Stacker The Arcade Game

[C@!]

So I was at an arcade yesterday, and they had one of the big stacker machines. I tried it once and got to the major prize level (the final stack) and lost. I told myself I could beat it so I tried about 6 more times (getting on the major prize level 4 out of the 7) and lost, getting one column off every time.

If you've never seen/played the stacker, here's gameplay

I believe/heard that the game is actually rigged, as in the game plays like a slot machine, having a 1 in 600 chance of actually achieving the winning stack (so even if you had the most accurate button press on the major prize level, you can still lose). The owners/renters of the machine can also tweak the settings to make the winning ratio higher or lower.

Have you ever conquered the Stacker? Do you think it is rigged?

[pmonibuv1]

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played it before and it could be rigged but ive heard people say that you can still get the prize if you stack it to the left or right side.

[dragonmegaXX]

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I work as the game tech at place with the giant one, and yes.
It's rigged.
Congratz.

You have like a 1-10,000 shot in getting the top row.

Basically how it works is it resets after every win, making it EXTREMELY difficult to win again, and it gets slowly easier as more and more people lose.

[C@!]

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^ I thought so..

Well at the arcade I go to, when they want everyone to get out (as in the place closes) they shut off all of the machines. Does that mean the difficulty resets, so it would be smarter to play the game at night?

[Crashfan3]

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I work as the game tech at place with the giant one, and yes.
It's rigged.
Congratz.

You have like a 1-10,000 shot in getting the top row.

Basically how it works is it resets after every win, making it EXTREMELY difficult to win again, and it gets slowly easier as more and more people lose.

Wow. That's pretty retarded.

Not that I care, I usually lose by the sixth row. Crap timing ftw.

[Ziergdsx18]

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It's not really like it's rigged, it's more like it's programmed so that it won't dispense the Mayor Prize until a certain ammount of money is collected first, so you can get up to the last row every time you play but if the quote has not been met the game will force you to fail.

[dragonmegaXX]

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^ I thought so..

Well at the arcade I go to, when they want everyone to get out (as in the place closes) they shut off all of the machines. Does that mean the difficulty resets, so it would be smarter to play the game at night?

No it doesnt reset.
Like I said, it just gets progressively easier.
And when I say easier I mean 1/10,000 easier.
And when the price at my place is $2 a pop, its a money maker.

[Kibblre]

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The game is in fact rigged. Depending on how good the prizes are, the game is set to allow a major prize 1 every X attempts. However, you still need to be good enough to win on that 1 available time.

Also, many of you may not know that the last 3 lines are the same exact speed.

[SK8R43]

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Its actually pretty easy to win one of these...pretty sure its not rigged seeing how my bro-in-law is the manager of an arcade. I have won more than once, but i dunno maybe i just get lucky? Not really that hard if you're fast. lol

[BethanyBangs]

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Yeah it's rigged. Don't play the arcade game where you have to cut the string and it drops the prize either.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jiTtH844wRE/SwxB8chJalI/AAAAAAAAAGk/K_dZMYiibpo/s1600/barberCutGame.jpg

[DotKritic]

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Don't play the arcade game where you have to cut the string and it drops the prize either.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jiTtH844wR...berCutGame.jpg

I've seen someone win from that game before.

Stacker is very hard, but I've also seen someone win from that game before.

[dragonmegaXX]

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Yeah it's rigged. Don't play the arcade game where you have to cut the string and it drops the prize either.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jiTtH844wR...berCutGame.jpg

Lol I have barbercut in my arcade too.
It's insane, I had a customer spend $150 and not win anything.

[LythincaMan]

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My buddy won a Zune in stacker. And then the zune came with a cracked screen.

Lucky huh?

[bob bob]

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most arcade games work in a similar way, such as the famous Claw machine

yep thats rigged as well, in fact ALOT of arcade games are rigged.

EDIT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JejiJ-RgLVc

[DotKritic]

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EDIT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JejiJ-RgLVc

Pick the lock and reset the settings so everyone wins