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[geordiecolin]

To paraphrase a great Blancmange song 'Waivers,and then goodbye...'

Ha ha, I really rated them. Waves should have been a huge hit. Do you remember Kissing The Pink?
Just watching the thread with interest. Good luck with bettervaluecasino.

 

[Jono777]

I just couldn't trust it, I don't even trust 99% of the big casino brands out there lol

I was thinking earlier how much I would love to see a new style casino which featured all the old 90's'early 00's British arcade slots..You know the ones Eastenders, Big Breakfast, Tuppeny Nudge, Rollercoaster, Crystal Maze with the cost per bet not exceeding say 20p.

Ahh I could only dream.

This would be simply awesome but sadly very unlikely.

I did catch the tail end of the Microgaming Download casino AWP's and used to "force" them in a similar style to the old land based machines and although never got rich, did enjoy lengthy session at minimal, if any cost.

Sadly these got whipped away due to exploits which is why I strongly feel we will never see this sort of mechanic reappear.

 

[BetterValueCasino]

Thanks a lot Jono777 and Geordiecolin.

I had to look up what AWP meant, Amusement With Prizes - slot machines that provide some level of player interaction. There are a vast number of slots which only have a "spin now" button, although in bonus rounds there is some interaction. About 30 years ago I was quite hooked on a fruit machine in a local cafe called Nudge XL (or something like that), when you found out how, you could nudge the reels backwards until you got 3 7's and then hit the super repeating jackpot, which would repeat £6 jackpot wins over and over again. However, such "big" wins of £30+ would be paid out in tokens, which could only be re-played in the machine. Occasionally you could walk away with tonnes of £1 coins!

Slotsguy that is interesting, retro slots! I own and regularly operate (to run trading simulations) a very fast 8-bit computer which was made in the 1980's, I bought the refurbished machine expanded to include a 1 Gigabyte hard drive which it didn't have when it was made in 1982. (I have a floppy disc drive too which makes a very satisfying mechanical sound when loading / saving). There are must be approaching 500 games or more on the hard disk from the '80s and early '90s.

I know there was a slots game for this computer, a 'BBC Micro', many years back so I am going to search through the archives see if I can find it.

 

[SlotsGuy]

Thanks a lot Jono777 and Geordiecolin.

I had to look up what AWP meant, Amusement With Prizes - slot machines that provide some level of player interaction. There are a vast number of slots which only have a "spin now" button, although in bonus rounds there is some interaction. About 30 years ago I was quite hooked on a fruit machine in a local cafe called Nudge XL (or something like that), when you found out how, you could nudge the reels backwards until you got 3 7's and then hit the super repeating jackpot, which would repeat £6 jackpot wins over and over again. However, such "big" wins of £30+ would be paid out in tokens, which could only be re-played in the machine. Occasionally you could walk away with tonnes of £1 coins!

Slotsguy that is interesting, retro slots! I own and regularly operate (to run trading simulations) a very fast 8-bit computer which was made in the 1980's, I bought the refurbished machine expanded to include a 1 Gigabyte hard drive which it didn't have when it was made in 1982. (I have a floppy disc drive too which makes a very satisfying mechanical sound when loading / saving). There are must be approaching 500 games or more on the hard disk from the '80s and early '90s.

I know there was a slots game for this computer, a 'BBC Micro', many years back so I am going to search through the archives see if I can find it.

I would strongly suggest going to the app store and searching for a slot player / developer (Cashman_Eq) he has very carefully re-created, designed and gained the software of some fantastic old style arcade slots these include Bullion Bars, Hokey Cokey, Party-Time, Cops n Robbers, CasinoCrazy, Bar X, Super Hyper Viper, Golden Games and the amazing Frank n Stein.

The games are available in the app stores at no cost, they're for fun and nostalgic reasons only. He has also created a community inside the apps, so players can compete against each other and see who wins the highest payouts. He also live streams from the classic British arcades via his YouTube channel one is Mr P's who now owns several classic style 90's arcades, he's done an awful lot for the gaming community at bringing great memories back. He would also be a good contact to possibly share ideas and suggestions if you are truly serious about opening this website, his email is available via his developer info within the app stores.

 

[Jd666]

I would strongly suggest going to the app store and searching for a slot player / developer (Cashman_Eq) he has very carefully re-created, designed and gained the software of some fantastic old style arcade slots these include Bullion Bars, Hokey Cokey, Party-Time, Cops n Robbers, CasinoCrazy, Bar X, Super Hyper Viper, Golden Games and the amazing Frank n Stein.

