i for one will always have side art, Its really simple to go into edit mode and drag the right side in and save if you dont like it. (i even keep it black on the left of the machine and as black as i can on the right for this very purpose. . . .)

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.

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

a solution will be here soon . . . .

Hi All,

So, i have decided to open up the site again ( http://www.fmedb.com/fmedb/). i still dont have alot of free time to populate but it is what it is, it will no doubt take a few more years yet but we will get there one day.

i have recently added the "Arcade", this will allow any user to create their own arcade and or play others:

you can play layouts after other users have played (if the machine is being played, the machine will be locked for upto an hour or when the user uploads the new gam and ram files) or you could create your own.

Create Arcade:

Go to user profile > my arcade > input a name for your arcade and click save. then click "Go To My Arcade" button you go to your arcade.

Add Machine:

1. Click the "Add Machine" image > Populate the "Machine UID" value (this can be found by searching for the machine then making a note of the number in the url (See screenshot)

2. You need to have a zip that only contains the ".gam" and ".ram" file in and select.

3. Select a screenshot image

4. Paste in a url link to the download of the layout.

5. Hit Submit.

The site will be live from 8pm tonight, i will be starting to upload my un released stuff in into the arcade from December.

Cheers.

Just to confirm, this has now been closed. Thanks to all that helped, it might return in the future if i find myself with more time but for now it will remain closed.

Cheers Tommy, Added.

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.

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

Spotlight AWP Barcrest MPU2

Hi Lights AWP Barcrest MPU2

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. 

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.

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.

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.

.

Bump, still looking for people to help populate (still just me and andy).

im going to allow guests to view up to until Monday so you can get an idea of what the fmedb is about so "Hey, check it out!"

Thanks,

Ross

Alot of progress made over the last few weeks, site development is pretty much complete and so now its just done to data inp zzZzzZZzzZZzzzZzzZ

Sorry I haven't yet had time to offer any help but I'm very keen to support this extremely useful project.

If you want to compose a suitable text requesting assistance I would be able to send it out to our entire subscribed member database, if you consider that would be useful?

Thanks, Thats a very nice offer but im after long standing members really (otherwise i would need to check all uploads) i will bare in mind though.

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

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

Machines in db so far attached, almost hit the 1k mark only a few more thousand to go

if anyone has any machine they can think of feel free to ad them here (an image included would be a bonus)

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,

looking to get all flyers 'we' have (has anyone got an archive of the old repro?), i have been scanning my flyers over the last year and am almost done. if anyone has any flyer scans they can send me can you please pm me.

im looking to create a torrent for all of them and to add them to the fmedb.

Cheers.

Hi All,

i decided against using the software the old repo used as i dont have time to manage two sites. for now i am carrying on with the FmeDB although it will take time to populate it will be far more beneficial to the scene as we can pull lists from it for example what machines need layouts, what machines we are missing roms for, what machines we have flyers for etc. (see attached pdf for example).

really need more people to help populating though as honestly im beginning to burn out, if it wasn't for Andy-1 (Huge thanks) helping i would have stopped by now. 

i will begin uploading flyers at the end of the month as i have a week off coming up.

Note: the attached pdf is not accurate as the files are not on the fmedb, which is why the more people helping out getting files uploaded the sooner we can get a list of what we need as a scene.

Thanks,

Ross

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

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