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Just wanted to see if there was a trend here.I know every machine can be terrible at times , but some as far worse than others.

Doesnt have to be a recent machine, anything goes.

Ill start with Global games as there are tons of terribly programmed machines from these guys.

Beaver las vegas,Saturday night beaver.Jackpots that roll and roll ( plus several clones ) High spirits .

Vivid's, Back to the features,Hi lo Karate (cheers baz)

I wont mention Bell fruits but isnt Ant and Decs a crock of tosh ?

Any more for any more ??

[81holmes81]

A pub we go to had probably the worst machine i've ever played. its called Dragon Drop and I think its terrrible. Three different stakes, 10p, 20p and 30p with a £25 jackpot. The way it plays is just wrong. But they got rid of it last week. Hopefully into a river!

The balance is evened out by my local which has hypnotic. love that one!

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A pub we go to had probably the worst machine i've ever played. its called Dragon Drop and I think its terrrible. Three different stakes, 10p, 20p and 30p with a £25 jackpot. The way it plays is just wrong. But they got rid of it last week. Hopefully into a river!

The balance is evened out by my local which has hypnotic. love that one!

Dragon Drop is by Red Gaming and is not one of my favourites either, only played it once, wouldnt advise forcing the jackpot out of it.

Hypnotic is ok, not seen one for a few years now.The jackpot CAN reapeat on this btw.

[Gazeyre1966]

Personally speaking I thought Del's Millions by Bellfruit was godawful. I remember losing £200 in one afternoon on this and in 1991 that was a kick in the nuts I can tell you. It could have been tampered with by the pub however 'cos the guy who owned it was a crook. Still, £200 from a 20p stake machine was one of the motivating factors to me quitting them for good. Seems this was one of the first of many Bellfruit rip-offs.

[prizeguy2005]

I would say the worst are

Any games media machine ( these machines are just terrible biggest jokes in town)

invincable - red gaming all red but two cash upto £10 backing (not refill) £120 for a flat £25. Just doesnt like me that machine

from the past I would nominate

Maygay X marks the spot/New York New York, absolute garbage machines

barcrest big cheese
global banging away

[CrAzYbAr]

I hated the Barcrest Lo techers from about 1999 or so. Machines like Open the Box and Barking Mad were real arse wipes, Open the Box could take you a tenner without offering a win. Shocking really

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global or empire games. total pants.

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I hated the Barcrest Lo techers from about 1999 or so. Machines like Open the Box and Barking Mad were real arse wipes, Open the Box could take you a tenner without offering a win. Shocking really

Open the Box with the Showtime box on top was a MENTAL puggy,

It would often pay upto £100+ just from spinning in a £1 win then going up top.Barking mad was similar so i can imagine the " suck " on these bad boys were not pretty.Mind you a tenner is nothing to take in between wins mate.

Mind you its been a LONG time since i dabbled on ANY lo-tech so i'd imagine the " suck " on the more recent ones can be downright horrific.

I'll bet bar- x 2007 is one dreary machine to play in between streaks ect.

I once played a cool games or games media ( could have been Voodoo ) similar to JTRNR and got VERY scared.

Some might say " scarred for life "

[CrAzYbAr]

Open the Box with the Showtime box on top was a MENTAL puggy,

It would often pay upto £100+ just from spinning in a £1 win then going up top.Barking mad was similar so i can imagine the " suck " on these bad boys were not pretty.Mind you a tenner is nothing to take in between wins mate.

Mind you its been a LONG time since i dabbled on ANY lo-tech so i'd imagine the " suck " on the more recent ones can be downright horrific.

I'll bet bar- x 2007 is one dreary machine to play in between streaks ect.

I once played a cool games or games media ( could have been Voodoo ) similar to JTRNR and got VERY scared.

Some might say " scarred for life "

It is a lot on a £5 machine with no Showtime box fella...It's not nice.

