tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post6999104972572207285..comments2024-01-25T15:49:41.150+09:00Comments on Famicomblog: Pachinko and the Famicom: AKA the Stupid Side of Japanese GamingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-77141865888505236432017-07-11T21:31:56.331+09:002017-07-11T21:31:56.331+09:00I wanted to try Pachinko, just because I read an a...I wanted to try Pachinko, just because I read an article by some commie who said it was "sick", and run by the Yakuza, anyway. Now that I find out it's run by actual commies, not LARPers who are in Japan on their gap year from the Ivy League / Oxbridge, I'm not so sure. Also my nearest one doesn't have any obvious hole-in-the-wall booth nearby to collect your mon, i mean, "sell" your plastic trinket prizes to. Nice one calling Japan Times "semi reputable", though ;)<br />Anyway, nice blog in general. I recently got back in to videogames, retro only, of course. Unfortunately Osaka doesn't seem to have an "Omocha Souko", but I did find a VGC Super Famicom with all the wires and two controllers for about 3000 yen recently, and a boxed Playstation for 2000. Been thinking about a Famiclone from Don Quijote with "88" built-in games (I suspect that's 8 games times 11 palette swaps), but I understand a lot of them aren't perfect emulators. I had to get an original SFC after I read that the emulators don't support the SuperFX chip, I needed my Starfox!Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14722956860700640056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-15281844689204807942017-07-11T21:30:52.370+09:002017-07-11T21:30:52.370+09:00This comment has been removed by the author.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14722956860700640056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-71493275415200563802014-01-29T20:39:43.871+09:002014-01-29T20:39:43.871+09:00I enjoy reading this blog. You guys do a great job...I enjoy reading this blog. You guys do a great job at it. My friends pushed me into buying a flight ticket through Flysky.ro and I await for my vacation time \ ^ o ^ / Can't wait to visit a pachinko Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-19933608126115150662012-01-06T12:39:43.405+09:002012-01-06T12:39:43.405+09:00Thanks, Yatagarasu! I can imagine that meth proba...Thanks, Yatagarasu! I can imagine that meth probably sustains a lot of careerists. Perhaps the game also explains the vast energy drink industry in Japan:)Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-61067888630069410332012-01-06T11:49:12.217+09:002012-01-06T11:49:12.217+09:00"romantic fascination with the folly of hubri..."romantic fascination with the folly of hubris" - complex! Enjoyed this.<br /><br /> I've read that shabu, aka Crystal Meth, often fuels the 10-hour day of many career parlorists. That is not in any of the pachinko games I tried.Yatagarasunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-82738262533358009442011-02-02T19:45:05.697+09:002011-02-02T19:45:05.697+09:00An amusing and interesting read, thanks, great pos...An amusing and interesting read, thanks, great post! :)RetroKingSimonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05609689348601442117noreply@blogger.com