I live in Japan and have been in the pachinko parlors here. I have never seen one of the older machines. Man are they different. The newer machines don't have a launch switch like the one in the video. The newer ones have forced air that propel the balls into the machine. You have a knob that you can use to try and control the airflow rate. So basically game play goes a lot faster. Seeing the older machine was very interesting.

11:57 _"there are four lights!"_ Ha, that ST:TNG Reference! Really good episode that one.

A childhood friend's dad brought one just like this from his tour in the Navy. We were told it was "broken" (i.e. missing the metal balls). But we later discovered that some glass marbles were just the right size. We had such fun playing with it after that. As an adult, I often wondered what it would have taken to refurbish it. So, thanks for some closure on that.

sure wish you would offer this as a kit for existing pachinko machine owners!

Fixing up an old Sankyo like this rn. Thought about adding something like this, but way too much. Just going to do the lights up and keep it old school. I think the playtime would be mire relaxing without sounds effects.

Omg this board is amazing, I just bought a machine for 20$ that’s working but needs electronics in it, what id give to visit you guys and work on mine together, great work!

Hey guys, cool episode! Ignoring all the ridiculous comments, this was a funny and interesting video. Thanks for making your friend a part of the show, Karen! To note: the outro audio was really low.

@The Ben Heck Show : I wonder if you could do something similar with table soccer? A switch on each of the players feet could activate commentary, the sound of the crowd could get louder the closer to the goal. Obviously goal switches (and the crowd goes wild). It would be funny to give the players silly names too, with a set of random comments between kicks etc... What do you think?

THE episode ben heck almost died of laughter xD

I wouldn't say it's priceless now, but it sure could be sold for about farty thousand dollars!

They really need to update their intro.

The number of balls in this video is TOO DAMN HIGH!

Oh God, Konami got to Ben Heck! It's all Pachinko from here! :V

That was pretty neat to see a pachinko machine getting a bit of fixing up, even though those ones are mechanical and don't even need the sound effects.

LOL... "There are FOUR lights".... Doesn't get much better than that.

Cool finally some really outstanding fancy hardware

Just picked up my 4th pachinko machine in about 6 months today. Was not trying to collect them, but they keep falling into my lap. Might have 2 more coming soon as my friend looks through his stuff.

Beeeeaaaauuuuty! Love the Dave Jones reference.

Once again, "oh this ben heck video looks interesting.... oh hey it's FRIDAY!!!!"

When I was a kid there was a parlor down the street for me and I used to play this. Ones just like this from the 70s. You would pay a few dollars

Most I've ever laughed during a TBHS episode!

That's quite an upgrade and improvement. People sell a lot of those on eBay and antique stores that don't work and need restoration and are sold at very cheap prices. He'd have to purchase them but if they don't work, they're cheap. But just think of the prices he could sell them for if he gave them upgrades like that! Vintage pachinko machines that are modern at the same time!

Best single episode project so far, topping just barely the EEV Dave See'nSay.

Fart mode is epic! Now I'm hungry! xD

Ben, you are very inspiring. I plan on redoing an old pinball and this video gave me really good ideas. Thanks for explaining the electronic wiring. Keep those awesome videos coming.

I really enjoyed this episode, good to have some good old fashioned teaching us about transistors. Although I feel a diagram could have come in handy showing *how* his test setup was wired, as the wide shot wasn't quite enough.

Mattel Football with crowds, narration, tackles, kickoff, etc... good luck.

HIT THE LEVER!!! i bet konami loves this episode >:)

I haven't watched any of your videos for a while. This was a really great one though. and thumbs up on the beard. engineers and beards belong together

Now that was a fun ep

You woke up at a friends place!? Explain...

I'm gonna hear Felix saying "Please load balls" in my head for the next month at least

I love this show, watched every episode and now re watching them over :)

Said it before and I'll say it again, I'm diggin' the beard.

"There are four lights!" lol Nice TNG reference, Ben!

At the start of the video, if you wait a bit then skip ahead, you'll hear "The Ben Heck Shom"

11:57 StarTrek TNG reference "There are 4 lights!" I laughed... No one else did.

Ben, next laptop you make (or revisit) you should put a "keymander" in it so you can use a keyboard and mouse

love the subtle Next Gen reference.

Google for "Pajatso" (or Payazzo) and you'll see the Finnish version of this game, which we stopped using in 2005. These were both invented in the very early 1900's.

excellent episode

I hope Ben got her number. I sense love is in the air

Whoa the music started blasting at 16:07!

Great video as always Ben!

That's awesome! I can't say i have seen one in Australia ever.

Love the Star Trek reference "There are FOUR lights!"

This is the exact same model of pachinko machine my grandfather brought back from Japan.

Way to go! Now I got to know something new again.

i envy electrical engineers who can play around with circuits like its a walk in the park

I just got 2 old pachinko machines both need work. This was so cool to watch. I don't know electric stuff or connections. Do you or anyone convert these machines over like in this video? I would love to get more info on this if possible. Thank you :)

"He got it for free" lol I know the feeling I had 2 Pachinko machines from that era, I couldn't even give them away. Most people have no clue what they are here in the States, much less want 2.

best ep yet!

