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.
@CultivateZenRaleighАй бұрын
I know this is an old comment but thank you for it, I did t know new ones use compressed air!
@ixamraxi7 жыл бұрын
11:57 _"there are four lights!"_ Ha, that ST:TNG Reference! Really good episode that one.
@Rouverius7 жыл бұрын
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.
@squeezerb14 жыл бұрын
sure wish you would offer this as a kit for existing pachinko machine owners!
@televiciousgoober4 жыл бұрын
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.
@MrTannerfigueroa4 жыл бұрын
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!
@MrPs1037 жыл бұрын
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.
@STUCASHX7 жыл бұрын
@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?
@MrAleeex12127 жыл бұрын
THE episode ben heck almost died of laughter xD
@allluckyseven7 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't say it's priceless now, but it sure could be sold for about farty thousand dollars!
@nathantron7 жыл бұрын
They really need to update their intro.
@MazeFrame7 жыл бұрын
The fart sound thingy needs to be in there!
@mmmhorsesteaks7 жыл бұрын
The number of balls in this video is TOO DAMN HIGH!
@Snotnarok7 жыл бұрын
Oh God, Konami got to Ben Heck! It's all Pachinko from here! :V
@IrishKeshiHead7 жыл бұрын
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.
@AnimalFacts7 жыл бұрын
LOL... "There are FOUR lights".... Doesn't get much better than that.
@direchannelstream92787 жыл бұрын
Cool finally some really outstanding fancy hardware
@traviswall19822 жыл бұрын
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.
@TheWP7 жыл бұрын
Beeeeaaaauuuuty! Love the Dave Jones reference.
@xKatjaxPurrsx7 жыл бұрын
Once again, "oh this ben heck video looks interesting.... oh hey it's FRIDAY!!!!"
@maker_karen17857 жыл бұрын
Happy to be a pleasant reminder for you.
@jamesdavis50962 жыл бұрын
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
@zevindd7 жыл бұрын
Most I've ever laughed during a TBHS episode!
@alexanderpytko53945 жыл бұрын
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!
@VacFink7 жыл бұрын
Best single episode project so far, topping just barely the EEV Dave See'nSay.
@JimmyDali7 жыл бұрын
Fart mode is epic! Now I'm hungry! xD
@stranger79687 жыл бұрын
Do you eat farts?
@JimmyDali7 жыл бұрын
Stranger I fart my eats
@donaldderp16027 жыл бұрын
I eats my farts
@BradCozine5 жыл бұрын
Comment reported for "Sexual Content"... :)
@GABPower7 жыл бұрын
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.
@colonelbarker7 жыл бұрын
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.
@user-mq7bs9bl7p3 жыл бұрын
Mattel Football with crowds, narration, tackles, kickoff, etc... good luck.
@LocnavLivoc7 жыл бұрын
HIT THE LEVER!!! i bet konami loves this episode >:)
@groverasylum96267 жыл бұрын
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
@ThePobolycwm7 жыл бұрын
Now that was a fun ep
@mickel11387 жыл бұрын
You woke up at a friends place!? Explain...
@Xn70007 жыл бұрын
Without previously noticing the pachinko machine . . . .
@duskkazuno7 жыл бұрын
Anybody smell a bit of...."spirit" in the air?
@bobbyewing3117 жыл бұрын
Mickel she banged a guy for his pachinko machine
@FalcoTheImpaler7 жыл бұрын
I'm gonna hear Felix saying "Please load balls" in my head for the next month at least
@MOS-MHz7 жыл бұрын
I love this show, watched every episode and now re watching them over :)
@Jingleboy147 жыл бұрын
Said it before and I'll say it again, I'm diggin' the beard.
@eddunne52557 жыл бұрын
"There are four lights!" lol Nice TNG reference, Ben!
@iProgramInCpp6 жыл бұрын
At the start of the video, if you wait a bit then skip ahead, you'll hear "The Ben Heck Shom"
@STUCASHX7 жыл бұрын
11:57 StarTrek TNG reference "There are 4 lights!" I laughed... No one else did.
