Pinball High Score

Posted on December 16, 2024 Posted in PicsTagged Arcade, Australia, Game, IRL, Melbourne, Pinball

In retrospect, this might not have been a well-played machine, making the high score thresholds pretty low.

Ticket Cutter

Posted on December 4, 2024 Posted in PicsTagged Arcade, Indonesia, IRL, Jakarta, Nostalgia, Old, Ticket

I miss the charm of the old ticket cutting machines at arcades. Bringing that pile of tickets gained from weeks/months of grinding on various games and watching all that go into a shredder and incrementing a number to see whether you can actually get that big prize you were gunning for. Sure, there’s still a few places with these machines, but almost all of them are self-service at this point, while the rest just digitally add the tickets straight to your card. Some games even digitally add it at the same pace as the paper ticket dispensing, making it extra boring. Oh, this got me a Mickey Mouse backpack which I still kept to this day, though I’m not sure whether its a counterfeit or not (it feels really cheap but at the same time has a Disney hologram and licensing info so idk).

Bonus!

Posted on November 25, 2024 Posted in PicsTagged Arcade, Australia, Bonus, Game, IRL, Space

Mastering my way through a different arcade game. I do love the resurgence of skill-based bonuses and jackpots.

Jackpot!

Posted on September 17, 2024September 17, 2024 Posted in PicsTagged Arcade, Australia, Game, IRL, Jackpot, Roll

I remember when I played at a game arcade back when I was little, I was fixated at this grown man who’s hunched over a game machine where he pushes a ball at just the right power to land at a jackpot slot practically every time. Many years later, I realised that there is a strategy to profiting while having fun at a game arcade. Sure, it’s a very narrow strategy, limited to specific games while exploiting more favorable winning probabilities, but having exploited Power Roll machines to win 2 Nintendo Switches at market price, I’d say the planning is fun in and of itself, and having perfected a strategy, you get to experience the joyful “jackpot” moment over and over again.

A Bout of Crane Game

Posted on April 12, 2024April 10, 2024 Posted in PicsTagged Arcade, Crane, Game, GIGO, IRL, Japan, Osaka

Hung out with Lito at a GiGO and caught this cute and fluffy Pochita… after dumping 4,800 yen.