Other 'moderns' (continued)
arepachi/Arrangeball - Arepachi (the Japanese contraction of the english 'arrange ball') has quite a few known variants in existence, many of them in the 'vintage' pachinko category. They are more like vertical Bingo machines (which Western pinball fans would be most familiar with) where players seek to line up numbers in rows to win, but these machines use combinations of nails, balls and sometimes tokens, to do the job.
Generally, the vintage machines that used tokens instead of balls as their payout booty are Arrangeball models, which first appeared on the scene around 1972. In 1982, Taiyo trademarked a new type of Arrangeball machine that combined elements of hane, kenri and deji-pachis into a modern frame and called it Arepachi. Perhaps the most famous older-modern example of these is the 1992 machine, Fuji's ''Areddin'. A later release from Sankyo in 1993, named 'CR Vicky Chance' also became a hit, and spawned 2 sequels (Vicky Magnum and 2006's CR Vicky Chance REV).
As these pachinko typically don't use yakumono in their setups, they are only briefly covered in this site, and only then for the rarer and popular Arepachi models which do add in hane/kenri & skill elements. Arrangeball machines as a type, tend to be vintage (pre-electronic shooters) and so don't fit here. The links section however, provides further info on sites that cover both these machines in-depth, for those that are more curious.
arepachi/Arrangeball - Arepachi (the Japanese contraction of the english 'arrange ball') has quite a few known variants in existence, many of them in the 'vintage' pachinko category. They are more like vertical Bingo machines (which Western pinball fans would be most familiar with) where players seek to line up numbers in rows to win, but these machines use combinations of nails, balls and sometimes tokens, to do the job.
Generally, the vintage machines that used tokens instead of balls as their payout booty are Arrangeball models, which first appeared on the scene around 1972. In 1982, Taiyo trademarked a new type of Arrangeball machine that combined elements of hane, kenri and deji-pachis into a modern frame and called it Arepachi. Perhaps the most famous older-modern example of these is the 1992 machine, Fuji's ''Areddin'. A later release from Sankyo in 1993, named 'CR Vicky Chance' also became a hit, and spawned 2 sequels (Vicky Magnum and 2006's CR Vicky Chance REV).
As these pachinko typically don't use yakumono in their setups, they are only briefly covered in this site, and only then for the rarer and popular Arepachi models which do add in hane/kenri & skill elements. Arrangeball machines as a type, tend to be vintage (pre-electronic shooters) and so don't fit here. The links section however, provides further info on sites that cover both these machines in-depth, for those that are more curious.
