“Pachinko’s” emotionally fraught Season 2 finale was, in many ways, two years in the making — and putting together the episode was both daunting and exciting.

It’s not just Konami that’s turning classic game franchises into pachinko machines. A 9-year-old Japanese schoolchild made a physical pachinko version of Namco’s 1982 arcade shooter Xevious ...

Do you like pachinko? Do you have a 3DS? Well I've got some good news for you. Japanese game maker IREM will be releasing a new game on the 3DS called Pachinko Parlor 3D: The Open Sea Stories 2.

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Planet Pachinko A WiiWare platformer that plays inside a pachinko (Japanese Gambling) machine From the first NES adventure to the Switch’s Wonder, we ...

Much like Japan's population, pachinko is aging, and the number of parlors is shrinking. There are nearly a third fewer than there were in 2005, and parlors are struggling to attract younger players, ...

Japanese governors are turning to an old-fashioned weapon in a bid to get the country's pachinko gambling parlours to close during the coronavirus pandemic: naming and shaming.

The game is called pachinko, and it's a multibillion-dollar business in Japan, a business dominated by Koreans. Min Jin Lee has written a new novel called "Pachinko." ...

Since Pachinko games are a form of gambling, gamers under 18 can’t play the machines. To play, a metal ball is dropped down a board which triggers the release of smaller balls.

The title of this article "Recreation for R*tards" in Japanese is "teino yugi pachinko" (低能遊戯パチンコ), which could alternatively be translated as "game for morons." That said, the irony here is that ...

QUESTION: About 15 years ago I bought a Japanese pachinko machine at an Orlando shop. It’s in need of repair, but the shop that sold it to me has closed. Where can I get it fixed? ANSWER: The… ...

Japanese governors have been publicly naming-and-shaming pachinko parlours that don't heed the call to shut during the coronavirus outbreak AFP / CHARLY TRIBALLEAU Japanese governors are turning ...