[Fair games, timeless, bar 7’s]

1 hour ago, thealteredemu said:

To determine that just look at manufacturer.  These are Fair Games Limited, nothing to do with BFM, they likely bought the rights.  Those DX’s are all listed as BFM, so we don’t have a layout for these rebuilds.  They are very likely SC5, maybe even SC6 or even Pluto.

Not sure if we even have the roms for this FG version.

J

thanks, i have checked the layout gallery, i can se the higher win version, can you please tell me if the sys85 version has the hold win for the streak and mystery win?

its the one that looks most like the ones in town and i know nothing about the roms and variations? please and thank you

[Fair games, timeless, bar 7’s]

52 minutes ago, slotsmagic said:

We do have Pluto 5, but I'm guessing that - as with Pluto 6 - there's probably different chips and possibly minor board differences between boards. Hence why, if you have say a Betcom Pluto 6 machine, you need a Betcom Pluto 6 board, or another board with the same colour sockets and then swap at least one socketed chip over.

I'm pretty sure the ones I saw inside originally were Pluto 5. I'm sure it would be doable, but I think you are suggesting, it's something that would need to be done emulator-side, which suggests it being a thing for future MAME

 

On 06/12/2025 at 19:25, Jamie28J said:

Hi Mickyroo, Bar 7's are in the Legacy Section: 

to make sense of it, the multiple dx's and versions of this bar 7 game are all on tech wghicg does not give the bell 7 bar and vice versa win and streak whatsoever?

that is only ojn fair games tech or roms?

are there any that can be played with £2,£5,£10 & £15 wins or £5, £10, £15, £25 wins please

[Fair games, timeless, bar 7’s]

On 06/12/2025 at 20:14, slotsmagic said:

Does that one have a decent streak? I've never tried it

do any of the dx's have the streak hold function?

[Fair games, timeless, bar 7’s]

i would like to know which ones are sitting in admirals around the uk still, 10p 20p £5 £15.

which version are they, and can we manipulate the existing roms to behave the bars and sevens malfunction etc?

[FM name request - Superhold emptier]

On 05/12/2025 at 19:09, MikeyMonster said:

I thought this worked on many more BFM's in the day, just as has been posted, some were harder to get Superhold on.

I have to say, can anyone with a straight face stand by it being "a error" i mean reel positions are recorded and shown to the player without mistake. so a machine offering a super hold, to then not only allow, but recognize the incorrect reel position without error and award the win? i mean c'mon. put any s4 etc into test and check the reel positions and sync?? tell me how thats not deliberate?

[FM name request - Superhold emptier]

1 hour ago, logopolis said:

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.

do our roms work for it?

[Worst playing / surprisingly bad pub fruits and why...]

On 02/12/2025 at 14:11, thealteredemu said:

JPM totally altered the profile in later machines they just became fairly generic and flat.  Even later machines became BFM machines, force for a jackpot and hope to trigger the saved for streak.

Vinda loot and all those games.

J

bfm £15 era was awesome fun for me, turbo cash jp's galore, games like rich geezer and hilowatha etc, happy fruits was my most loved game, there were so many to play, easy sytreak, lockbuster. the flawsh happy ones like wwtba millionaire, all of them so profitable. mind you the whole £15 catalogue was profit really

[Worst playing / surprisingly bad pub fruits and why...]

On 03/12/2025 at 13:13, Chopaholic said:

They do keep to percentage, the problem is with 'standard' percentages of the day they'll just grind you out against that 74% or whatever it is and make it borderline impossible to ever win.

@Boulderdash has put some serious play into Top Tenner and outside of the (very!) rare big(ish) repeater on the £2, they're death by a thousand cuts. Well, probably not even that many cuts.

Low RTPs and low volatility are a pretty toxic combination.

i assume you mean the £4 top tenner? the £10 one is a decent game as well as its clones and similar variants

[Question regarding fruit machines]

18 hours ago, TheDr83 said:

Hi everyone. 