[hitthesix]

any bar x machine gods how i hate those feckers.
magic 7"s
oxo club £25 jp
and from way back nudges unlimited ?
total crap

[Bencrest]

I never had ANY joy on Mazooma £5 Monopoly 3 player. It's not a video based machine, it's got 3 reels up top ala Party Time.

Played one in Bridlington, with about a £25 stake. Seem to recall getting about £3 back from that.

Played on in Skeggy about a year after, with about a £40 stake, seem to remember getting about a tenner out.

Poor timing or just a fooking diabolical machine? On £5 I half expected at least a JP, or a top feature. The best I managed on each occasion was stuff like £2 wins holding once every blue moon.

[kingkallum82]

As i have complained a few times recently... Billy the quid

Worst machine i have ever EVER!!! fookin played.

Also juglin jp's and jp's that rock n roll

All as bad as each other. damn things

Oh yer and while im on the topic of SHIT machines, put the 25p version of dough ho ho in the catagory. mind you the 30p one aint as bad.

Kallum

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[BWB]

JPM's ARCADIA ........ we had it in our local bookies around 2000 and it was shite !

[Pgamblin]

Party Time.

Never played it or seen it but because of the amount of requests we get to emulate it that makes it mine.

Having not played a machine now for over 12 months i couldn't tell you but back in the old days i used to hate all the barcrest big cheese clones.

All time fav has to be up and away/pcb

[tara10825]

My Least Favourate Machine Is Party Time Arena You Have To Be Very Lucky To Win On This Machine,i See Oaps Putting There Pension Into Them Day After Day You Could Put £50 In Easy Without A Top Board And Then When You Get One £2-£4 And Then Nothing.
I Hate It I Hate It I Hate It.

[PLAYER]

What about those crappy BWB games like Championship Soccer and Heaven and Hell. Total shit. Club viva mexico. Did £250 in one of these and it was backing. Got a £40 max win. I suspect some f***er dropped in closed hours then did a refill? The landlord was a dodgey f***er. Also Very Rich Geezer. £170 went into this baby after a few pints and f*** all. The bloke behind the bar told me i couldn't play it after i had piled £150 into it because i wasn't a member. I demanded my last £20 to be changed or the machine would come with me. Crappy MDM rebuilds, is it MDM? Project machines like, was it Big Apple? Total slow as f*** crap. Very early Mazooma machines like Crazy World, again crap. Much better now. Oh yeah and the section 16 machines down Blackpool, the ones i spent a grand on in 3 days while on the piss. That really f***ed me up but at least i hold the record for the most lost amongst the lads.

[Jez_Shaw]

Gotta be JPM's Vindaloot in my book. Had this in our local for a while, and the gameplay was absolute bollocks. Have since downloaded the emulation, but even set at 98%, it is still a really crap machine to play. I know that most modern machines are poor experiences these days - the 'A' appears to have disappeared completely from AWP. Do you think we could sue them under the Trades Description Act? LOL.

[stevedude2]

Coronation Street £25 - Epoch (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?

Italian Job 2 was just as bad if not worse (as I've said on FF) - I find it unacceptable that you can lose on your first move on the feature board on any machine. And the slow, laboured, agonising gameplay makes me wonder how Maygay sold so many.

Ben - those £5 Monopoly Mazoomas can really suck badly when they want to, but when you learn the profile of the game and its quirks, they are good games and reliable when genuinely full. Otherwise they are awful

[superbank]

any bar x machine gods how i hate those feckers.
magic 7"s
oxo club £25 jp
and from way back nudges unlimited ?
total crap

Nudges Unlimited?? - Great machine - at least you got some play for your money. And a whopping £2 Jackpot too

Tetris - now that is one pile of SHIT!!

[cashcards]

a red gaming pile of shyte,stack attack £240.00 3 month ago in ladbrokes not 1 jp,im no pro but do know what im doing.had a skill hidden features with a 6 which is jp with notation and the twat (notation) wouldnt even light up
thunderbirds was pretty pathetic too.