Fever The King, pachinko パチンコ (Japanese gambling machine) HD

Pachinko: Fever The King フィーバーザキング from Sankyo, 2003. Pachinko is a mechanical game originating in Japan and is used as both a form of recreational arcade game and much more frequently as a gambling device, filling a Japanese gambling niche comparable to that of the slot machine in Western gaming. A pachinko machine resembles a vertical pinball machine, but has no flippers and uses a large number of small balls. The player fires balls into the machine, which then cascade down through a dense forest of pins. If the balls go into certain locations, they may be captured and sequences of events may be triggered that result in more balls being released. The object of the game is to capture as many balls as possible. These balls can then be exchanged for prizes. Pachinko machines were originally strictly mechanical, but modern ones have incorporated extensive electronics, becoming similar to video slot machines. Pachinko parlors are widespread in Japan, and they usually also feature a number of slot machines (called pachislo or pachislots); hence, these venues operate and look similar to casinos. Directly gambling on pachinko is illegal in Japan. Balls won cannot be exchanged directly for money in the parlor. The balls are exchanged for tokens or prizes, which are then taken outside and exchanged for cash at a place nominally separate from the parlor. Pachinko balls are forbidden to be removed from a parlor to be used elsewhere. To help prevent this, many parlors have a design or name engraved in each ball vended so that someone can be spotted carrying a tray of balls brought from the outside. This has led some to start collections of pachinko balls with various designs. Documentary about pachinko parlors: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rur5k3BCSI8 Pachinko parlor in Osaka: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcAxKOaQjuc ----------------------------------------------- Fever The King is my favorite pachinko (because of the reels). I've also owned Saint Maria and Fireworks. And I've played Cutie Honey, Indiana Jones, Star Wars and Julie Pinball.