The Taiyo Jinn ArePachi has Arrived!!!
I named it the Jinn not knowing its true name.
This is a very quick overview of the machine as I am still in the middle of working on it hence no time for pics.
I threw together the vid I was taking on the first test of the machines workings and thought what the hell Ill post it.
The REAL vid LOL will be comming soon. This vid just gives you an idea of the machine.
The machine came undamaged by great packing!
It even had 2 panes of real glass!
It was obviously installed in a smoking parlor as it was saturated with tar! I spent the entire night removing it from the back mechanicals and cell.
I have not yet worked on the outside case nor the front case face IE shooter tray,coin tray etc.
The Ashtray and the coin tray were severly burned by cigarettes so I will have to remove them to sand plastic fill and paint.
I will paint the tray and ashtray black because if I used any other color on just that one section all of the other face plastic would not fit.
Aside of the tar on the machine workings the cell has some tar stains that would not come out. The cell also has some very slight cracking of the surface at the base of some pins but nothing really noticable.
One odd thing that I discovered was that the coin holder tube which is in 2 halves that are screwed together for access in case of jams, was epoxied to the top of the( coin in) chute?
To clear it if need be, you must now dissasemble the entire (coin in) unit to get to the inside of the tube.
Took some time to get the tube really clean LOL
I have the machine running through the transformer that I got from Arby for the Cell Pica Cleaner its steps down to 100v and it works just fine.
Im a little leary about plugging the machine into an outlet directly but if I can it would make things easier.
The machines transformer has two different voltage outputs but I havent had a chance to see the voltages.
The machines transformer is quiet under all applications untill the cell number board lights begin to come on, then there is a very loud noticeble hum ( You can hear in the vid as the lights begin to come on.
The machine uses Large 30mm tokens which caught me a little off guard as I have none LOL.
It did come with about 50 which is good enough to fill the coin hopper about half with some left over to play.
The tokens are really cool and heavy compared to the 25mm tokens.
So far in the first test this is what I have learned this about the machine.
1 It has sound!!!
2 Everything with the exception of the left light above the left Tulip is working. (Have to get new bulbs!)
3 The Score Led does not light all of the required segments for the number 9 when it reaches that high. Calling Fronzdan!!
Gameplay so far... will be updated when all is finished with the machine.
In the vid you can see that there are 3 pockets on the cell and 2 very large Tulips.
The pocket in the top center has a #2 on it. A ball entering that pocket illuminates the #2 on the cell number board and triggers a bonus which lights at the top left of the machine not really seen in the vid. The bonus is mearly a mutiplier for any final score that you achieve during a play
of your 16 balls. (It doubles your score)
Your score is registered in the Score LED on the top right of the cell.
A ball entering the lower left pocket illuminates the #s 2 and 4 on the cell board
A ball entering the lower right pocket illuminates the #s
13 and 15
Heres where it get really fun! In the cell just above the number board (Bingo type board) there are 3 leds.
Upon intial coin in the 3 numbers are in motion and are stopped from left to right one at a time with the first 3 balls entering any pocket either on the cell or in the numbered pockets along the bottom of the cell.
Sort of like Pachislo LOL. What I have seen so far is that any time one of the numbers stops on a 7 ,or any 3 of the same number, the two very large Tulips open for a very very short time and then close and the lights above each flash.
IF a ball manages to get into the Left Tulip in the nanosecond that it opens, it illuminates the #s 2,4,6 and 7
The right Tulip would illuminate the #s 10,11,13and 15
So you can get a lot of numbers lit if you can get into the Tulips. In the vid I slowed down the Tulip action so you can see it.
It appears the the #s 11 and 6 are the key to many combos and the Parlor through pin manipulation has made entry to the #11 impossible ( Have to fix that LOL) the only way to get an 11 the way they have it set up is to bag the Right Tulip.
On the face of the machine in the instructions for play they show combinations of LED numbers that lead to different things. I assume the lenght of time that the Tulips remain open is what the combinations control.
I will post pics of the instruction plate with the number combos with the full review.
As it stands now it appears that you get 1 Token for each complete Horizontal or Verticle row that you light. you dont get bonuses for combos of rows connected.
The sound is both simple yet very effective just a beep which changes only a little in pitch.
It sounds much better then it does in the vid.
Well like I said this is just a quick overview I must get back to work. Refinishing the trays, polishing the pins, replacing bulbs,replacing the Staples for screws and all old screws, Replacing the power cord for a grounded one, Polisihng the 30mm tokens and on and on. The hardest part???
Finding a place to put it...
This game is awesome and jumped right to my top 5
Get an ArePachi you will love it!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbKuO_CxEYc
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