Pearl Fishery is adding new dimensions to the traditional coin pusher, says developer LAI Games.
The company rates the fresh look it has given to the long-established pusher sector – the machine dates back to 1964 – as rejuvenating the genre.
“To this day,” says the company, “many arcades still have some of the old-school style pushers and though some have been rebranded with popular licences and collectible cards and tokens, the gameplay is largely unchanged.”
The competing pressures from modern technology offering virtual reality, 4K video games and a wealth of redemption games, demanded some fresh thinking, says LAI.
The result is Pearl Fishery, a combination of pusher and redemption, offering big tickets and multiple opportunities of winning more with a series of mini-games.
“It has repeatedly been covered by the biggest arcade influencers on YouTube,” says LAI, “garnering over 800,000 views and hundreds of player comments.”
The game has two types of pearls, small white ones and big orange pearls, and as the game is credited the player chooses when to release them. They fall down a pegboard to the play deck and if they fall through the appropriate chute the Pearl Party Time or Ticket Party Time Metres may be increased or even release a "big pearl" on to the deck.
Tickets come with the pearls falling off the edge but a big pearl rolls into a special mini-bonus game, falling through a coloured hole and results in a set number of tickets.
The big feature, says the company, is Party Time, chutes at the bottom of the peg board that increase the metres and when full there is a burst of awards.
“The game is uniquely entertaining and a great example of how pushers have evolved to keep pace with the latest developments in out-of-home entertainment.”
