Nottingham

toothless11 · Post by **toothless11** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 12:17 pm

Who on here plays in Nottingham regularly?... I know down the M1 in Leicester there are loads of players, ive meant a few on my travels. I know a Few travel there, but how many of yous actually live there and play there on a day to day basis????

Mattb · Post by **Mattb** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 3:57 pm

I know of at least two players there....its a big ol' place though!

philips1985 · Post by **philips1985** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 4:52 pm

theres two main arcades there a nobles and jem

loads of 500 pounders loads of bar x's and only two normal awps in jem none in one of the nobles the other small nobles have got one 25 pounder

the mega bowl has a 70 pounder pokerface

unless you wont a town full of the player machines and 500 pounders and barx's

trayhop123 · Post by **trayhop123** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 8:05 pm

lets see then ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, notts ,,,,,,,,,,,,, theres shaun , russ n mark ,( martin n other shaun , recently back from retirement ) manny , cary grant , hightower , dime bar dave, ,,,,,,,,,,, and there used to be a few others. ,,,,,, wayne ,, black paul , jason. jamie.

apologies to anyone ive missed

but everywhere is catchable. :P

kidgloves · Post by **kidgloves** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 9:20 pm

Ah, Nottingham.

Where I was born and bred and cut my teeth on machines from yesteryear.
My mum used to cart me into the local Nobles .. then called Sun Valley when I was quite young.
Whilst she played the Super Nudge Gamblers I used to live for her getting the £2 Jackpot as she would give me 4x10p tokens which I used to put in stuff like Jitter Bug. They turned a blind eye to under age playing in those days. I'd play anything with the double or nothing gamble.
The arcade is still there as a Nobles these days, in Beeston. Over the years it's had some gems in. Sidewinder being a particular favourite. As I grew older I started going in by myself, mainly to play the era of games with some sort of skill trail - you know the type Cash Explosion / Double Chance etc. Also loved to push for the streak on the 7 heavens.
At around 11 years old a new arcade opened in Beeston called Stateside. Run by a surfer muscle boy, this place was to be my living quarters for a good 4 years. Win-a-gain, Masterspy, Aladdins Cave, Big Shot, Spoof, Melon Meters, you name it, they had it. If you skint yourself, you resorted to the video games, 4 player Hyper Sports was mint. I could play the Star Wars vector graphic version up to wave 99 no sweat, and Mr Do! was always fun, chasing that elusive free game diamond.
So it progressed, and I grew older and started playing the clubbers in the local working mens club. Ah, well if I knew the CPCB force and Cops n Robbers cashpot tricks then, I would have been a happy man. Particularly liked Club Blackjack and an old BFM called Juan Armed Bandit - Mexican stylie cat and mouse chase game.
Still have a punt round the arcades and pubs when I visit the Parents, but nothing like the old days playablity.

trayhop123 · Post by **trayhop123** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 7:18 am

you need a trip round my flat mike , you can play all those arcade video games ,,,,,,, oooh and about 3500 more ............... everything ever released from 1975-2003 ,,,,,,,,, although dragon's lair and the other laser disc games arnt present , different tech i suppose.

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 7:27 am

i think i've got dragons lair ,space ace and mad dog McCrae on disks that'll play on a 60gb ps3.............somewhere!

they came as freebies on the b side of old PSW demo disks.

thecannonball89 · Post by **thecannonball89** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 6:45 pm

I dont think any player can fully retire can they?

kidgloves · Post by **kidgloves** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 10:01 pm

trayhop123 wrote:you need a trip round my flat mike , you can play all those arcade video games ,,,,,,, oooh and about 3500 more ............... everything ever released from 1975-2003 ,,,,,,,,, although dragon's lair and the other laser disc games arnt present , different tech i suppose.

Do you have a proper Mame set up in a video cabinet ? - that would be cool !

I do have the PC discs for Dragons Lair/Space Ace and Dragons Lair II. Still can't finish the fookers.

JG · Post by JG » Sat Feb 06, 2010 10:24 pm

Great posting KG, one of the best things I like to read on here is true cathartic expulsion of nostalgia. Those games are just a bit before my time really, I remember win-a-gain and spoof (quality game), also Coppa Pot and Supa Vault (JPM), not to mention Nifty Fifty and Super Jester.
I used to swear the gamble was true skill to a point of value on that Supa Vault.

Mr McStreak · Post by **Mr McStreak** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 10:42 pm

trayhop123 wrote:lets see then ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, notts ,,,,,,,,,,,,, theres shaun , russ n mark ,( martin n other shaun , recently back from retirement ) manny , cary grant , hightower , dime bar dave, ,,,,,,,,,,, and there used to be a few others. ,,,,,, wayne ,, black paul , jason. jamie.

apologies to anyone ive missed

but everywhere is catchable. :P

Shouldn't that be apologies to anyone i've mentioned, and therefore exposed them as players operating in said area? If I was from Notts I would be mortified at having my name brought up!

Its not a popularity contest!

Sorry if I'm being a bit critical. I'm bored. Anyway MOTD is about to start, woo yeah!

trayhop123 · Post by **trayhop123** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 11:10 pm

rich m8 ,,,,,,,,, whats gotten into you of late m8 .......

sorry for being critical ?????

why would any players be bothered by a mention of there first names in a non derogatory manner ,,,,,,,,,,,,, it wasn't insulting ,,,,,,,,,, if anything it was complimentary and testament to their longevity in the game .

if you said ,,,,,,,,,,,, well in leicester theres lee ady scott etc ,,,,,,,,,,,, hows that in anyway an insult rich????????? (whoops sorry i called you rich, im sure the cid will be knocking at your door ,,,,,,

:P

ffs m8 ,,,,,,,,, lay off the coffee ,,,,,,,,,,

im sorry you felt like this ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, im gonna discuss this with keiran of brighton or danny from derby ,,,,,,,,, (shit i did it again).

i respect you m8 , but seriously cmonnnnnn

trayhop123 · Post by **trayhop123** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 11:20 pm

ps ,,,,,,,,, im going to blow the whistle here ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, guess what theres a player on here called george ,,,,,, who has led you all to believe that he's from h hh hhoventry ......

well in actual fact ,,,,,,,,,,,,, wait for it ,,,,,,,, he's from coventry .... :P

ha ,,,, that showed him

JG · Post by JG » Sat Feb 06, 2010 11:22 pm

Loving it!!!
Think my sides have split slightly and am suffering frm angina type pain now as a result of that, curses to you Lee for blowing the whistle on that one.

GaryChandler · Post by **GaryChandler** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 11:40 pm

hope no one says my name lol