, your videos are making me want to go -gamble- play at one of these arcades Seriously though, it's nice to learn how to exploit these games. Even though I'd probably not remember this whenever i eventually end up in a redemption arcade again, lol

You should do a video on pearl fishery!!! Love your content I've binge watched all your videos

Mercy tickets is useful for some arcade stores. By default Intercard would block another player from playing the game, unless 2 minutes passed or at least 1 ticket have paid out.

Looking forward to seeing whats next, maybe skill stops like Cyclone from ICE

omg i love the tower of heaven music!!

I love your videos!

The story behind baytek's name on tower of tickets is supposedly due to Elaut having difficulties manufacturing it out of Belgium so they asked Baytek to help out. They took it a step further and designed the reload system which is the one baytek advertises on their website, the version on Elaut's retired page is the non reload where it goes out of play.

Also look up pearl fishery, that game is awesome in my opinion for tickets, basically a coin pusher with white balls and giant orange balls that fall off the side into 4 different spots it's pretty cool

i am the description reader, and persona would make for an amazing light-gun game the return of Gnome & Peter made me shit my pants like avengers endgame, and i need to seek this game out and try it eventually because it seems like a comedically good ticket farm

I'm so glad I found this channel. I'm about to study all these videos and take putt-putt to the cleaners. 😂

would love a vid on fishing redemption games! the one at my arcade is called pirate hook but there are a ton of other ones like underwater world, enchanted seas, strike pro fishing, and even fishin' time

Maaaan, I want to give a suggestion for one, but I haven't seen it in so long I forgot the name of it. Alls I can tell ya is that it has a rubber ball you use skill to try to get to go in the right slots at the end of a (plexiglass protected but still not skinny kid arm proof) downward ramp and that (I think) made a Wheel o Fortune-style wheel turn. Thing is, is that if I remember right the wheel was really easy to strategize to get big payouts and even jackpots. One time I actually emptied the machine during a jackpot and they had to write a note with how many tickets I won. I'll keep looking on the interwebs to see if I can pull the name out of the void. Tho, I guess if you can't find it to test it then it'd be pretty moot. Edit: Found it! It's the impossibly unsearchable "Spin To Win" (sometimes called "Spin-to-Win") released in 1985 by Lazer Tron (or at least that's what arcade-museum says). It definitely looks like a totally skill and strategy based game, but I bet it's deeper than kid-me ever figured out. Sadly it looks like this oldie is rather rare in the wild. I only found two videos of it in action, and one of them was a demonstration of how to win at it and games similar to it. But that video was from 13 years ago, so ticket inflation might be an issue. If you find it I'd love to hear your thoughts on it or even games similar to it.

An arcade I went to had both zombie snatcher (with the zombie mega bonus) and a tower of tickets (RFID win slot). I was definitely spending more time on tower of tickets getting the 1k roll, but I would only occasionally check zombie snatcher to see if there was any letters or high value pucks close by. Both are really good but being able to keep going for 1ks on tower of tickets is much better for farming. You should note that after winning on tower, the arm will have a little bit of lag next time around.

YIPPEE new capybarski video!!!

THIS GAME RIGHT HERE! This game was the reason I was able to collect all of the higher-teir prizes at my arcade a few years ago, I've got a lot of lava lamps and lights because of it. I got so good at the game that I hit the 1000 ticket jackpot six times in a row, on only $20 worth of credits. Unfortunately, in the last couple years the arcade's prizes started getting really lame and the place just got too 'big,' if that makes sense.

playing tower of heaven music is very funny

You ever seen a fruit ninja FX machine before? They were everywhere for a while and now it seems like they’re disappearing. Same thing with Infinity Blade FX, really cool concept but I only ever saw like, one machine of it

You should do some of those machines that you have to hit a target at a certain strength to win, be it a punching bag, a soccer ball, or a button and a padded stick. I can't remember the names of any of them right now. Basketball Pro might be interesting too. (The ones with the big squishy basketball button that you have to pound on to launch the little balls inside the machine.)

