[Blue Streak 2p Machine]

hard work to get a jackpot off though, loved throwing in an endless stream of 20p wins lol

[Go Bananas / Monkey Business ? £8 or £10 machine circa 1997]

3 hours ago, stevedude2 said:

I remember Go Bananas 

Project Coin.  There was one in my local arcade on £8 tokens, 20p play.  Similar cabinet to The Roll and Firecracker, but with a green trim.  'Go-Go-Go Bananas!' could be heard when you got the streak feature.  Can't remember if they were monkey or banana symbols you needed for the feature but I think you needed them on the line to trigger the Mega streak which I had go for £32 a couple of times.  There might have been some sort of wild banana symbol on the middle reel.  Pretty standard lo-tech fare in all honesty.

Around the same time there was also a game called Jungle Jackpots (or something like that) that was basically the same as Crazy Pays and was available on 20p/£10 cash or 20p/£8 tokens.  I think I have a small pic somewhere but I've got nothing for Go Bananas I'm afraid.

Yeah this definitely sounds more like it. I have only seen the one which was at Warrington Quiksilver so interested to know if it was around elsewhere.

[Go Bananas / Monkey Business ? £8 or £10 machine circa 1997]

3 hours ago, loo said:

we had one called monkey business, single player machine.

it ran from a flash card, i copied it.

Monkey Business 1.4 Data.zip 3.94 MB · 3 downloads

I remember that game, the monkey sound always made me laugh

[Go Bananas / Monkey Business ? £8 or £10 machine circa 1997]

On 05/11/2021 at 02:27, serene02 said:

The Project Coin one I’m remembering you entered the feature via the banana reel symbols I’m fairly certain.

 

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The one I am remembering definitely 100% had a hidden feature where you hold all the reels after the machines flashes and makes a noise. So if the one you played didn't, then it's definitely a different game I am thinking about.

I am not 100% over the name of the game but I am fairly, but not absolutely certain it was originally £8 or £10 jackpot and the jungle theme was absolutely a thing

[Blue Streak 2p Machine]

I remember Blue Streak.

Pretty fun when it wanted to do something

[Project's Spot On]

On 02/11/2021 at 23:06, vectra666 said:

It does for some reason, this was one of the first fruits I played in a pub cir1993 it was 20p £6 jp used to play quite well paid for a few ciders on the jackpot back then, the main bar had Andy Capp blue then Andy’s great escape, two more beer token machines lol

 

Yeah I thought it had a £6 version on either 10p or 20p. Glad I wasn't remembering it wrong.

[Go Bananas / Monkey Business ? £8 or £10 machine circa 1997]

It was a 1 player unit and was definitely during the £8 or £10 era, maybe £15 at a push, but I don't remember it being a £25 machine originally.

The sound when you got the feature was a voice singing "Go ba, Go bananas!" 

Did either of those machines have the hidden feature i was talking about involving holding all 3 reels? Pretty sure the machine I am thinking of was a lot less colourful. It had a strong jungle dark green theme to it and was quite plain.

[Project's Spot On]

Another machine I really liked and I don't see get mentioned much. Fun little game, had a £6 jackpot and a board you could move around. One I would love to see emulated at some point for sure. Anyone know of any in the UK currently?

 

[Go Bananas / Monkey Business ? £8 or £10 machine circa 1997]

This was a really rare machine I don't see get talked about much because it was low tech. Obviously had a monkey / jungle theme.

It had a main roll feature like Red Hot Roll but also had a secret big streak feature where it would growl, the machine would flash and then offer a hold. If you held all 3 reels and pressed start this would trigger the big streak.

Never managed to find photos of it online, think the jackpot was either £8 or £10 at the time.

[JPM Impulse - Great machine, but so difficult!]

I remember hearing from 1 guy that he got the full 50 from Big 50 and thinking "well that makes sense why it's called Big 50 then!"

But yeah, never seen it myself. Impulse was a great machine for people with good reactions lol.

[Painfully Slow - Machines that are just Slow to Play]

For me it was any machine that didn't do an auto spin if you held down the start button. They would only stop if there was a hold or nudge on offer.

[Rarest things Noel says]

On 17/09/2021 at 15:57, Boulderdash said:

For example, Addams Family Pinball says "Dirty pool old man, I it" when you manage to hit the ball over the bookcase into the vault, and even rarer "Great curve shot old man".

 

[Red's Snakes & Ladders - music spotted in the wild!]

However the add again sound on Rollercoaster is the greatest ever sound effect.