Hi stopnstep,
Great post. The first machine that got me involved with fruits was BlueStreak, i used to sit on it for hours in my local shipleys. Even if i took the elusive jackpot out i'd still stay on it till i was skint, then the long walk home of shame after giving myself a good talking to out loud "why did you not walk after the jackpot Ian" lol. something about it almost had me obsessing over this machine. I have played one of it's clones on the emulator, Cash Alarms, i don't remember playing it when i was younger but somehow it seems alot fairer getting the BIG 50p repeat chance lol, and the jackpot as well. I have tested what you have said and it is true, nice one for noticing. Having read what you've wrote i'm left wondering how you managed to reset them? Was this possible to do back in the day, or are you simply saying that IF you could do it on all newly sited ones that hadn't yet been played then this was what potentially could be made?. Either way, once you notice something like that it tends to stand you in good stead when playing machines, something as little as that then opens your mind to other possibilities with methods etc , you start to look for things and it makes you realise the machines could be beat.
Great thread.