I used to be in the "hur dur, ticket games are pure gambling for kids that kill arcades" but the more I look at genuine videos that cover them like your's I want to actually to give some of them a try. I could recommend pac-man ticket mania, while I did see there's an option for payout rate that would brake all the rules to make sure you will have 0 chances to win, the default options have a super consistent jackpot, and it's just pac-man at the end of the day so learning it consist of playing it safe.

Here's a two in one spooky arcade combo about catching ghost the Ghost-buster arcade game and the Luigi mansion dark moon arcade game

would love to see a video on quick drop, the one where you have to get 50 balls into the spinning cups within the time limit.

i found your channel today, it's poggers :) Speaking of persona 3 who's your favorite romance option? Mine is ken from persona 3 portable. Also a skee-ball episode would go hard

I remember a game that was VERY consistent. It was called The Prize Aquarium. It was a ball drop, and if you got one in, you got one capsule that could contain tickets. I had won the game a solid dozen times, and couldn’t carry the large prize containers (a sphere 4inches in diameter). They loaded the capsules with 50+ tickets-I felt rich

Going on holiday and plan to spam the arcades while I'm there. Watching this now so I can be the cool person with all the tickets. Don't even want the prizes, just want to be the best.

You should cover ticket dome. Its a game I have at my local arcade and I find it intresting. Its fairly easy to get good payouts after a few attempts.

This game reminds me a lot of just a hockey themed one thats seems a lot like in a video game about these arcade machines.

You should do a video on those ball drop games I’ve had great luck with getting those to pay out

I've not had much interest in arcade games before I saw your videos, now I have an unfortunate urge to go to an arcade but I don't know any nearby me :(

I build these. Mental flashbang seeing this in my reccomended.

This taught me how win easy. Literally went to arcade after watching this and hit 1k tickets in 7 tries. Same for pop the lock

Review Trolls next! I'd love a copy of this video but dub in you saying "Trolls" whenever you refer to the game

I would love to see you cover Nerf Strike Arcade! It was a pretty consistent 750 jackpot at my local RoundOne until they bumped up the high score numbers… 😆😊

Could you review Quik Drop? It's my go-to ticket game at arcades!

Do you think youll do a vid on Gear it Up? Its one of th most consistent ticket farming games I feel.

i played a hopscotch game in the Wunderland in Beaverton, Oregon and it was the first arcade game i intentionally got the jackpot on. it was like piano tiles in how you could play it. you could see the squares youre meant to jump on on the screen stretching out ahead of you, but you didnt need to wait for them to visually get to you for you to hop on them. i jumped rapidly ahead and the screen couldnt keep up. there were points when the trail would end and it would count down from 3 until another trail of squares reached you. even while it was counting down you could see the next sequence and keep going. i long to go back there.

Have you run into Whack 'N Win? I've had some good luck with that at my local arcade, even though it's pretty much all electronic, it seems like it's truly skill based. I was even able to get the 1000 ticket jackpot 3 times in a row one day

Why do I love these videos? It makes no sense...

I work where the Trolls verson of the game is running. The music and sounds are different from the Original game. The background music is a simplistic rendition of In the Hall of the Mountain King. And when u win, it does a cliche "children cheeering" stock sound effect

Spelling Kong had me rolling to the Typhoon Motion simulator Speaking of which, can you review Typhoon?

Can you cover Baseball Pro? It’s my favorite redemption game even though I’ve never hit the jackpot lol. Most Dave and Busters and Round 1s have that game

Can you talk about the arcade version of minecraft dungeons? It has a neat card system where you get a card with each play. I think thats neat

i would watch a vid of u ranking arcade chains (like round one, dave and busters etc)

Maybe i missed it but after a win, the arm will auto-lag itself or itll also do it if the arm swings without pressing the button, besides that it is a very very good game!

This game was the first game I mastered since the arcade I went to forgot to remove the warning sticker that says “lag chips are installed” within the first few months of it being there

6:40 My local Round1 has both Zombie Snatcher and Tower of Tickets right next to each other, so they aren't mutually exclusive lol

I operate this machine. It’s really consistent. I test played 10 times and won 4? It is really consistent once you learn the strategy

I was very surprised to hear tower of heaven music in the year of our lord 2024 but i was pleasantly surprised (also persona 3 R tower of tickets when 👀)

tower of heaven ost, cheeky

can you do harpoon lagoon next? i played it when i was young and it brung back memories.

