''Rakushou! Pachi-Slot Sengen'' is a series of
pachi-slot (Japanese
slot machine
A slot machine, fruit machine (British English), poker machine or pokie (Australian English and New Zealand English) is a gambling machine that creates a game of chance for its customers.
A slot machine's standard layout features a screen disp ...
)
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 company founded in 1967. It had its headquarters in the Kudankita district of Tokyo. Its subsidiary, Tecmo Inc, was located in Torrance, California. Prior to 1986, 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 Interactive Entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on 4 March 2000, in North America on 26 October, in Europe on 24 Novembe ...
. 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
is a 2010 in video gaming, 2010 video game developed by Project Venus and published by Tecmo Koei for the PlayStation Portable as part of the ''Dead or Alive (franchise), Dead or Alive'' series. It is a PSP port of ''Dead or Alive Xtreme 2'' for ...
'' game, starred in the 2011
anime
is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Ja ...
television series ''
Rio: Rainbow Gate!'', and appeared playable in the 2017 action game ''
Warriors All-Stars
''Warriors All-Stars'', is a hack and slash video game by Koei Tecmo. It is a Crossover (fiction), crossover based on the long-running ''List of Warriors video games, Warriors'' series, featuring an array of cast taken from various titles owned by ...
''.
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 Gambling in Japan, Japanese gambling comparable to that of the slot machine in the West as a form of l ...
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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