Ten98

Hi I'm new to the site and was hoping to get an emulator for the machine at work that I play and occasionally win on The idea being to learn the machine so that I can make it pay out the maximum.

I can't find roms for this machine though, there are some flyer scans in the gallery but that's all. There is some confusion as Empire also have a game called "High Spirits" which is a wild west theme game. This is HI spirits which is themed around drunk ghosts.

Reading around the forums it appears the the emulation is not accurate enough to use experience from the emu in real life so maybe my quest is doomed to be fruitless. (excuse the pun) Maybe someone else reading this is an expert on this game and can give me some help. I've written everything I know about it below so feel free to add anything or correct me...

The machine can be set to 5p, 10p, 20p, 25p or 30p a play and jackpots can be set to £5, £8 or £25. My machine is a £5 jackpot. I have no idea if there are variations when you set to other jackpot amounts. The most I've taken from the £5 machine I play is £20 from putting in £4

Here's what I've learned from playing the game so far:

The game is fairly simple with only 2 trails that run at the same time up to a roulette wheel at the top which pays out at least once before bumping you off, sometimes a lot more depending on how full it is.

When you get on the board (start feature) the trails light up with green bats. When you land on one of these it gives you 1-4 nudges which you can use to nudge in the red bar feature, a cash win or more ghosts.

There's a staircase full of red bonus icons which activates at random. It gives you these seemingly as and when it feels like it.

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Nudging in 3 red bars to the win line will activate the Barrel feature, which allows a skill stop on either any cash amount or any feature, but will occasionally pick one for you.

Usually when you spin the reels and get one nudge you will hear a slide-whistle noise. If you get one nudge and hear a church organ noise, whatever symbol you nudge in next will be spun in for you on the other 2 reels giving you a win.

Gamble Nudge usually gives you at least 4 nudges. once you've used 2, gamble nudge again to get it back up to 4. Don't try to nudge in the jackpot symbols doing this as it won't let you. Go for ghosts. Keep an eye on the exchange for feature button and hit it as soon as it lights up.

When it tells you to Spin 'em all (hold none), hold a certain reel or hold 'em all, do it. It'll give you a win.

When the Hi Spirits symbol turns completely pink (It's usually blue and pink) you can Hi-Lo gamble all the way to the top of either trail and you will never lose.

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Extra life, No Lose streak and No Lose are all the same thing and my personal favourites for climbing the feature trails. Get a wrong number on the hi-lo and you keep going.

Great 8 and Super 6 mean if you have either of these numbers in the hi-lo reel then you can gamble, and if you lose you keep going.

Boost and Super Boost move you up either trail, or both.

Change number and Extra Nudges are pretty obvious.

Cash Repeat chance gives you a Yes/No repeat chance when you hit the Take Cash button.

Hi Spirits symbol adds a symbol to the Jackpot roulette feature. Get 4 to activate it.

I've never had Super Nudges, Equaliser or Turbo Gamble so I have no idea what they do...

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Cherry Heaven will spin in 3 cherries. Depending on how much the machine wants to pay out it will spin them in several times giving you a larger win.

Super hold will move the reels up and down one space, and you press hold to stop the reel. Whatever is in view before you start the feature you will be able to nudge in. Nudge 3 ghosts in if you can. Apparently this sometimes goes further than one space if no win or ghosts are visible but I've yet to see it.

Fruit punch stops on one of the fruit icons in view and gives you the win for that fruit. Almost always grapes.

Ball and Chain scrolls cash amounts on the screen and you stop them. Whatever is in view you win.

Cavalier Cash is a skill stop on the fruit icons under the hold buttons and you can usually get 3 red 7's depending on how fast it goes. Will sometimes let you hold cancel and go very slow.

Spiritual Spin spins you in 1 win.

Ghost buster - never had it.

7 Stepper nudges down the reels until 3 7s are in view. Depending on what colour they are you will win big or small. If you know the reels inside out you can get Red 7's for a big win.

I've never tried any of the top 5 features. If I get that high up the trail it's on an invincible mode or a couple of extra lives and I go all the way to the top.

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I don't get on this often enough to see any pattern but it seems to be just keep pressing start and take whatever it gives you. You can't lose what you win on it, all that happens if you land on the lose icon is that the feature stops and you collect.

That's all I've learned about this machine. If you have any other info or tips please reply.