Silver Ball Planet in Osaka, Japan

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This place is incredible, I wish there was somewhere like this in London!

Just spent half a day there, will definitely be back before my holiday here is over next week. Most machines are 50p, TFTC and a few EMs were 5p!

As reputed, that TFTC crypt keeper cackling does get your ti... nerves in multiball especially, it's an okay game though. I finally tried GnR too, fantastic pin, easily one of the best DEs. Jurassic Park was fun too, another pin I've wanted to try for yonks - that Raptor kick back is brutally quick!

 

[Sgt GrizZ]

Looks fantastic

And as always with these big pin arcades, you can barely move in there for the excited punters thronging around every game like it was the last arcade on earth

 

[Cryptkeeper]

Was in Japan last year and absolutely loved it !
I cannot wait to go back.
The arcades in Tokyo are insane .No pins tho.
There is one arcade dedicated to old japanese EM games (not necessarily pins) and they have a few.

Enjoy the rest of your trip.
Im not jealous one bit .................

 

[cooldan]

holy crap that place has zillions of immaculate pinball machines and not a soul in sight. how many were there, did you play them all? and why on earth was it so deserted?

 

[BigIan]

yeah looks awesome, unfortuanetly also looks like it might be closed before you get back to it

 

[node]

holy crap that place has zillions of immaculate pinball machines and not a soul in sight. how many were there, did you play them all? and why on earth was it so deserted?

I was there on a Thursday to be fair! Seems like a semi-retirement project for the owner so maybe he cashed out and doesn't need to make a living from it.

The DESW was the best I've seen, immaculate cab and barely any stubble on Princess Leia. (Bit jealous given the condition mine was in, but I'm taking it as an incentive to get it restored to its former glory - where's the fun in splurging on an immaculate pin?)

 

[stevebm1]

old thread,I know but this place is still open,a member on uk vac,just returned to the uk and posted some pictures here:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/827wrztppdxtjvm/AACq9rKgIYwXZlbK00VUXMBqa?dl=0