Do i have a problem?

[mosheste]

Well friends, its a difficult thing to admit but i would take a bold step and say it anyway...

All of my machines are not cyclic machines...they are regular - "Jackpot chamber" machines but unfortunately I'm finding myself enjoying myself much more if i don't fill this chamber...

I know that the "normal payment system" should give you a more authentic experience but i feel its a chore to keep on refilling the chamber - it keeps me away from the actual game-play... so i just don't fill it and the "winnings" are accumulating...

I even bought a "Ball Lifter" but alas, its not fast enough and it doesn't keep up when it comes to "Fever Winnings"...

So this is where i stand and say with a trembling voice..."Hello my name is Mosheste - and i don't fill my Jackpot Chamber"...

[derek1960]

They are your games and you can play them any way you want, Good for you
Now send me that ball lifter you never use

[luckydog]

filling the top rear hopper is part of the home experience.

doing the 2 handed shuffle is good exercise too

I will admit on Cutie Honey I don't shoot any balls during the fevers

I love watching the the light show, Honey's videos and fever music

[Lt Teddy]

I could use a ball lifter too. It is hard for mopar to keep up with filling my machine.

[mosheste]

Also,The whole filling process is to noisy...

[Chrisdice]

I agree with you 100%. The first thing I do when I get a new pachinko is convert it to cyclic. I find it so much easier and enjoyable not worring about all the payouts, spent balls and hopper fills. I play for the video/reels and music not worthless price balls. Also no matter how authentic you try to make your machines you can never duplicate a true parlor experience at home. The lighting, smells, pretty girls, ect. is what makes a true experience the games are only part of it. JMHO .

[TilionMtl]

ok mosheste.. you deserve it!!!



That's it, you got it!!!

heheheheh

[candyflip]

Also,The whole filling process is to noisy...

I hire small children from the neighbourhood and pay 'em $2 an hour, or 250 balls (whichever is the greater value to them) as ball refillers.

They also buy me cigarettes, empty the ashtrays, clean the floors around the machines, deal with undesirables who hog any machine too long, and refill the snack machines and coffee filters.

If they make too much noise, I get them to use foam cup catchers and wear satin gloves. They find this difficult work, but the added manual dexterity they come away with is something to see...

[MrGneiss]

If you don't care about payouts or like cyclic thats ok, but I'd be mighty sad if my machines didn't pay out!!

[derek1960]

Also,The whole filling process is to noisy...

Get yourself a wife,They will drown out the noise of any Pachinko

[Lazarus]

Possibly make a vary large reservoir for balls so you have enough to work with and the lifter can work to replenish the reservoir as it can. I find it hard to believe the lifter can't keep up. It should be able to do more than one machine.

[Sederien]

I agree with you 100%. The first thing I do when I get a new pachinko is convert it to cyclic. I find it so much easier and enjoyable not worring about all the payouts, spent balls and hopper fills. I play for the video/reels and music not worthless price balls. Also no matter how authentic you try to make your machines you can never duplicate a true parlor experience at home. The lighting, smells, pretty girls, ect. is what makes a true experience the games are only part of it. JMHO .

(Minus the smells... I usually play in no-smoking environments.)

[hanabi]

Possibly make a vary large reservoir for balls so you have enough to work with and the lifter can work to replenish the reservoir as it can. I find it hard to believe the lifter can't keep up. It should be able to do more than one machine.

That's what I was thinking too, I'm sure I've seen posts about the Ball Lifters being used to support 3 Pachinkos at least

I have a Ball Lifter which has been in storage for some time, it will be assembled when I finally get my Games Room built and I envisioned it being able to replenish 2 or 3

[Lazarus]

It is the same for myself Hanabi. My machines have been in storage so I have not been able to hook up the ball lifter. I think Arby did a test and a lifter ran at least four pachinkos. Though that was while they were just playing normally. I think when one went into fever you had to play only that machine. There are some machines that fever vary heavily so it's possible it may still have trouble keeping up.

[Moparformances]

my plan it to run at least 3 with my lifter.. not worried about a feaver cause thouse balls are winners and easy to dump back into my ball hopper from the front side.. i bought my lifter so i dont have to reach behind any more

[hanabi]

It is the same for myself Hanabi. My machines have been in storage so I have not been able to hook up the ball lifter. I think Arby did a test and a lifter ran at least four pachinkos. Though that was while they were just playing normally. I think when one went into fever you had to play only that machine. There are some machines that fever vary heavily so it's possible it may still have trouble keeping up.

Yes my ball lifter came all the way over from Arby, it was checked over when it arrived and then safely stored away so that it wouldn't get damaged

I play my wall mount pachinko (currently Star Wars) in the living room, the cabinet incorporates a drawer for lost balls and has a wooden hopper on top, and a Daverob Card Reader & Emulator Dongle, so that one doesn't need to be topped up as often

I have Spiderman Neo on it's feet in the garage, along with the Vintage, so they are accessible to play especially for my children to get to, just have to keep topping up the hoppers...

And I bring an extra pachinko down to play in the kitchen, which I swap titles every so many months, again these require frantic hopper filling, but I quite like the rush

I think even when my Games Room is here, I will only use the ball lifter on 2 or 3 of them, probably incorporated into some multi wall cabinet, the rest will be in separate wall mounts with big hoppers and I won't mind refilling them too much

[derek1960]

And I bring an extra pachinko down to play in the kitchen, which I swap titles every so many months, again these require frantic hopper filling, but I quite like the rush

Burnt food again tonight kid's, Mummy's got a fever