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bye bye viu

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 4:57 pm
by dodgers
Went out yesterday afternoon to force a couple of beers down, started by popping into an arcade on the way up got a monopoly holding and walked out £40 in profit.
Thought to myself suppose ill go and see how viu is walked in and some shit (prize fighter) is there! gutted!
decided to calm myself down by going to do the extreme walked in and its gone to replaced by yabba dabba darts once again gutted!
Every machine been changed except monopoly and the cops n robbers next to it blew my profit getting pissed to drown my sorrows, rough this morning and still gutted!

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 5:00 pm
by Guest
you have my deepest sympathies dude.....but its a pain we all share...especially the extremes going M.I.A...

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 7:15 pm
by prizeguy
Similar story where I live everything seems to have turned to either some bellfruit deal or no deal themed game or dough ho ho or clones. Must be getting played more than anything else. Problem is though the casual punters seem to love bellfruits as they can put £2 in get £3 offerred then collect on a ?

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 8:09 pm
by anfield road
DOND and Dough Ho Ho need to pi** off

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 10:16 pm
by Nixxy
anfield road wrote:DOND and Dough Ho Ho need to pi** off
I've probably never agreed with any statement more strongly, ever.

I would like to thank my local Wetherspoons for offering me the 'choice' of DOND Can You Beat The Banker, Spin When Your Winning, DOND What's In Your Box?, DOND Power of 5, and Coronation Street.

I am not going to set foot in there for a very long time.

Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 11:06 am
by anfield road
Pub next to our trainstation had a Cronation st, Lucky strike (on p.m.v UC) a D&N :) and now its got a Hill billy, corrie, dond and a bobby dazzler :roll:

Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 2:56 pm
by ob
yep, a hogshead I recently went to( anyone know this one? ), has a suits you sir, DOND whats in your box, BTQ and money magic....


Nasty....

Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 5:58 pm
by MrRed
A large pub near me has 6 m/c's

Not been for a while
Went last night they have

Dough Ho NO
DOND beat the banker you wa~*'er
Spin Even When You Wont Win
Cluedo
Butch Cashidy And I'll take your quids
Billy Throw Away Your Quids

Surely the worst selection ever
Although i had a drive around a large area with a mate and saw at least 10 of those Dough Ho No's and loads of other shite

Glad i have a much better selection in my town centre

Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 6:26 pm
by anfield road
thats awaful, how do theese machines actually work to their legal %

Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 11:07 pm
by dodgers
Not sure how it keeps up with its legal % probably by giving some spawny old git a huge streak from his 5 pound change!
What annoys me so much though is that these pieces of shite actually do better for the owner or whoever so more pop up, we all leave them alone just wish everyone else did!

Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 1:47 pm
by theoak
MrRed wrote:Spin Even When You Wont Win
Butch Cashidy And I'll take your quids
Billy Throw Away Your Quids
Made me laugh. :)

Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 2:55 pm
by jeffvickers
dodgers wrote:Not sure how it keeps up with its legal % probably by giving some spawny old git a huge streak from his 5 pound change!
What annoys me so much though is that these pieces of shite actually do better for the owner or whoever so more pop up, we all leave them alone just wish everyone else did!

Bellfruit don't keep up with the Legal % on a lot of them games as can be seen when playing the romsets on the emulator where you have access to the cash in/Out ratio. Its usually around 55/60%.

Although amusingly on my Lord of the Rings TFOTR, the cash out is double the cash in (Superhold trick)

Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 2:00 am
by JG
All modern Bellfruits meet % over a medium cycle.