100 Yen Coins

dannysaigon · Post by **dannysaigon** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 4:55 am

Anyone who uses 100 yen coins...?

I love the sound of those coin dropping...*click-cla-clank-cla-Chink!

Thumbs up! To those who uses them...!

Danny Saigon

rancor · Post by **rancor** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 5:30 am

I prefer it when the games are set to 50 yen... More play for the money..

RGC · Post by **RGC** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 10:12 am

What's wrong with the sound of a quarter or a good old fashioned ten pence piece?

moh · Post by **moh** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 11:40 am

RGC wrote:What's wrong with the sound of a quarter or a good old fashioned ten pence piece?

yeah, I tinkered with my coin mech so it would take canadian quarters =]

Skykid · Post by **Skykid** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:16 pm

Great topic.

brokenhalo · Post by **brokenhalo** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 1:06 pm

RGC wrote:What's wrong with the sound of a quarter or a good old fashioned ten pence piece?

Blasphemer! 100 yen coins have a special *click-cla-clank-cla-Chink!* that you just can't get with any other form of currency.

shmuppyLove · Post by **shmuppyLove** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 7:20 pm

dannysaigon wrote:Chink!

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 8:18 pm

Yeah, when I came back from Japan to the USA, I did bring back a few Japanese coins including a 100 yen coin as a cool momento. Unfortunately, the coin mechanism on my Egret II has been set up to accept those classic American quarters as the serious choice to "coin-up" or credit a game. Is it easy to revert back to the proper 100 yen coinage with such a coin mechanism setup on them candy cabs? Of course, some arcade shmup PCBs such as the classic Cave Donpachi and DDP don't have such a Free Play option, so the next best thing to to properly coin 'em up. It's a given alrighty.

I'll have to agree with rancor about playing those cool ol' school arcade titles for a mere 50 yen at a local game center hangout. Can't beat that price any ol' day!

True story:

Was at a game center in March of 2000 and spotted a DDP up & running on an Astro City candy cab endowed with the usual bright neon pink colored motif for both joysticks and all push buttons. Was pleasantly surprised by all the different novel bright neon "Easter Egg" color schemes that the candy cabs used (compared to the usual drab color schemes shown on the bigger American Dynamo uprights used stateside). Looked to see how much a credit was and spotted a cardboard sign taped over the usual 100 yen sign that read "50 yen". Ah, this game center appropiately prices their classic arcade shmups at the more affordable 50 yen rate (the currency exchange rate of $1.00 USD = 118 yen back at that particular point in time). Proceeded to the nearest money changer machine and put in a single 100 yen and was given two 50 yen coins in the return coin slot. Made my way back to the DDP candy cab and sat down to properly try it out for the first time. Went through my paces the first time and was blown away by how solid DDP's gameplay was. Inserted the second 50 yen coin and played it again. Vowed to someday own such a DDP PCB to play at my leisure. Fast forward a few years down the road, snagged a DDP PCB to play/own.

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

shmuppyLove · Post by **shmuppyLove** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 8:47 pm

PC Engine Fan X! wrote:Yeah, when I came back from Japan to the USA, I did bring back a few Japanese coins including a 100 yen coin as a cool momento. Unfortunately, the coin mechanism on my Egret II has been set up to accept those classic American quarters as the serious choice to "coin-up" or credit a game. Is it easy to revert back to the proper 100 yen coinage with such a coin mechanism setup on them candy cabs? Of course, some arcade shmup PCBs such as the classic Cave Donpachi and DDP don't have such a Free Play option, so the next best thing to to properly coin 'em up. It's a given alrighty.

There are also a few games that when set to Free Play will not go through the regular attract mode sequence (Guwange I'm looking at you!)

Definitely not ideal for preventing burn in on your precious CRT.

And of course if you're running a MAME setup on a cab and you don't have a spare button to assign for credits, you can always rig up a switch on your coin slot to trigger the credits instead.

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 8:50 pm

Thanks for the handy tip there, shmuppyLove. I'll keep that in mind. Yeah, "screen-burn in" is not some to be taken lightly with those big 29" CRT-based arcade monitors indeed. Gotta dial down the contrast a bit when firing up a gaming console running on such an arcade monitor just to play it safe, y'know?

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

AeroCityMayor · Post by **AeroCityMayor** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 11:18 pm

PC Engine Fan X! wrote: Is it easy to revert back to the proper 100 yen coinage with such a coin mechanism setup on them candy cabs?

Yes, very, very simple.

Check out the wiki on AO

Cheers,

Ralph.

powersoul · Post by **powersoul** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 7:33 am

I was left with a 500-yen coin which I had washed at a shrine during my last trip to Japan. My local arcades stopped using any form of coin mechanism here, so I kinda missed that sound when you feed the credit (or a 1-dolloar coin) into the machine. Even the local casinos started using the card system and the coin sounds were emulated. The feel isn't there anymore!

dannysaigon · Post by **dannysaigon** » Tue Sep 25, 2012 6:18 am

*click-cla-clank-cla-Chink..
*click-cla-clank-cla-Chink...

Started collecting coins since last May,
*click-cla-clank-cla-Chink...

Its then kept in my Taito ashtray,
*click-cla-clank-cla-Chink...

For I must drop those coin to play!
*click-cla-clank-cla-Chink...

Because I gotta hear it every day!
*click-cla-clank-cla-Chink...

Yay!!!!!!!!

**ahem..i better stop before someone call me racist again...

jasoncslaughter · Post by **jasoncslaughter** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 4:33 am

I use a 100 yen coin as a coin insert button:

Skykid · Post by **Skykid** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 3:55 pm

^ That's a cool idea man, I think I have a rough idea of how that works.

jasoncslaughter · Post by **jasoncslaughter** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 6:48 am

Yeah, it was pretty easy to install. I just took out the coin chute and installed a microswitch under the slot. The best part is if I ever decide I don't like it, it can be removed in a couple of minutes.

trap15 · Post by **trap15** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 7:39 am

That's pretty neat

Whenever I get a cab, I'll have to do that

dannysaigon · Post by **dannysaigon** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 7:41 am

Damit!

I just picked up some olympic edition of 100 yen coins not know the size of the coins was a lot bigger than normal... ( #47 series ) . .. They are about the size of half dollar coins...about 1 inch in diameter??? It doesnt fit in my coin slot...

And to make matter worst...you dont get that *** chink ** sound ( ahem..not to be racist) ...but yiu get that ** clank** sound when you drop them...

NOOOOO !!!! The world is coming to an end...!

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