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cpi Oct 8, 2023

here's what came home
#retroarcade #pinball #yorkshow #arrangeball

cpi May 4, 2023

now it's time to look at my Japanese baseball arrangeball machine.
Yes, I'm really into electromechanical gambling machines from around the world that offer unique gameplay.

http://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2023/05/baseball-arrangeball.html

#retroarcade #baseball #arrangeball #japan #pachinko

baseball arrangeball

My friend semicolin was able to assist with the arrangeball light board and now the game is playing quite well. You can read up on the rul...

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cpi Dec 16, 2022

eyyyo it's that #retroarcade goodness
#pachinko #arrangeball #japan

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cpi Dec 16, 2022

while pre-war machines are a bit of an obsession, my favourite machines are still the 1970s EM machines like Thunderbird, but even more than those I love the #candyshop 10 yen games that used pachinko hardware in creative and sometimes baffling ways, and the #arrangeball games that operated on (and paid out) tokens, providing discrete somewhat-skilled gambling challenges.
My #retroarcade games that came from the #pachinko family tree

cpi Nov 9, 2022

I wrote about Winners Circle, a 1974/1975 prototype machine by Bally that tried to bring #arrangeball to the USA. So many questions left unanswered.
If you're a nerd for that period of tech where EM gave way to ICs, I would love to hear your thoughts on these boards.
#retroarcade #pachinko #Japan #bally #slotmachine

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cpi Jun 3, 2022

trying this new lineup out

#arrangeball #retroarcade #japan

cpi Jun 2, 2022

Anyone into #arrangeball?

#retroarcade #japan #baseball
http://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2022/06/lets-talk-arrange-ball-machines-and-say.html

Let's talk arrange ball machines! (and say hello to Base Ball)

I saw this machine on YJA and eventually it was reposted at a good enough price that I had to go for it. I am delighted that it arrived uns...

cpi Feb 21, 2021

redid the back room shelves and I now have 9 (!!!) upright machines at a proper level! Only 2 will ever be in the lower shelf zones.
This also helps optimize our pantry storage space by a few inches.
(6 on one wall, 2nd pic is 3 on the facing wall)
#retroarcade #pachinko #japan #germany #britain #allwin #arrangeball