Redemption games

thumb|A modern pachinko machine, Galaxy Express 999-themed thumb|A pachinko parlor in is a mechanical game originating in Japan that is used as an and, muchmore frequently, for gambling. Pachinko fills a niche in Japanese gambling comparable to that of the in the as a form of , gambling.

type of arcade game

Whac-A-Mole is a Japanese arcade game that was created in 1975 by the amusements manufacturer TOGO in Japan, where it was originally known as or .

1990 video game

thumb|More traditional skee-ball machines like this one do not include the two additional "100 points" holes, located on the uppermost corners of the machine, on either side of the "50 points" hole. Skee-Ball is an arcade game and one of the first redemption games. It is played by rolling a ball up an inclined lane and over a "ball-hop" hump (resembling a ski jump) that jumps the ball into bullseye rings. The object of the game is to collect as many points as possible by having the ball fall into holes in the rings which have progressively increasing point values the higher the ring is.

typically arcade games of skill that reward the player proportionally to their score in the game