Bellfruit IM and Jackpots

no name · Post by **no name** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 2:24 pm

Is this a common sequence in Bellfruits?

1. Board turns IM or starts in IM
2. Jackpot repeats once
3. Next IM board arrives within £3 or £4 (either turns IM or starts in IM)
4. Jackpot doesn't repeat

I have done this on Powerball, The Wheel of Wealth and Battleships & Cruisers. The machines listed were £25 / 25p except for Battleships which was £5 / 10p.

Another question is, does +3 Cash Shots on the £5 version of I'm a Celebrity guarantee a Jackpot? I seem to have done it every time on that machine, but not in IM, just by getting on the superboard and landing on Skill, to select +3 Cash Shots. The Jackpot hasn't repeated yet when I have done this.

ob · Post by ob » Sun Jan 07, 2007 3:03 pm

No it certainly is not common, its a cycled streak over thousands of pounds, and I might add, it usually just does £50, not £75, although the latter is possible.

If you force a jp on a bfm and it streaks however, it will be £75 total as the forced jp is not part of the streak.

Again, bear in mind bfm's VERY rarely streak, as it is cycled.

Oh and as for £5 ones, if you get the superboard you'll get the £5 usually, however you do it, although it is unlikely to repeat.

MrRed · Post by **MrRed** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 4:48 pm

They can do a ton
Had £108 from a Hulk before

IM rpt
IM rpt
£4 rpt

But yes, very very rare
As ob says it is usually £50

Mattb · Post by **Mattb** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 9:42 pm

Yep, i've rolled a Hulk til empty before a couple of years back. I've also seen a bloke take £200+ out of one....3 IMs and superboards a plenty, multiple choice etc.

Had plenty of £75s from the Easy Streak/That's Magic series, and £75s from Diamond Mine, Pony Express, Hells Bells etc.

Newer ones aren't as good with the blocked Turbo Win. You could rip £17s from older bellfruits - once in a million now!

Matt

bigv038 · Post by **bigv038** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 1:37 am

Mattb wrote:Had plenty of £75s from the Easy Streak/That's Magic series, and £75s from Diamond Mine, Pony Express, Hells Bells etc.

forced diamond mine and pony express many of times never ever had them streak.

watched a mate put £50 in pony express b4, so i tried it cost me £100 for 1 JP. dropping from the off if i recall. havent touched one since. :x

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 4:22 am

Sick that, not common for a pony to take £100 though.

I have forced about 10 times.

3 of them it streaked.

Best way is to turbo win for £15 it will streak of this as well as it will from a pot.

ob · Post by ob » Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:25 pm

pony express is shit to be fair, it costs £40ish to come out, and the chance of it streaking is low, as the cycle runs to thousands... no one can argue this, it is just the bfm profile; if you've had alot of streaks you have just been lucky - the cycle is huge believe me on this one.

diamond mine I've had £100 streaks from, so yes they can do it, it is, however rare - I only played them as you could blag jp's from the cash ko's, considering on pony express you cant do this ( and I might add, the turbo cash is very harsh on pony exress ), it renders the machine shit.

Mattb · Post by **Mattb** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 3:38 pm

Yeah, you need the red numbers IM really. If you just force and force the cash stack out for £25, it often just does flat £25s with no repeat. Getting in off reds is the usual streak on these.

Matt

ob · Post by ob » Mon Jan 08, 2007 6:05 pm

hmm, not ever played for that, so I couldnt say, although I would doubt this would make a difference? surely a cycle based machine is unlikely to roll however you get the jp. - perhaps the times it did for you were a coincidence

In contrast to this, impulse's wildfire, if you played for the IM, it would 90% streak, however it could be extremely costly, even from the point it was jp ready, so it was a toss up whether it was indeed worth playing for it.

Matt Vinyl · Post by **Matt Vinyl** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 6:19 pm

Used to get quite a few £75s from a Pony about 3 years back. It definitely did seem to streak if you got the red trail as opposed to 'turning' the board IM.

Wildfire - Great machine!

ob · Post by ob » Mon Jan 08, 2007 6:39 pm

If it weren't for the £100 roll wildfire would be awful- but given it did it a fair bit, you have to like it!

Matt Vinyl · Post by **Matt Vinyl** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:17 pm

Agreed wholeheartedly!!

Used to hit the Wildfire twice a month for the big top!

I've also said this before, but Impulse did make some good games!

Mattb · Post by **Mattb** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:20 pm

Yep, Holy Smoke wasn't bad either!

Loved Pick Yer Pesos, Spin On It, Hurricane etc too. Great machines to streak really, with nice firm obvious blocks that you could easily decide when to play or not play. The £10 one was particularly annoying! Much like older vivids

ob · Post by ob » Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:41 pm

"spin on it" it completely different to hurricane/wildfire/pesos etc. Was a great machine for pro's, playing it involved alot of skill, alot more than current machines for sure - was great fun to play - it was one of those machines you knew WOULD BE VERY GOOD PROFIT 100% if you found one in a pub not often burnt, nowadays they're only in arcades, and will be burnt to a crisp!

The £25 one didn't streak ( well fucking rare anyway - would have had to be played by mugs for ever lol, and still I doubt it ) , there is no solid blocks on the machine, its not like pesos in that way. The £15 one did streak alot though.

Wombat was a clone of it, although completely different, back to rigid blocks, but thanks to the easy jp rips when its board happy, it was also a good profiter.

Hurricane I didnt really like on £25 or £15 tbh, thought it cost too much to force on average, although they did streak a fair bit.

Matt Vinyl · Post by **Matt Vinyl** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:47 pm

Contiuing the thread-hijack, I found hurricane sometimes bloooooooody annoying! You could tell when the pot was on by the fact you'd get a bonus almost every spin.

One of the worst Impulse machines IMHO was Grid Runner. That could sting, sting and sting! Would rarely repeat / streak either...

Flashback was good with the method of cherries, gamble, swap, blast, cherries, swap, blast, cherries and so on, to top out the feature stack (or at least get 11th heaven!)