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  1. MFME Keyboard Build

    in Cabinet Building

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    Nice looking MFME Keyboard you've made there, @smithers18.

    I never labelled any of the buttons on the MFME Keyboard i made (see pic) - from experience of playing many layouts, the problem with labelling buttons would be that there are so many different configurations... for example, some machines have hi / lo on holds 2 and 3 and others have lo / hi on holds 2 and 3... also many machines have a cancel button to the left of the hold buttons, and some have both a cancel and a collect button to the left of the hold buttons and sometimes the button to the left of the hold buttons can be a reverse start button so as i said i've left mine blank & can always refer to the buttons on the layout on screen if i forget what a button is for... (my keyboard has 2X triangle up / down keys which are self explanitory by their shape for the double hi lo machines such as Gridrunner.)

    Anyway, nice to see another keyboard made... it's always interesting to see what other people have done!

    Cheers,

    Gary.

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  3. Hello!

    in Newbies Help Area

    Posted

    19 hours ago, potnoodlefan said:

    Cheers Dave. I remember having teething issues getting the MAME cab to work smoothly (and it never did, 100%). 

    I'm still new to MFME, so have a lot to learn but hopefully it'll turn into something. 

    I've had a wee look but can't find anything in the forums on a builds section, to see what others have created. I'm probably being daft, but does anybody have a link please? 

    Cheers 

    Hi @potnoodlefan - welcome to the island!

    An excellent build thread was done by Wibblewobble which shows a cabinet build in detail...

    Wibblewobbles thread here -->

     

    No1Stoney has made 2 cabinets, can only find the 1 build thread tho... -->

    Also 123 has this thread that has lots of info in it too... -->

    That should be a good start anyway... I want to make a cabinet too at some point. I've made a MFME Keyboard so far and it makes such a difference having flashing buttons.

    All the best,

    Gary.

     

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  5. info wanted plz

    in Newbies Help Area

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    Closest i think possible is Skillball Bingo which i have in my Section 16 folder (see pics) downloaded years ago from Fruit-Emu or Fruit Forums.

    Not sure if i ever tried it... can put it here if it's ok to do so, but will wait for an admin to green light it... as don't want to post something i should'nt.

     

     

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  6. Buy Buttons

    in Cabinet Building

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    Hello, @Dotterbart...

    It depends what kind of buttons you want i guess... when i made MFME Keyboard I didn't want any decals on my buttons so got mine from Arcade World. My Keyboard build thread is here -->

    https://www.arcadeworlduk.com/categories/Arcade-Parts/Illuminated-Buttons/

    Some other people here have preferred to use genuine fruit machine buttons so they got them from Ebay.

    A look around the cabinet building section may show up where others bought their buttons from.

    https://www.desertislandfruits.com/forum/index.php?/forum/39-cabinet-building/

    I wish you luck with the project and hope to see pictures of whatever you build!

    Cheers,

    Gary. :)

     

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  9. MFME Challenges

    in The Laboratory

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    17 hours ago, woodsy said:

    @MikeyMonster @MPU_FIVE here's one i wish i had been able to play more back in the day but only saw it on my travels and never really got the hang of it.. obvious jpm trickery exists with the swap holds etc and i found mine on a ram clear so i'm going to suggest a slight difference as maybe £20 won't suffice from reset.

    i'm going to do £50 in and see what happens from that. i know its slightly different but i hope we all can make it work on a game by game basis.

    i'm using dx02.

    Pinball Wizard (JPM).zip 18.2 MB · 1 download

    Ahh nice choice @woodsy- have just downloaded the file, and will be back with the results in a while...

    Absolutely love💕 the feature board music on this, tho would of been better on another tech as i find impact music to sound really flat plus whenever you move the music jumps a bit... nonetheless... bloody good music tho!

    All the best,

    Gary aka MPU_FIVE

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  11. MFME Challenges

    in The Laboratory

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    4 minutes ago, woodsy said:

    i took every box for the fun of it, got a pink a green and a blue i think.. great fun... looking forward to the next challenge!!

    Cool...

    I'm sure somewhere on this site, (possibly in the video showcase category) there was the original 50 credit challenge which was similar to what is being done here... think people would do a youtube video of it so we could watch what happened...

     

  12. MFME Challenges

    in The Laboratory

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    3 minutes ago, woodsy said:

    @MPU_FIVE @MikeyMonster

    What a game! i put in £20 profit £11.40

    had no idea what to do but took £5 on the cash ladder* twice instead of kicking on as played as a casual with intent to win our comp haha, then got offered a pink box which had a jp in it** was incredibly lucky to get a skill stop off betty's bonus*** that i hit the top level on (fluke) and the only square was a 1 to lucky numbers for higher then onto jp, no repeat.

