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- Tue Apr 18, 2006 12:25 pm
- Forum: Quiz Machines
- Topic: New version of Battleships
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1000
A few more games over the weekend have confirmed my first impression, namely that the prizes on the end game seem to be all as easy/difficult to get as each other, which as I said contrasts markedly with Bullseye (for me at least). The same cabinet included the new Cops and Robbers game, and I can o...
- Thu Apr 13, 2006 11:50 am
- Forum: Quiz Machines
- Topic: New version of Battleships
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1000
Hi QM This isn't really what I meant: The higher prizes are not easier to get than on Bullseye What I meant was that the higher prizes don't seem (from my limited number of games admittedly) to be any harder to get than the lower prizes on this game . The main reason I don't give much time to Bullse...
- Wed Apr 12, 2006 3:42 pm
- Forum: Quiz Machines
- Topic: New version of Battleships
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1000
- Wed Apr 12, 2006 12:12 pm
- Forum: Quiz Machines
- Topic: New version of Battleships
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1000
Good luck with tracking one down and, when you do, I'm sure you'll then agree with my description of the game - the ghost of Bullseye hangs heavy over this one. As for whether I like it or not, my three word summary would be Not a classic but that is relatively high praise from me compared to what I...
- Tue Apr 11, 2006 2:44 pm
- Forum: Quiz Machines
- Topic: New version of Battleships
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1000
New version of Battleships
Spotted today on the new Paragon 3. It seems in fact to be a hybrid, the result of some careful interbreeding between the existing Battleships 3 and Bullseye. The game has been split into two rounds - the first being very similar in look and feel to Battleships 3, but with the familiar bonus structu...
- Tue Apr 11, 2006 2:32 pm
- Forum: Quiz Machines
- Topic: Paragon2
- Replies: 16
- Views: 960
I had my first proper go on one of these new-fangled widescreen Paragon 3s today and it's certainly an odd experience. As tka noted, the Bullseye dartboard gets turned into a flat oval and a few of the other games are distorted somewhat as well. However some of you will no doubt be relieved to know ...
- Tue Apr 11, 2006 2:10 pm
- Forum: Quiz Machines
- Topic: I-SPY on paragons?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 645
Back on thread... spylover - if you can get up to Reading there is a new widescreen Paragon 3 with the the visual I-Spy game on it in a pub called Coopers, which isn't far from the train station - details here: http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/20/20655/Coopers/Reading . It's not a game I ever ...
- Mon Apr 10, 2006 12:24 pm
- Forum: Quiz Machines
- Topic: Top Secret
- Replies: 3
- Views: 610
Yes - it's nicely designed and good to look at but seems to be hopeless in terms of actually winning anything. Now where have I heard that before...? You have reminded me however of a lost classic, which was also based around spying etc. It turned up a few years ago on the Gamesnets, around the same...
- Mon Apr 10, 2006 11:54 am
- Forum: Quiz Machines
- Topic: Anyone play hex or monopoly?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1052
Apart from all the issues that step7 mentions (to which I would add - the risk of getting thrown out and/or barred) the major issue I would raise here is that the games you mention (Hex Appeal and Monopoly) just do not lend themselves to making this kind of approach profitable in the long run. This ...
- Fri Apr 07, 2006 12:13 pm
- Forum: Quiz Machines
- Topic: I-SPY on paragons?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 645
- Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:14 pm
- Forum: Quiz Machines
- Topic: Nostalgic ramblings - the first game you ever played?
- Replies: 77
- Views: 3862
I remember my mate Gordon telling me that quizmaster only paid out if you beat the previous high-score, so obviously the idea was to raise this score in the smallest increment possible. That was exactly right, Foxy - I used to play it with another quizzer and we would take it in turns in that one w...
- Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:41 pm
- Forum: Quiz Machines
- Topic: Nostalgic ramblings - the first game you ever played?
- Replies: 77
- Views: 3862
Thanks, QM. The name doesn't ring a bell but you may be right. As for your namesake, I do remember that one from my University years in Liverpool. It was a real golden find to unearth one - there were only ever three in total that we ever found in a city that size! The contemporary game that I playe...
- Tue Apr 04, 2006 3:32 pm
- Forum: Quiz Machines
- Topic: Nostalgic ramblings - the first game you ever played?
- Replies: 77
- Views: 3862
Nostalgic ramblings - the first game you ever played?
A PM conversation with a fellow Fruitchatter has made me think back to the first games I ever played. This for me is going back to 1985/86, which is probably before one or two of you were even born! The main game around when I started playing was Give Us A Break, which was based on a Dave Lee Travis...
- Mon Apr 03, 2006 11:48 am
- Forum: Quiz Machines
- Topic: SPOT THE DIFFERENCE
- Replies: 78
- Views: 4518
I would normally dismiss this story as urban legend except for three things: (1) I know it is possible to win lots of money from certain games if the right combination of skill, knowledge, hard work and gameplay come along. (2) I have personally witnessed people whose skill at one particular game se...
- Fri Mar 31, 2006 2:22 pm
- Forum: Quiz Machines
- Topic: SWP Stereotypes
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1637
Guys Without wishing to introduce a brand new stereotype - the Sycophant - this is one of the best and funniest threads I have ever seen on this or any other forum! It's just so true to (SWP) life! All in one morning as well. Not sure what to call them ('Permission to Kill?' perhaps) but another ste...