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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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Adders 'N' Ladders by Empire Games - £5 & £35 Classics
By slotsmagic in Empire
Here's a couple of layouts I've put together for Adders 'N' Ladder by Empire Games. It's a pretty simple game and hopefully simple enough to play
Thanks to @infection for the £35 board photo, and user Chris217 on YouTube for his video of the £5 versions being played. Thanks to @andy-1as well who provided me with the ROMs running in a blank MFME layout, and also obvious thanks are obvious when it comes to @Wizard. I know these layouts don't really do justice to your emulator but hopefully they'll put a smile on someone's face, until something better comes along (or I get my arse in gear!).
Beginning to wish I'd done a traditional classic layout as there's so many reflections and issues on the board parts that the £35 for example could pretty much do with being redrawn. That might be a project for another day, but for now please enjoy these cosmetically challenged versions.
Any errors please let me know!
[quote]Empire Games 'Adders 'N' Ladders' - on Barcrest MPU5.
Set on £5 Jackpot, 20p Play and 86% Payout.
Layout designed by SlotsMagic using MFME v20.1
** Keyboard Shortcuts **
Insert £1 = 0
Start = Spacebar
Hold 1 = 1
Hold 2 = 2
Hold 3 = 3
Cancel / Collect = '
Exchange = E
Auto Nudge = A
** Notes **
This layout was put together to give something hopefully playable, and I'm sure better version(s) will appear in the future
It is based on the more basic of the Adders 'N' Ladders machines, which doesn't have the feature symbols located above the reels. It should play absolutely fine.
** Thanks To **
Chris Wren a.k.a. Wizard (1965-2020) for MFME itself!
'Chris217' for the video on YouTube which I screengrabbed the board game from!
andy-1 for the ROMs running and base layout!
Everyone at DesertIslandFruits.com for support and feedback!
Layout is only for release over at DesertIslandFruits.com - it is not for resale or to be hosted elsewhere.[/quote]
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Concept (Electrocoin) Super BAR X - 20p / £8T, 25p / £25 and 50p / £70 4K HDX
By slotsmagic in Concept
Right then, these should be ready for a bit of weekend play. Few things to note though :
1) You'll probably notice that random lights flicker every spin - that seems to be a ROM / emulator issue. I'm quite used to it and don't mind it, but it's a side effect of using these 'Wood' ROMs.
2) Speaking of which, I had no idea the £8 set was TOKEN payout until a few minutes ago. I could have sworn when I tested these layouts they were all cash - but alas not that one. I can't find a token entry via the button matrix, and pretty much have left it as a curiosity to make up the trio. It plays fine, I just play with £1 coin entry (keyboard button 0) and forget it's tokens apart from the fact it takes a while to pay out.
3) The Casino cabinet ROMs should run with fewer issues and WAY more paytable / price of play options. BUT they also have bugger all lighting. Since I had the Super Bar X art here I decided to go with the ROMs that utilise the extra lamps. On a casino cab I'm pretty sure the only lamps on Bar X are nudges and buttons. That's it.
4) The layouts are all released as RAM RESET, therefore they might take a while to start playing well - nature of the beast really. Seemed a bit silly me buzzing up some lo-techs before release. They will get to percentage fine, they might start off slow and then go on a run to catch up.
Obviously these are Concept Games ROMs - they have extra features that normal Bar X ROMs don't. They can whistle / extra nudge being the most obvious one.
Many thanks to @Ginge for playtesting the £70 version I had, and pointing out a few things. Also for helping me work out hopper motors earlier in the layout development.
Thanks again to the ROM providers who provided these goodies for me to play with!
Hopefully these versions are totally issue free (apart from the effing Token ROM debacle) but any problems let me know and I'll sort them.
Notes supplied with layouts are attached below, they also load with better formatting when you open the layouts.
