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Mezase Pachi Pro: Pachio-kun

The first game to feature Pachio-kun, the mascot for a series of pachinko-themed games by Coconuts Japan, Mezase Pachi Pro: Pachio-kun ("Aiming For Pachinko Pro: Pachio-kun") is simply a virtual pachinko hall…

18 December 1987

Mezase Pachi Pro: Pachio-kun is a sport, released 18 December 1987 on Family Computer.

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What Mezase Pachi Pro: Pachio-kun is

Mezase Pachi Pro: Pachio-kun was released in 1987. It was published by Coconuts Japan. It is available on Family Computer only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The first game to feature Pachio-kun, the mascot for a series of pachinko-themed games by Coconuts Japan, Mezase Pachi Pro: Pachio-kun ("Aiming For Pachinko Pro: Pachio-kun") is simply a virtual pachinko hall with 72 different machines on which the player may try their luck. The game rewards attentive pachinko veterans by having several of the machines possess quirks, such as the frequency of payouts, certain pins being bent that will favor a ball's route to the bottom and the like. Pachio-kun simply has to lean in to examine the machines closer to ascertain how to make the machine pay out. The overall goal is to keep playing each machine, winning either through a determined strategy or…
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How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Mezase Pachi Pro: Pachio-kun launched on 18 December 1987, within three weeks of Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus and Head Over Heels.

Released around the same time: Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus, Head Over Heels.

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When did Mezase Pachi Pro: Pachio-kun come out?
Mezase Pachi Pro: Pachio-kun was released on 18 December 1987 for Family Computer.

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