I have been looking but cannot find a machine called grid runner by Global. Does it exist as a download as it used to be a popular machine in a few pubs in a few towns.

Is it possible to request machines, if enough people request them for example. Excuse me if i am out to lunch on that last question, this is all new but exciting for me.

thanks everyone

Alex

i think the global one was £5 iirc, and may also have the £5 too, with slight art changes? but yes 

downloads 

legacy

impulse 

then download the file for a list of all releases.

as vectra says there are many more newer releases too.

a word to the wise, before doing that visit the layout gallery, select your operator and sort by caption, you'll find all the layouts in image form so to jog your memory

[Worst playing / surprisingly bad pub fruits and why...]

6 hours ago, TommyH said:

The Big Cheese - 30p play machine. Seemed to have a block at a fiver on the board that if you got offered it twice and didn't take it, tough shit, dead if it wasn't in the mood to pay.

I'm going to have to hammer it at some point to see if my memory is correct or middle-age has made me think of it too badly.

 

 

4 hours ago, shaun2097 said:

Maygay`s Fruit Explosion, (or was it Fruit Preserve?) on the "impossible to win a jackpot" ROM. (i cant remember the exact ROM ver)

 

1 hour ago, MikeyMonster said:

And clones - and there were 3/4 of them..... 

superstar and a spitfire one maybe?

fruit explosion yes, similar to many maygay blocks, this is all before spinning is taken into account, impulses like gridrunner and wipeout, £5 variants had some bizarre events

I'll never forget or forgive; went into a town centre arcade with my last few quid, played a jackpot junction, flashed first board and went £75, done the pick yer pesos quickly next and then thought i'd try a board on ooh ah dracula, thinking at worst £8 before a forced roll in, but no £47 later for a 2 press board, and forced removal from the premises in a meltdown. 

that was cruel after such luck

[Worst playing / surprisingly bad pub fruits and why...]

megabucks was a gobble game, similar but not as playable as g-force. as in take every £2.40 + etc and wait for a decent super nudge spinner etc. imo the worst jpm with a similar jp game was pinball wizard, always gave me a harsh time despite its similarities to maximium overdrive.

the megabucks we have is nothing like the ones i played, same with hotpots, roll in jp too eagerly.

the flintstones yabba dabba dough was awful, again nudge spinner being the only saviour, coliseum and s breakout, obvs lucky touch and big's but the layout had potential for a greater game imo

instant millioanaire, and bwb super soccer etc, great when ready but dog poor otherwise, sadly games that upon release would've been really fun but had been on site for 20 years etc, like the palace pier with make amillion and bullseye, dr who and the like, years of rechips and rom alterations leaving them a husk of their true selves, games that had once been enjoyable now corrupted and played bizarrely to a casual but like clockwork to a regular, glitches etc, a few examples.

apollo 9 5p £5 dreadful no features and then a mystery win off cherries lightin jp on the trail.

the gambler by empire not being able to lose on a 7 hi-lo.

indy final crack the whip, jink the start button and eventually awards the top.

andy capp, hyper viper despite having £6t jp'd solely spinning 4's &9'S showing us it can only pay xash wins.

eureka only giving jp by 3 holds.

there are so many out there, thats before the players info on them, imagine playing a cash lab and never getting past 80p, or a spotted edick thats on it's arse etc.. 

[New Build and require best I-Pac2 button assignment]

8 hours ago, smithers18 said:

I'm not sure if this is the best way but I find it easy enough to do it this way and it also gives me an opportunity to check the lamps for a specific button too at the same time: 

Open a layout
Click 'Design>Edit' from top menu
Right-Click on the button you want to change and select 'Properties'
Look for the 'Shortcuts' field (you can assign 2 keyboard shortcuts per button)
Either change the existing shortcut or add a second shortcut as desired
Save the button changes
Once you have made all the changes you need then click 'Design>Edit' again to exit edit mode
Save the layout

(This is all from memory because I'm not in front of my cabinet right now! I will edit if I got any of it wrong)

this is correct. i'm curious though @davep180 me old china, are you suggesting there is a way to mass assign keys to multiple layouts in one swoop?

hope you're well pal

[New here - How do i...]

