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Whilst this is gambling related the subject matter doesn't really fit into any of the other CM forums, so I'll post this in The Attic.
If you're not from the UK you might not be aware of our somewhat unique 'AWP' slot machine market. AWP stands for 'Amusement With Prizes', they're slot machines but they're not random, they do have an RTP but they're compensated, and they're a lot more involved than the average random slot. They can be found in arcades, pubs, service stations, bowling alleys etc, they're somewhat ubiquitous, in fact.
(They are a broad relation to the 'AWP' style slots at MG casinos, but the UK AWP has been around for decades, so they definitely precede the online flavour, and they're far more complex than the MG incarnation of the genre.)
A typical UK AWP looks something like this:
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The interesting part about UK AWPs is that they have been emulated, and thus can be played on your PC. The guy who wrote the emulator for UK AWPs is a genuine genius kind of dude, he used quite a bit of MAME source code to get up and running, but from there on he basically cracked all the various technologies used by UK AWPs over the years, which included some pretty mind-bending reverse engineering.
In addition to this, he has developed the emulator to allow for the use of 'real graphics', this means that through a combination of genuine 100% EMULATION (i.e. what you play on your PC is EXACTLY how the real machine behaves), and the flair of layout designers, it's possible to get UK AWPs running on your PC that look like this.
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The UK AWP fruit machine emulation scene has been going strong for over ten years now, and thanks to a concerted collective effort, the original program ROMs, artwork, photos and other resources have been gathered and pooled together for literally hundreds of machines, from the early 1980s right through to the mid 2000s.
This has fed through into all these machines being faithfully emulated, and provided absolutely free of charge to the emulation community. No strings attached, no-one wants any money for anything, it's all just done for the love of it and preserving history.
If you think you might fancy a go at this, here are the files required to get the 'GLADIATORS' AWP running on your PC.
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Just unzip the file to a convenient location, launch the 'MFME.EXE' application, then go to File > Load Game, and load in the Gladiators 'GAM' file, the machine's ROMs and layout will load, go through its boot-up sequence, and then you will be able to play.
You can either click on the 'mouse play' buttons for START / HOLDS / NUDGES / ETC with your mouse, or use what are generally the 'standard' shortcut keys, SPACE for start, 123 for holds/nudges, 0 to put a pound coin in, ` for cancel/collect, E for exchange, F for feature etc.
Resource site here -
If you're not from the UK you might not be aware of our somewhat unique 'AWP' slot machine market. AWP stands for 'Amusement With Prizes', they're slot machines but they're not random, they do have an RTP but they're compensated, and they're a lot more involved than the average random slot. They can be found in arcades, pubs, service stations, bowling alleys etc, they're somewhat ubiquitous, in fact.
(They are a broad relation to the 'AWP' style slots at MG casinos, but the UK AWP has been around for decades, so they definitely precede the online flavour, and they're far more complex than the MG incarnation of the genre.)
A typical UK AWP looks something like this:
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The interesting part about UK AWPs is that they have been emulated, and thus can be played on your PC. The guy who wrote the emulator for UK AWPs is a genuine genius kind of dude, he used quite a bit of MAME source code to get up and running, but from there on he basically cracked all the various technologies used by UK AWPs over the years, which included some pretty mind-bending reverse engineering.
In addition to this, he has developed the emulator to allow for the use of 'real graphics', this means that through a combination of genuine 100% EMULATION (i.e. what you play on your PC is EXACTLY how the real machine behaves), and the flair of layout designers, it's possible to get UK AWPs running on your PC that look like this.
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The UK AWP fruit machine emulation scene has been going strong for over ten years now, and thanks to a concerted collective effort, the original program ROMs, artwork, photos and other resources have been gathered and pooled together for literally hundreds of machines, from the early 1980s right through to the mid 2000s.
This has fed through into all these machines being faithfully emulated, and provided absolutely free of charge to the emulation community. No strings attached, no-one wants any money for anything, it's all just done for the love of it and preserving history.
If you think you might fancy a go at this, here are the files required to get the 'GLADIATORS' AWP running on your PC.
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Just unzip the file to a convenient location, launch the 'MFME.EXE' application, then go to File > Load Game, and load in the Gladiators 'GAM' file, the machine's ROMs and layout will load, go through its boot-up sequence, and then you will be able to play.
You can either click on the 'mouse play' buttons for START / HOLDS / NUDGES / ETC with your mouse, or use what are generally the 'standard' shortcut keys, SPACE for start, 123 for holds/nudges, 0 to put a pound coin in, ` for cancel/collect, E for exchange, F for feature etc.
Resource site here -
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