Fruit Machine Chat

I heard a Wicked Whisper last night that this game will be canned. Apparently the makers didn't get round to checking with the programme as to whether creating such a thing might be OK...

It's certainly possible Istenem. I was amazed to win £10 on the IND:E version not so long ago. Then I played it again and won £4.50. Aside from that freak, the endgame offers 50p about seven times out of ten, in my experience.

I found an Open recently with two new games, one a variation on Caveman Capers. So that would be strange if so.

I would have thought the tactics that should be employed by anyone who fancied themselves on the game was to set a 'reachable' target, perhaps one that's 10-15% higher than the local hero's score, then rely on said local hero's unwillingness to lose out - that ought to help chalk off a fair few of t...

The Frogger Hop Trivia game had an incredible amount of spoilers about apples...

"I did meet a lad from Hull once who was absolutely red hot on "Inquisitor" and someone at Gatwick Airport who threatened to kill me if I didn't leave "his" machines alone." That's very interesting Tonkarentino: I'd heard the Gatwick Airport story from somebody who knew...

DELIQUESCE pleased me the other day. Well done GW: it's win/win for you on the prize scheme – suckers like me will still play for 25 minutes for a magnificent £1 loss.

Last time I was in New Zealand (2004) there were standalone Millionaire machines around. I'm back there in November and I live in hope.

If you're going to make a not especially interesting game and offer risible prizes most of the way up the winplan, please actually credit the top prize when I win it. Twice now I've been told I've won a majestic £5 – twice I've found nothing in my credits afterwards. This is happening on Gamesnets (...

That does sound interesting Nil, though technically I'm not sure it's an innovation: The Little Shop of Wonders, or whatever it's called, has versions with a "play 250 credits then best score wins prize" format. Is the idea that you put in your mobile number upon hitting a high score? I'll...

I have great sympathy for you Paragoon. It must surely be the case that only the very best pros are making decent returns at the moment. I can think of several periods when I felt I could have done very nicely by turning pro – this is emphatically not one of them, but this time it really feels like ...

I'd appreciate a look at this too please Cool.

Update: have now had contact from Tournament Arcade, so perhaps the prize is no illusion...

Emailed Tournament Arcade on Friday, was given an automated message saying they'd reply within 24 hours. No reply as yet. The 'screwed' possibility seems the most likely at this point. Unimpressive.

"TA will notify all ranked players on conclusion of each tournament. To claim a prize, winners must first register online to set up an account . If a Player fails to set up an account within the twenty one day period allowed, after the tournaments conclusion, then the prize will be forfeited a...