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Brainiac - Fruit Machine Abuse
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 7:04 pm
by Nixxy
Watching Brainiac on Sky One earlier, someone wrote in asking whether they could blow up a fruity. Excellent!
I'm pretty sure it was an old Fortune 500 - they packed the payout tray with ammonium nitrate and then retreated to a safe distance, where the lucky fella had the pleasure of doing the business with a giant plunger.
Machine explodes: the front glass travelled furthest while the door and all the wooden sides of the cabinet were simply burnt to ashes.
I'm considering blowing up a Prize Fighter as a result of watching this show.
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 7:11 pm
by Mattb
Excellent - A rival for the fruit machine bonfire! I'd love to sledgehammer an awful machine to death......just think of the satisfaction!
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 8:40 pm
by itsme
i can feel some kind of poll coming on.
"which machine would you blow to bit's and why?"
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 12:41 am
by neil222
every bell fruit apart from happy fruits
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 12:42 am
by neil222
because they are shit shit shit shit shit shit shit
say no more
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 11:54 pm
by YoungKai
would have to be Itallian Job. "you were only only s'possed to blow the bloody doo-" BOOM!!
nothing against the mc per say but c'mon, pure comedy value.
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 12:19 am
by jeffvickers
Lost all my hard earned profits on a BELLFRUIT- Bullys Prize Board.
full 1st quid. £10 offer 1st board. £130 later, still no raise from the £10 block.
Bellfruit are worse for blocks. I remember a LOTR old monopoly clone with the same problem. How they get away with it, I DO NOT KNOW.
Feel free to use a hammer or super glue or explosives to BELLFRUITS at your convenience.
Below is the BFG games design director, Pete Farrell.
Speaking of darts!!!
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 12:48 am
by JG
Leave this guy alone. Bell fruits are good.
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 10:14 am
by cyberface
i spent all day thursday smashing old machines up- with a sledge hammer, was extremely satisfiying!
my fav was an old QPS cash cow that i was ment to be rebuilding but couldnt be arsed, and a couple of ding dong bells.
nearly shed a tear when i had to break sidewinder up tho
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 7:19 pm
by no name
If I could blow up or smash some fruities, these would be in the list:
Sub Zero
Bucks Bunny
Manic Muncher
Maybe that four-wheeler DOND too, alway seems to cost a tenner a board no matter what state it's in...
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:43 pm
by JG
My top three for smashing...
i) 8 Liner
ii) Reno Casino
iii) That Beat the banker that took £13 for £1 dead, £13 for £1 dead.
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 8:54 am
by Matt Vinyl
My top 3:
1. Hit Shot / Tubular Bells
2. The first DOND game - did we ever get to the bottom of the £10-in-board-2/8-lose routine?
3. That bloody one where you have to get the three parrots; Dough Ho Ho methinks...
Heh!
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 9:45 pm
by Nixxy
[quote="Matt Vinyl"]3. That bloody one where you have to get the three parrots]
Talking of parrots ...
X Marks The Spot has a permanent place on any bonfire or nuclear testing ground!
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:28 pm
by Mattb
Yeah the DOND 4 reeler is an absolute pig.
Common boards...
2 to ? mark, lose
4 to feature, add features up to mystery, spin 8 to ? mark, lose
12 to ? mark, lose
8 to phone, 4 to ? mark, lose
4 in view 9/10 will spin you a 2 or 12 first hit.
Cash or bust is very tight on these too. Beat The Banker is by far the best cash or bust machine, regularly gives decent things, but annoyingly 1p too.
DOND 4 reeler on the fire please.