@woods409127 жыл бұрын
Ben, next laptop you make (or revisit) you should put a "keymander" in it so you can use a keyboard and mouse
@pixelated.dreams7 жыл бұрын
love the subtle Next Gen reference.
@RealDids7 жыл бұрын
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.
@maker_karen17857 жыл бұрын
Wow, that's great! Originally, Ben and I were going to make a machine from scratch. Despite neither of us having heard of these, the design resemblance was strikingly similar.
@SatansLtlBaby7 жыл бұрын
excellent episode
@McCheezy4u7 жыл бұрын
I hope Ben got her number. I sense love is in the air
@infango7 жыл бұрын
:)
@element14presents7 жыл бұрын
For Pachinko machines!
@HOYS7 жыл бұрын
That's what the kids are calling it these days
@froople7 жыл бұрын
Play it smooth Ben, play it smooth... ;)
@GodsMemeTV7 жыл бұрын
Ben is an engineer, not a "look into my eyes and fall in love with me" type 😀
@franksalazar45767 жыл бұрын
Whoa the music started blasting at 16:07!
@gorillaau5 жыл бұрын
it would have killed the headphone users.
@LDMco7 жыл бұрын
Great video as always Ben!
@KegRaider7 жыл бұрын
That's awesome! I can't say i have seen one in Australia ever.
@JamesMarsack7 жыл бұрын
Love the Star Trek reference "There are FOUR lights!"
@Anodoin6 жыл бұрын
This is the exact same model of pachinko machine my grandfather brought back from Japan.
@demoscenes7 жыл бұрын
Way to go! Now I got to know something new again.
@VR4OZ7 жыл бұрын
i envy electrical engineers who can play around with circuits like its a walk in the park
@0007smitty4 жыл бұрын
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 :)
@spencers41217 жыл бұрын
"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.
@camballer947 жыл бұрын
best ep yet!
@OriruBastard7 жыл бұрын
Dang it Ben! What did I just say about those side burns?
@rubusroo687 жыл бұрын
is it cold in your workshop because poor Karen always looks freezing
@maker_karen17857 жыл бұрын
If it gets below 60F I'm cold. But yes, Wisconsin winters are brutal and the heat in our shop is only so good.
@jwhite50087 жыл бұрын
Wow, it actually got down to -5F (-21C) at night there just recently. If this keeps up, next project may have to be "upgrade the heating". Here in Moscow temp fell to -20F (-28C) last week... World is freezing!
@nrdesign19917 жыл бұрын
Jesus christ! The lowest it got here in January was -5°C or so
@gr33nbits937 жыл бұрын
Nice to see the Xbox in the intro being used to play games awesome work love the channel keep it up
@idontlikeseeinglongusernam45897 жыл бұрын
Awwww this is so entertaining......keep up the wonderful work you beautiful beautiful people
@chantafreak7 жыл бұрын
I know, childish of me, but I laughed every time "balls loaded" came up! :b
@doffer9877 жыл бұрын
Great video as always! The best start for the weekend :)
@DarkVeilGaming7 жыл бұрын
holy crap, you guys got the same pachinko machine that I found!
@SirHackaL0t.7 жыл бұрын
Music at 16 minutes far too loud. Hard to make out what Karen was saying.
@Gigator7 жыл бұрын
Agreed. I also thought the outro music was a bit loud.
@CDRaff7 жыл бұрын
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?
@gamehulk7 жыл бұрын
Whoops, the Element 14 outro is very quiet. Anyway, loved the episode!
@jondorthebrinkinator7 жыл бұрын
Neat. My uncle has a copy of that same machine.
@pha1ox7 жыл бұрын
Using a ULN2803 would reduce your soldering work quite a bit. It's my favourite component!
@ChozoSR3887 жыл бұрын
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.
@maker_karen17857 жыл бұрын
I picked it up next to a dumpster. So in a way, I saved it...sorta.
@SharifSourour7 жыл бұрын
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.
