Random Patreon snippet.
Added 2019-02-22 06:20:03 +0000 UTCJust a short video showing typical fruit machines (slot machines) in a British pub going through their advertising sequence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A87IKqrf1U
There's more info in the video description.
Comments
I think these were Bell Fruit. Strange, since I own an old Bell Fruit electromechanical machine. I also bought two Barcrest MPU3 machines a long time ago. Super Line Up and Super Adders and Ladders.
Big Clive
2019-02-22 12:28:16 +0000 UTCThese so-called 'analogue' fruit machines (e.g. lamps and reels) are only now made by one manufacturer in the UK, Bell Fruit (BFM), who operate in a shadow of their former factory having most of it done by external sub-contractors. Nearly every machine now is a tired celeb themed crap-box e.g. Deal or No Deal / Queen / Elvis. RIP every other major fruit machine company including the mighty Barcrest and their sensible but dependable (BWB) and slightly maverick (Vivid) offspring, and the flakey but often entertaining Maygay :( And loads more smaller companies that gave it up years ago. As for how they work - most manufacturers developed their own 'MPU's' in house or with external consultants that was unique to them, e.g. Barcrest were up to MPU 6 when they called it a day, Maygay of old had 'Epoch' but also dabbled in 3rd party solutions e.g. 'OneStop'. Some manufacturers like ACE bought COTS (but still gaming dedicated) systems totally off the shelf like Pluto by Heber.
Lord Brannigan-7
2019-02-22 09:04:31 +0000 UTCI wonder how they are programmed...microcontrollers? Such a nice display in βdemoβ or βtemptingβ mode :)
Mike Weijmans
2019-02-22 07:59:30 +0000 UTCTo me, the light show they give is pretty clever. I wonder Clive, do you look and think 'that looks nice'. Or does your brain go into engineer mode and figure out how they do it?
Neil Tonks
2019-02-22 07:10:13 +0000 UTC