Ta
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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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Concept (Electrocoin) BIG 7 - 10 & 20p / £5, 25p / £25 and 50p / £70 (WOOD ROMS) 4K HDX
By slotsmagic in Concept
** UPDATE **
SESSION ROMS FOR £25 & £70 NOW WORKING AS INTENDED. NO WORKING £5 SESSION SET YET, BUT THE NON SESSION £5 ROMS REMAIN.
Here's the latest in my lineup of Electrocoin based machines running Concept ROMs.
Big 7 running Concept's 4 win (wood cabinet) ROMs. These differ from the casino cabinet ROMs in that they have lamping for the paytables and machine titles, which the casino ones lack.
There's layouts for £5 (£1/£2/£4/£5 paytable), £25 (£3/£5/£10/£25 paytable) and £70 (£5/£10/£20/£70 paytable). What I've done here is include all the WOOD ROM variants for each machine... so you'll notice multiple '.GAM' files in each download, as well as multiple '.BIN' files (the ROMs themselves).
The '.GAM' files will have the following letters at the end :
FS (FLAT / SESSION)
FNS (FLAT / NON SESSION)
SS (FLAT / SESSION)
SNS (SOFT / NON SESSION)
The NON SESSION versions of the ROMs (with GAM files ending in SNS or FNS) are the ones that I think people associate with Concept being totally, mind bendingly brutal - they are the versions that can end up way, way behind percentage - and then go utterly batshit crazy. Probably best left to the sadists or people out of curiosity. That's not to say the SESSION ROMs can't also be brutal mind, just typically over a shorter term. Don't forget these are lo-techs - and very simple ones at that. They pay what they want, when they want.
If you find the amount of GAM files too confusing, just delete the ones you aren't interested in
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Reel gradients and masks :
The reel gradients used in these layouts by default are the 'sunken' ones I seem to default to - I like them as they remove the jagged edges where the reel windows are cut out for transparency. However, @Ginge sent a couple of alternative graphics over, which some people may prefer. They simulate a more top-lit (fluorescent tube effect) to the reels, and also some reel masks which are for those who want full on, nicotine stained / aged reels!
The graphics are included with each layout - you need to enter edit mode, open reel properties for each reel, load the gradients and/or masks, and if running the lamps, you need to add lamp values. For lamping based on the SUPER lamps that would normally be above the reels on the wooden cabinets, use numbers 76 (left reel), 75 (middle reel) and 74 (right reel).
I've included a YouTube video if you want to see a quick tutorial on how to do it, taken from a shaky camera phone with wonky autofocus!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmNPb3TyJB4
Hope you enjoy, and thanks go to @Wizard for MFME, @Ginge for testing the base layout, suggestions and reel gradients and masks, @Road Hog Mad for the wonderful artwork he posted on the forum,@Reg for the site, the ROM providers who I don't know if want to be named or remain anonymous, and everyone else here for being awesome
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Concept (Electrocoin) Magic 10 - 20p / £10, 30p / £35 and 50p / £100 4K HDX
By slotsmagic in Concept
Well here's a few lo-techs for people to play with. As per the WIP thread, I've got more artwork to play about with and will probably release a trio of Bar X (Concept) layouts soon. These will tide me over for now though!
Hopefully they are all running correctly. If not please do let me know. It would be typical of me to make mistakes on the simplest of machines
Massive thanks to the original ROM providers. Not sure if they want to be named but they were both amazing and as divisive as these are, they are just what I need to keep me out of the arcades. I really only play lo-techs these days, and these will be perfect running in my cabinet when I get off my arse and finish it!
Layouts have only been tested by myself, I passed a few copies about but people were busy. I've only tested them on the gaming rig that I built just before Christmas, so hopefully they run fine for other people. No blended lamps but 4K resolution, large reels and large lamps might make them chug.
Anyway, thanks for reading, and hope you enjoy!
