richardpen

Where have I been for the last three months? I've only found out about this, this afternoon!! Most saddened and devostated to learn the news. Sadly never met Wizard but have communicated with him by email and over the forums over the years. Wezard's emulators have given me many hours of fun and memories of fruit machines I used to play. I'm sure it will give me many more years of fun too. RIP Wizard

Hi Pook Thank you so much for the reply and also thanks for posting the flyer. I found the flyer interesting as when I loaded up the two emulated versions I noticed a slight difference in the colors and wondered why, it is because the author of the 1280 version used the flyer where as the author of the 1024 DX I presumed used a real photo since the colors are greener which was how I remember the machine looking, the same colors as Bank Roll. I guess a flyer which is printed on paper probably slightly different to the machine itself? Something else I noticed with the two emulated versions, they are both set to £2 repeat jackpot where as the ones I played in the arcades were all set to £4 token jackpots and if the jackpot symbols are achievable with nudges on the emulated versions, the display will show £2.00 but will still let you gamble where as when it is set to £4, as soon as you have enough nudges to obtain the £4, the machine will nudge automatically. I presume the roms are switchable since the machine seems to allow for both options. I guess having a £2 + repeat chance jackpot perhaps makes it more likely to get repeats. I never recall seeing this machine in a pub nor Bank Roll come to that where as I certainly remember most of the other machines of this era in pubs. The two releases I have are certainly playable but it would be great to see a nice updated version. Thanks for all your great work. Richard.

Hi Pook I've noticed your recent releases of the old JPM MPS2s. I remember playing these numerous times in pubs and arcades in the early 90s. Have you ever DXed Note Exchange? I have a couple of DXes of this machine in my emulation folder but upon loading them they look rather old, one doesn't work, may be an over credit as it boots up and then hangs with 52 credits in the machine. I just wondered if you have done a version long ago whether you would considering re releasing it or perhaps consider doing a new release if you have never done one before? I remember this machine well and played it many times in different places. It was one of my favorite from that era. On one occasion I had the top feature which went for £20 which at that time was quite an achievement. Thanks Richard

Anyone looking for their recovery email from the Mecca, check your spam folders, mine went there. The problem I'm having with the Mecca is I cannot log in, I found my recovery email but I don't know if it is a BT web mail problem but it does not display a link or button, it just says in text 'RESET YOUR PASSWORD' and all I can do is highlight it. I've tried forwarding it to my other BT account which uses a different webmail version but the forward did not work. So at least for the moment, I'm locked out of the Mecca :( If I signed up to the Mecca using my other email address, would Pete be able to transfer my info to the new email?

Hi Does anyone know what's happened to the MPUMecca site? Last weekend it came up with a server change message. I've not switched my computer on for the las few days because of the heat. Tried again this evening and it redirected me to a radio station site. Has it gone forever or is it just some technical problem?