3 hours ago, qfruits said:

thank you

 

If i read this right, if i donate now, ill only have a month and a half until the new year starts again, is that correct?

 

i believe so, it's upto you on that. we creators get full access but it's not for everyone. welcome to the site and i hope you enjoy the work available.  

over 6000 layouts to play, unlimited downloads for a £5. 

[Superstar (Think Bell Fruit £10.00 jackpot repeater) MFME DX REQUEST.]

On 25/10/2025 at 18:56, Coskey Fruits said:

No need to step back into the dark ages and grab it from Fruit Emu then :o.  Thanks, have downloaded.

i used to play this before going into chichester college at the then bus station? it will be a pleasure to dx and from the looks of the images, it will be fun too.

 

 thanks for your dx request, please you and any readers, if you have any requests feel free to let us know

[Superstar (Think Bell Fruit £10.00 jackpot repeater) MFME DX REQUEST.]

does this need a dx? ill get it done

[Five years!]

22 hours ago, Boulderdash said:

The oldest I've ever felt was in the pub with @woodsy, and one of his mates was also there with his 18 year old girlfriend. 

So basically I'm in the pub with someone young enough to be my granddaughter

i don't remember, but that 25 yr old sort i was seeing was a highlight

[Coinworld Cash Cops (Englishish)]

awesome

[Video fruit machines]

2 hours ago, infection said:

Stardust is unemulated afaik

@vectra666 @Ze Frog

[Bartop Fruit Machine Build]

On 16/09/2025 at 19:51, Boulderdash said:

Looks great. I want one!

Although you could do with a 4th hold button for clubbers...

we should work together on building one mate

[DIY 'Coin Mech' (Simple Coin Acceptor)]

BRILLIANT STUFF

[Vector Graphics Offered]

On 16/09/2025 at 18:55, johnparker007 said:

I'm sure there are some machines worthy of a redraw - maybe some other layout artists will come along with requests!  

Quite a few of the source images for the less common machines can be on low res photos/grainy flyers etc, that's likely where your redraw skills will be in demand  

this is very accurate. please dm and i'll send my intial requests, you will be a very welcome addition my friend

[Vector Graphics Offered]

On 16/09/2025 at 18:55, johnparker007 said:

I'm sure there are some machines worthy of a redraw - maybe some other layout artists will come along with requests!  

Quite a few of the source images for the less common machines can be on low res photos/grainy flyers etc, that's likely where your redraw skills will be in demand  

i have a redraw i am hoping to get made, i'll senf the flyer, i'll be happy to dx it and work with you step by step to show how i do it.

also i need to make new reel numbers for current wip, if you fancy that.#

thanks, i'd really appreciate learning more about ps if thats cool too

[OASIS (working title)]

3 hours ago, johnparker007 said:

You might enjoy the 'Arcade Simulator' project - it's the old proof-of-concept version of this Oasis project... so it just has a fixed set of fruit machines, you can't add new ones.  But it is all in 3d etc   

oh noooo

[Causing a bit of a stir.]

On 10/09/2025 at 15:30, Hamsun said:

I'm not sure if this is the best thread to ask but I wonder if anyone knows how many (if any) original ROMs we have for JPM and ACE from the late 1990s/early 2000s.

This period includes many of my favourite machines but the layouts I've tried (apart from maybe Fast Trak and one or two others) all seem to be on those crappy chips that spin in JPs while blocking JP features and setups for hidden bonus features &c.

any arcadia roms would be awesoime

[HOT GOTHIC RETURN?]

55 minutes ago, Fruitcrazy100 said:

Hello all,

Some of us spoke a while back relating to the Maygay "Hot Gothic" fruit machine clone of mega zone etc..

Don't suppose anyone has managed to find any ROMS and if it is possible for this to be created?

Picture curtesy of Infectious from previous post (Thank you )

Hope everyone is doing all ok, gosh nearly through another year already! crazy....

 

 

@logopolis