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Concept Random Reel Magic - £5, £35, £50, £70 and £100 jackpot 4K DX layouts (variety of stakes and paytables)
By slotsmagic in Concept
Here's a few layouts for Random Reel Magic by Concept. I quite like this one, although to be honest it's a pretty simple 3 win game
I received some artwork from an anonymous member on here (you know who you are, cheers!) and since I quite like this one in real life, it would be a shame not to do a few layouts. There's quite a few ROMs and GAM files included, and the layouts will give ERROR 1 on first opening - to clear that, either use Ctrl+R on your keyboard, or just open and close the layout. Apologies for the £35 and £100 top jackpot artwork not being quite accurate - I had to make them from scratch!
There's layouts for :
£5 jackpot (£1/£2/£5 paytable) at 10p (NON SESSION) or 20p (SESSION) play.
£35 jackpot (£5/£10/£35 paytable) at 30p play.
£50 jackpot (£10/£30/£50 paytable) at 30p or 50p play.
£70 jackpot (£5/£10/£70 paytable) at 30p or 50p play.
£70 jackpot (£10/£30/£70 paytable) at 30p or 50p play.
and finally £100 jackpot (£10/£30/£100 paytable) at 50p play.
To pick the price of play, and game type you want, load the relevant GAM file. The GAM files are labelled as the following example :
RM_50P_10_30_100_SS (where 50p is the stake, 10_30_100 is the paytable, and SS is the game type, where FS = FLAT SESSION, SS = SOFT SESSION, FNS = FLAT NON SESSION and SNS = SOFT NON SESSION). From memory my preferred game type is normally SOFT SESSION, giving a mix of wins and mini-runs in the base, and normally being bang-on target percentage by the end of the run.
In theory, SESSION based ROMs will give a run after a fixed amount of credits. To give you an idea, on a SESSION ROM, a 50p £100 jackpot game will go on a run after 3600 credits (£1800 of credits) - this is where the main streak is paid. I honestly don't even know if the SESSION ROMs qualify as 'random'. Perhaps they do randomly allocated wins or mini-runs between the proper runs?
The NON SESSION ROMs do not have a streak that comes around after a fixed amount of credits. This means that - while they should still pay out the same over the long term - they may do periods with huge gaps between runs, and can in theory do back to back runs for some huge streaks. They often seem to play too well from a reset, so be prepared for that!
As always many thanks to the ROM provider(s), the artwork provider, and all the members here at DIF. Thanks to @Wizard for the incredible emulator, and thanks to anyone who plays and enjoys the stuff I release. Any issues don't hesitate to chuck me a PM, or reply to the release thread
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Concept Jackpot 7s (7evens) - 50p / £100
By slotsmagic in Concept
Here's a layout for Concept Games Jackpot 7s, although a few people I know pronounce it 'seven-evens' - so I've gone with both names in the title.
This has been made with photos of my own machine, and a ROM dump I also took of my own machine - so it's definitely running known good software that plays exactly as I like. What is Jackpot 7s? Well to be honest it's basically another Concept 3 win game, but with unique artwork!
Does it play differently to the normal 3 win games I've released with Concept ROMs? Hard to say really. But it's got a good streak in it if caught right!
HAPPY RAM file is included in the folder called 'HAPPY_RAM'. Just copy the RAM and GAM from that folder over the ones in the folder with the .FML and .BIN files in.
When I say happy, I mean it's had £3600 in, which means the 2nd streak is due any second since these ROMs have a known session length of 3600 credits
As with other Casino ROMs, these will give 'ERR-01' on first boot. Either reset the layout (Ctrl+R) or reopen the layout to clear it.
I labelled the ROM dump file with the text that was written on the original Concept provided chip, and so my best guess is :
'JACKPOT7_v20_M_POP50_P100_SS_S_BR' =
JACKPOT7, version 2.0, Plan M (standard 10/30/100 paytable)
POP50 (50p play), P100 (no idea?) SS (soft session?) S (standard rather than protocol?) BR (Blue Rinse a.k.a. Bingo)
Thanks :
Thanks to @Wizard for the emulator, thanks to everyone who plays and enjoys my layouts, and thanks to those who don't play and can't stand them!
