www.bigbearpachisloshop.com totally new!

**gaku** · 12-03-2004, 05:31 AM

This is a totally new type of vendor! They provide quite detailed info about pachislo machines, particularly about how to play. They've just opened their web site and describe only three models, but worth seeing. These models are Hanabi Hyakkei, Savanna Park, and Azteca Legend. Next week they will present Giga Fever, and Club Rodeo for the following week.

The address is: www.bigbearpachisloshop.com

Who am I? I am the one producing that web site!

gaku

**Tulsa** · 12-03-2004, 05:43 AM

Very nice site! Welcome to ours!

**Tulsa** · 12-03-2004, 06:15 AM

Okay everybody, visit this site. Do it early and do it often. The information on this site blows the doors wide open on our little hobby. We've been piecing our information together by trial and more trial. We've had quite a few things right, but a few wrong. Also a few things we've had right, we just couldn't explain as well as this does.

It appears they aren't currently open for sales but the information is incredible...

**dlowrey** · 12-03-2004, 07:17 AM

Gaku,

Great stuff!!!

Do you know when the Hanabi Hyakkei User's Guide will be available?

I found a small error. The Hanabi Hyakkei page has a link to the Aruze web site. In your Navigation Instruction page, http://www.bigbearpachisloshop.com/m...uzehpguide.htm, the first photo is missing....

Keep up the great work!!!!

Dave

**gaku** · 12-03-2004, 08:09 AM

dlowrey,

Thanks for the info. I made a correction, so you should see the page alright.

As for the User's Guide, I will put it out on the site February, or March latest. Please check it once in a while.

gaku

**gwarzin** · 12-03-2004, 09:04 AM

Wow! Great information!

But there's one thing I think might be wrong - unless there's something I don't understand...

On this page:

http://www.bigbearpachisloshop.com/0...mallreward.htm

You say when there is a possibility of hitting cherry or replay you want to hit cherry because there is a payout.

The cherry payout is only 1 (or 2 if you can get it both across and diagonal). So if you win with a cherry you still have to spend at least 1 more token to get your next spin. On the other hand, if you had hit the replay your "payout" of a free spin is the same as having won a payout of 3 tokens?

So it would seem that you actually want to hit the replay. Am I missing something?

**gaku** · 12-03-2004, 09:29 AM

gwarzin,

You are quite right about "cherry." "Cherry" is less wanted than "Replay." Thank you very much for pointing it out, and I made a change on that page.

Funny, I just felt better "winning" a credit or two than getting a "replay" for free. You know what I mean, gwarzin?

best,
gaku

**dlowrey** · 12-03-2004, 10:12 AM

The more I look at this site, the more I love it.

The Pachislo World section is fantastic. I have been shooting in the dark trying to figure out what the heck is going on in my pachislo machines. I KNEW it was trying to give me hints that something was going to happen. I just didn't know how. While I am not finished with my quest for Pachislo knowledge yet, this site has given me significantly more information that I have managed to gather up till now.

Thanks, and keep up the great work!

Dave

**arbycoffee** · 12-03-2004, 10:18 AM

WoW very nice store and a lot of fantastic Info.

I am Impressed, and I don't get that way offen anymore.

They are going to set the bar very high for all the others Pachi-slo Merchients

**Firewire** · 12-03-2004, 10:44 AM

I agree with the others....GREAT SITE!

Oh, Accessories is mispelled in the left hand naviagtion links.

Need to change the "a" to an "o".

**gwarzin** · 12-04-2004, 06:46 PM

gaku,

I found the following page very interesting:

http://www.bigbearpachisloshop.com/0...03bigbonus.htm

I always wondered why my Hound Dog had 12 lights that counted down during bonus play when it only seemed to need 8. So, see if I have this right:

A RB is a max of 12 games. But it's over once you win 8. It seems that most games let you win almost every time in the RB - so on those machines an RB is usually over in 8 games and you'd never know it could have lasted 12.

If that's the case, then in a BB, when you hit 3 replays and go off to the JAC game, is it really just 8 sure wins like you show, or could it also be a max of 12 (or 8 wins, which ever comes first)?

