In japan now and want to try it out

The ball ones are fun, just push the button to launch the balls and hopefully lands on one of the plates. The slot ones are flashy, but boring, so if you find an anime one, try it out. Too many smokers and it's very loud, so don't stay too long. If you actually win, trade in for some metal "bars". You can exchange them for money. I had an old lady help time the slot pattern for me, that's how I won.

>>714278147
There are almost only anime ones
thats what got me interested
especially the syphogear one
but how to I start? do I inset money or I get the balls from a counter?

>>714277807 (OP)
You gotta get the spinner juuuust right, but there are some like the Kaiji that are literally made to never let you win.

>>714277807 (OP)
Turn the spinner to the right but not too much because if you do the machine will scream at you to stop pushing it so hard to the right

you just need to hit that sweet spot where the balls you send go into the holes

>>714277807 (OP)
Turn the knob and the balls come out, try to get them to fall into the holes. Press buttons when the screen tells you to. I bought one on the aftermarket 10 years ago since they're somewhat affordable.

>>714278812
uhh where is the spinner on the pic
did you win anything?
>>714278902
you have a fucking pachinko machine?

>>714279998
>spinner
Not pictured
>win
I got a bunch of token out of the machine but apparently they weren't exchangeable for money, just for playing in more games (it was a gaming place with tons of different stuff, not just gambling) and I had to leave

isnt it just pin ball?

>>714280109
how do you win money then?

>>714280372
Pick a pachinko somewhere else I guess. I tried the Madoka one but I went full retard and lost everything while my friends called me stupid for playing these.

>>714280520
lol
can you even win money or just prices?

>>714280283
the ball doesn't go back up retard

>>714280756
I'm sure you can win money at the right ones, just don't expect to have a >0 expected value overtime.

This thread is funny because everyone thinks the OP is asking about pachinko mechanics and shit, but what the OP is really trying to ask about is basic shit like "where do i put the money" and "how do I know I win"
Which would be much easier for him to just fucking ask someone there at the pachinko parlor, but he can't do that since he's just a mouth breathing EOP using japan as a playground

>>714280109
You're a retard. You can't win money on the spot. You have to exchange outside of the building. Gambling laws. But also congratulations, you played anime flavoured slot machines with the pensioners and other assorted gambling addicted losers.

>>714281094
Is it so wrong that OP can't speak Japanese? I hope he enjoys his trip there, it's a cool place. Don't make a fool of yourself though

>>714281120
Yeah, I heard about the other building stuff but I guess I didn't make the link since the guys there didn't tell me about it. Well, it was fun so whatever.

>you played anime flavoured slot machines with the pensioners and other assorted gambling addicted losers
I liked it.

>>714281267
>since the guys there didn't tell me about it.
Why would they? You can't speak japanese. You're just another annoying tourist treating depressing places like a wacky novelty.

>>714278601
>gambling machine based on Kaiji that fucks you over every time
Alright Nippon, that's actually pretty funny.

Go outside and do something social instead, and when you get home buy lottery tickets or scratchcards instead if you want to gamble

>>714281450
>NOOOOOO YOU CAN'T GO AROUND PLACES AND TRY THINGS OUT
They took my money and didn't seem to complain. I didn't either, it was enjoyable. The only one seething is anon on 4channel.org.

>>714280283
yes but without flippers. you just launch balls and hope for the best

>>714281094
>>714281161
I can speak conversational Japanese tho also 3 more languages filthy amerimutt

Friendly reminder that gambling for money in Japan is outlawed. There is a loophole for this, however. You just exchange your pachinko balls for "prizes" and then trade them for actual money at the shop next door.

>>714279998
It's pretty much just a display piece nowadays. I don't use it much anymore because it's so monstrously loud.

>>714283401
so where do you insert ball/coin

>>714277807 (OP)
Play ones with simpler gimmick for beginners like Umi monogatari at start
when ball goes in hole, this lamp increases, and while this lamp is stocked game pulls the roulette, it doesn't get stock more than 4 so stop putting in balls once it reaches around 3.

If you actually want to win you need to figure out where at what time the parlor manipulates with the chance, or know shit like the nail placement, but don't bother about that and just play it for shits and giggles. I hear the rates are getting worse and people who used to make living playing pachinko are starting to go out of business.

>>714282785
did you know super mario brothers 2 in the west is actually a reskin of a game called doki doki panic

>>714283757
>I hear the rates are getting worse
Of course they are. Why the fuck would everything not be getting worse all the time?