Thanks to @Ginge for previous help, suggestions, and playtesting of previous Concept releases. Note I forgot to include the top-fluorescent lit gradient that @Gingeprovided in the ZIP files, so it's available as a little 42kb BMP file as part of this download if you prefer a more 'authentic' reel gradient!
Thanks to @Reg and everyone else here. Making layouts is something I actually do to unwind. A bit like I spent most of my youth in arcades trying to escape reality, now tinkering with these in MFME and Photoshop keeps me sane
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Concept (Electrocoin) Bar X 7even - £5 @10/20p, £25 @25p/30p, £35 @30p/50p, £70 @50p, £100 @30p/50p/£1 4K HDX
By slotsmagic in Concept
Here's the latest in my lineup of Electrocoin based machines running Concept ROMs. I actually started these about a year ago - forgot about them between March 2023 and now - and just finished them off. They are my hybrid / modified Bar X 7even Online artwork, running a large combination of ROMs for different stake and prize combinations, as well as different game play types (flat or soft, session or non-session). Basically it's as close to a complete set of Concept Games 3-win layouts, albeit older ROMs than they currently publish. Should be plenty of choice for everyone. I know Concept are not everyone's cup of tea, and these will play a pretty boring game until the run comes around - but it's the best we have at the moment!
There's layouts for :
£5 jackpot (£1/£2/£5 paytable) at 10p or 20p play.
£25 jackpot (£10/£15/£25 paytable) at 25p or 30p play.
£35 jackpot (£5/£10/£35 paytable) at 30p or 50p play.
£70 jackpot (£10/£30/£70 paytable) at 50p play.
and finally £100 jackpot (£10/£30/£100 paytable) at 30p, 50p or £1 play.
To pick the price of play, and game type you want, load the relevant GAM file. The GAM files are labelled as follows :
BX7_50P_10_30_100_SS (where 50p is the stake, 10_30_100 is the paytable, and SS is the game type, where FS = FLAT SESSION, SS = SOFT SESSION, FNS = FLAT NON SESSION and SNS = SOFT NON SESSION). From memory my preferred game type is normally SOFT SESSION, giving a mix of wins and mini-runs in the base, and normally being bang-on target percentage by the end of the run.
In theory, SESSION based ROMs will give a run after a fixed amount of credits. To give you an idea, on a SESSION ROM, a 50p £100 jackpot game will go on a run after 3600 credits (£1800 of credits) - this is where the main streak is paid.
The NON SESSION ROMs do not have a streak that comes around after a fixed amount of credits. This means that - while they should still pay out the same over the long term - they may do periods with huge gaps between runs, and can in theory do back to back runs for some huge streaks.
These ROMs are released from a RAM RESET. Therefore each game will probably give ERR 01, flash the lights and beep at you when you first load them. To clear the error just reload the layout, or if on a PC, you could just hold CTRL + R and it'll reboot. Once that's been done the machine should work fine from then on.
As always many thanks to the ROM providers, the places I lovingly borrowed the artwork from, and all the members here at DIF. Thanks to @Wizard for the incredible emulator, and thanks to anyone who plays and enjoys the stuff I release
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Wheel Of Wealth - £25 Jackpot, 30p Play @ 78% by SlotsMagic
By slotsmagic in Bell-Fruit
Well here it is, my first attempt at a DX. Made my own classic to start with. This layout will be far from perfect as this has been as much about me learning the ropes as it has been producing a new layout by finding some ROMs and a flyer for a machine which I don't believe has been done before.
It's pretty much a standard £25 jackpot Bell Fruit machine but with a disc reel rather than a band-reel or superboard which most machines of this era have.
This machine will have flaws - like I said above I've been trying to work out what I'm doing and already know thanks to @vectra666 among others that I've been doing things in a very long winded way when there are tools in the emulator to do things much more quickly!
I've mentioned a few bits issues in the notes section (quoted below), if you find anything that needs fixing feel free to post and I'll do my best to fix the layout.
Apologies to Reg for the chonky filesize!
Enjoy, and if you don't, feedback is welcome!
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