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[unclechicken]

Im still waiting for the day that Fortune Trail can be emulated

[eddiec]

need money-go-round, the original sidewinder, and many more that are probably totally unavailable because of being so old/gone/destroyed.

[PJ]

Im still waiting for the day that Fortune Trail can be emulated

Shouldn't be too long now, as it's System80, and that is widely rumoured to be covered in the next MFME

[stevedude2]

Here's my worst 5 games -

1. Who Dares Wins (BFM) - This £15er from 6 or 7 years ago was incredibly frustrating to play, with crap features and no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Bell Fruit must have used this game as a template for the swarm of tripe that they have put out since...

2. Las Vegas Strip (Barcrest) - This £10 all cash game set a benchmark in pointless £1 boards and was very unresponsive to forcing. The last few squares on the board were a minefield of losing opportunities and you would be blown out 9 times out of 10 which was pointless because the top feature would sometimes go for 4 pounds. I saw one of these get smashed in Mr B's once and enjoyed every minute of it.

3. Dancing Diamonds (BWB) - On 20p play £8 tokens this game offered very limited gameplay coupled with the chance to empty your pockets on nearly every occasion. It ruined my day on a few occasions, turning £150+ hard grafts into losses. It played so badly for so long I wonder whether it made it's percentage at all. Bruised fists anyone?

4. Coronation Street £25 - the latest version (MayGay) - I've never seen a game make an obvious £2 board last so long. Round the board ten times, £2 max win offered, round again, extra life, lose extra life next move, la-la-la...game over. Massive reel pauses, 1 nudge next and the reels come back in how they were, £6 for a board no matter how ready...do (did) MayGay really think this was going to entertain players?

5. Monopoly £25 BFG - Terrible profile, £3 SuperBoards, unforceable, unplayable, unbelievably crap.


There, that's my 2 token's worth....

[hinchy]

Forgot to put in Maygays abomination - New York New York
Did that top feature ever give more than £4!

[Bencrest]

I forgot to add - although I only played it once in an arcade in Bridlington (so it might have been how it felt at that time) -

BFM Crazy Fruits [REBUILD] - unsure of actual name.

It was Crazy Fruits in the newer BFM cabinet, with the dot matrixy type bright blue alpha display. £5 JP, 10p play. £17 in, offered a board on the last £1 and killed on 2nd spin.

Can't have been the original CF program surely?!! Anyone else tried this machine?

BarcrestBenito

[dave1de]

Forgot to put in Maygays abomination - New York New York
Did that top feature ever give more than £4!

I know this is a bollock old thread, so sorry for bumping if it annoys you, but just like to say i actually had £7 off the top feature over in south wales at the crystal maze :-D

[Nudgeman]

"1. Who Dares Wins (BFM) - This £15er from 6 or 7 years ago was incredibly frustrating to play, with crap features and no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Bell Fruit must have used this game as a template for the swarm of tripe that they have put out since..."

You're simply the best!! by Tina Turner was the jackpot music on this one. They used to have this in Euston Station in the bar up top. However, I once had a £90 (profit!) streak on this over at The Rectory. Beautiful. It was also worth a force on 78% if full up - can't say that for a Pony Express. I know what you mean though - no bonus (I don't think) on a 1-8 (9 start) trail. Not as good for nicks on flashes on high fruits like its predecessor Motorway Mania. Not all bad though.

Seeing as I'm here - my worst 5......I know what you mean about Las Vegas Strip. Solid, annoying Barcrest but again good if you're getting regular bonuses on feature entry. Never did me any real harm, but I admit it could be frustrating. Once made about £30 on this in a Kebab place. I heard the sound of metal blades being sharpened. Palamino club. Just kept repeatyingpoos with lots of afterplay. 'Hey he's cheating' when you had bodyguard e.t.c £4 off the top e.t.c

Ney York, New York....again <>

Ok, sorry, my worst five.

1) The biggest pig of a machine is Party Time Slotto. It's random, offers no player advantage - where's the feature board? I don't class that 'random three+blokey feature' as a 'board'. It exemplifies the greed and stupidity of your average gambler. I tried to be greedy and stupid and suceeded on both counts and don't expect to repeat that experiment. Absolute dross which will do undeservedly well and will no doubt seriously ruin many lives. If anything needs to be smashed in Mr. Bs (what/where is Mr Bs?) then this is it!
2) 8 Liner - Another section 16 monstrosity. Very popular with arcade owners (I wonder why?). Looks deceptively easy to win on, is in fact obviously hard to win on. Another lucky no brainer. I can't stand lucky people. That £30 in that Kebab shop was hard graft. Honest. It wasn't even full either!
3) Reno Casino - A hellish machine. Another one which deliberatly runs well under % and does a streak about once every 10,000,000,000 credits through, to start to make % up, before deliberately resetting and running under % again e.t.c e.t.c What poo. Frustrating and shit. Unfair, mean and horrible. £100 in, 6 nudges for a £1, lose first gamble. An absolute piss taker of the worst type.
4) Ready To Roll (£15 jackpot) - How the hell do you win on this? Always takes a streak (£45) to get any sort of looseness into the gameplay. Full or nearly full. By then it's a loss reduction exercise. £8 for a board, lose second gamble gamble. Poor beyond belief.
5) Mega Nudger (Chuzzy conversion Kit) - Actually any Chuzzy conversion kit will do. They're rigged to buggery and display incorrect (well misleading anyway) information regarding %s on the front. Designed to suck for ages and then pay for ages. Insider cheats mean and engineer 'fiddles' mean this one will always pay at 70% regardless of what is on the LED. Looks ancient, plays slow, very poor.



Tell me it's not so. Is that lot not the most abominable hellish monstrous heinous foul and smelly bunch of amusement machines you have ever seen?


My current favourites

1) Cop the Lot
2) Card shark
3) Viper Jive
4) Arcadia
5) Kerching

Did someone say bloop?

[Pgamblin]

Party time
big cheese
party time
empire machines
Adyb