Mezase Pachi Pro: Pachiokun

a.k.a. 目指せパチプロパチ夫くん / めざせパチプロパチ夫くん

published by Coconuts Japan in 1987-12-18, developed by Marionette, running on Nintendo Entertainment System

type: casino/cards
genre: Pachinko
series: Pachio-Kun series
perspective: bird's-eye
player options: single player

languages: jpn

Personal review

The second pachinko game for the Famicom. It surprised me that the pachinko simulation is embedded into some sort of adventure mode. You control Pachiokun, a living pachinko ball on legs into a pachinko parlor and try to "beat" all pachinko machines. I'm still skeptical about videogame versions of pachinko, but I must give kudos to Coconuts for upgrading the presentation in that way. The Pachiokun character would eventually become the protagonist in quite a lot of other Cononuts games, becoming some sort of mascot for them.