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Trying to remember a machine
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 6:36 pm
by Fruity
Was in a Cafe the other day and they had a classic fruit machine in there, but by the time i got home i forgot what it was called
ops:
Think it's around the town? It's where you throw dice and go round the board.
Any idea what it is ? Think there's 2 that are very similar around town and another ?
Thanks
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 7:06 pm
by kidgloves
Around the town has the Karaoke mic so people can croon like twats for £3ish.
Was it a Bell Fruit ??
With a pub theme I'd love to think it was project's Last Orders - big bells at the end of the feature trail and a quiz night feature which always used the same questions.
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 7:07 pm
by harry2
Didn't you just tap the speaker to get the £3 ?
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 7:42 pm
by Fruity
haha definantly not Around The Town then
Yeah was a bell fruit, think it had a copper that if he caught you he'd say you have had to much to drink, and you will either lose money, or will be game over.
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 9:11 pm
by kidgloves
harry2 wrote:Didn't you just tap the speaker to get the £3 ?
That's what we'd do, but you never tell that to the unsuspecting player. It's amazing what people will do for money.
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 9:12 pm
by kidgloves
Fruity wrote:haha definantly not Around The Town then
Yeah was a bell fruit, think it had a copper that if he caught you he'd say you have had to much to drink, and you will either lose money, or will be game over.
Sounds like Spotted Dick then.
"Once more young man and you'll feel the length of my truncheon"
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 9:17 pm
by mr lugsy
mr pedantic would just like to say that spotted dick is global games .
i think round the town is right ,some older people will remember that it had a rectangular patch on the top perspex/glass with lots of small holes in it with the mike hidden behind ,i was defo more of a tapper than crooner also.
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 12:46 am
by logopolis
Must be Around The Town. Cops And Robbers and the Seaside Boulevard were the clones.
The feature On The House is jackpot.
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 2:56 pm
by Fruity
Thats the other i was thinking of Cops & Robbers, so i was right, seems weird i cant find any details on Around The Town on google, used to love this machine BITD
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 3:09 pm
by spa
logopolis wrote:Must be Around The Town. Cops And Robbers and the Seaside Boulevard were the clones.
The feature On The House is jackpot.
Along the prom
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 3:12 pm
by HornyNick
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 4:09 pm
by Fruity
Thats the one
Would love to own this machine, will keep my eyes peeled on the bay i think
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 4:21 pm
by HornyNick
Emulator to play Round The Town:
http://www.fruit-emu.com/forums/index.p ... wfile=2098
Emulation of Round The Town:
http://www.fruit-emu.com/forums/index.p ... wfile=1868
Maybe that will help till you buy the real thing.
Any questions just ask.
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:03 pm
by BigEd
harry2 wrote:Didn't you just tap the speaker to get the £3 ?
Used to scratch a coin across the holes where the speaker was. Every machine I ever saw was scratched to death where the holes were. Surprised that the top part was made of perspex and not glass.
Got thrown out of a shitty arcade in Skegness for winning on this, and not allowed to enter the next few Arcades as the "security" police had radio'd ahead.
They removed that singing bit on the 'Along the Prom' version - obviously they got complaints about the damage it did to the machine.
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 12:59 am
by logopolis
spa wrote:logopolis wrote:Must be Around The Town. Cops And Robbers and the Seaside Boulevard were the clones.
The feature On The House is jackpot.
Along the prom
Thats the name of it yeah. Knew it was something along those lines.
Sunset Boulevard was a totally different machine, sort of a lo tech.