Other 'moderns'
deji-pachi - The most often seen pachinko machine today in parlours in Japan is the CR (Card Reader) and/or deji-pachi machine. The deji (digital) pachi (pachinko) machine almost always contain a central video screen, which these days is becoming larger and larger on the playfield, and almost always has no mechanical centrepiece, as this area is taken up by the huge video screen instead. It typically relies on the usual '777' scenario, or similar matching sequence based on various themes (like Mahjong tiles, for example), for it's trip to a Fever ('Febah' if the kana is read aloud) payout mode.
Modern deji-pachi's seem to have less and less nails to run balls through too, as the now ancient Masamura gauge standard of nail settings that had been used for so many years, is pushed out in place of the ever brighter, louder and flashier video attractors. The nails are now, on these, merely a contrivance to start a fever thru directing balls to an easy Starter chukka, rather than the *whole game* (reading, then placement) that they were before. Really, the video animation itself is now the whole game for modern deji-pachi enthusiasts and as such, they interest me very little.
For the reasons above, these machines are not covered further on this site. In the rare cases that a modern deji-pachi does contain a yakumono I do find interesting, or is actually a kenrimono/ hanemono machine with a digital display, it'll get a mention. The links section however, provides further info on sites that cover deji-pachi machines in-depth, for those that are curious.
deji-pachi - The most often seen pachinko machine today in parlours in Japan is the CR (Card Reader) and/or deji-pachi machine. The deji (digital) pachi (pachinko) machine almost always contain a central video screen, which these days is becoming larger and larger on the playfield, and almost always has no mechanical centrepiece, as this area is taken up by the huge video screen instead. It typically relies on the usual '777' scenario, or similar matching sequence based on various themes (like Mahjong tiles, for example), for it's trip to a Fever ('Febah' if the kana is read aloud) payout mode.
Modern deji-pachi's seem to have less and less nails to run balls through too, as the now ancient Masamura gauge standard of nail settings that had been used for so many years, is pushed out in place of the ever brighter, louder and flashier video attractors. The nails are now, on these, merely a contrivance to start a fever thru directing balls to an easy Starter chukka, rather than the *whole game* (reading, then placement) that they were before. Really, the video animation itself is now the whole game for modern deji-pachi enthusiasts and as such, they interest me very little.
For the reasons above, these machines are not covered further on this site. In the rare cases that a modern deji-pachi does contain a yakumono I do find interesting, or is actually a kenrimono/ hanemono machine with a digital display, it'll get a mention. The links section however, provides further info on sites that cover deji-pachi machines in-depth, for those that are curious.
