super mario rains down real coins
filed under: strange and unusual | video games
posted: December 6th, 2007 2 comments author: technabob
Usually when I think of Mario’s primary currency, I think of those little gold coins (and maybe some power-packed ’shrooms). So I was pleasantly surprised to see this arcade machine from Japan in which Mario pays out with real coins.
This ultra-rare Capcom Super Mario Fushigi no Janjanland machine by was recently photographed by Flickr contributor Silent K on a visit to the Taito Game Station in Shinjuku, Tokyo.
I’m not sure exactly how the game plays, but I figure anything that involves Mario and pays out real dough has got to be good.
[via flickr]
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1. Tom | December 7th, 2007 at 11:09 am
I played this game a few weeks ago, it’s was really fun!,
But $$$$ as hell…
I lost around $10 for under 5 mins.
2. The Gadget Vault&hellip | December 11th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
Super Mario coin pusher…
This game is a so-called coin pusher. You insert coins (not real ones but arcade tokens) in the machine through a slot in the top. The fall on a platform that slides back and forth, and get pushed against the other coins. The movement of the platform p…
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