Anybody seen this DICE SWP - Or the star wars game?

[Nil Satis]

One of these new DICE machines has popped up in a very central London location to replace the Open that was there previously, which never worked reliably anyway.

Pros:

- a very nice 'look and feel', with a large screen that seemed top quality (although any new machine will feel better than an old grungy one)

- a simplified games menu (as grecian mentions above) - 'Premium Games' (i.e. £1 only) on the front screen, 50p games on the back

Cons:

- a limited menu when compared to the Opens - several of my favourites were not there
- the unwelcome arrival of Great Escape 2, which moves even further into the AWP world than the legendary Great Escape
- headlining True Skill Bingo as your No. 1 game must be a joke surely?

One other point - Trivial Pursuit (the most recent version with just the 6 subject-based wedges) had been rebranded as 'Grab the Wedge', no doubt for copyright reasons.

[roberto la vigna]

Found another one of these today: a white one, truly a thing of beauty.

Despite the good looks it was a bit temperamental, slowing down during Puzzler and then crashing at the start of the Brain Train game. Took 20 minutes to reboot before I could claim my paltry profit.

[grecian]

I had an odd experience on an Open DICE machine today which I thought I should publicise: the machine suddenly decided to switch to £1 a play mode when I was playing a 50p a play game (namely, Every Loser Wins 2), and begun deducting £1 from my bank each time I started a new game. This happened two or three times, and I assumed ELW2 had been revamped to £1 a play, despite the fact that its frontscreen advertises 50p a play. I turned to X Factor instead, a game I know well to be 50p a play, and the same thing was happening there. The bug only stopped when I collected my bank and put £1 back in: then, both ELW2 and TXF reverted to their correct 50p a play modes.

Don't know if anyone else has seen this, but keep an eye out to avoid it costing you a few quid.

[quizard]

Yes I have seen it. It seems to charge a £1 a go on every game even the the 50p ones when you play with credit that you have won. You need to collect after each win.

[grecian]

Yes I have seen it. It seems to charge a £1 a go on every game even the the 50p ones when you play with credit that you have won. You need to collect after each win.

That adds up - I was playing off won credits. Christ, that's a fairly bloody basic error isn't it. Amazing how bug-ridden the Opens have been in quite significant respects.

[Istenem]

this seems like indefensible profiteering: very distasteful and unsavoury. if you want to alienate your public, follow open's bizarre lead and take the piss out of your customers (then go bust in double-quick time for overspending on idiocy). someone was paid to make that ridiculous menu system.

boo.

[dmac]

xyz

[MrChimp]

surely this will encourage ppl to take the money out of the machine rather than recycling it

[QuizMaster]

Sounds like an insectarium to me.

[grecian]

indefensible profiteering

I'm not sure "profiteering" is fair: I'd doubt this is anything other than a programming cock-up, but it is one that they need to sort in double quick time.

[Istenem]

apologies, i was a little heavy-handed after a christening yesterday and a faceful of fizz.

[JG]

Would you think less of me if I admited to clicking edit and longingly looking at that f, wondering if I should change it to a j?

[Nixxy]

Would you think less of me if I admited to clicking edit and longingly looking at that f, wondering if I should change it to a j?

Yes, much less!

[Matt Vinyl]

And not only that JG, but it'd get you a few more points on Word Soup.

Ha-ha!

[mr lugsy]

and another 10 seconds chortle time