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Topical2009 · Post by **Topical2009** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:25 pm

Saw this machine while I was having a day out at the weekend. Pretty sure it's the first time I've seen a cabinet like this in all my travels, I'm guessing (based on the games) because it's incredibly old, not because it's incredibly new. It set me wondering what the oldest / most unique cabinet is that still exists in the wild...I knew of a couple of original blue inde cabinets up until a year or so ago, but I reckon there's bound to be a kebab shop somewhere with a dodgy Give Us a Break which only accepts old 10p pieces. Anyone able to give an Antiques Roadshow style opinion on this specimen?

Northern Monkey · Post by **Northern Monkey** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:39 pm

Was the Caveman Capers at £1 JP?

Topical2009 · Post by **Topical2009** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 4:30 pm

Afraid I was up against a strict time deadline and didn't have time to play everything I came across.

paragoon · Post by **paragoon** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 5:08 pm

You could have taken a pic of the next page to see what the 'more games' were!

Topical2009 · Post by **Topical2009** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 6:35 pm

As if by magic...

quizard · Post by **quizard** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 8:06 pm

Its not all that old really. They only came on the scene about 7 or 8 years ago but never became widespread. I think they were more aimed at independent pubs rather than chains. Favourite standalones which survived in takeaways well into the 2000s used to be machines like Monopoly or QoS but I haven't seen any for a while.

tonkarentino · Post by **tonkarentino** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 9:58 am

"Fruit Machine" quiz machine in a cafe in Mevagissey in Cornwall last September. Must be at least 25 years old.

paragoon · Post by **paragoon** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 11:48 am

Topical2009 wrote:As if by magic...

Cheers! ¥e olde Ant And Dec game was ok. Think the earlier version of that menu had TOTP2 on it

Nil Satis · Post by **Nil Satis** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 12:53 am

A very similar menu to that one, but in a smaller cabinet (which usually failed to pay out any win at all!), survived until earlier this year in the bowling alley in Woking. Caveman Capers being included looks a bit odd to me - from memory that is a couple of years newer than the other games on there.

Within the last year or so I also knew of a couple of JPM GameBoxes (Millionaire, Pepsi Music Quiz, Winning Lines, the ten pin bowling game etc) which were from circa 2004 but those have now gone as well.

grecian · Post by **grecian** » Sun May 04, 2014 8:31 pm

I played a Bellfruit one with traffic cones etc. (from about 1997 I think) in an arcade in north Norfolk in about 2008.

cp999 · Post by **cp999** » Mon May 05, 2014 10:03 am

grecian wrote:I played a Bellfruit one with traffic cones etc. (from about 1997 I think) in an arcade in north Norfolk in about 2008.

Fruit Pursuit?

Found a Monopoly earlier this year; I knew the location of a GUAB about ten years ago but I think the FMQ is going to be the winner here!

grecian · Post by **grecian** » Tue May 06, 2014 7:13 am

I thought it was 'Fruit Pursuit' but wasn't sure. Only played it once or twice at the time.

Topical2009 · Post by **Topical2009** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 12:30 pm

Spotted yesterday on my travels, a stand-alone WWTBAM machine. Was that the last cabinet which had just the one game on it, I wondered to myself? Whether it is or not, I don't think I've seen one since 2003; meanwhile you can pick one up on eBay for the bargain opening price of £4.99, if you're tempted. If anyone wants the location, I will swap it for an Adders 'n' Ladders, or a Treble Top

Northern Monkey · Post by **Northern Monkey** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 4:00 pm

Did the standalone Weakest link not post-date WWTBAM?

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