Fruit Machine Chat

Hey!

I'm a journalist based in Birmingham and London depending on the weekend. I'm looking to write an article for Vice UK (media pack for Vice is here if you don't know it - https://upload-assets.vice.com/files/20 ... ressed.pdf) about fruit machines to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first video fruit machine (Fortune Co., 1986).

I'm aiming to basically do a pub crawl with someone fun who is an expert in fruit machines - thinking we'd go round a few pubs in either London/Birmingham and play different fruit machines. If the piece gets commissioned I'd be given a budget to play with I imagine.

Anyone interested?

Cheers,

Kyle

Kyle MacNeill wrote:Hey!

I'm a journalist based in Birmingham and London depending on the weekend. I'm looking to write an article for Vice UK (media pack for Vice is here if you don't know it - https://upload-assets.vice.com/files/20 ... ressed.pdf) about fruit machines to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first video fruit machine (Fortune Co., 1986).

I'm aiming to basically do a pub crawl with someone fun who is an expert in fruit machines - thinking we'd go round a few pubs in either London/Birmingham and play different fruit machines. If the piece gets commissioned I'd be given a budget to play with I imagine.

Anyone interested?

Cheers,

Kyle

40th? 1986?

I remember playing an ACE Sidewinder video fruit with four reels in the early eighties. You could swap reels, say two and three to,achieve wins.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ah2dnV2TaM

Also, screen test, was an early video which mixed film questions with fruit machine play.

Try also YouTube. Search " Castle video fruit machines " Cashbolt, Revolution, Crackerpot.



There was a member on here who had a collection. Can't seem to find the post, though.

I remember playing an ACE Sidewinder video fruit with four reels in the early eighties. You could swap reels, say two and three to,achieve wins.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ah2dnV2TaM

Also, screen test, was an early video which mixed film questions with fruit machine play.

Try also YouTube. Search " Castle video fruit machines " Cashbolt, Revolution, Crackerpot.



There was a member on here who had a collection. Can't seem to find the post, though.