The games are available in the app stores at no cost, they're for fun and nostalgic reasons only. He has also created a community inside the apps, so players can compete against each other and see who wins the highest payouts. He also live streams from the classic British arcades via his YouTube channel one is Mr P's who now owns several classic style 90's arcades, he's done an awful lot for the gaming community at bringing great memories back. He would also be a good contact to possibly share ideas and suggestions if you are truly serious about opening this website, his email is available via his developer info within the app stores.

And now his own version of Black Knight called Blackpool Nights

 

[SlotsGuy]

And now his own version of Black Knight called Blackpool Nights

Can't seem to find it in the Google Play-Store?

 

[Jd666]

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[ritae]

It would seem that another UKGC casino has recently opened offering their own in-house games with high RTPs: Fairbetter

I guess this is the same kinda thing BetterValueCasino wants to be?

 

[SlotsGuy]

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Cheers mate found it..Love the music during the feature lol

 

[Jono777]

Thanks a lot Jono777 and Geordiecolin.

I had to look up what AWP meant, Amusement With Prizes - slot machines that provide some level of player interaction. There are a vast number of slots which only have a "spin now" button, although in bonus rounds there is some interaction. About 30 years ago I was quite hooked on a fruit machine in a local cafe called Nudge XL (or something like that), when you found out how, you could nudge the reels backwards until you got 3 7's and then hit the super repeating jackpot, which would repeat £6 jackpot wins over and over again. However, such "big" wins of £30+ would be paid out in tokens, which could only be re-played in the machine. Occasionally you could walk away with tonnes of £1 coins!

Slotsguy that is interesting, retro slots! I own and regularly operate (to run trading simulations) a very fast 8-bit computer which was made in the 1980's, I bought the refurbished machine expanded to include a 1 Gigabyte hard drive which it didn't have when it was made in 1982. (I have a floppy disc drive too which makes a very satisfying mechanical sound when loading / saving). There are must be approaching 500 games or more on the hard disk from the '80s and early '90s.

I know there was a slots game for this computer, a 'BBC Micro', many years back so I am going to search through the archives see if I can find it.

Nudge XS by Project Coin. It was housed in the same cabinet as later Projects such as Bullseye and Chico the Bandit.

Black 777's were the Jackpot and when the feature triggered it could rollover for several spins giving anything between 12 and 30 nudges (approx figures) It also had a horizontal reel at the top which added a bonus amount to other wins if they had the 'bonus' overlay on them.

Never seen one since our local arcade got rid of it decades ago, not even in any of the Retro Slots you tubers videos, Don't even think Dave has one?

 

[johnnymcc1966]

Ha ha, I really rated them. Waves should have been a huge hit. Do you remember Kissing The Pink?
Just watching the thread with interest. Good luck with bettervaluecasino.

Yeah. The Last Film was Kissing the Pink's big chart hit. Waves by Blancmange was a superb song.

 

[Reelsoffun]

Nudge XS by Project Coin. It was housed in the same cabinet as later Projects such as Bullseye and Chico the Bandit.

Black 777's were the Jackpot and when the feature triggered it could rollover for several spins giving anything between 12 and 30 nudges (approx figures) It also had a horizontal reel at the top which added a bonus amount to other wins if they had the 'bonus' overlay on them.

Never seen one since our local arcade got rid of it decade ago, not even in any of the Retro Slots you tubers videos, Don't even think Dave has one?

I used to own a nudge XS, sold it many many years ago, there wasn’t many of those made and will be very rare, if any left at all. Like many projects of that time it was important to keep the capacitors on the PSU board tip top as they were prone to putting credits on if the were failing LOL

 

[Jono777]

I used to own a nudge XS, sold it many many years ago, there wasn’t many of those made and will be very rare, if any left at all. Like many projects of that time it was important to keep the capacitors on the PSU board tip top as they were prone to putting credits on if the were failing LOL

Happened to one of the three 777heaven they had in our arcade, you'd hear a little 'sizzling' sound bit like a short circuit and walk over and see the machine in credit.

Used to play them and quickly collect any winnings and move away. Needless to say it didn't last very long before they fixed it, 2-3 days tops.

Management were probably feeling quit smug and then the 10p trick came along lol

Edit: Forgive me but basing this on 25+ year old memories, wasn't there a little 'trick' on Nudge XS where if you got a win other than the JP with the bonus overlay symbols (say 3 bars with 'bonus' on them) you could hold a combination of buttons such as cancel and a hold button and it would spin the top reel to the highest possible (£2.40 on the one I remember) so you'd get £1.40 for the bars plus £2.40 for them being bonus bars???

