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I found this MAB Systems rom which is titled VivaLasVegas. Notepad says MAB Systems, so it can't be Viva Las Vegas which is a Barcrest. The rom isn't actually in the rom dat. Anybody know which machine this is for? Unknown MAB Systems Rom not in Dat.zip

Oh, I have no idea. I wondered that too. I'm sure I heard the nudge tune in an old Jack The Ripper film. It was the Sherlock Holmes one where he goes in the huge pub in old London Town and somebody is playing the piano in there.

I know what you mean, the Round The Town nudges tune and the nudge gamble tune. Have you not downloaded the layout? The sound rom will be in there. Cops And Robbers used those piano tunes as well and there another clone called Along The Prom.

Thanks a lot for these Ginge. Also thanks again to DAD for getting the V101 rom working in the layout. I have a feeling the original error I encountered was probably the sec thing which might be different in the V101 and V202.

Sec is in the configuration. If switch 4 is on then you have to set the sec to yes in configuration. Not entirely sure what it is, maybe something to do with the coin mech? The bingo program is just a different profile where the machine might play slightly different. Also, the bingo program might only switch to 30p stake. Most program versions have a separate bingo rom which only has the 30p stake. We don't have a bingo rom for the V101 but we have the bingo roms for most other program versions.

The DIP switch 1 is on which means the bars are £10 and xs are £5. Yes, V101 has the bar win I mentioned in a post above and this is free which does not affect the percentage. You can see it's free because the 000 hold will still be there provided you are not taking wins and only taking this free win.

V101 is the unchipped version.

We actually have roms for 10 or 11 different program numbers. The rom in DAD's layout was V202 which is the rechip. I found the V101 rom and loaded it into the layout but it came up with some kind of error. I sent it to DAD and he got it working. These are the 2 different versions working. The Decals for the Bars and Xs are wrong but otherwise it's all good. Classic Slot both versions.zip

I just found in my notes what all the switches do. 1 on is Xs £5 and Bars £10. off is Xs £2 and Bars £5 2 on makes machine dim in attract mode 4 on is sec 7 on changes to bingo program 8 on is auto pay out 14 on is 50 credits auto play and if 15 on is auto play in demo mode 15 on demo mode without auto play but if 14 on is demo mode auto play 16 on and it goes blank

Ah Classic Slot! Yes, this is a machine with a full empty! The original program has a setup where it gives a £10 free bar win. You need the bar 2 above on the 1st reel and the bar 3 above 3rd reel. Then it should hold because 000 on the line, so hold reel 1 and reel 3. Bar drops in 2nd reel. The machine will give nudges. Use 2 nudges to bring the bar down on 1st reel and leave. Bar drops down 3 places on 3rd reel. The next program doesn't drop the bar down on the winline on the 3rd reel. The existing layout by DAD had the chipped program so I found the original rom and loaded it into the layout, but there was an error. I contacted DAD about this a couple of years ago and he got the original program running in the layout. The only thing was the bars awarded a £5 win as per the layout decal. So, I found the DIP switch to change the bars to £10 which is what they were in the arcades. I can't remember which switch it was off the top of my head. Basically the new layout just needs to change the bars to £10 and also the Xs to £5.

I guess the easiest thing to do then is click the refill box and refill. I always do this anyway so I know how far off full the machine is at any time just to make it more realistic.

There was Jewel In The Crown which was a clone of Lucky Strike. Also there was Squids In and Silver Screen. Hope this answers your question.

The arcade probably got sent later programs roms for the Golden Game Number 1 and the later sounds probably came with them. Here is a zipped folder with all the Golden Game roms we have sorted in order including any important details about game play etc. There are actually £35 Golden Game roms in there which I had no clue even existed until I tried them. Never seen a £35 Golden Game in the wild. Just to clarify, these are not Grand Golden Game roms which are obviously £35 jackpot. Golden Game.zip

I have the answer to your questions as I went through all the Golden Game roms we have. If your Golden Games didn't work on the hold after nudge method then it's very possible your Golden Games had the early empty rom. If they did always work on the hold after nudge then it would have been an early hold after nudge program. We actually have 3 different rom sets where it's possible to empty the machine. The hold fivers are in the same "pot" as the Golden Game, which means you can store up the hold fivers and hold the golden x and it will keep giving tops this way. Now the first 2 programs do not have the auto nudge button and they pay out in £2 increments. Also holding the collect button will not pay out the whole bank like on later programs. The bank limit is £75 and then it starts to pay out automatically but stops paying out once the bank hits £74. The 3rd program which is the final empty program does have the auto nudge button and it pays out in £3 increments. It also has a bank limit of £75 and it will start to pay out automatically until the bank is down to £50. The next 4 different rom sets can't be emptied and also the hold after nudge method will not work on these which makes these programs unplayable unless you get lucky. After that, all the programs work on the hold after nudge method. The earlier hold after nudge programs will give you a hold on the bars sometimes but later ones it's very rare. There is one rogue program where the hold after nudge might not come back if it gives a £15 top and this seems to hold on bars quite often. Now for the sounds. There are actually 2 different sound sets for Golden Games. The original sounds and then the other sounds where the nudge music is a much faster beat and the flash is more like a wolf whistle. Of course it doesn't matter which sound they have as it won't affect the game play of the program roms.

Also the fact that this trick was made originally for Snake Rattle & Roll where the super hold feature was actually on the board and easy to obtain. Then LOTR came out and they knew enough to take super hold off the feature board but they never fixed the trick because hardly anybody knew it still as it was not widely known.

High Flyer was good on £5 jackpot. Play for the Win Series feature which could go for a lot more than the £5 jackpot.

No, for some reason, which was debated on a thread here somewhere.

Just remembered the other machine. It was Cop The Lot.

Snake Rattle And Roll had the Super Feature actually on the board so it was a good empty. Lord Of The Rings did super hold in normal play so it was a lot harder to empty. Probably best to get 2 or 3 and leave it, as it could take it all back without awarding a super hold. Another machine to have the super hold was Take Note. I think there was a yet another machine too.

Golden Hold was the shortcut to jackpot. You could collect the win on the line instead of exchanging for feature if the jackpot was too far away to set up for Golden Hold.

Mega Bucks was always one of the very worst JPMS. It was always a great sight to see that thin red cabinet through a pub window but hopes were dashed when it turned out to be Mega Bucks!

I used to play this all the time back in the day. Managed to get to level 24 but the combination of the big chicken flying around and all the smaller birds walking around was just too much!

This was one of the first games I ever played when I got my Spectrum.

Surprisingly there is nothing for Hot Gothic in the rom dat!