- Joined
- Apr 9, 2012
- Location
- Republic Of West Yorkshire
Where is that?It was a wet and miserable day when i went last Monday...
Jackpot whoohoo.
Anyone remember the original from the 80's, this still plays the same though, was brought out for the 25th Anniversary and isnt the horrible bingo version.
Must have not played this for twenty odd years and could still remember the reels
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Some UK 3 player Low Tech fruit machines
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Where is that?
Two weeks ago I took part in the World Mini Golf Tournament in Hastings over the weekend.
Saturday was lovely and sunny, but when we played Sunday morning it was pissing down.
We HAD to play, because we were in a competition, but the tourists on the course next door were doing this through CHOICE!
I remember Line Up, managed to learn the reels off by heart after making myself a card of the reelstrips whilst playing. The advantage was knowing exactly when to stop gambling nudges rather than pressing for unlimited. Got thrown out of a funfair arcade on bank holiday Monday - the bloke said "give us a chance today"
Maybe I should move to Yorkshire and relive some old memories, or get a very big house with a basement and get a few more machines.
We (me and a friend) did offer to buy a Line Up at a funfair in Reading once, but he said they are liable to keep breaking down. We ended up getting a JPM Special Reserve off him instead.
Wouldnt go that far VWM lol. Brid doesnt have any classics really left at all now.
Do you live near Kent?
Theres a classic arcade in Tonbridge and also in Maidstone.
Subtle differences with the newer line up, its a fiver jackpot (can be changed to £25)
Can gamble £2 bells to a fiver or 10p.
It sometimes autoholds numbers if it goes to a win.
And it banks winnings
When up north, I tended to go to Blackpool rather than the east coast. B&B for £9 a night in a tiny room (NOT en suite), but who cares, I only slept there and ate breakfast, I spent from just after breakfast to the small hours of the morning on the golden mile. £200 could last days, not hours as now.
If you want to come to blackpool for a few days you can stay at mine for free ! ( you could show me the tricks on the fruities !)
Oh, I am wary of the consequences, sabotage of my laptop so that I can't play the £20K at 32red whilst you glide effortlessly into 1st place.
I'm not sure that it's anything like it used to be there anyway, probably full of 10p £5 crap and endless DONDs that are regularly hammered by the locals in the 18+ enclosures.
I'd give my left nut to make £200 stretch a few days. Not to mention still getting that gambling buzz and relive a bit of nostalgia.
If the weather ever perks up I might have to drag my partner down to Margate for a laugh. With a bit of luck 'Fun Land' might stll be standing, at least I think that's what it was called. I was about 9!
Sabotage - there's a thought - you could put something nasty on my lovely Alienware laptop - doubt if either of us are that nasty !
I really know nothing about machines in arcades - I do eat down the prom regularly though - some good greasy spoons - if you want me to have a look around the arcades and see if there are any specific types of machine , I can do that
Nice pics JD
They have that PT set up in Quicksilver Wolverhampton.
I tend to venture in once a week (more so to get out of the house than play to be fair) The same elderly woman is always sat on the Bullion Bar multi player, regardless of the day/time of day.
The same chap I knew from 25 years back (when I was in there almost daily) is still feeding his dole money into that Party time.
Other than one or two others the place is pretty empty these days, even the B3's which were pretty popular a couple of years back seem in the main always unoccupied.