Underplayed Gems

Sanyo Pachinko Paradise (1999)

Sanyo Pachinko Paradise cover
Developer
Irem
Platforms
PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Genres
Simulator

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The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A quietly mundane loop of watching steel balls cascade through pachinko machines, wrapped in a lighthearted story about chasing wealth and impressing girls one lever-pull at a time.

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About

The first installment of the pachinko series lovingly referred to as "PachiPara", Sanyo Pachinko Paradise is the first game in the longest pachinko gambling series made by Irem, the game features a library, 2 pachinko machines and also a story mode in which the player is a young pachinko gambler that wants to become millionaire playing pachinko machines and impress beautiful girls with his pachinko skills.

Screenshots

Sanyo Pachinko Paradise screenshot 1

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.