Fruit Machine Chat

Or has anbody else noticed a recent influx of Paragon's turning up everywhere?

Me too.

Titboxes almost entirely in the domain of chain pubs and places that used to have the Inde or Fatbox whatever (which I preferred) switching to paragon.

Played one last night with no second screen and only Q & A offerings were Spend it Like Beckham and that crosswordy based one

Think I stumbled across the very same today at lunch, Hornby. I was very disappointed when the pub in question replaced its Fatbox with a Paragon, so the new installation of the Worst Games Menu In The World adds insult to injury. Some of the games on there - that buried treasure one and the snooker one come to mind - are ridiculously unfair. If anyone's ever won anything from them, I'd be interested to hear about it.

grecian wrote:Think I stumbled across the very same today at lunch, Hornby. I was very disappointed when the pub in question replaced its Fatbox with a Paragon, so the new installation of the Worst Games Menu In The World adds insult to injury. Some of the games on there - that buried treasure one and the snooker one come to mind - are ridiculously unfair. If anyone's ever won anything from them, I'd be interested to hear about it.

I was drinking with the landlady last night and she is getting it sorted- there is apparently some problem with the license/dongle

This sounds like the games menu that was on the Paragon in the Temple Walkabout last time I ventured in there - truly the worst set of games I've ever seen in one place.

Nil Satis wrote:truly the worst set of games I've ever seen in one place.

Amen to that, and Christmas just round the corner. Party punters won't be captured. My own self-interest of course, but sometimes I struggle to see any trace of common sense been shown by machine distributers.

If money doesn't go in, there's none to take out.

not looking good for the near future if u r concerned QM ?

I wouldn't see it as a particular concern myself. I've not seen Paragons replacing ItBoxes. Just because Paragons are a bit lean at the moment I see no reason why they shouldn't return to form. There's certainly been points in the last couple of years when I think Paragons have been the cabinet most worth playing, and with the right games choices that could easily become reality again. I agree though that it's baffling that that terrible Games Warehouse selection is still defiling certain venues.

ive noticed that some gamestec sites now have paragons probably confirming that gamestec have no intention of producing any more gamesnets however paragons are 'independent' are never going to take over the world.

there is apparently some problem with the license/dongle

As a cheery aside, a Paragon has been displaying the 'invalid dongle' overlay message in one of my locals for two weeks now - the credit (at last check - Friday evening) was up to £31 where punters pop in a pound without even looking at the screen!!

I tried to check when the engineer was 'popping in', so as I could be halfway through a pint, leisurely leaning against the said machine as he 'fixes' it...