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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: diverdown on December 15, 2006, 11:12:54 pm
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Being that in Australia, as far as I can remember, we didn't use tokens to play games in arcades. I do however like the idea of using tokens rather than coins in my machines. If i swapped out the old Australian coin mechs (that accept our 20 cent or 1,2 dollar coins) for a US coin mech that accepts quarters will this allow me to buy tokens and use them for credits.
Or do i have to buy one of the comparison coin mechs and put a token in it to compare with?
Further, are most tokens (like chucky cheese etc) the same size? Since all my tokens will have to be collected from the US I would like to know the type i need. I do want to buy some BYOAC ones as well as have as many different types as possible. So far i own 1 Australian token from the 70's so i have a way to go to get up enough to support my pathetic game skills.
Cheers.
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Nope, you don't want US Quarter mechs. No tokens are the same size as a quarter, specifically so that they can't be uses in place of real money in vending machines and the like. Standard (non-electronic/comparative) mechs are available in token sizes.
As for what size, I'm afraid they come in a variety of sizes. Chuck E. Cheese, BYOAC, MAME and Retroblast! tokens are all .984 of a US inch, so I'd reccomend you get .984 mechs.
If you're wanting to get a bunch of random US tokens as well as the BYOAC ones, www.tokenwarehouse.com will sell you a batch in a specified size for a good price, and the owner is an arcade collector to boot.
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you may want to see if your mechs can be hacked to accept tokens... there's a thread somewhere that tells how to do it....
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This was a big help for me...
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=22251 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=22251)