Let's see how good my memory really is, were the bars double width and white/blue in colour?

 

[L&L-Jan]

I used to own a nudge XS, sold it many many years ago, there wasn’t many of those made and will be very rare, if any left at all. Like many projects of that time it was important to keep the capacitors on the PSU board tip top as they were prone to putting credits on if the were failing LOL

Was this one present in the UK too, was way before my time but we have one of these in the office.

 

[Reelsoffun]

It would seem that another UKGC casino has recently opened offering their own in-house games with high RTPs: Fairbetter

I guess this is the same kinda thing BetterValueCasino wants to be?

And anyone signing up there needs their head examined, not that I can see anyone signing up after reading all the terms.

 

[dunover]

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Was this one present in the UK too, was way before my time but we have one of these in the office.

And it proudly sits there as your highest-RTP slot!

 

[Reelsoffun]

Happened to one of the three 777heaven they had in our arcade, you'd hear a little 'sizzling' sound bit like a short circuit and walk over and see the machine in credit.

Used to play them and quickly collect any winnings and move away. Needless to say it didn't last very long before they fixed it, 2-3 days tops.

Management were probably feeling quit smug and then the 10p trick came along lol

Edit: Forgive me but basing this on 25+ year old memories, wasn't there a little 'trick' on Nudge XS where if you got a win other than the JP with the bonus overlay symbols (say 3 bars with 'bonus' on them) you could hold a combination of buttons such as cancel and a hold button and it would spin the top reel to the highest possible (£2.40 on the one I remember) so you'd get £1.40 for the bars plus £2.40 for them being bonus bars???

Let's see how good my memory really is, were the bars double width and white/blue in colour?

Can’t remember either tbh was over two decades ago lol

 

[Reelsoffun]

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Was this one present in the UK too, was way before my time but we have one of these in the office.

We didn’t have these in uk, I think they were for the Dutch, and similar markets.

The closest we had to them were like the grand slams by BFM.

 

[TheAddict]

And anyone signing up there needs their head examined, not that I can see anyone signing up after reading all the terms.

Dafuq you been smokin, Dun?
Didn't need to read all the terms, because the first thing I read when looking for them was that they have Rock, Paper Scissors game. Let's goooo.

 

[Reelsoffun]

LOL which if you play and lose connection the other player gets the funds, no game restore point etc very bizarre setup.

 

[L&L-Jan]

grand slams

Yeah, those we had.

 

[jasonuk]

I was thinking earlier how much I would love to see a new style casino which featured all the old 90's'early 00's British arcade slots..You know the ones Eastenders, Big Breakfast, Tuppeny Nudge, Rollercoaster, Crystal Maze with the cost per bet not exceeding say 20p.

Ahh I could only dream.

I think the problem would be regulations - we have seen attempts at AWP-style games in a random style (Blueprint Pub Series, multiple Bar-X games etc) but they all suffer from the same problem that there's no decisions to be made - even the Pub Series tells you to play until a cash out and thus (usually) ignore the feature board entirely.

It would be tough to build up values beyond progressive jackpots, and any meaningful compensation options are straight out. Additionally even if it was possible, slot designers would need to be incredibly careful to not leave exploits in the code - because at 90%+ RTP those errors are eventually going to cost the provider, not the operator or the player.

Nice idea, but I fear it'll only be a dream at this point.

 

[BetterValueCasino]

Tremendous to see that I wasn't the only person here on this forum to come across the Nudge XS machines!

I'll post back again much later in the morning!

 

[TheAddict]

4am zoom call?

 

[BetterValueCasino]

TheAddict, yes it was a 4am Zoom call 30 minutes with a company in Singapore! It was 11am in Singapore when the call started. How did you know?!

15 minutes ago I had a fire in the kitchen. All's well, it was the toaster, the phone rung and I answered, simultaneously emails coming in or something like that, but the bread got jammed in the toaster. I went to the kitchen and there were foot high flames. Thought for 1000 milliseconds what to do, I immediately then turned off the toaster at the electricity socket, then after another second turbo filled up a glass of water and chucked it over the toaster (when power was off of course very important obviously).

Phew, the fire was put out, about £75 of damage to the kitchen cupboards one of which is now black at the moment where the fire met it. The room was full of smoke (not to an emergency extent though), I have opened all windows and the smoke is gradually dissipating. Back to work in 20 minutes having a break now!