    * so as i've never had any real experience of this game i thought that the cash ladder start amount and play kinda reminded me of how donkey kong played??

    ** is this the first example of hidden boxes? and did they always have the same amount in in the arcade so once you had them you knew them?

    *** this also reminded me of donkey kong as much of the game did in some part.. also of course similarities to doctor who but thats more understandable of course.

    anyways i bloody loved it.

    so @MikeyMonster i do believe it's your turn to choose a game for the £20 challenge or similar if you have a challenge in mind..

    This machine used to be in the Ship inn , Sittingbourne back in the mid 1990's...

    The PINK box is Jackpot... they are always the same value... think Blue box is £2 for example.

  13. MFME Challenges

    in The Laboratory

    Posted

    @woodsy@MikeyMonster

    Ahh i didn't know this one had tricks to it... I am just (and always have been) just a casual player that played fruities just for the sheer fun of it.

    Ok so in future a file shall be posted so we're all on same page.

    I'll be back later to post my Showtime Spectacular file (i'm on my Linux machine at the mo) in case the one MikeyMonster didn't contain the sound files... mine does but the game playing is almost mute... i say almost because on the feature, there are some instances where it will play a sound... i think jackpot is one... wierd eh!

     

  14. MFME Challenges

    in The Laboratory

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    3 hours ago, woodsy said:

     

    beaten at my own game... next up??? winners choice.. £20 in seems a fair punt for £6/8t jp games, maybe different for others but gary gary give us a game!!!

    sadly carry on not possible eh

    I used the layout i already had on my computer, woodsy... should i of used the one you posted for the Golden Mile? If so i guess my result is null and void... in case it isn't tho here's what i went for...

    By the way - I really wanted to do Showtime Spectacular (BellFruit) but the only MFME DX available was in the Legacy section which has layouts but no roms, - for some reason the roms i found for it play the game, but the sound roms which i got from the BFMulator version of this game do not play any sounds in the game even tho they are loaded in and play when going through the samples one by one... So if anyone wants to do an update - it looks like Showtime Spectacular is a candidate for it...

    Anyway I settled for this instead, £20 in, £31 out.

    Addams Family.

    Cheers,

    Gary.

    🦇🌕🪦

     

     

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  15. MFME Challenges

    in The Laboratory

    Posted

    At first i was thinking, bloody tight arse machine, lower than 9 got an 11, played feature board and got the dreaded "Terrible weather -  go home" square, but in the end,all I can say is thank you to "Joes Pub" which turned out to be a nice little earner! :)

     

     

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  17. HEY ALL

    in Newbies Help Area

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    Welcome to the site. If you're interested in building a cabinet, then you'll get alot of info from the cabinet building section (see link below) - also if you are completely new to fruit machine emulation, there's a beginners guide which i will also link below.

    I myself would like to make a cab one day, I did make a MFME keyboard to keep me going for the time being. 

    All the best!

    https://www.desertislandfruits.com/forum/index.php?/forum/39-cabinet-building/

     

     

     

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  19. Development Updates

    in Arcade Simulator

    Posted

    Not sure if this is of any use to anyone but when reading this thread earlier, seeing the TMS1000 processor mentioned reminded me of a book i have from way back when i was trying to learn to code (then realised my brain just isn't made for coding, sadly!) - found the same book on internet archive so link is here, TMS1000 mentioned on page 20.

    Hope it's of help to someone anyway...

    https://archive.org/details/osborne-4-and-8-bit-microprocessor-handbook/page/n20/mode/1up

    Cheers,

    Gary.

     

  23. In Memory of the Great Wizard

    in Wizard's Rest

    Posted

    Just a quick note to Chris Wren, "Wizard" :wizard:  to say the community miss you so much, and your amazing MFME is still very much played daily by so many people...

    Thank you for what you gave us all, and if they have computers where you are now, i wonder what techs you've got running in MFME v22.1

    You are a legend, my friend.

    Best wishes to you...

    Gary.

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  24. Money Controls Universal Hopper mk4

    in Cabinet Building

    Posted

    On 24/07/2022 at 22:04, madgerald1974 said:

    @MPU_FIVEI have two spare cube hoppers you can have. If you are happy to message me a delivery address I'll send you them with £1 and 10p discs. That will get you started. One works perfectly, the second however is not dispensing correctly (£20 bank pays around £15-18).  Might just be a dirty optical or maybe due for a cap change. I don't have the time to check it out. They both need a good clean and silicone grease up. I don't have any spare bases though so a bit of creativity with some wood and screws and it should be quite easy to mount inside your machine.

    Hope it helps. Cheers 😀

    Wow, that would be awesome, matey... but only if you are 100% ok with that...

    at least let me send you a postal order to cover posting them to me, matey...

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