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Spiker The Biker - £5, £15 and £25 4K DX
By slotsmagic in Barcrest
Here's a trio of Spiker The Biker layouts, made using my photos that I took at Skirlington Leisure Park. At least I think that's what it is called. It did have a retro arcade section but based on recent videos it looks like it's no longer running retro machines. Let that serve as a reminder to people - grab resources while you can, you never know if you'll see the machine again
Anyway - back on topic. Layouts are £5/10p (I'd suggest upping to 20p if you want a faster game), £15/30p (you can drop to 25p if you want a slower game) and £25/30p (again - you could run at 25p but I prefer the speed of 30p at the higher jackpot).
It's a brilliant machine in my opinion - I owned one years and years ago and still kick myself for selling it. Must be coming up to 20 years now since I owned it. For some reason it was never cloned. I'm sure others from the same era weren't either, but I don't get why it didn't perform that well. It's got a cracking sound package, decent art, interesting upgrade system, and quite a few 'hidden' things.
Maybe it didn't do very well as it's a bit predictable - but I used to feel very 'safe' playing it?
Hopefully the layouts are fully working with no issues - I've had a few lovely people - @Mort and @Boulderdash - cast their eyes over slightly earlier versions and they both picked a few issues up which I hope I've now corrected. Knowing me however I've probably introduced more issues as I've made those corrections. Fingers crossed I haven't!
Some of the suggestions made I have not implemented but I will definitely consider implementing some of the ideas on future layouts!
Thanks for @logopolis for providing a couple of different ROMsets for me - the £5 and £15 are running early ROMs (named : BIKE) - which is odd as I've only ever seen ROMs named SBTR before? The £25 layout runs the SBTR ROMs as the earlier ROMs aren't switchable for £25.
Thanks to Adam on Facebook - I think he might be a member but he's not made himself known on here. He sent me great photos of his decals, insisted it was no bother and he wanted to help. Got me a bit more motivated to complete this release as without those decals it would have been £5 only and the decals I originally had looked terrible!
Thanks to @Reg for the site. I'll still tag him even though the account is closed. Thanks to @Wizard as always for MFME and the last 20+ years.
Thanks to everyone else who puts up with me and my ridiculously off-tangent WIP threads, waffling posts like this one, and who downloads and plays this release.
Regrets? I built the layout on a tatty old 22" 1920x1080p display and only when I moved it up to my 65K 4K TV last night did I spot even more issues. From now on I will exclusively design on that screen, at 4K, from the off. Way, way easier to spot issues. Probably would have allowed me to get a more even result as well. Working on large art on a small screen at about 1/2 resolution makes no sense. In edit mode you can only see a teeny bit at a time
Enjoy what is left of your bank holiday - and if you find any issues do let me know! I'll swear, punch my monitor, and then fix them (in that order)
*NOTE* - I have unpacked the blended lamps, but this might be a bit hard for older / non-gaming PCs to run, especially during busy lamp cycles (jackpot sequence e.t.c.).
Runs fine on my old and new gaming machines at 1080p and 4K respectively. If needs be I can release a fix with no blended lamps for those who need it. Will see what the feedback is like first.
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QPS - Xtravaganza £35 @ 30p/50p DX
By slotsmagic in QPS
Well here's a quick layout I cobbled over the last few days using some artwork provided by @Player. It's a very simple game, basically the same machines as the Red Hot Monopoly single-player, or Grand Golden Game multi-player. As posted in the WIP thread, I had a brutal session on this in Skirlington, before being shown the correct way to play it (cheers @spa!)
Also, as stated in the notes and WIP thread, the artwork here appears to be pre-release, or prototype, or something else. I had to add the top reel surround and XTRA LIFE lamp as they weren't present on the art. So while it's listed as a DX, it's not 100% accurate. If I remember to take better photos in the future, or learn how to draw in Photoshop rather than manipulate, it might be re-released in more accurate form in the future!
