Possibly. Unfortunately Cliff seems to have pretty much vanished off the face of the earth...

a solution will be here soon . . . .

Nice idea from Fruitnutter there but it needed thinking through a bit more.  Cannot ever fault the enthusiasm though.  A lot of members contribute nothing at all so credit for trying to offer something useful to people

 

I still think the FME scene needs a nice big database as a handy reference-point where people can go and look up a game and find out info on it, pictures, whether a layout has been done and who by, and what site(s) it is hosted at and what version of MFME it runs on.  There could be other stuff like saved RAM files and so on added as well.

 

For a lot of people it's just really cumbersome now trawling through loads of sites trying to find something.  I remember Ross was doing FMEdb but it ground to a halt unfortunately.  We need something like this and people need to get behind it and populate it.  People will still have to come here or elsewhere to download in the end anyway.  No layouts or ROMs would be hosted, just information.

 

That is what the scene needs right now, information all in one place.

its something im still developing but with the size of the project it was never going to be done quick. who knows, might be back in the future if it gets to point where its useful.

Also, has anyone seen Ross? Not seen him about in a while, I was hoping he would finish off his Place Your Bets layout now the emulator can do what needs to be done.

also, since the list is so small here is MPU2:

Spotlight AWP Barcrest MPU2

Hi Lights AWP Barcrest MPU2

Hi All,

im going to start posting lists by Platform in the hope that people can tell me if there are any missing machines.

If you know of any please could you tell me the name, type (awp, club, swp etc.), manufacturer and platform example: "Fruit Cracker AWP Barcrest MPU3"

to begin with, here is the current MPU3 list:

Fruit Cracker AWP Barcrest MPU3

Snappy Viper AWP Barcrest MPU3

Chances Unlimited AWP Barcrest MPU3

Adders & Ladders AWP Barcrest MPU3

Line Up AWP Barcrest MPU3

Cashcade AWP Bwb MPU3

Super Line Up AWP Barcrest MPU3

Naughty But Nice AWP Barcrest MPU3

Razzle Dazzle AWP Barcrest MPU3

Tuppenny Fair AWP MDM MPU3

Super Adders & Ladders AWP Barcrest MPU3

Autoroute AWP Barcrest MPU3

Banker AWP Bwb MPU3

Big Shot AWP Barcrest MPU3

Star Turn AWP Bwb MPU3

Cabaret CLUB Barcrest MPU3

Cash Dash AWP Pcp MPU3

Circle Skill AWP Barcrest MPU3

Club Cabaret 100 CLUB Barcrest MPU3

Exchanges Galore AWP Barcrest MPU3

Exchanges Unlimited AWP Barcrest MPU3

Fortune Numbers AWP Barcrest MPU3

Hyper Viper AWP Barcrest MPU3

Instant Replay AWP Barcrest MPU3

Loony Bin AWP Pcp MPU3

Thanks.

Cheers Tommy, Added.

Wacky Races MDM

Puffing Billy BWB?

Gold Mine BWB

Win-a-Gain BWB

Windfall BWB

Rat Race BWB

Ace Chase BWB

Win Strike BWB

Are these AWP's?

Cash n curry mpu3 PcP CLUB
Chase it AWP MPU3 BwB
Gold award MPU3 Club Barcrest
Hit Line MPU3 AWP BWB

Thanks Innfection, will add now.

Hi all so quick update, ive not been as active as i would like recently due to IRL commitments but will be continuing with the releases as soon as i can.

On the subject of the FmeDB, i have noticed that there still hasn't really been people using it (i think the peak was 7 people but looks to be around 1-2 people a day), i have built this site from scratch so if you think there is something that can be improved / implemented, please let me know and i will take a look.

Still looking for help to populate as its a very time consuming job for a couple of people to manage.

Also, The arcade (which im not sure if many people know about as its only had 3 users use it) will be getting some attention soon, i will be adding the ability to set up player made competitions and more social features (will post more when i get them developed)

And finally, just to reiterate on point 2, if you have any feedback about the current state of the site (content, features, ideas etc) Please let mew know, feedback would be most appreciated.

Just to confirm, i have decided to close this down as i was sinking too many hours into this and with the usage rate of about 2 users a day it wasn't worth keeping it going.

i am going to make another site though purely for the fun of it which will be the fmedb arcade. it will be similar to what was on the FmeDB where it will record ins/out with achievements and also bounty's (which will be a new addition).

i just want to thank anyone who spend time uploaded images / machine info etc. im sorry it was ultimately a waste of time. 

