Stockton, CA
Do people manufacture arcade tokens that will work in a quarter-based coin acceptor?
If I can get this question answered, I'll have a whole new thread I'd like opinions on.
"Any quarter based coin acceptor can be adjusted to take tokens, if I am not mistaken."
I think this is correct, but it may be tricky. The biggest two biggest issues to adjust will be the weight balancer (checks for valid mass) and metal detection (checks for improper metal alloys in slugs). They do make token acceptors also. I don't know how expensive they are.
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I've been thinking about changing out all of the mechs in my games to ones that take tokens. You miss out on some of the cool credit sounds by having everything set to free play.
jonnyo is right. To make a coin acceptor take both quarters and tokens, you would have to modify it so much that it would accept just about anything.
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