''Rakushou! Pachi-Slot Sengen'' is a series of
pachi-slot (Japanese
slot machine
A slot machine (American English), fruit machine (British English) or poker machine (Australian English and New Zealand English) is a gambling machine that creates a game of chance for its customers. Slot machines are also known pejoratively a ...
)
simulation game
Simulation video games are a diverse super-category of video games, generally designed to closely simulate real world activities. A simulation game attempts to copy various activities from real life in the form of a game for various purposes such ...
s from
Tecmo
, was a Japanese video game corporation founded in 1967. It had its headquarters in Kudankita, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Chiyoda, Tokyo. Its subsidiary, Tecmo Inc, was located in Torrance, California. Tecmo was formerly known as Tehkan.
Tecmo is known for ...
primarily for the
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on 4 March 2000, in North America on 26 October 2000, in Europe on 24 November 2000, and in Australia on 3 ...
. While early games in the series featured several of Tecmo's real-life gambling machines, the fifth and sixth games focused on the ''Rio'' line of machines, as well as their star,
Rio Rollins Tachibana, a character who later appeared in the 2010 ''
Dead or Alive Paradise'' game, starred in the 2011
anime
is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...
television series ''
Rio: Rainbow Gate!'', and appeared playable in the 2017 action game ''
Warriors All-Stars
''Warriors All-Stars'', (or in Japan) is a hack and slash video game by Koei Tecmo. It is a crossover based on the long-running '' Warriors'' series, featuring an array of cast taken from various titles owned by the company, similar to the ''War ...
''.
Games
*''Rakushou! Pachi-Slot Sengen'' - for PlayStation 2
*''Rakushou! Pachi-Slot Sengen 2'' - for PlayStation 2
*''Rakushou! Pachi-Slot Sengen 3'' - for PlayStation 2
*''Rakushou! Pachi-Slot Sengen 4'' - for PlayStation 2
*''Rakushou! Pachi-Slot Sengen 5: Rio Paradise'' - for PlayStation 2
*''Rakushou! Pachi-Slot Sengen 6: Rio 2 Cruising Vanadis'' - for PlayStation 2
See also
*
Pachinko
is a mechanical game originating in Japan that is used as an arcade game, and much more frequently for gambling. Pachinko fills a niche in Japanese gambling comparable to that of the slot machine in the West as a form of low-stakes, low-st ...
References
2003 video games
Casino video games
Japan-exclusive video games
PlayStation 2-only games
PlayStation 2 games
Koei Tecmo franchises
Video games developed in Japan
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