DazWhites Posted January 4, 2023 Report Share Posted January 4, 2023 It came to my attention whilst having a dabble on some of these fruit machines, that It was so rare to play a machine in real life with all the bulbs working, no buttons sticking etc. Part of the joy of playing machines back in the day was never knowing if you had more nudges that were lit up, or where exactly your skill-shot landed on the money climber. Not to mention the double nudges of reels when the button got stuck down! Anyway could it be an option to have random bulbs that don't work for a real authentic experience? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vectra666 Posted January 4, 2023 Report Share Posted January 4, 2023 You could delete the lamps in edit mode but make a backup copy of the untouched release to revert back to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsy Posted January 4, 2023 Report Share Posted January 4, 2023 15 minutes ago, DazWhites said: It came to my attention whilst having a dabble on some of these fruit machines, that It was so rare to play a machine in real life with all the bulbs working, no buttons sticking etc. Part of the joy of playing machines back in the day was never knowing if you had more nudges that were lit up, or where exactly your skill-shot landed on the money climber. Not to mention the double nudges of reels when the button got stuck down! Anyway could it be an option to have random bulbs that don't work for a real authentic experience? you name the release of mine you want broken and i'll break it and send it.. haha.. throw a wobbler by barcrest i made with a broken bulb, vecs has done some before, or maybe spill some tea on the keyboard... (strongly not advised) 1 living the dream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dondplayer Posted January 4, 2023 Report Share Posted January 4, 2023 December 2019 I played a DOND Perfect Deal with about 70% of the bulbs out, this meant you were both playing and counting in advance of pressing start eg when a SPIN square with broken bulb was 6 ahead you had to see if it span a 6 when you hit start. Was quite good fun. Your box will be CASHPOT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vectra666 Posted January 4, 2023 Report Share Posted January 4, 2023 1 hour ago, dondplayer said: December 2019 I played a DOND Perfect Deal with about 70% of the bulbs out, this meant you were both playing and counting in advance of pressing start eg when a SPIN square with broken bulb was 6 ahead you had to see if it span a 6 when you hit start. Was quite good fun. I played a partygames four player every machine had about 99% of its bulbs missing including hold n start also they had no sounds that was far from fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyMonster Posted January 4, 2023 Report Share Posted January 4, 2023 3 hours ago, dondplayer said: December 2019 I played a DOND Perfect Deal with about 70% of the bulbs out, this meant you were both playing and counting in advance of pressing start eg when a SPIN square with broken bulb was 6 ahead you had to see if it span a 6 when you hit start. Was quite good fun. I have a redial DOND at the moment where only one light works on the DOND values.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyMonster Posted January 4, 2023 Report Share Posted January 4, 2023 3 hours ago, DazWhites said: It came to my attention whilst having a dabble on some of these fruit machines, that It was so rare to play a machine in real life with all the bulbs working, no buttons sticking etc. Part of the joy of playing machines back in the day was never knowing if you had more nudges that were lit up, or where exactly your skill-shot landed on the money climber. Not to mention the double nudges of reels when the button got stuck down! Anyway could it be an option to have random bulbs that don't work for a real authentic experience? I've mentioned this before.... like the top two lamps on Test Your strength missing...... One of the replies I got was that Chis (R.I.P.) always wanted to see perfection in the emulator - and I respect that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew96 Posted January 4, 2023 Report Share Posted January 4, 2023 a 'nobble' setting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze Frog Posted January 5, 2023 Report Share Posted January 5, 2023 (edited) Don't forget sticky buttons on machines were some kids dropped ice lolly over it and it decides it is going to properly stick at a pivotal moment. Ah, the good ol' days, lower than a 12, goes to a 2 for jackpot and button wedged lower. Edited January 5, 2023 by Ze Frog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wearecity Posted January 5, 2023 Report Share Posted January 5, 2023 A great topic this. I do like when a layout has some imperfections. Machine looks a bit battered, maybe a little bit of sunlight on the glass etc.. Vecs released a layout, that had another members lighter, still resting on the machine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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