>>714277807 (OP)
What is the appeal of this? At least with other addictions you can have a bit of variety.

>>714284230
Some animation/gimmick of these machines are pretty cool, and while the rates are terrible it's still a low stake gambling.
If you win you got lucky, if you lose you had fun fiddling with a funny machine, it's not that bad if you drop couple of bucks with that mind set.

>>714277807 (OP)
if youre in japan why dont you just go to one and ask how to play

>>714281161
you dont need to speak japanese to ask for help

>>714284893
Yes, but Japanese people struggle with English so you'd better have a translation app ready at the very least

>>714284676

I don't want to be disgraced

>>714283714
No coin/bill slot, the money attachments are their own separate machines. Balls go in a big tray at the rear top of the machine and there's a free play mode. In an actual parlor, you typically put money in and the balls drop into the front tray and that's what you have to play with.

>>714284676
Pachinko attendant is one of the worst part-time jobs, they most likely don't have time to give a shit about non-Japanese speaking foreigner thinking the place is some kind of a Disneyland.
Could ask people around you if they looked friendly enough though, but keep in mind some are desperate low lifes who are too busy getting pissed at losing to be friendly.

>>714285560
In no other country on Earth would people bitch and shit themselves about tourists paying money to play at local entertainment. I respect Japan's culture as much as anyone else but this is getting ridiculous. If you have decent manners there's literally nothing wrong with asking an employee for help.

>>714284080
Because people won't enter the parlor if it didn't let you win? They used to events where they shifted the win rate ridiculously high, and make people win in mass to compete against the neighboring parlor and get them bankrupt.
That high competition era is now over though so the win rate sucks, nowadays they are just vacuuming from addicts.

>>714284893
yes you do faggot, stop being an annoying shithead. speak the local language or fuck off back to your country

>>714285036
>>714285560
so what youre saying is asking at a pachinko parlor would solve the problem quicker than asking here

>>714286818
ywnbj

>>714286818
Literally no country on Earth expects tourists to know the local language fluently especially when it's that hard to learn. In fact Japanese locals will be very pleased to hear you speak even small amounts of Japanese. It's not expected, it's not an issue. It's a bonus. Don't be an asshole and everything is perfectly fine.

>>714277807 (OP)
Here's a step-by-step guide.

>Get water cubes on the final floor in order to bend the building
>Interfere with the way the pins are spaced between each other
>If you are still losing, don't panic. Put more money into the machine until your balls are so many they can surpass the air ring in the final hole

>>714277807 (OP)

You can actually play these online.

>>714286241
>In no other country on Earth would people bitch and shit themselves about tourists paying money to play at local entertainment
Because employees doesn't own the establishment, and it's apparently a shitty job despite the place doesn't really cater towards tourist, so I don't think the employee would be happy to have an extra job of baby-sitting a tourist.
I'm talking in common sense though, if you were asking the owner or a nice part-timer who happened to like the job, I don't think they'd have a problem.

>>714287161
I mean it's still their job. As long as you show a friendly face and thank them properly they can't complain too much about this.

>>714286818
now tell that to the japanese tourists who come to whatever country youre from

>>714286943
Generally yes I guess, just make sure you aren't dumping balls and wasting them when you aren't supposed to
They'd probably be nice enough to get you set it up, but I don't think they are going to help you step-by-step to help you understand the game

>>714287367
If you want to think that way I guess, but just know that pachiko attendant is a super low-skill job that's easy to get, and people are quick to quit because it's shit
Most of the employees aren't going to be a professional with a high hospitality training, despite their professional looking uniform

>>714287926
Fair enough yeah.

>>714287161
Its not an extra job you monkey its that is their job

>>714278532
Also, where’s the bathroom?

>>714288437
you could tell that to the low-life punks who can only have pachinko parlor job that gives you a side-eye for asking a stupid question with a google translate

>>714277807 (OP)
>want to try it out
don't but if you insist, bring some closed headphones or ear plugs, those places are FUCKING LOUD

>>714288952
>manifests worst case scenario because he's a pussy
Literal autism
Believe it or not minimum wage employees are capable of being friendly human beings

>>714289487
it's a gambling place for low lifes, it's below minimum-wage
and it's not like Casino where staffs are well-trained by the owner to accommodate any and all gambling autists, they have those parlors like mcdonald so imagine that