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[thecannonball89]

What's your best era, even know the money was easy when 70s 1st come out, or having a good empty before most and making a good few quid in fast time, I think the best time for me was when I was a kid and climbing into pontins, and travling 60miles felt far from home, going out with a 20quid float and being out all day to come home with 70 and feel happy. Does anyone think fruits will come to an end?

[JG]

Picking up on your 'when 60 miles felt far from home'. I remember my first visit to Leicester. I had flown the nest and it felt like Coventry to Leicester was an inconceivably long way to travel to play machines. Now leicester would be a decidedly local day.
My favourite era would be the £10 maygays. Great Escape, Cluedo?, Fight Night etc etc
It's when I first started to turn things around.

[BFK]

Slight before that for me young George.

£6 tokens I think was the best enjoyment wise, arcades were full of rows and rows of 20p play £6 pot hi-tecs. There was no evil eyes and heat for running a Reno or Monte for £60-£100.

Profit wise it has to be the early days of the £70's where even a waster like me had a spare few grand under the mattress or stuffed in a sock!!! Reds, crests and electros absolutely every where!! My only regret is that I didn't work harder and amass what surely was a quite easy 5 figure bank account.

Imagine going back to those £6 token days armed with the knowledge we have now?? Ooh the anticipation of each machine release!!

[ob]

Is there going to be value taking methods anymore such that the method lasts a few years or just things like current things which will be chipped and become pointless?

[trayhop123]

the 2p/10p/token days were definitely more fun ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, but i think what may have added to the carefree attitudes , was the reliance on living with parents etc , afterall back then a typical brainout seshion meant you lost 8quid and there really wasn't any real hardship to follow other than having to wait a week for the next pocket money/paper round money to come around etc ,,,,,,,,,, there was plentiful food in your parents cupboards lol ,,,,,,,,,,, now a brainout can be very very serious indeed without the sanctity of a soft parental cushion to fall back on etc .

ratrace's masterspy etc were great fun ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, but i think we may be looking back with blinkers on sometimes

[mr lugsy]

4.80-6.00 token days, arcades were packed with munters and there weren't more players than nhs staff

[spa]

09/10 for me.

[tommya]

Jpms in the mid 90s games were FUN then with lots of skills unlike now where machines are easy.

[cloud9]

Skills? Roll up roll up

[Oscar]

Barcrest Cash Zone and Cash Counter from the late 80's were proper skills.

[ob]

Shoot em up sorted the men from the boys back in the day!!

[dakky]

Shoot em up sorted the men from the boys back in the day!!

don't f miss one!!!!!!!! Prob machine which punished you most if you did.


For me JPMs days because I learnt how to guarantee money, loads of machines about, little competition, little fire...

Plus you only ever lost £2 at worst baring a bad barcrest aside

[bubbles]

"no-lose" machines that have a very obv sign to play or not play - the era you talk of, jpms, empires, skill quests have a high value for sure. of course there are some games these days with a good sign, eg wilding where you lose 300 on 3 consecutive units. . . .pretty sure i'm done with them after thinking they were the next big thing! lol

[tommya]

Shoot em up sorted the men from the boys back in the day!!

would say true but could hit it and i was only 15ish so not really a man

[bubbles]

without cancel?!