Have you heard of this new Fruit Machine Dongle ?

whiteswan · Post by **whiteswan** » Mon Nov 19, 2012 5:21 pm

Spoke to a large supplier of machines today and they mentioned that Bellfruit have begun to put dongles in the machines (Deal or no Deals were mentioned) - that rendered them useless after 12 months.

Does anybody know anything about this?

Is it to stop selling on of second hand machines.

Any ideas?

Dave

lukee1 · Post by **lukee1** » Mon Nov 19, 2012 5:40 pm

yer i have herd about dongles being used but only for the 500s i suppose they do it with dond also and it comes with the license (I Think)

lukee1 · Post by **lukee1** » Mon Nov 19, 2012 5:42 pm

http://www.intergameonline.com/coin-op/ ... y-defended

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Mon Nov 19, 2012 6:21 pm

77.5% drop in cat c machines in ten years !!!! And charging for yearly dongles. People aren't going to like that.

lee · Post by **lee** » Mon Nov 19, 2012 6:46 pm

This is to recoup some of the R and D costs of the machines,and I think they get cheaper the longer you have the machine,
JPM said they are not going down this route .This will stop people who buy used machines for home use as bell fruit won't supply dongles for private use,and I would imagine after a few years Bell Fruit will withdraw support when they want to bring a new machine out

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Mon Nov 19, 2012 11:24 pm

When was the last time we saw a new innovation on a fruit machine. Bell Fruit have been recycling the same idea for th last five years.

Noels Beard · Post by **Noels Beard** » Mon Nov 19, 2012 11:32 pm

Who else has played JPM's Magic 6!? The one I played was a little buggy and had a sticky top reel but I still think they look pretty good. Lets hope they see a big release :-)

gambogaz1 · Post by **gambogaz1** » Mon Nov 19, 2012 11:39 pm

Seems to love a £210 does magic 6.

Noels Beard · Post by **Noels Beard** » Tue Nov 20, 2012 12:16 am

Hmm. Maybe not in the future Gaz.

BFK · Post by **BFK** » Tue Nov 20, 2012 12:19 am

Brilliant.

thecannonball89 · Post by **thecannonball89** » Tue Nov 20, 2012 12:20 am

Just found a 1000pound slam didnt even think they were legal

thecannonball89 · Post by **thecannonball89** » Tue Nov 20, 2012 12:47 am

Its just Gorleston, if you were to go to hopton or caistor then it would be on sea!

thecannonball89 · Post by **thecannonball89** » Tue Nov 20, 2012 12:51 am

Its just signed as gorleston, It might be on sea, Its 2miles from my house.

bubbles · Post by **bubbles** » Tue Nov 20, 2012 3:58 am

do you play em cannon? i'd like that location, not some sort of chauffeurs club or something like that?

Noels Beard · Post by **Noels Beard** » Tue Nov 20, 2012 7:41 am

thecannonball89 wrote:Its just signed as gorleston, It might be on sea, Its 2miles from my house.

Do you live on a boat?