Need help figuring out a strange but cool game...

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Okay, this is slightly difficult without pictures. I should have taken some when I saw the machine. I have searched the internet and my Google-Fu has failed me. Here goes the description...

It's gotta be a kids type machine as it stands like 3 feet tall. It has a plunger like pachinko and pinball with one small steel ball. You shoot the ball and it lands in a slot at the bottom of the playfield like in Plinko (The Price Is Right mini game). You select the amount you are going to bet at the beginning then press start. There is a payout button. It looks like a knockoff Japanese BomberMan game. I think it was called Bo Bo Man. I don't know if it is a redemption game or not, but it has a drawer on the lower left front of the machine that you can pull out. I don't think the game was working properly because my daughter (almost two years old) was able to play it like 15 times before we left. We finally had to leave so we just ended the game for her, but she was up like 3000 credits (in the games scoring system). All I know is that she loved the game and I am thinking about contacting the owner to buy it off him. It wasn't marked for sale, but it never hurts to ask. I thought I would see if anyone recognizes the description and could tell me anything about it before I contacted the owner.

I understand if this whole thing was just clicks and whistles. I really should bring a camera everywhere so I can take pictures.
 
I do not know what game that could be but I would go back to he place get more info see if it is really worth getting and take pic and find the name and do a search...

That is what I would do.

G12
 
This machine is the same shape as that one, but not Soccer related. I checked out the site listed on the YouTube video. It wouldn't give a price on the Soccer 2010 game and it said I needed to login to download the paperwork they have on it. It is very similar. It is probably the first machine this company made. I will need to take gamer12's advice and go back to gather info and get some pics. I may be able to get back there Saturday on the way up to The Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown.

Also, in case anyone cares, the Super Bo Bo Man Soccer 2010 is listed on the site as a Pinball machine (I still don't know if I would consider it that). It also mentions that if you get a certain score or hit a certain target you get a prize.
 
http://www.hsinpao.com.tw/boboman.htm

boboman_playfield.jpg
 
Cool. You found it.

So apperently the game was working. It's a gambling device that pays out in coins or tickets. I assume the owner just didn't have anything set to pay out on the machine. I assume this because the machine is in the lobby of a resturant (nowhere to redeem tickets and obviously not a gambling establishment).

I wish the site gave more info or had a link to download the manual or at least gave a unit price for it.
 
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