test titbox

grecian · Post by **grecian** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:25 pm

QuizMaster wrote:Hells Bells and Frog Lily Pad Wank have gone

RIP HELL'S BELLS.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:44 pm

bells in Hell is an odd concept.
but any post i make on a monday evening should be shunned.

Properpro · Post by **Properpro** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 8:02 am

grecian wrote:RIP HELL'S BELLS.

Must say I agree. I suppose the punters have the say in these decisions, and it simply hasn't been played enough, but my pocket for one will be lighter for its demise.

Nil Satis · Post by **Nil Satis** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 11:08 am

grecian wrote:I noticed that Back 2 Skool has disappeared, which I think is a pity, as it was a good game that I rather enjoyed. I wonder whether one or two of the "top boys" had become rather too good at it, although given that the game could presumably stop you winning much fairly easy, not sure that theory's right.

I think you are right in that Back 2 Skool is very able to protect itself - once you have got to say £5 all it has to do is offer endless timetables using the four subjects on which you have already reached A. Throw in a few unknowable spoilers and it will be Game Over. The next game it can start doing this at £3, and so on.

Just to concur with what others have said, Scratch and Match 2 is just like the first game - total dross - and has to be the least exciting reappearance since the recent Star Wars films came out.

One odd thing I spotted at the weekend - Deals On Wheels had suddenly reappeared on two of the updated ItBoxes, in apparently unchanged form. May be pleasing for one or two on here...

grecian · Post by **grecian** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 11:27 am

Nil Satis wrote: One odd thing I spotted at the weekend - Deals On Wheels had suddenly reappeared on two of the updated ItBoxes, in apparently unchanged form. May be pleasing for one or two on here...

It's on a few round here. I think it is the "bubbling under" game which gets promoted to the ItBox if one of the other games is for some reason absent. Always good for a play and there's usually a fairly easy tenner at an unplayed location. I imagine some of the real boys might like it.

Nil Satis · Post by **Nil Satis** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 11:44 am

grecian wrote:I imagine some of the real boys might like it.

Well, Pinocchio for one is thrilled.

In a similar vein to that question re unique footie matches, Pinocchio must have some claim to fame as providing the only quiz machine answer to use the word 'manhood', as it 'What grows when Pinocchio tells a lie?'.

dmac · Post by **dmac** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 12:19 pm

Nil Satis · Post by **Nil Satis** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 12:42 pm

dmac wrote:The timing of its (Back 2 School's) removal is a bit of a coincidence (although you'd have had to have played one with sound on to notice)

Indeed. Sad to see the end of Grange Hill after all these years. On that basis does the removal of Hell's Bells mean that Cliff Richard needs to be checking his life insurance policies...?

Nil Satis · Post by **Nil Satis** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 12:11 pm

Spotted for the first time on an ItBox at the weekend - Are You Smarter Than A 10 Year Old? It was on the front screen but I couldn't say what it had replaced, or (yet) whether this was just a one-off.

Northern Monkey · Post by **Northern Monkey** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:10 am

Northern Monkey wrote:The test box I saw the other day but couldnt play as wouldnt accept credits had changed its offerings again today.

It had IIRC Smarter than a 10 yr old and Connect 4 on the front screen with spot the ball and Tac Tiles (alien thing) and other equally useless shite on the back.

Now getting confused with all these different terminals / sites etc- has this dross line-up appeared on itbox before ?

Spot the Ball is more AWP (without the A) than SWP.

Not a one off NS see above from earlier in this thread

Nil Satis · Post by **Nil Satis** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:00 pm

Good point.

ops:

Maybe it was indeed another test box that I saw at the weekend. I have to say I quite like AYSTATYO, with the exception of those godawful (pun intended) questions about World Religions.