davep180 Posted February 12, 2021 Report Share Posted February 12, 2021 54 minutes ago, johnparker007 said: Finding some very handy info scanning through this collection of flyers @A:E has kindly sent I love this sort of information, thanks guys! I've been following this for a while and am blown away by what you are doing here, i can't wait to play in this virtual arcade! great work JP, and thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnparker007 Posted February 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2021 (edited) Aye you can't beat a bit of digital archaeology I remember a couple of years back getting into an in-depth discussion with a couple of guys about the arcade game 'Star Force', I think we were talking about a graphical quirk. As I'm an emulator guy, I fired up MAME and got into the tiles - and found some unfinished sprites not used in the game, which showed the original pixel artist's process (drawing white outline, then filling in the shaded art from there). I've fired it up again and dug 'em out - we think these are started but not finished/included gfx (the white outline sprites) - a snapshot of the artist's WIP - geeky stuff, but interesting And thanks for the positive feedback on the arcade sim project Edited February 12, 2021 by johnparker007 3 [ Arcade Simulator ] Pre-alpha installer: http://arcadesimulator.net | Known Issues: https://tinyurl.com/yz4uom2e | Donation info: https://tinyurl.com/yzvgl4xo [ Community Drive ] The drive: http://tinyurl.com/yckze665 [ Fruit Machine Database ] Initial google sheets (WIP): https://tinyurl.com/2c5znxzz [ Fruit Machine ROM Archive ] The archive: https://tinyurl.com/3jhzbueb [ MFME Launch ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/MFMELaunch [ Oasis ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/Oasis [ Sound ROM Editor ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/SoundRomEditor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy c Posted February 12, 2021 Report Share Posted February 12, 2021 Few more here may help. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnparker007 Posted February 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2021 Ah wow @Tommy c thanks very much mate, some good side profiles in there! Even if I get better at modelling, I'm certain the side profiles are crucial to modelling the cabinets fairly accurately, so this is all gold You may recognise your excellent BWB Rat Race layout among some previously shown ones (with now working alphas) as a new addition in this latest vid... 3 1 3 [ Arcade Simulator ] Pre-alpha installer: http://arcadesimulator.net | Known Issues: https://tinyurl.com/yz4uom2e | Donation info: https://tinyurl.com/yzvgl4xo [ Community Drive ] The drive: http://tinyurl.com/yckze665 [ Fruit Machine Database ] Initial google sheets (WIP): https://tinyurl.com/2c5znxzz [ Fruit Machine ROM Archive ] The archive: https://tinyurl.com/3jhzbueb [ MFME Launch ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/MFMELaunch [ Oasis ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/Oasis [ Sound ROM Editor ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/SoundRomEditor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy Posted February 12, 2021 Report Share Posted February 12, 2021 (edited) God strike me pink, there is some damn nice flyers there, Gold and Silver now that brings the memories flooding back. Edited February 12, 2021 by Big J 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy c Posted February 12, 2021 Report Share Posted February 12, 2021 @johnparker007 that's some win series on the win again feature. Can't believe it carried on after jackpot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnparker007 Posted February 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2021 6 hours ago, Tommy c said: @johnparker007 that's some win series on the win again feature. Can't believe it carried on after jackpot. I thought it'd never stop! [ Arcade Simulator ] Pre-alpha installer: http://arcadesimulator.net | Known Issues: https://tinyurl.com/yz4uom2e | Donation info: https://tinyurl.com/yzvgl4xo [ Community Drive ] The drive: http://tinyurl.com/yckze665 [ Fruit Machine Database ] Initial google sheets (WIP): https://tinyurl.com/2c5znxzz [ Fruit Machine ROM Archive ] The archive: https://tinyurl.com/3jhzbueb [ MFME Launch ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/MFMELaunch [ Oasis ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/Oasis [ Sound ROM Editor ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/SoundRomEditor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serene02 Posted February 13, 2021 Report Share Posted February 13, 2021 It was just way behind percentage. This machine was all about taking the value via the gamble. Interestingly if you can snag the jackpot from nudges this won’t affect the gamble, so a free win of sorts. It wasn’t that common to obtain the jackpot via nudges. These liked to give you a couple of fake gamble wins to entice you into thinking the machine was still jackpot ready, especially just after you’d gambled the ladder out. Brilliant machines, you could ‘plug’ them and max the bank out to just under £5, so you could actually defraud a lot of these units if that was your bag. You needed access to the plug though as it required some exact timing J 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnparker007 Posted February 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2021 I remember everyone used to always just gamble for jackpot on these [ Arcade Simulator ] Pre-alpha installer: http://arcadesimulator.net | Known Issues: https://tinyurl.com/yz4uom2e | Donation info: https://tinyurl.com/yzvgl4xo [ Community Drive ] The drive: http://tinyurl.com/yckze665 [ Fruit Machine Database ] Initial google sheets (WIP): https://tinyurl.com/2c5znxzz [ Fruit Machine ROM Archive ] The archive: https://tinyurl.com/3jhzbueb [ MFME Launch ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/MFMELaunch [ Oasis ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/Oasis [ Sound ROM Editor ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/SoundRomEditor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy c Posted February 13, 2021 Report Share Posted February 13, 2021 Loved this game dirty verns in rhyl had one of these up to it changing hands. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serene02 Posted February 13, 2021 Report Share Posted February 13, 2021 Yeah pretty much all of these BWB machines you would just gamble out. Great machines. You could make some decent money on these back in the day in busy arcades, they didn’t need 100’s of pound back in to have some profit in them. My favourites were Lucky Lady, Fruit Swop, Step n Skip, but there were so many decent variants of pretty much the same machine J 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serene02 Posted February 13, 2021 Report Share Posted February 13, 2021 Also a lot of these machines ended up with flat batteries so you could ‘take’ them as most would leave either jackpot on line after reset or a certain reel sequence. You knew you were in a safe profit zone J 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serene02 Posted February 13, 2021 Report Share Posted February 13, 2021 We often switched off after a jackpot for 5 mins then back on to factory reset For 14-15 year olds we were well on our way to fraudsville!! Arcades didn’t really have cameras, especially little seaside arcades. J 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnparker007 Posted February 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2021 (edited) All sounds like simpler times for the budding fruit machine fraudster! I've started looking into the Frontend / Editor now (gonna be a big old job, but it's time I think), so I'm hoping one day there will be a recreation of 'Dirty Verns' in Rhyl for us all to enjoy... Edited February 13, 2021 by johnparker007 7 3 [ Arcade Simulator ] Pre-alpha installer: http://arcadesimulator.net | Known Issues: https://tinyurl.com/yz4uom2e | Donation info: https://tinyurl.com/yzvgl4xo [ Community Drive ] The drive: http://tinyurl.com/yckze665 [ Fruit Machine Database ] Initial google sheets (WIP): https://tinyurl.com/2c5znxzz [ Fruit Machine ROM Archive ] The archive: https://tinyurl.com/3jhzbueb [ MFME Launch ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/MFMELaunch [ Oasis ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/Oasis [ Sound ROM Editor ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/SoundRomEditor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginge Posted February 13, 2021 Report Share Posted February 13, 2021 3 hours ago, Tommy c said: Loved this game dirty verns in rhyl had one of these up to it changing hands. I used to play there it`s was the last one in the area to have many older machines. Worked just next door at Les Harkers for 15yrs. Verns and the Queens arcade are now in the process of getting knocked down. What a shame now only 4 arcades left in Rhyl. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnparker007 Posted February 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2021 Extremely early look at the frontend so far in action, along with some of unfinished camera control code in action (using the mouse) in what will be the arcade editor 4 2 [ Arcade Simulator ] Pre-alpha installer: http://arcadesimulator.net | Known Issues: https://tinyurl.com/yz4uom2e | Donation info: https://tinyurl.com/yzvgl4xo [ Community Drive ] The drive: http://tinyurl.com/yckze665 [ Fruit Machine Database ] Initial google sheets (WIP): https://tinyurl.com/2c5znxzz [ Fruit Machine ROM Archive ] The archive: https://tinyurl.com/3jhzbueb [ MFME Launch ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/MFMELaunch [ Oasis ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/Oasis [ Sound ROM Editor ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/SoundRomEditor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reg Posted February 13, 2021 Report Share Posted February 13, 2021 The size of that floor is going to be some serious sized arcade ! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginge Posted February 13, 2021 Report Share Posted February 13, 2021 5 hours ago, johnparker007 said: Extremely early look at the frontend so far in action, along with some of unfinished camera control code in action (using the mouse) in what will be the arcade editor OMG just had a few and watched this and the room started to spin . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy c Posted February 14, 2021 Report Share Posted February 14, 2021 11 hours ago, johnparker007 said: one day there will be a recreation of 'Dirty Verns' in Rhyl for us all to enjoy... Can you simulate 3 inches of dust, grime and cig ash on top of the machines and a carpet that hasn't seen an hoover since the invention of the dyson!! Excellent work again by the way. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy Posted February 14, 2021 Report Share Posted February 14, 2021 10 hours ago, Ginge said: OMG just had a few and watched this and the room started to spin . Me too, thanks Mr Parker now my eyes are fucked, I'm too old for that shite, I better not take any "E"s then eh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnparker007 Posted February 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2021 (edited) More very early WIP on the arcade editor: slightly improved camera control (I have a new idea that should make it better), some test buttons/menus, adding a sample machine, testing a colored 'highlight' (just applying random highlights). This highlight will be for stuff like if you are moving a machine around, it'll be green if it's in a valid place, or red in it's in an invalid place, like right in front of another machine/halfway through a wall etc... Edited February 14, 2021 by johnparker007 2 4 [ Arcade Simulator ] Pre-alpha installer: http://arcadesimulator.net | Known Issues: https://tinyurl.com/yz4uom2e | Donation info: https://tinyurl.com/yzvgl4xo [ Community Drive ] The drive: http://tinyurl.com/yckze665 [ Fruit Machine Database ] Initial google sheets (WIP): https://tinyurl.com/2c5znxzz [ Fruit Machine ROM Archive ] The archive: https://tinyurl.com/3jhzbueb [ MFME Launch ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/MFMELaunch [ Oasis ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/Oasis [ Sound ROM Editor ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/SoundRomEditor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy Posted February 14, 2021 Report Share Posted February 14, 2021 Coming along nicely there John, still watching, still obsessed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slasher Posted February 14, 2021 Report Share Posted February 14, 2021 *adds kitchen sink to props list* Looking fantastic many thanks for all your hard work and for these fantastic update videos 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serene02 Posted February 14, 2021 Report Share Posted February 14, 2021 Wow, this is awesome stuff J 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrofruit Posted February 15, 2021 Report Share Posted February 15, 2021 The most impressive part of this is the pace of change, great work 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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