Playland (プレイランド)

Playland (プレイランド), manufactured by Komaya Co., Ltd. of Kobe, Japan, is an Add-A-Ball, flipperless electro-mechanical pinball machine set to an amusement park theme. Its exact production year is unknown. Based on available video of the game, it functions as a 'Drain-o-Matic' — a game where balls drain relatively easily, keeping play brisk.

Playland's key feature is a set of eight gobble holes; landing a ball in the center gobble hole awards one, three, or five additional balls. No prizes are given for extra balls, so the machine's appeal rests purely on extending play rather than winning replays or credits.

As a flipperless Add-A-Ball game, Playland relies on plunger skill and table layout rather than flipper control, typical of many EM games of its type. Little else is documented about its design or release, but as one of several known Komaya machines, it adds to the picture of this Kobe manufacturer's varied output for the domestic Japanese amusement market.