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Where are the crazy coin pusher games at?
I used to see on Y… I am a coin pusher addict, every time I go to Japan I'll find a coin pusher in a random Taito station, but sometimes the machines are old, or the jackpots are not too entertaining.
I used to see on YouTube massive coin pushers that the whole damn machine practically transformed in front of your face, where can I find these machines?! Is there a catalog or list of the "best" in terms of the action you get the longer you play?
https://youtu.be/i0OnmhhFk9g is one of my oldest memories but never found a machine like this in my travels.
Any recommendations on where I can find the craziest coin pushers would make my trip! 🙏🏻
Thanks!
fwiw the closest I've seen to that old school crazy action lately is at the Namco arcade in Takadanobaba, right next to the station. they have a pusher with a rotating middle platform that drops medals into a lower tray and the whole thing shakes when you hit the jackpot spot. not the full mechanical transformation but the payout can stack up nicely if you watch someone else play first to see when it's close
also worth checking the game center in Sunshine City, the one on the 3rd floor near the Namja Town entrance. they've had a couple of the deeper cabinets with multiple ball drop points and the staff actually restocks them during the day so the field stays active. I've seen people walk away with those big plush prize sets from the top shelf there
for tracking stuff down, searching google maps for "メダルゲーム" and sorting by newest reviews sometimes pulls up recent phone videos people took of the machines. that's how I found the one in Takadanobaba actually, someone posted a 30 second clip of the platform dropping
Those huge transforming machines from the 2010s are pretty much gone from the standard chains. The video you linked is a Sega Prize Machine from the Umeda Sega building in Osaka, which itself closed a few years ago. A few of the really big Round1 locations still have multi-stage pushers with moving trays, but they're more mechanical now, not the full platform flip you're remembering.
If you're in Tokyo, head to the Round1 in Shinjuku Kabukicho near the Godzilla head. They've got a dedicated prize game floor on the upper levels, and I've seen a couple of the deeper pusher cabinets there with actual physical gimmicks like rotating discs and rising platforms. The machines there get swapped every few months based on whatever Bandai Namco or Sega releases at the arcade shows.
For a different angle, try the Taito Station in Ikebukuro right by the west exit. It's not as flashy as the Akihabara ones, but they have a quiet second floor with older pushers that sometimes have the old-style multi-ball jackpots. The staff there are also more willing to show you how the machine works if you ask in broken Japanese or point at a video on your phone.
honestly those massive transforming machines are mostly gone now. they were a 2010s thing from places like Taito Game World in Akihabara and some of the bigger Sega stores, but most of those got swapped out for simpler pushers or prize grabbers over the years
if you want the closest thing today, try the Round1 in Shinjuku or the Taito Station in Odaiba. the Odaiba one has a few multi-level pushers with actual moving platforms, not the old full-transformation type but still decent action. also check Adores in Shibuya near the Hachiko exit, they cycle machines pretty often and sometimes get the bigger ones from the newer arcade shows
for a list, there's no proper catalog but the Japanese arcade forums on 5ch (2ch) have threads where people post pics of current setups. just search "コイン落とし" and "最新" in google maps reviews, sometimes people upload videos of the machines in action. that old youtube link you posted is a Sega Prize Machine from like 2012, those are extinct now
your best bet is sticking to the big Round1 locations and asking staff if they have any "big prize" pushers. they'll usually point you to their newest floor
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