**dritz** · 12-04-2004, 06:51 PM

Wow nice site.

Always wondered what the snake, bat, spider, and lizard were for on the Azteca legend.

**gaku** · 12-04-2004, 08:04 PM

gwarzin,

I am very impressed that you understand a RB/BB quite precisely.

All you said was correct. I just assume many people don't even know a RB lasts 12 games because they hit a "three-Jac" right after entering a RB and rarely miss Jac Games afterward. However, you can miss a three-Jac and have more than 9 games in a RB. This is particularly the case when it comes to old machines before 1998. In an extreme case, you can finish a RB without Jac-in -- called "Bankrupt"! I've never experienced this, but heard a story about it. Regarding a BB, you have 8 Jac games consecutively without a break no matter what.

I am very glad to discuss with pchislo buffs like you!

best,
gaku

**arbycoffee** · 12-04-2004, 08:13 PM

I have worked on the hand & finger shake to get the speed match to see the symbol, and I hardly can't beleive how that makes the hit the symbol so much easer.

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**dritz** · 12-04-2004, 08:25 PM

gaku

On the notice combinations section. It seems they were used more for older machines or machines that have no extra wheel or lcd. To let you know you have a better chance to hit the big bonus. Where as the newer machines are more visual to let you know with lights, wheels, lcd's and such.

Is that correct or am I not reading this correct?

Thanks

**gaku** · 12-04-2004, 11:08 PM

dritz,

You've got it right. Notices are more recognizable when the machine has a 4th reel, a LED dot display, or a LCD.

I know many people still like notices that appear on the reels, though. This is because it's much simpler for them than swanky notices with sound and flashing lights. Personally, I like both types of notices.

By the way, did you know this? When you get a notice for a small reward, like a "Replay" or a "three-bell," and you miss it in spite of shooting precisely the symbols, it is itself a notice for a Reg/Big bonus.

Enjoy your machine!

gaku

**Lazarus** · 12-04-2004, 11:44 PM

I had to go though the entire site! I learned so much it will take me days to try it out on my machines. my I ask how you found all this info? I think you have a pachislo with a magic lcd screen in it :wink: . Want to sell it?

**k46tank** · 12-05-2004, 12:23 AM

Hi Gaku,

You have a great site! I have had my Azteca Legend game only a few days and I have been all over the Internet trying to find information on it. Your site probably has more information on the Azteca than all of the other sites put together. Will your PDF Owner's Manual have information about the set-up screen (the one shown while the reset key is turned)? I have figured part of it out, like setting the time and date, and some of the logs, but there is more that I don't know, like why you can change the volume level in the "sound test" screen, but not actually set the machine to that volume level (it defaults back to 256 or something like that).

Keep up the good work! I will be a regular visitor.

**Tulsa** · 12-05-2004, 12:49 AM

gaku said

By the way, did you know this? When you get a notice for a small reward, like a "Replay" or a "three-bell," and you miss it in spite of shooting precisely the symbols, it is itself a notice for a Reg/Big bonus.

Are you saying that if the machine misses despite the fact you nailed it, that an RB or BB is on the way or can you intentionally miss an cause an RB or BB to happen on your own?

**gaku** · 12-05-2004, 01:45 AM

Tulsa,

What I meant to say was this:
(1) The machine gives you a notice for a small reward such as a "replay" or a "three-bell."
(2) You are supposed to easily win the reward by shooting the symbols such as "Jacs" or "Bells." That is, unless you intentionally avoid these symbols, you will get the winning combination because the machine lets you have it by "slipping" the reels.
(3) However, sometimes the machine fails to let you win no matter how accurately you shoot the symbols. That is, you don't get the winning combination because of machine's interfering.
(4) This phenomenon is a sign that you are entitled to win a Reg/Big bonus. If you can perform an Eye-shooting, you will win it in the following games.

In short, when the machine behaves contradictory, it is a sign for something. In this case, the machine prevents you from winning a reward, while having brought on a notice in the previous game. This contradiction is a sign=notice for a Reg/Big Bonus.

I hope this would explain what I said earlier. Sorry about my clumsy wording.

best,
gaku