Thanks to those who gave their input on the WIP thread and elsewhere. I'll be honest, I'm not 100% sure about the layout. I think the next time I do one of these I'll be tempted to forget the belly glass at the bottom and move the note acceptor somewhere else. It's a VERY skinny layout. So skinny that you'll probably find my image and notes are off the left hand side of your screen when opening.
Other than that I believe they layout is fully working as it should be. Any issues at all reply here and I'll update the layout!!
Cheers all
SM
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Red Gaming - Break The Bank £15 DX
By slotsmagic in Red Gaming
This layout hasn't come out quite as intended, but I've made the decision to release it as-is. It's fully working (to the best of my knowledge!) with the exception of disc reel lamps - so what I have done is left the disc in a 'permanently lit' state. I have got an unlocked layout here so am able to update and make changes should I work out what is going on and will obviously fix an issues that are reported
It does have blended lamps and a disc, so despite being a lower resolution than I'd normally work at (due to the artwork being pretty awful on the flyer), it could still chug on lower end machines and low powered laptops.
Anyway, with all that said, thanks and I hope you enjoy this layout. I'd suggest cranking the volume up - the music is bloody awesome in my opinion!!
Notes should load on opening the layout, but if not :
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Bell Fruit Games - DOND Deal Wheel £70 UHD
By slotsmagic in Bell-Fruit
NOTE - Turns out I left the Extra Life and No Lose lamps the wrong way around on version 1.0.0
If you are one of the original 42 people who downloaded this layout before 12:00pm on Monday 10th January, you'll want to swap the 'extra life' and 'no-lose' lamp numbers around. If you download layout version 1.0.1 after that time, the fix is already applied. You'll know if you have the later version as the version number will be different in MFME's Config screen (it'll show 1.0.1 as version number).
Instructions here :
Here's a layout I've put together over the past week. I'll be honest and say it's not a game I particularly enjoy playing, although there were decent photos supplied by @infection and a lovely classic layout by @Reg so it seemed a shame not to do it. Many thanks to Reg for letting me use an unlocked classic layout of his as the basis for this - saved a bit of time working things out from scratch
I've been playing this on my gaming laptop (i7 11800H / GTX3070) @4K 3840x2160 and it's been nice and smooth. On the old Alienware Alpha which is a teeny little PC from about 10 years ago (i5 4570 and GTX860M) it does lag a little bit when the disc reel spins, but is still totally playable. That's at 1080p resolution so 1920x1080.
Hopefully it'll run smoothly for those that want to try it. It's not an amazing game - it's the same as Showtime which I used to own and sold it as it was boring as hell. Then again most DONDs are the same - not much value in the features like there used to be back in the £6>£25 era.
Notes should open when you open the layout for your keyboard shortcuts e.t.c. - if you find any issues let me know. If you find it boring as all hell to play, I would say to let Bell Fruit Games know, but I'm pretty sure they don't exist now
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Barcrest - Lotta Luck - UHD
By slotsmagic in Barcrest
Note - this might be a UHD / 4K release (it's 1600px wide by 2160px tall) - but note the source is my scan of the original flyer which is a little grainy, it'll not be as sharp as other 4K releases based on digital flyers, glass scans or high quality photos. I've done what I can with the source.
Also note - this layout was actually a sort of 24 hour challenge for myself. To the best of my knowledge it is complete and working correctly, if there are any issues I will correct them!!
Right, with that out of the way, here's my layout of Lotta Luck. @Chopaholicrequested a fix for an old layout, and I took it upon myself to quickly make a newer, updated layout which works in the latest emulator with hopefully better artwork.
Here's some layout notes taken from the layout - hope you enjoy it! Any issues do let me know
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Bell Fruit Games - Crazy Money AWP UHD DX
By slotsmagic in Bell-Fruit
Here's my flyer-based DX of Crazy Money, a machine first released as a classic layout by @Reg, and released here :
I hope I've done it justice. The layout was designed at 2160p (4K UHD) and is 2160 pixels tall, so should fit a 4K panel in Full Screen Max mode without any scaling involved. As usual that's pretty much overkill when dealing with a tiny flyer, and does mean the file-size is a bit large (18MB!!), but it's easier to work at larger resolutions, and MFME will scale downwards for those at lower resolutions anyway
I have made two versions of the layout - the one called Crazy Money UHD DX is the standard layout, with the video screen implemented on the top glass of the machine as it should be, albeit resized to take up as much free space as possible to make it as playable as possible within the constraints of the artwork.
