Wigam
There are some but not as many as there were a couple of years back...MATT99 wrote:must be few players there
We did a pub route last thursday night, 30+ machines in 10 pubs and i never saw anyone else playing.
The arcades used to be packed too, now they're just full of oldies on the lo-techs and compulsives on the £500's.
In the town centre there's 3 decent arcades, about 10/12 pubs all with 2-4 machines and as far as i'm aware there's not many (if any) pro's around.EasyEasy wrote:Whats about that way?Fruiter wrote:I'm from Wigan, but i wouldn't call myself much of a 'player' nowadays.
I always key and rarely find empty machines, nearly all i've played recently have been less than £50 off full.
Just the usual garbage to be honest, of the 30 or so machines we played last week 25 must have been DOND's, there are a few goldminers (+clones), PCB 2's, Here & Nows etc...
There was one unchipped p5 but i'd say that's long gone now after i gave away the location on here last month.
As i said i aint much of a player anymore and don't even pay much attention to the names of new stuff, the DOND phase has put me right off fruits!
I'd much rather go and have a couple of hours play down the arcade on some classics!
There was one unchipped p5 but i'd say that's long gone now after i gave away the location on here last month.
As i said i aint much of a player anymore and don't even pay much attention to the names of new stuff, the DOND phase has put me right off fruits!
I'd much rather go and have a couple of hours play down the arcade on some classics!
2000-2004 I don't think I ever payed for a night out thanks to Wigan, and we're talking Thurs, Fri and Saturday nights too. :P
The arcade opposite GAME used to be good but I haven't been for a good 6 months (has it still got the VIU and the HiLo Watha style Royle, Fruiter?).
Back in the day there was a great little arcade near the train station, unfortunately a family of Pakistani's took it over and ran it into the ground.
They were more interested in playing on their laptop and selling dodgy clothes than the machines.
The arcade opposite GAME used to be good but I haven't been for a good 6 months (has it still got the VIU and the HiLo Watha style Royle, Fruiter?).
Back in the day there was a great little arcade near the train station, unfortunately a family of Pakistani's took it over and ran it into the ground.
They were more interested in playing on their laptop and selling dodgy clothes than the machines.ma71lda wrote:2000-2004 I don't think I ever payed for a night out thanks to Wigan, and we're talking Thurs, Fri and Saturday nights too. :P
The arcade opposite GAME used to be good but I haven't been for a good 6 months (has it still got the VIU and the HiLo Watha style Royle, Fruiter?).
Back in the day there was a great little arcade near the train station, unfortunately a family of Pakistani's took it over and ran it into the ground.
You're soo right about the previous owners, the young lads name was Sam, he sold knock off gear on ebay from the change kiosk, he made enough to buy a 3 series beemer, fit it with gull wing doors and have it painted in a one-off chrome colour! They emigrated to Australia after not doing as well as expected with the arcade but had their fingers in lots of property over here so they wasn't bothered..It re-opened a few months back and the new owners are sound, i go in once a week and always do well, most machines pay well and give very good streaks.... They have a JJ that always goes for £105, a Most Daunting that is soo easy to push for £75 and a decent selection of lo-techs, including the classic Big Top which has to be one of the easiest forces for a lo-tech!
They also do a £10 match bonus on thursdays, just stick a tenner in any machine and they'll put a tenner in too, not a great deal but it helps when i'm just going in for an hours entertainment
The one opposite game (showboat) is ok too, and yes they still have them 2 machines, there's a few too many OXO's in there for my liking though, plus it's owned by pikeys.
Are you from round this way ma71lda?
We usually end up with a free night out and a kitty for a chinese after which does me fine, i'm a fairly cautious player nowadays after being stung a few times in the past.alcozar wrote:Did you make anything on your Thursday Fruiter? Sounds like a crap selection of machines.
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