QuizMaster wrote:I could probably start a brand new thread on this game, such are the inaccuracies contained within.........
DOND today:
Which of these is a fruit?
Tomato
Potato
Orange
I was already concerned, since tomato technically classes a fruit.
And it wanted tomato of course, which cost me my try again, which cost me the deal, which cost me money.
'It's getting interesting', said Noel, as I punched my fist through the screen, which knocked the monitor off ha ha. So at least Noel won't skank any more people today at least.
I fail to see what your problem was with this question.
You could argue that, but it's a bit sneaky really, as picking 'Orange' is just as valid an answer as picking 'Tomato', although we all know hat the machine was looking for...
What would you call that 'orange colured' fruit with segments and pips then?
Erm... that'll be 'An Orange'.
"And do you ever contradict yourself, Minister?" "Well, yes and no..."
Countdown has a nice one - What was a cinema owner asked to remove from his roof in 1990? Two of the answers are:
A - a fibreglass fish
B - a plastic shark
As the correct answer is a fibreglass shark (http://www.headington.org.uk/history/misc/shark.htm) you have to take pot luck on which answer it wants and naturally I chose the wrong one (a plastic shark), thereby losing the £3 I had patiently won on the game. Grrrrrr......
On Cluedo I was given the bonus of being told the murderer was wearing a tie. "Excellent" I thought to myself as I warmed my hands to collect the winnings...there was only one tie wearing suspect left.
Lo and behold when i attempted to name the murderer, it was incorrect.
interesting the cleudo blunder.Used to happen a lot on the original Cleudos. I believe they reprogrammed the later Cleudo to cover up their mistakes and stitch up the player as the machine stopped saying who did it , where and with what.
ITBox Soccer is the most frustrating game ever. In one particular pub it ALWAYS freezes after you enter your name for the high score list. The amount of times I've had to ask for the manager, who has kindly got my deserved winnings out of the till, I can't remember.
In another pub, it decides every now and then to just not sense when the screen's being touched, meaning the timer runs out and you've lost 50p.
If I could find an ITBox Soccer cabinet which didn't screw up I could probably quit my full time job...
Mattb wrote:Not a bug, but a horrible spoiler here.
Playing hex with a mate (not my choice, hate the bloomin' game).
Competitive sports. Used up all my letters to be left with _e_a_ ta_ra_
Excellent! It's a quality game which I played a bit as a kid in Malaysia. It's huge in SE Asia. It's like volleyball, but you have to use feet/legs/head and the ball is smaller and made of ratan wood fibres. It is incredibly difficult and often painful. Some players do bicycle kicks as the equivalent of volleyball smashes.
Hangmanfan wrote:ITBox Soccer is the most frustrating game ever. In one particular pub it ALWAYS freezes after you enter your name for the high score list. The amount of times I've had to ask for the manager, who has kindly got my deserved winnings out of the till, I can't remember.
In another pub, it decides every now and then to just not sense when the screen's being touched, meaning the timer runs out and you've lost 50p.
If I could find an ITBox Soccer cabinet which didn't screw up I could probably quit my full time job...
I can barely get beyond £3 or £4 on it. How many points do you get in the average game?
Mattb wrote:Not a bug, but a horrible spoiler here.
Playing hex with a mate (not my choice, hate the bloomin' game).
Competitive sports. Used up all my letters to be left with _e_a_ ta_ra_
Excellent! It's a quality game which I played a bit as a kid in Malaysia. It's huge in SE Asia. It's like volleyball, but you have to use feet/legs/head and the ball is smaller and made of ratan wood fibres. It is incredibly difficult and often painful. Some players do bicycle kicks as the equivalent of volleyball smashes.
Sounds good fun!
Incidentally Ernest, that was in the regal. I had a pop on WU, and the screen on both ITboxes was so out of calubration it was pointless. I only ended up getting about 750. £1 was only 800 points too, you would have been laughing. Bullseye down at 201 on both, and Spot The Difference down at 3/4 rounds for a £1. Easy money!
Matt
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