The other layout is simply a copy of it, with the video screen, 'shoot' button and 'rotation' lamps moved to the side, to give the video screen greater space.
So - for a more accurate game, use the UHD DX download. If you prefer a much bigger screen plonked to the side, choose the UHD HD SIDESCREEN layout
I'll attach the layout notes below, but firstly thanks to @Reg for the classic layout on which this layout is almost entirely based (just added in a few unused lamp numbers among other things), made it a much easier job having a top-notch classic to work from, with good controls for the crazy golf game built in. Also thanks to @vectra666 for suggestions based on a quick playtest for me, and supplying the original gold cabinet frame I have used here, as well as the correct fruit symbols on the reels for this era of game (should match the winplan graphics correctly).
Finally thanks to @Wizard, without whom we wouldn't be doing this, and the more I design in MFME, the more I realise just what a complete package it is.
I have made minor tweaks to the layout after I sent versions out for testing, so if any new issues have arisen in these new versions, let me know and I'll get them sorted
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Barcrest - Monty Python's Flying Circus - UHD
By slotsmagic in Barcrest
Here it is, I'm pretty happy with how it's come out. If anything is obviously wrong, let me know - I will update it if required!
Only doing a £15 version at the moment, I will consider the £5 version later.
NOTE - I designed this on my two gaming PCs, this is a UHD layout and does feature a fair few blended lamps so will potentially not run well on lower specced / older machines. I do apologise if that is the case!
Thanks to @Reg for graphical advice and hints, and @Boulderdash for playtesting - do note that I have done some work on this after testing and may have introduced new errors, so again, if you find issues, let me know
Notes copied from the layout :
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QPS Cashraker UHD DX
By slotsmagic in QPS
(Note - didn't realise volume was so low when released as I was playing it in silence while mum had Bake Off final on! To increase volume hit the 'Refill' checkbox at the top left of the MFME window, then after a few seconds, press the Exchange To Feature button (once it's lit up!). You can then set the volume using Cancel and Hold 1, and once sorted, uncheck the 'Refill' checkbox and get back to playing!)
Well, here it is. Probably not the best job that could be done with the great artwork provided by @Player but I've had a crack at it.
Runs fine on my two PCs, not sure if others might struggle due to the high resolution, but I've gone easy with the transparency and scrapped my plan to use blended lamps so hopefully that'll help it run on most systems!
Cheers also to @Tommy cfor the reel symbols I used, and to the original classic layout author who didn't leave their name on the layout I worked from?
This is layout version 1.0 - if you find any issues please let me know and I'll fix them
Layout notes here :
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Bell Fruit Games - Hi Roller AWP
By slotsmagic in Bell-Fruit
Well, here's something else to keep you entertained for about 15 minutes of Lockdown 2, before you remember that the older machines were better and leave this gathering dust in your download folder. Wouldn't blame you at all for doing that
Anyway it's a modern-ish Bell Fruit Games 'Reel 2 Video' machine. As you'll have seen in the WIP thread I've had to bodge the feature entry trails, I honestly couldn't think of a way of getting them to work otherwise but would be open to revisit this layout if a better, working option is found.
Also, if any issues are found and things need correcting, please let me know and I'll upload a fixed version. Seems fine to me but I'm sure something will have slipped through the net!
Here's the attached notes from the layout :
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Bell Fruit Games - Poker King £25 Classic
By slotsmagic in Bell-Fruit
Here's another layout for anyone who likes poker machines, couldn't see this one released either.
Very simple gameplay, should be pretty simple to work out. Keyboard shortcuts are in the attached notes
NOTE ACCEPTOR NOW WORKING AS OF VERSION 1.1, NOTE BANK 7-SEG DISPLAY ADDED.
Happy dealing everyone!
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