If you could bring back any game, what would it be. And why?

cp999 · Post by **cp999** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 12:09 pm

Quizmaster, Fruit Machine Quiz (but, Tonkarentino, wasn't ? mode annoying!) , Adders and Ladders, Skilltrek, Tetris/Blox, A Question of Sport, Aladdin's Cave/Risk, the Gamesnet conversions of Countdown and London Underground (nice bugs

), the very first version of Word Up, the standalone Maygay Trivial Pursuit, the dual stake WWTBAMs, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, original program Word Blox, original program Super Gold Run, Bookworm and a few others already mentioned.

And why? Because I like money

betchrider · Post by **betchrider** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 2:54 pm

Give us a break? Nobody mentioned that?

cp999 · Post by **cp999** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 11:55 pm

betchrider wrote:Give us a break? Nobody mentioned that?

First machine I ever emptied! I loved the early editions of Suit Pursuit too. Ah nostalgia

Drpepper · Post by **Drpepper** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 12:06 am

Sum up, so i could absolutely hammer it again.

cp999 · Post by **cp999** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 12:10 am

Drpepper wrote:Sum up, so i could absolutely hammer it again.

The sacrifice four quid to get it down to 2500 pts for £20 gambit??

Topical2009 · Post by **Topical2009** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 12:27 am

Every Second Counts. Fun end game (if you're too young to remember, kids, it was a bit like Eliminator) as well as being a big payer. I also liked Wize Move from a gameplay point of view, even if it could be frigging tedious trying to work your way round the board once you'd won a bit of cash.

P.S. All I remember about Fruit Machine is the "Mystery" prize mode...will it be a tenner? Maybe a cheeky fiver? It could be absolutely anyth - oh look, it's 20p again.

cp999 · Post by **cp999** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 9:45 am

Topical2009 wrote:Every Second Counts. Fun end game (if you're too young to remember, kids, it was a bit like Eliminator) as well as being a big payer. I also liked Wize Move from a gameplay point of view, even if it could be frigging tedious trying to work your way round the board once you'd won a bit of cash.

P.S. All I remember about Fruit Machine is the "Mystery" prize mode...will it be a tenner? Maybe a cheeky fiver? It could be absolutely anyth - oh look, it's 20p again.

Wize Move had the cunning strategy of displaying your bank in a massive LCD display at the top of the machine so it was visible from the other side of the pub!

Fruit Machine's mystery jackpot was 70p, first prize was always 20p. Related to Fruit Machine was Supernudger which was great fun. 36 questions for £10 when done (iirc) and the time bar went like the clappers! The fiver was much more attainable under those circumstances.

anfield road · Post by **anfield road** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 11:02 am

stacka - £50 every single £1 £49 profit per 60 seconds!! pretty good game

tonkarentino · Post by **tonkarentino** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 9:59 pm

cp999 wrote:Quizmaster, Fruit Machine Quiz (but, Tonkarentino, wasn't ? mode annoying!) , Adders and Ladders, Skilltrek, Tetris/Blox, A Question of Sport, Aladdin's Cave/Risk, the Gamesnet conversions of Countdown and London Underground (nice bugs ), the very first version of Word Up, the standalone Maygay Trivial Pursuit, the dual stake WWTBAMs, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, original program Word Blox, original program Super Gold Run, Bookworm and a few others already mentioned.

And why? Because I like money

Yes...I'd forgotten that!!

I'd also forgotten Adders and Ladders (shame on me). I remember going down the Hagley Road in Brum and losing all of the Fruit Machine quizzers to the first version of A/L (i,e, the one without the numbers at the bottom) and thinking Christ...it's all over. Then some kind soul programmed the numbers at the bottom and it was a case of how quickly can it be emptied before a move to the next one.

Concentration anyone?

10 quid grid and the original Bar Quest programme...Brings a tear to the eye.

cp999 · Post by **cp999** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 10:22 pm

tonkarentino wrote: I'd also forgotten Adders and Ladders (shame on me). I remember going down the Hagley Road in Brum and losing all of the Fruit Machine quizzers to the first version of A/L (i,e, the one without the numbers at the bottom) and thinking Christ...it's all over. Then some kind soul programmed the numbers at the bottom and it was a case of how quickly can it be emptied before a move to the next one.

The numbers at the bottom version was far too easy! Plus you got genuinely random numbers the next game (rather than it blocking on the first screen) if you had won £10 the previous game. After a while I preferred the older one simply because there were too many people doing the upgrade.

tonkarentino wrote: Concentration anyone?

Total Recall!

kidgloves · Post by **kidgloves** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 11:46 pm

DLT's Treble Top.

201, 101, 101 setup anyone ???

£20 was a lot of money in those days to teenager.

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 7:41 am

10 pound challenge,tetris,space invaders, phrase craze , some bingo themed quiz from the 12 quid days that had about 50 questions in happy mode and really winds me up that i can't remember the name lol.

and of course wwtbam.

cp999 · Post by **cp999** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 9:34 am

mr lugsy wrote:some bingo themed quiz from the 12 quid days that had about 50 questions in happy mode and really winds me up that i can't remember the name lol.

I assume you mean Eyes Down (definitely £12 jp). There was also an earlier bingo game by the makers of Quizmaster which had a bug pertaining to the continue and you had to play it with 20ps to exploit it (I think, it was a very long time ago!).

QuizMaster · Post by **QuizMaster** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 12:10 pm

The earlier Bingo game was called Bingo Challenge and involved the Coinmaster cabs with the joystick that had been used on Mazemaster.

There was also a Numbers Game by JPM which involved clearing a Bingo Card to reveal a prize behind.

I was trying to remember games from days of yore that failed (everybody seems to think that only new games are crap but there were some old horrors even back then).

Anybody remember 'Ten Up' or 'The Entertainer'. Only ever saw I each of these. There was a Pac Man as well at one point.

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 2:34 pm

mr lugsy wrote:10 pound challenge,tetris,space invaders, phrase craze , some bingo themed quiz from the 12 quid days that had about 50 questions in happy mode and really winds me up that i can't remember the name lol.

and of course wwtbam.

that name doesn't ring a bell ,but could be right nonetheless.

it was a really easy jpt when ready and showed itself by means of a very full looking card for starters and also some very easy questions ,not unheard of getting the same question twice on the trot lol.