Grandparents `Step by Step'

[Eddie]

Welcome to the Show!
As others here have said your machine looks to be in really fine shape.
Feel free to ask any question that you may have even if you have to repeat a question.
The members here have all had those same questions and continue to do so.
NOW HURRY UP AND CLEAN THAT MACHINE!

[Discmonkey]

Hey ya'll! I really appreciate the support. Rusty, Yes, I paperclipped the bar that connects the upper hopper for easier play, as I have very few 'nugnutts'. The machine has been playing great and all I need is some glass and then a good cleaning. I will definately update.

I have to ask the opinions and translations of this..just picked it up for a bargain..me thinks. (couldn't help it!) COMPIRATE??? Please help.

[compirate]

Overall name - CR満員御礼EX - CR Manin onrei ? (Full Gratitude/Sellout Crowd?)

My translations are babelfish/google

So far, the last picture - 太る - it gets fat/fattening

Second picture - 大開放 - Large opening/large open

It's pretty pixelated and in a hand written style, hard for me to read (and I don't read Japanese!). Windows has a Japanese character input system (IME) that lets you find and input characters by stroke count/radicals/hand drawn/etc. I then C&P into Google translate or Babelfish and see if I can make sense of it

Anyone looking for the name of a machine, it's either in the upper right hand corner of the cel (modern), the lower left hand side, or best, on the back on the control board case. A clear picture of that makes it a lot easier to find it in the Japanese databases.

[Discmonkey]

Thanks Compirate. Hmm...Sellout crowd? Interesting.

Apparently I've had some time on my hands! I've been trying to 'get to know' my new machine but don't worry, I'll always be true to the first (and the cleaning is going well!).

Does anyone know the basic gameplay of this machine; X+Y=Z?
I have a few more pics of the new friend but I am pretty close to computer illiterate so I need some more advice if ya'll would be so kind.

First 2 are on the back, not sure what at all they say and have not a clue as to how to find out - other than here; see illiterate above.
3rd - can anyone tell me what this is for? I haven't seen a blip out of it and as far as I can tell, it should work?

Again, I apologise in advance but I must say you all have been very helpful; not only in helping me advance my 'bug' but to help me turn it into a virus. shhh..the friends are hooked!

photos of the Sankyo are soon to follow.
Happy Holidaze

[Discmonkey]

...an Adendum:

I think the reason I got such a deal on this new one is because I think the guy who sold it could't get it to work right. Once I got it home, I found the problem and now it's playing quite well.

Peeking around the back 'tracks' that load the winner chute, I found that one track was not letting balls through, so as to not allow payouts. I noticed a chunk of something? A rock? Dried banana? A peanut?

After some delicate 'operation' game type surgery, I extracted the clog. What was it???





A HUGE CHIP OF A MOLAR! That's right! A tooth!

Now that has to be a first!
Cheers! And here's to more cleaning. What will I find next? I'm almost afraid to find out.

Discmonkey
- and now for a couple humorous pics (what is the last one supposed to mean?):

[compirate]

Funny pics and no pic of the tooth?

Card being card reader, those are the ball dispensing readout and buttons, you need a Daverob CR Emulator dongle for them to work.

[Discmonkey]

Ye shall ask and ye shall receive!

BEHOLD!! The blockage that brought the price down.

Who knew we had to be dentists. Remove a tooth and the machine works just like new!

[wrkey]

A tooth... now that just freaky...

and gross.


and ewww...

You know.. there's gotta be a story behind that thing!

[luckydog]

maybe the Japanese mafia collecting on an old debt

[Discmonkey]

I'm tellin' ya..the pics don't lie. And I agree, nasty. But I've a;ways been told to record/film it all!! -you know who!

I got it home just before the Vikes beat up on the Cards...was wondering how to open the bottom tray and to make the other numbers change...and gave up for the eve.
Last night, without the camera over the shoulder, I tilted the machine!! Beat up all the sumos!! The alarm was maddening but I could not believe how many winners I would've had - not enough ballz (but they're almost here Rusty!). Now, i'm going to record every time I play. I will show it here fist hand!!

Discmonkey