Bank Volt

Nixxy · Post by **Nixxy** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:20 pm

I spotted the Leisure Link van unloading this new Barcrest this morning - so I returned to the scene of the crime after work to have a look.

It's bloody awful. I mean, shocking...

Now I've never played Take Your Pick, but I've seen pictures of it - and I can see that Bank Volt is almost certainly a partial clone.

10p/Normal Spins
30p/Super Game/Numbers x2
50p/Mega Game/Numbers x4

1-8 trail, then up into a nudge trail from 1 - 16 nudges. It's a turbo gamble. Nudging in a win moves you over to the cash trail on the other side, which is a hi/lo trail.

Winning gambles up the cash trail awards shots at the cash and feature boards, and hitting 'Bank Volt' knocks out amounts from a DOND-style board in the middle. You can then choose to 'Open Volt' or leave it and continue gambling in the hope that you can knock out some more of the smallest values.

Gameplay is terrible - I was £120 into this beast (at least £100 of that went over the back) when I finally broke through the £15 block ... only to find a £20 block! After £130+ it relented and let me up to £35, which I went higher on for MS. Flat £35. Next board, £35 cash shot. Bit obvious really. Next board, Selector lands on 16 nudges and the JP is only 7 nudges away - again the MS goes for £35 and no more.

Approx £142 in for £105 out. I try for one more board ... but £6 later it still hadn't given a board, so I stopped. £33 loss, and I wanted to burn this monstrosity to the ground.

Argh!

DJJPurple · Post by **DJJPurple** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:29 pm

Think you got the stakes wrong if it's like Open the Box (Take Yer Pick)

30p Normal spins
50p Normal spins (x2 numbers)
50p Mega spins (x4 numbers)

Nixxy · Post by **Nixxy** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:37 pm

DJJPurple wrote:Think you got the stakes wrong if it's like Open the Box (Take Yer Pick)

30p Normal spins
50p Normal spins (x2 numbers)
50p Mega spins (x4 numbers)

You could well be right - I made a beeline for the 50p/x4 option as usual and didn't really take a great deal of notice of the other options.

harry13.50 · Post by **harry13.50** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:45 pm

I would personally never force a brand new machine straight from " facrory reset " the percentage is all screwd up to start with.It might have been sited elsewhere before you played it Nixxy but on the emulator my theory is very much backed up.

Was this machine in Fife ?

rocket · Post by **rocket** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:05 am

Bank 'Volt' or Bank 'Vault'?

Mattb · Post by **Mattb** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:10 pm

Sounds like the typical OTB force. Nearly always costs the earth. A tragic period for probably the best fruit machine manufacturer of all time! :x

Nixxy · Post by **Nixxy** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:56 pm

harry13.50 wrote:I would personally never force a brand new machine straight from " facrory reset " the percentage is all screwd up to start with.

It offered the £15 cash shot on the second board, and I wanted to try it out (hoping for a quick pot) but it didn't quite go according to plan!

harry13.50 wrote:Was this machine in Fife ?

lol no - it's in west London.

rocket wrote:Bank 'Volt' or Bank 'Vault'?

Bank Volt - it's a rather poor play-on-words. The artwork has a metallic/electric design to it.

I saw an Open The Box today - and without playing it I could straight away see that Bank Volt is a direct clone of OTB.

Max · Post by **Max** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 2:00 am

played OTb tonight. absolute pile of crap. wont be touching it in the future

max

Mattb · Post by **Mattb** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:31 pm

Yep - all the gameplay completely ruined by a mug OTB feature that requires no skill/guts to get a high win. Machine goes way over %, and plays like utter crap for ages. DONDs have a rival. :x

anfield road · Post by **anfield road** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 11:09 pm

Yeah it will be off its face but wont pass the £2 wins for ages and can take loads for a board and the numbers are not nice.

Agree about the way you said no skill or guts to get a high win it all depends on the machine

Matt Vinyl · Post by **Matt Vinyl** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:36 am

I think that Barcrest might have 'the arse' that they didn't get the DOND contract, and now they're trying to 'keep up' with these piles of dross.
I don't know why you'd ever want to take the OTB feature, as surely it's just like collecting mystery win on most other machines, and could be a piddly quid? Although to be fair, I've only played it once, and thankfully it was replaced by a £35 OAR.

Mattb · Post by **Mattb** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:57 am

If its playing ok, you can sort of use the OTB feature to build up a decent bank without going through a force. I've had pot and MS before, and if it does decide to give say £1-£5, it's no different to getting a safe cash win on a red.

ob · Post by ob » Thu Jun 07, 2007 4:21 pm

you cant really play around with these, as the boards can cost £10+, so best just leave them alone! BTW has anyone ever seen the amount in the box flash up before taking it? I remember the supertip on the crest site mentioning it

Mattb · Post by **Mattb** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 5:47 pm

Funny you mention that ob!

The OTB here was flying earlier, and as i'd made a few quid beforehand, i chased it (despite vowing never to again previously).

I wasn't a great deal in, and got a screen hint that says 'box contains MS'. Excellent, took that for a cracking flat £35. Good Times and £10 next board, rechased it. Oh dear, another costly mistake.

In went my £60 bagged coins. In went the £35 bank. In went every coin bar 3 i had in my pocket, making it around £140 in before it went. MS did a reasonable £80. Get a red JP shot (no repeat) immediately after, followed by Crazy Reels for £17, and Bar Series for £9. Dead after. Lost about £30 on it in the end, utter tripe.

Never again, and i mean it this time! :P :x

bowie · Post by **bowie** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 7:13 pm

ob wrote:you cant really play around with these, as the boards can cost £10+, so best just leave them alone! BTW has anyone ever seen the amount in the box flash up before taking it? I remember the supertip on the crest site mentioning it

Yeah, when i saw it the amount just flashed for a bit and made a noise, happened when i pressed the 'leave it' button.