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Firstly thank you to Guitar and all for all their hard work on this project and further thanks for the update.

Could anyone give us any clue to the names or number of any new machines project amber will emulate that MFME can't?

Thanks in advance. Zoom.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFlDgingMn0&list=UUwTsXB-JgVfQf9jtaMr-YsQ&index=2&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noNIZvHn5a8&feature=related

hmm links not coming out

[Guitar]

Could anyone give us any clue to the names or number of any new machines project amber will emulate that MFME can't?

Good question...

I would guess at around 50 machines. It supports all the BWB UK games, and subject to a bit of a fiddle with the CHR should support the german BWB games too. All crystal and coinworld games are supported. Plus certain games such as road hog will benefit greatly from the improved graphics system allowing the properly coloured reel lamps.

Plus then there the few stragglers from barcrest that didn't work properly because of dimmed lamping requirements, such as place your bets.

The games which work in MFME should look better in Amber because of the increased gfx capabilities, and save for a few, the games which didn't run properly in MFME should now work too.

Amber also supports the alternatve sound bank switching so Volcano etc should now be doable with full sound.

[ady]

Okies on a positive note now...

I had my doubts that this was going to end-up all 'pie in the sky' and have kept a tight lip 'till this week...even then my single remark wasn't in a downgrading way whatsoever...

Obviously there has been ton's of work done behind the scenes to get 'here' wherever that may be (it's in the eye's of the testers and creator) appart from some very promising screenies.

A vast majority of us do (or did!!) things within FME behind the scenes...only what we do isn't so obviously such a popular topic,

My main concern is this now, and as a DX'er i'll be pretty pissed off if the Amber testers release all those 50+ machines en mass.

Testers are there for testing obviously not too take the cream off of the milk and leave the rest of the creators with the Red cap low-fat.

A footballer makes a suss fowl and it's a gentlemans agreement that the ball is passed to the other side, the other side here being those creators and/or DXers that have waited all this time on a mabey note to have something to get their teeth into.

The league isn't made up of Two or 3 teams.....theres a whole division.

Thanks for the updates Guitar.

Ady

[vectra666]

I can,t see all possible machines being produced in one go, maybe in a month the way tommy knocks em out lol. It's taken robinhood for instance a few months to almost complete red hot fever for amber and there,s prob more than say 50 as there,s still loads in mfme that need a facelift and by the time they,re all done guitar,s "tech2" whatever that is will be out and then there will be more to do. Saying that if its easier to lamp these fruits up etc then maybe we,ll run out in a few months time like you said even I might have a go rofl... In the mean time I,d be happy to playtest them too.

[ady]

I think you totally miss my point buddy.

[Johnnyafc]

Wow Fruit Machines running on a PC - who would of Thought it!

[Guitar]

I see what you are saying Ady but I wouldn't worry.

RH has done Red Hot Fever, Ploggy has done Blues Boys and a Coinworld game, Ive done a conversion of Andy Capp, Ross has done Place Your Bets, and has an Empire game in the wings, Tommy has done Crystal's Aladdin's Cave. Oh and Dad has artwork of BWB's X-Change ready to go if he still wants to do it.

That's 2/3 BWB's, 1 coinworld, 1 Crystal, 1 Empire, and a couple of Barcrest's. Still plenty of fish in the sea for those who want do layouts.

Basically 1 or 2 from each manufacturer for launch.

Edited by Guitar, 20 February 2012 - 03:21 PM.

[gambogaz1]

It's great to see the blues boys up n running in all it's glory, fingers crossed we're just a few weeks away from playing the beast.

Cheer for all the hard work Guitar & Co,

[nails]

as guitar say ady, its only a handful to get the community up and running then you take over. the 50 mention are 50 that are not done and now 'doable'

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Thanks for an update

[jay2]

I see what you are saying Ady but I wouldn't worry.

RH has done Red Hot Fever, Ploggy has done Blues Boys and a Coinworld game, Ive done a conversion of Andy Capp, Ross has done Place Your Bets, and has an Empire game in the wings, Tommy has done Crystal's Aladdin's Cave. Oh and Dad has artwork of BWB's X-Change ready to go if he still wants to do it.

That's 2/3 BWB's, 1 coinworld, 1 Crystal, 1 Empire, and a couple of Barcrest's. Still plenty of fish in the sea for those who want do layouts.

Basically 1 or 2 from each manufacturer for launch.

On a totaly selfish aside, would that be Vertigo by any chance??

[Guitar]

On a totaly selfish aside, would that be Vertigo by any chance??

No. (Its more cat based)

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Good question...

I would guess at around 50 machines. It supports all the BWB UK games, and subject to a bit of a fiddle with the CHR should support the german BWB games too. All crystal and coinworld games are supported. Plus certain games such as road hog will benefit greatly from the improved graphics system allowing the properly coloured reel lamps.

Plus then there the few stragglers from barcrest that didn't work properly because of dimmed lamping requirements, such as place your bets.

The games which work in MFME should look better in Amber because of the increased gfx capabilities, and save for a few, the games which didn't run properly in MFME should now work too.

Amber also supports the alternatve sound bank switching so Volcano etc should now be doable with full sound.

Ta for the lengthy reply. Its appreciated.

Further question any club machines on the horizon for those of us with too much time on our hands trying to force a club jackpot?

[jay2]

No. (Its more cat based)

Well shove your Amber, i dont want it