@josephawatson7 жыл бұрын
loads of balls jokes waiting to be made!
@perfectloser7 жыл бұрын
My father in law has been asking me to try to repair one of these. Might have to do something like this myself.
@joechevy20357 жыл бұрын
Any time Ben Heck could show us how to build a Commodore 128 power supply? Maybe make one that works on rechargeable batteries? 😍😍😍
@jorgeszabo16597 жыл бұрын
6:53 too much EEVlog for Ben
@kriskersch6222 жыл бұрын
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.
@seansretroverse90827 жыл бұрын
Nice! Now I know what to do with my pachinko machine! LOL
@DAVIDGREGORYKERR7 жыл бұрын
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.
@PacoOtaktay7 жыл бұрын
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
@kooziesan7 жыл бұрын
Hello, Wisconsin!
@maker_karen17857 жыл бұрын
[waves]
@iamvonimmel7 жыл бұрын
I love the nod to EEVBlog at 6:54
@scootscoot2k7 жыл бұрын
gotta love Karen's RTFM mug
@Cartoonman1547 жыл бұрын
Ben Heck show themed Konami Pachinko Machine. lol
@ggensanctuary7 жыл бұрын
Cartoonman154 KONMAI WILL SUE
@Cartoonman1547 жыл бұрын
eXceeDLoveR lol. i think most would.
@magnumvanisher6 жыл бұрын
To be fair, the pachinko machine is not made by Konami.
@wingracer16147 жыл бұрын
I need a "Balls Ready" and "Jackpot" switch of my own.
@fish07417 жыл бұрын
The Price is Right show has this game in a giant form factor and i believe it's even called Pachinko
@PCBSLC7 жыл бұрын
It's similar. I believe it's called Plinko on the TV show
@fish07417 жыл бұрын
You are correct Plinko
@HoldFastFilms7 жыл бұрын
Plinko
@maker_karen17857 жыл бұрын
Originally we were going to make our own original game and Ben and I argued about whether it would be a Plinko or Pachinko machine. I voted Plinko because it was supposed to be an alternative to a coin-pusher game, but vertical.
@FlavioPortelaVF7 жыл бұрын
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?
@Porygonal647 жыл бұрын
The Ben Heck Show? More like The *Beard* Heck Show. ;)
@pablomck17 жыл бұрын
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!
@CalebMcGrath7 жыл бұрын
The e14 outro title card audio is very quiet, just so you know
@scyther11417 жыл бұрын
great job, I love the rebuild videos.
@kevinsong7124 ай бұрын
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 😅
@andrewkerr19637 жыл бұрын
You should make a bomb game like that game where one person decodes the bomb moduals and the other has to follow the directions
@leightonelliott31407 жыл бұрын
I have one of these. Thank you for this video I may want to fix it and keep it.
@DuuuuuudeItsJordan7 жыл бұрын
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.
@checktheevidence7 жыл бұрын
I love these videos... great stuff!
@SverdIndustries7 жыл бұрын
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?
@himselfe7 жыл бұрын
Was Ben stood in the parking lot while doing the voice over for the element 14 bit right at the very end?
@03lugnut12 жыл бұрын
Omg can I have this!!!!!?????!!!!! Great job!!!
@pesterenan7 жыл бұрын
"We can 3d print the parts that are missing!" OH MY GOD THIS ERA WE LIVE IN! I NEEEED A 3D PRINTER :3
@theanimatronicscollectoran41933 жыл бұрын
When the manufacture doesn't make parts anymore for this machine.
@nrdesign19917 жыл бұрын
8-bit mode really suits it well
@ObiTrev7 жыл бұрын
I for one wish Pokemon still had the Game Corners. All it taught me as a kid, was not gamble.
@Kangsteri7 жыл бұрын
Do a "Tomy Turbo Dasboard" hack / rebuild / upgrade?
@MDFRESCUER7 жыл бұрын
Good video.
@chtps37 жыл бұрын
Fart mode must have "Oops I just soil my pants" after a few quick draw of the lever! hahaha