Just a quick update, machines, images and youtube videos can now be added by everyone. making some good progress now but really could do with some help with older machines.

http://www.fmedb.com/

Thanks

Many thanks for the recent releases.

I'm no technical help to anyone but once ive got on top of family matters I am more than happy to donate to the site Ross.

If you pm me your detail re donations and i'l send over £20 will be next week asp.

 

Look forward to future releases.

 

Jay

Really appreciate the offer but the money is better off going to fruit emu rather than to me as this is still early days for the fmedb as it has little content at the moment.

On a side note, users can now submit machines (see screenshot) feel free to add any machines that are currentley missing i will be adding the ability to add images tomorrow (or by the end of the week at the latest)

*any new entries added will need to be approved.

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Just a quick heads up, i will be starting to upload my layouts here (monopoly first) you do not need to be a member to view but you will need to be a member to download.

monopoly will be released Friday (00:01 am) and then uploaded here 2 weeks later.

i will be queuing up more layouts soon too, im hoping to get a release done at least once per week.

Thanks.

server restart killed the vm, i will look into this tonight. its up now.

Stats so far:

Again, if anyone wants to help populate send me a pm and i will set up a log in

on a side note, if anyone has any ideas then feel free to discuss them here, im open to ideas

Looks like a good idea, so i take it everything relating To a certain machine will be under one roof.
Ie say party-time would have a flyer, photos of machine, year of manufacture, tech it runs on, emulated layouts of the machine, reel bands etc

thats the idea, you search for a machine and any information/resources available will be there in one place 

ill start sending out the log ins soon(on a side note: im not asking people to spend hours adding files etc. (2 files a week is still ok) db's are not an overnight completion job hehe

Hi all,

so for the last month or so i have been working on a new project, a db for fruit machines

im looking for people to help me populate it (i have about 4k images to upload and 1k+ flyers so far) i need people who have good knowledge of fruit machines and some spare time

so whats needed:

flyers

images

roms

layouts

youtube videos

information (each machine has a 'master' record that contains the main details, name , release date, tech etc. and all other records will link to that)

sounds

misc. files

anyone willing to help out feel free to pm me or reply back to this thread and ill give you a log in

to view the site is is currently stands you can see it here (bare in mind its still being developed and so will change/break every now and again)

Thanks

Thanks for the info guys, i'll add the missing machines tomorrow.

Mort:

i'll be putting in registration / making it public again on Sunday, i will pm you when its in (if you want to add entries let me know and i will change your access level)

Registration is now enabled(you will need to wait for me to approve and send you an activation link), if you are a long standing member and would to help contribute to the site let me know here and i will give you permissions (only two people so far who are adding to the site so progress is a bit slower then it could be)

Cheers.

link to the "repo" : http://repo.fmedb.com

sign ups need to be approved which i will do when i get in from work (6pm ish) only got the roms done so far feel free to sign up and hopefully we can get this one up and running quick. 

edit to add:

the server will be restarted every Thursday at 4am and will be down for upto 10 minutes.

Hi Andy, don't worry about funds for the software it comes to about £38 which i have in my paypal IIRC, i will buy it now and get it set up for tomorrow so we have something for now at least, i will continue with the other one in my spare time.

will post the details when its been set up.

Hi All (No, im not dead just been busy IRL) question:

would you prefer i carry with the current fmedb or do i just buy the software the old "Repro" used to use?

both have pros and cons the main one being the new fmedb is searchable / re-portable and the alternative isnt but the alternative is an instant setup and is pretty much just a case of uploading files.

i have 100gb~ of flyers ready to go that i have spent a few weeks scanning and also have around 5k small images and a slightly out of date full fme rom set ready to go.

i wont be able to buy the alternative software until payday so we have until the 31st to come to a decision. just asking since progress on the fmedb is a tad slow and fme is in dire need of a central resource hub.

Thanks, Ross

Hi All,

firstly thanks to the members that have signed up recently welcome to the fmedb .

secondly,im trying to get a list of cabinet names so they can be a searchable attribute for machines. could anyone who knows any that are not in the screen shot attach a image with the name of the cab please.

Thanks,

Ross