Dang it Ben! What did I just say about those side burns?

is it cold in your workshop because poor Karen always looks freezing

Nice to see the Xbox in the intro being used to play games awesome work love the channel keep it up

Awwww this is so entertaining......keep up the wonderful work you beautiful beautiful people

I know, childish of me, but I laughed every time "balls loaded" came up! :b

Great video as always! The best start for the weekend :)

holy crap, you guys got the same pachinko machine that I found!

Music at 16 minutes far too loud. Hard to make out what Karen was saying.

Just an FYI the sun off snow will burn you like crazy. Sunscreen when you are skiing is VERY important. Also was it snow, or white sand desert?

Whoops, the Element 14 outro is very quiet. Anyway, loved the episode!

Neat. My uncle has a copy of that same machine.

Using a ULN2803 would reduce your soldering work quite a bit. It's my favourite component!

So sad to see that Philips FW C577 get torn apart. Such a great stereo; used to have one of those a while back. I remember having paid around $360 for it at Walmart.

This is all so appropriate considering the name of the pachinko maker "NISHIJIN" could be translated to "West People" depending on the Chinese characters intended. It is in romaji though, which is alphabet letters, but the most common Japanese words were the basis for my translation.

loads of balls jokes waiting to be made!

My father in law has been asking me to try to repair one of these. Might have to do something like this myself.

Any time Ben Heck could show us how to build a Commodore 128 power supply? Maybe make one that works on rechargeable batteries? 😍😍😍

6:53 too much EEVlog for Ben

Love the rebuild & idea of sound effects. My problem now is that fill ball tray light switch which can't be fixed. Where does one get a micro switch? The win switch is ok accept I will have to cut the plastic weld over one contact arm for the weld/solder just fell off.

Nice! Now I know what to do with my pachinko machine! LOL

BD131 would have been the way to go especially if you use a heatsink and mount the BD131s onto the heatsink use 3 pin connectors to connect the BD131s to the PCB which also holds the micro-controller.

Very interesting mod to the system. Great job you guys. :D Ben, I think you should check into some Teensy 3.2's or 3.5's since they are Arduino compatible and also their digital inputs are 5V tolerant. The Teensy 3.2 has one analog output and the Teensy 3.5 has 2 analog outputs. Plus the Teensy 3.5 has a microSD card slot so you could easily store some audio files on it for more interesting mods. :D

Hello, Wisconsin!

I love the nod to EEVBlog at 6:54

gotta love Karen's RTFM mug

Ben Heck show themed Konami Pachinko Machine. lol

I need a "Balls Ready" and "Jackpot" switch of my own.

The Price is Right show has this game in a giant form factor and i believe it's even called Pachinko

Hello, Ben, I'd like to suggest a project. A wireless HD. Modify an HD by placing a wireless module so that you can transfer files. What do you think?

The Ben Heck Show? More like The *Beard* Heck Show. ;)

Enjoyed! I think I can figure this out, but a circuit diagram would be helpful, not sure if you dropped a diode in there and not sure how you are doing the 2 wire to the transistor. Also what control code did you generate as I'm not sure how to signal the LED as a "duty" cycle. If you are going to publish these, a link to the code (assuming you want to share), circuit diagram (back of a napkin or white board is fine), and .STL would be wicked, cool, awesome. Think I can figure out the BOM from the video. Thanks!

The e14 outro title card audio is very quiet, just so you know

great job, I love the rebuild videos.

Hole for the speaker could be anywhere along the bottom yet she decided it had to be right above the feet and then were surprised there were screws in the way 😅

You should make a bomb game like that game where one person decodes the bomb moduals and the other has to follow the directions

I have one of these. Thank you for this video I may want to fix it and keep it.

I'd like to see Ben take apart a Google Home - get rid of the speakers, just keep the bare essentials, keep the voice control, but ditch the wire. I want to be able to control my lights, my tv, chromecasts, etc - without being near my single, bulky Google Home. I want it to fit into a pocket.

I love these videos... great stuff!

Im assuming you only put a resistor on the base of the transistor? Does that resistor value have to be calculated, or do you just use some standard value?

Was Ben stood in the parking lot while doing the voice over for the element 14 bit right at the very end?

Omg can I have this!!!!!?????!!!!! Great job!!!

"We can 3d print the parts that are missing!" OH MY GOD THIS ERA WE LIVE IN! I NEEEED A 3D PRINTER :3

8-bit mode really suits it well

I for one wish Pokemon still had the Game Corners. All it taught me as a kid, was not gamble.

Do a "Tomy Turbo Dasboard" hack / rebuild / upgrade?

Good video.

Fart mode must have "Oops I just soil my pants" after a few quick draw of the lever! hahaha

that was fun!