My experience in getting MFME running

[MikeP]

I’m new here, and it has been a while since I posted my introduction for reasons below, not sure if this should be a new topic, so moderators please move it if not!

It has taken me a while to get MFME running, and this is on a new laptop I bought for the purpose (all the rest of my tech is Apple, and after wrestling with windows 10, I’m more than ever going to stick with Apple tech if I can!

Anyway, having got signed up here on Desert Island Fruits, I then couldn’t download the installation because of ‘security’ as my computer had Windows 10 S mode. Repeated attempts to switch it out of S mode failed, and eventually, after consulting the internet for advice, I had to reinstall Windows.  Shocking this on a new laptop, I had to reinstall the operating system to be able to run the program I had bought the thing for.  Anyway, that did fix it, I removed S mode, and installed MFME.  

Really impressed so far, my first download was Arcadia - as if you were playing the actual machine, but I’ve completely forgotten after 20 odd years how to play it, and my attempts to hit Shoot Em Up were woeful!  Next up King Kebab, and playing this for an hour or so, well, it gives me some thoughts about fruit machines back then, compared to what is on offer in pubs now, I’ll post these thoughts but not sure as a newbie which thread to post them in?  

Best regards, 

Mike

[woodsy]

16 minutes ago, MikeP said:

I’m new here, and it has been a while since I posted my introduction for reasons below, not sure if this should be a new topic, so moderators please move it if not!

It has taken me a while to get MFME running, and this is on a new laptop I bought for the purpose (all the rest of my tech is Apple, and after wrestling with windows 10, I’m more than ever going to stick with Apple tech if I can!

Anyway, having got signed up here on Desert Island Fruits, I then couldn’t download the installation because of ‘security’ as my computer had Windows 10 S mode. Repeated attempts to switch it out of S mode failed, and eventually, after consulting the internet for advice, I had to reinstall Windows.  Shocking this on a new laptop, I had to reinstall the operating system to be able to run the program I had bought the thing for.  Anyway, that did fix it, I removed S mode, and installed MFME.  

Really impressed so far, my first download was Arcadia - as if you were playing the actual machine, but I’ve completely forgotten after 20 odd years how to play it, and my attempts to hit Shoot Em Up were woeful!  Next up King Kebab, and playing this for an hour or so, well, it gives me some thoughts about fruit machines back then, compared to what is on offer in pubs now, I’ll post these thoughts but not sure as a newbie which thread to post them in?  

Best regards, 

Mike

Glad you found your way through it! I have memories of my first mfme install and strangely enough arcadia was my go to game!! I hope you enjoy your new found best thing ever haha!!

[Liverpool2008]

Welcome Mike ... This site will keep you entertained for hours ..... kept me off the machines when i needed too lol

[CBNMNIJ]

Nice to hear you having such a good time exploring these games again.  Keep your thoughts coming.

[woodsy]

18 hours ago, MikeP said:

I’m new here, and it has been a while since I posted my introduction for reasons below, not sure if this should be a new topic, so moderators please move it if not!

It has taken me a while to get MFME running, and this is on a new laptop I bought for the purpose (all the rest of my tech is Apple, and after wrestling with windows 10, I’m more than ever going to stick with Apple tech if I can!

Anyway, having got signed up here on Desert Island Fruits, I then couldn’t download the installation because of ‘security’ as my computer had Windows 10 S mode. Repeated attempts to switch it out of S mode failed, and eventually, after consulting the internet for advice, I had to reinstall Windows.  Shocking this on a new laptop, I had to reinstall the operating system to be able to run the program I had bought the thing for.  Anyway, that did fix it, I removed S mode, and installed MFME.  

Really impressed so far, my first download was Arcadia - as if you were playing the actual machine, but I’ve completely forgotten after 20 odd years how to play it, and my attempts to hit Shoot Em Up were woeful!  Next up King Kebab, and playing this for an hour or so, well, it gives me some thoughts about fruit machines back then, compared to what is on offer in pubs now, I’ll post these thoughts but not sure as a newbie which thread to post them in?  

Best regards, 

Mike

post away, anything you like and i'm sure with another few posts and threads you've read you'll start putting the topics in the right places, and if not so be it, we all make mistakes!! i'm renowned for my errors when releasing layouts so don't worry buddy!! nice to have a similar minded soul in the community

[MikeP]

5 hours ago, woodsy said:

post away, anything you like and i'm sure with another few posts and threads you've read you'll start putting the topics in the right places, and if not so be it, we all make mistakes!! i'm renowned for my errors when releasing layouts so don't worry buddy!! nice to have a similar minded soul in the community

Thanks @woodsy and others for the welcome, much appreciated!

Playing King Kebab after all these years has made me wonder what was it about these machines?  Just before the pandemic, I only gambled a few times a year in the casino, I’d kicked the occasional habit of FOBTs (an utter abomination but one for another day), then covid struck and I didn’t gamble a single pound for 1.25 years.  

Since then, I have played the random slots in pubs nowadays occasionally, and either won or, more usually, lost quite big sums of money very quickly.  And the gameplay is non-existent, the relevant sound effects, if indeed the operators have permitted them to make a sound, are limited to a clunk when a symbol you might get 3 of lands in view.  

So contrast King Kebab, then, on MFME.  Without the gambling element, that is the key point.  Gameplay, player involvement, skill stops, reel stops, decisions to be made, great sound samples, and some humour in the theme of the game.  What made the old games good was not just the gamble, it was the whole experience.  Did that make them more addictive than FOBTs?  I think not but am not quite sure why I think that.  Maybe the FOBTs tap into something different in the human psyche.  

