Classic Modern 1990's Nishijin Mr.フォール PT2 Mr. Fall Pt 2
Hello everyone! I am newer to PachiTalk! You can call me Dill. I live in Raleigh, North Carolina. I have lurked around and thought of owning a Pachinko machine and my wish came true last week when I bought a vintage Nishijin Model B from Goodwill for $80. It arrived and thanks to the guides people have posted in here and the videos, I was able to get it fully up and running in no time! Super simple as it was all about moving the latches and putting everything in the right place, just needs some cleaning now. I will post more about that one in the Vintage category. I had considered getting a vintage model on FB Marketplace but they were pretty pricey or in really rough shape or had no/rusty balls. Anyway, I got this first machine and the whole family has had so much fun playing with it, the only complaint was that it could use more lights or sounds.
Well, either it was fate or perhaps the Facebook app listening in, the day after I got my first one, someone listed a pachinko machine for $40, "needs repair"
My wife had just gone to sleep, no way I would wake her up from her slumber to show her this. I also was too excited to wait until the next day. I quickly messaged the person and they said they would be open to meet that night. I got their address and drove out. Now I was excited about this model as it was still "vintage-ish" but has the little Hanemono game in the middle and I also knew it would have more lights and sound as well. Seemed perfect to go with our other one! The downfall was I could not find anything on this unit when doing a search. Clearly the vintage models get a lot of the attention with guides and such. Theres just so many modern machines and changes, I get it.
So I arrive at the sellers house and I go in and there it is, just sitting there. I ask if they know anything about it, they dont. The lady says she sells stuff and thats how she makes some side cash. I stare at the machine maybe 10 minutes thinking "what is all this, can I even figure this out". I spot a lego brick stuck in the lower ball track that feeds into the jackpot and lots of balls queued up to go behind it. That must be why it is for repair, or maybe they just looked at it and decided it was broken (it was quite gross). I mumble a bit and offer the lady $20 and a promise that if I got it working I would send her a video of me playing it. She said yes and I brought it home.
First thing I did was cleaned the glass, now I could actually see inside it well. Next, I removed the stuck lego piece and the balls now flowed freely into the jackpot area. I noticed there was a piece of paper inside the door on how to win the jackpot but I could not figure out how to open the door, it was clearly different than my vintage model. So lets plug it in and see what happens! I grab an extension cord and plug it up, lights come on but not a lot. Just a screen scrolling Japanese and some small lights on either side of the center feature. I also hear a weird electrical buzz that is changing pitch as the screen scrolls its message. I look at the back and its coming from the silver box that looks like it might be the computer or something. This is possibly Problem #1 assuming this is not normal.
I put some balls in and go to use the launcher and... nothing. It wont fire. I open the door and drop a ball in the center #2 jackpot and it makes a ton of happy noises (that are so loud it scares the heck out of me) and lights flash but it dispenses no balls (Problem #2). I unplug the speaker and wiggle things until it spits out the ball I had played but still no jackpot. At some point during all of the following antics I happen to get the jackpot to work, but it is not consistent and I have no clue what caused it to "work". The fact that it did though at least told me that the stuff does work as intended if everything is just right. One thing I noticed was the tracks in the back seemed hinged and would open quite easily. I tried to find out how to "click" it to the game board but it wouldnt stay flat against it, just a small gap so I taped it down for now. Another thing was I found a small black box in the center under the feature which had two wires going to it. One of them was barely connected, so I fixed it. I excitedly go to try the launcher and... nothing still. I hold the launcher down while wiggling things and all of a sudden it fires! Yes! But then it stops. I continue wiggling and it starts firing again. It was not much longer before I realized it was not the wiggling but rather what I was touching. Anytime I touched something metal, the ball would start shooting while I was holding the trigger. So here is Problem #3, how does one correct this problem. I tried messing with the black switch on the side that you use to only shoot balls one at a time but the only thing that makes the shooter work is to activate it while touching metal (even the front door frame!).
So here I am, after much procrastinating and hoping I would magically solve all my issues, I decided to make this post and tell my story. I hope maybe you found this entertaining. Here are few other problems I noticed.
Problem #4 - Some balls are a just not super shiny. Except for a few with rust patches or fully rusted, a lot are great but some of them look like they need some attention to help prolong their useful life. Whats some strategies there?
Problem #5 - The light above the door is broken. The wiring is there but the lights or the lens are gone. I assume this part is not going to be easy to find. What are the functions of those two lights?
Problem #6 - If I manually trigger a jackpot then drop a ball in the "V" it triggers the bigger jackpot minigame. Sometimes it will go on for a while but sometimes after a short time some of the lights will turn on solid and it will make a siren noise. One time it "fixed itself" and started doing the normal jackpot thing for a bit before going back into the "siren mode". Unplugging and plugging back in the machine seems to fix this.
Problem #7 - Some areas of the game board are a little worn, even worth through the graphic just a bit. Is there anything I can apply to the graphic in these areas to seal it from more damage? Thinking like a clear fingernail polish or something. Might be too shiny though.
Problem #8 - The volume is too loud. I do see a potentiometer on the lower right hand side of the back of the machine but I am not sure what it does. Adjusting it back and forth did not seem to change the volume. I know some machines people modify them, not sure if that is needed here too. Is there a clean solution out there that does not involve cutting the original wires or would I need to make one.
Thats it for now, here are some pictures! I have the center features cover removed from the back but past that, you can see everything else that is there or might be missing.
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Here is a video of the buzzing. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...3/IMG_9422.mov
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