Introducing: a mysterious Nishijin Arrangeball.
Nishijin Lucky Welcome Part 3. Actually I'm not sure what the game's name is...
Picture from the YJA auction
I saw this game on YJA, and thought: "Never seen a Nishinjin Arrangeball before! Looks interesting"
Judging by the auction pictures... the machine looked reasonably complete and minimally festy.
The browser translation of the japanese item description was vague but it was worth taking a chance:
Translation:
Vague, but not terrible.
To this day... I still don't know what 3N stands for :-(
Conveniently, the game had a "buy it now" option at what I considered a fair price so I bought it and had it shipped via the usual method.
The machine's insides did sustain a bit of damage during transport but I don't mind.
I will bag these bits and file them under: "I don't care"
That's part of the game when importing games from Japan.
A subassembly got loose, banged around inside the game and some plastic bits got broken. Nothing two wood screws can't fix.
On the plus side. I found some tokens and a 1 Yen coin inside the cabinet.
Two of those fancy Sammy Arrangeball tokens: Score!
When I first opened the cabinet I was surprised to find a transformer AND a power supply. The transformer was added later I believe.
Power supply on the left. Transformer on the right.
The power supply has a standard power cord and plug that would fit in any 100V or 120V receptacle, but with a red tag stating that it runs on 24V.
Sadly, since this picture was taken, the graphics on the tag have disintegrated into dust. Morgul Ink!
If the tag was missing and someone unknowingly plugged it straight into the mains, that would be the end for that game.
I guess that when this game was in a parlour, it would have dedicated power plugs for that system.
When this game was new, it was probably stuck in a row of identical machines, making the game generic.A row of identical games that, as a whole, was probably imposing.But now the game by itself, almost forgotten and on a different continent. Somehow that gives it some kind of uniqueness.When new this game was considered novel cheap entertainment.Disposable.Rows of identical games, filling dead air with electronic sounds and cigarette smoke.
The game has a strange Art Deco Cabaret / Carmen Opera / Can Can theme to it.
Almost every element is wrapped in bright orange plastic.
In the top left corner there's a graphic of a smoking woman pointing with her thumb to the abstract motif in the back, with "Part 3" in a kind of 30's art deco style below.
Top right has a slightly different art deco styled "Stop" for when the machine is out of tokens and the payout below. This machine pays out a maximum of 10 tokens per game.
Nishijin Lucky Welcome
Apron
Top centre there's a cool feature that I will go over in details next post
Feature / side game
On the left, from top to bottom:
coin chute, coin return button, coin return slot, payout button and feature button
Nishijin door lock
Four by Four card, standard number arrangement.
Next part: Repairs and gameplay
