back in the day

yorkster · Post by **yorkster** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 3:01 am

played f 20 years and still av never got an emptier but enjoyed machines until 1999 and still play now unfortuntaely barx 7 f streaks if ya lucky hi techs very boring unless emptier obvisouly but what is everyones favourtie in terms of playability over the years id say andy capp, roller coaster, red alert, psycho beast, and winner takes all 8 quid tokens.

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 8:43 am

Theres been some great games over the years, i quite enjoyed Arabian Knights, Neptunes Treasure, not so much Red Hot Knights, found them slightly tighter and they did a random flash, also PCB and Frenzy were good.

Ps, was there £8 token machines? I thought they finished at £6? I remember seeing my first machine with a £10 jp all cash payout which was Eastenders lol.

oldskool · Post by **oldskool** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:17 am

obviosuly - every machine i have had an empty on. but ones i couldn't empty, but actually enjoyed playing are:

£4 - topstop
£4 - switchback
£4.80 - powerlines
£6? - doctor who

ming · Post by **ming** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:25 am

noels house party
winner takes all
jpm fairground or carousel cant remember the name
rollercoaster,indy,monopoly,money talks all £8 tokens
more or less all old £8/6 token machines

Been-Grant-Mitchell'd! · Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:31 am

I remember Switchback. A later version of Note Exchange.

The latter was a sure-fire starter in the days where you could start off with your pocket money, changing your pound coins for 10p pieces, then looking for one of these with a 2 on the line, hoping for a hold & a boost to mystery!

Switchback would on the rare occasion, roll the £4 straight in and offer you the exchange for £4 + £2 note run.

I had NE £2 plus go for £36 once and was literally begging it to stop because I thought it was broken!

Been-Grant-Mitchell'd! · Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:35 am

CashWise, Chain Reaction, Lynx.

Anything with a skillclimb or reel match.

BFK · Post by **BFK** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:37 am

On the £4 token Action Bank, if u landed on the N and got a hold with ur nudge offer, what ever win was there would ALWAYS hold after. Was rare but could happen.

Bare this in mind if u have any. Use to have one in my garage.

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 10:07 am

used to like action bank , had a pub one payout nearly 50 quid before, 30 something plus another 12 straight after. i was flabberghasted at the time.

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 10:09 am

I can't remember £8 tokens for some reason? Obviously they were around, i also liked the Great Escape, Simpsons, ItalianJob and Mario Cart, MC was a rare one though, only ever saw a couple.

maverick69 · Post by **maverick69** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 10:14 am

donkey kong

BFK · Post by **BFK** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 10:18 am

All those Maygays were great machines.

£8 tokes weren't around for that long before they thought fuck it let's go with the £10 cash!!

I'd love to have those token days back. Great times.

BFK · Post by **BFK** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 10:24 am

Been-Grant-Mitchell'd! wrote:CashWise, Chain Reaction, Lynx.

Anything with a skillclimb or reel match.

Which machine was it that first came out in those fancy grey cabs with the flash rippled buttons?

Had a trail to 8 I think, skill cash was about the third feature up but use to cheat you, also had a reel match low down I believe?

Use to make the high pitch bleep on each £1 that clicked out and a low pitch for 20p's and tokens or vice versa?

Use to love that game, had it in a chippy near me.

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 10:35 am

tristar?

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 10:47 am

Red Alert and Impulse were enjoyable to play, lots of ways to get jp, and loved a repeat or two, i had one Red Alert that gave an unusually high amount of repeats. Also had a Lotta Luck in a small pub that lasted 6 months, back in the days you got more than 5 minutes on an empty.

Been-Grant-Mitchell'd! · Sat Mar 03, 2012 12:02 pm

BFK wrote:Had a trail to 8 I think, skill cash was about the third feature up but use to cheat you

You missed!