Oh hell yeah, another Arcade Explai--er, I mean Capybarski video! And on an S-Tier game! Lot to say on this one and I agree with pretty much everything you said, just some things to add. I would rank these versions in the following order, from best to worst: Tower of Tickets (platform) - Zombie Snatcher (puck-dispensing tubes) - Zombie Snatcher (elevator) - Tower of Tickets (scoring hole ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ). Reason being Platform Tower is a true infinite; Zombie Snatcher with the tubes will always have the highest base scoring puck on the board but you have to have techs refill them, Zombie with the elevator will only have 1 (or at most 2 at most places) of the highest scoring puck and you need to sink 6 pucks to get it to recycle, so you're rarely playing for the high value...and scoring hole Tower is a one-and-done for the day as you said. Also of note: Tower of Tickets has a slight input delay/lag on any given arm for one play after any prize was won. This will throw you off unless you compensate for it. There are also two versions of the "nubs" that are at the end of the prize arm you use to move the towers - one looks like a spring and one is more solid. The springy one has far more give and margin for error when going for those 1,000 towers. Being a true infinite with zero interaction with the arcade staff until redeeming tickets, you also have considerations on how much, if at all, you would need to be "hiding" your wins from the arcade, if you're winning the 1,000 every time or better than I would say at least 60%. At whatever point they check payout, whether it be from running game audits or checking card history when redeeming a large prize, less fair arcades will take out the high value pucks with the quickness if they feel they're being beaten too badly. (Yes, I'm calling you out, Greg the technician at Zone 28, for taking the 1,000 and 750 puck out of Tower of Tickets on the day I rang up enough tickets to get your Switch bundle, before I was even off the property - out of the 100,000 tickets I won that day, less than 10,000 of them were on Tower and THAT'S the change you decided to make?) Having multiple cards, one dedicated to Tower specifically, and then merging cards together or obfuscating where the bulk of the tickets came from, may be necessary to prevent them from making such moves. If you're looking at any version of Tower with a 1,000 puck, a fair price per play, using the platform...I'd put this above Pop the Lock if it's the 250 + 100 payout version D&B uses, but below Pop the Lock if we're referring to any arcade where it's 500 tickets + tickets earned during play, on a version that's medium or easier, without difficulty adjustment based on player winnings. Given what I have access to, I would say Tower is the top game you've reviewed so far. (And yes, I read your descriptions - Persona isn't my bag but awesome that you're having fun with it!) (...still want to make a Gridiron video with you someday.)

My arcade has both of these machines next to each other. the highest tower is 300 while the zombie jackpot is capped at 500 both cost the same to play

are there arcade sharks like in casionos where you get kicked out if they find out you're too good/rigging it?

I gotta hear your thoughts on Angry Birds Arcade: it's always been my go-to due to the generous payout

You're welcome! :))

How does the platform version read what the value of the tickets landed are?

Doubt you're reading this, but an arcade game that doesn't involve tickets like Rampage or Crazy Taxi would be cool.

How about Harpoon Lagoon, that has always been one of my favorites

for an april fools video maybe you could review a non-redemption game like the Mario Kart arcade games or Metal Slug or w/e as if you're constantly trying to figure out how to make tickets come out or something.

Is the music in the background from Rivals of Aether?????? I’m like 90%sure it is

Could you do a video on claw machines? I already know it'll be bottom tier because they aren't ticket games and are irredeemably unfair but it would be a funny video

Can you please, please please! Cover down the clown it’s one of my favorite games!

Can you take a look at Deal or No Deal?

Please do Monster Drop! It's my favorite :)

You gotta review Skeeball.

thoughts on trying Fireteam Raven?

How about Doodle Jump? Another mobile adaptation to add to the pile, but thankfully not by Adrenaline again lol