When I played King Kebab ‘in the wild’ it was always the £15 jackpot version, unlike the £25 jackpot version I have been playing on MFME.  The change from £15 to £25 jackpot was, I think, the beginning of the end for the AWP fruit machine, it was certainly the period I gradually lost interest, one for another post I think…but jackpot £25, second prize £10? 

Hey still, at least I get to try out the features, never did when playing this one in the day, just forced the King Kebab mega feature on the £15 version, could go for £75.  Actually it was a step back towards Temple of Treasure for Barcrest, after Party Animal which I think was released before King Kebab, which didn’t favour the super top feature force, if I’m remembering correctly.  

Edited February 25, 2022 by MikeP

[woodsy]

27 minutes ago, MikeP said:

Thanks @woodsy and others for the welcome, much appreciated!

Playing King Kebab after all these years has made me wonder what was it about these machines?  Just before the pandemic, I only gambled a few times a year in the casino, I’d kicked the occasional habit of FOBTs (an utter abomination but one for another day), then covid struck and I didn’t gamble a single pound for 1.25 years.  

Since then, I have played the random slots in pubs nowadays occasionally, and either won or, more usually, lost quite big sums of money very quickly.  And the gameplay is non-existent, the relevant sound effects, if indeed the operators have permitted them to make a sound, are limited to a clunk when a symbol you might get 3 of lands in view.  

So contrast King Kebab, then, on MFME.  Without the gambling element, that is the key point.  Gameplay, player involvement, skill stops, reel stops, decisions to be made, great sound samples, and some humour in the theme of the game.  What made the old games good was not just the gamble, it was the whole experience.  Did that make them more addictive than FOBTs?  I think not but am not quite sure why I think that.  Maybe the FOBTs tap into something different in the human psyche.  

When I played King Kebab ‘in the wild’ it was always the £15 jackpot version, unlike the £25 jackpot version I have been playing on MFME.  The change from £15 to £25 jackpot was, I think, the beginning of the end for the AWP fruit machine, it was certainly the period I gradually lost interest, one for another post I think…but jackpot £25, second prize £10? 

Hey still, at least I get to try out the features, never did when playing this one in the day, just forced the King Kebab mega feature on the £15 version, could go for £75.  Actually it was a step back towards Temple of Treasure for Barcrest, after Party Animal which I think was released before King Kebab, which didn’t favour the super top feature force, if I’m remembering correctly.  

like reading my own mindset with pretty much everything you've said in one. 

the £15 era and below was the best, there are several threads with similar viewpoints on this, have a look around. lots to get inbvolved in

[MikeP]

Hey folks, just spent the afternoon trawling through the legacy area, and there’s some good stuff there for sure, best pick is the DX of Arabian Nights - this was the first of a series of Barcrest ‘force’ machines, but actually I played it rarely - at that time there were loads of Red Hot Knights and Neptune’s Treasures near me, but hardly any Arabian Nights.  I love the shift from ‘Nights’ to ‘Knights’ by Barcrest in the clone that was to follow!

In that era, I was winning overall, so enjoyment came down to the sound samples of the various games, as I spent so much time on them.  I loved Neptune’s treasure and hated Monty Pythons Flying Circus, even though they were the exact same game, and I won on both equally!  There is a big difference between playing fruit machines for profit and for entertainment, read losing,  though.  I’ve done both, but it was all a long time ago, but really great to be able to pick up the positive parts of that here on Desert Island Fruits!

Edited March 6, 2022 by MikeP

[woodsy]

1 hour ago, MikeP said:

Hey folks, just spent the afternoon trawling through the legacy area, and there’s some good stuff there for sure, best pick is the DX of Arabian Nights - this was the first of a series of Barcrest ‘force’ machines, but actually I played it rarely - at that time there were loads of Red Hot Knights and Neptune’s Treasures near me, but hardly any Arabian Nights.  I love the shift from ‘Nights’ to ‘Knights’ by Barcrest in the clone that was to follow!

In that era, I was winning overall, so enjoyment came down to the sound samples of the various games, as I spent so much time on them.  I loved Neptune’s treasure and hated Monty Pythons Flying Circus, even though they were the exact same game, and I won on both equally!  There is a big difference between playing fruit machines for profit and for entertainment, read losing,  though.  I’ve done both, but it was all a long time ago, but really great to be able to pick up the positive parts of that here on Desert Island Fruits!

i totally agree with you with one tiny exception, the bank sample on monty python.. everything else you got perfectly spot on. madness in fact, could be me writing my thoughts not you..

but that exception...

I LIKE TRAFFIC LIGHTS, I LIKE TRAFFIC LIGHTS, I LIKE TRAFFIC LIGHTS.... love it ahah

[MikeP]

A couple of questions about MFME, first how do you reset the counts on money in and out?  Second, I’ve read that the later versions of the emulator (I have v 20.1) can autoplay games, how do you get it to do this?  (It would be good to have each game in a random state rather than how you left it last time, is all).

Thanks in advance

Mike

[appstrader]

Maybe I'm  having a blank moment? In theory where you left the machine isn't that at a random state ?

I believe the option to reset is within the game manager in mfme although i have never really look at this option.

[fruitsnappa]

Click configuration and clear ram at the bottom will reset the machine and counters to zero. I think there is a tutorial for autoplay setup knocking around the forums.