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by Potless
Wed Jul 02, 2014 11:45 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Remember this multiplayer game with unusual playfield?
Replies: 8
Views: 4382

Re: Remember this multiplayer game with unusual playfield?

There is a Whittaker's machine called "Monte Carlo Rally" on which you bet on European destinations which light up during play - could it be a variation of this?

http://slotmachines.bravehost.com/page12.html
by Potless
Tue Jul 01, 2014 2:36 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Remember this multiplayer game with unusual playfield?
Replies: 8
Views: 4382

Re: Remember this multiplayer game with unusual playfield?

I don't think we had a World Flight machine in any of the arcades on our coastal resorts (Yarmouth, Hemsby, Lowestoft, etc.), so I cannot tell you anything more about it, but will keep searching the Internet for clues.
by Potless
Tue Jul 01, 2014 7:53 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Remember this multiplayer game with unusual playfield?
Replies: 8
Views: 4382

Re: Remember this multiplayer game with unusual playfield?

As nobody has yet been able to identify the machine from a description, maybe the attached rough drawing will help (extracted from the memory, so may not be totally accurate!).
by Potless
Sun Jun 29, 2014 11:02 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Remember this multiplayer game with unusual playfield?
Replies: 8
Views: 4382

Remember this multiplayer game with unusual playfield?

As this forum's members are very resourceful, and have helped id some obscure machines for us recently, how about some memories and info on this one? This was a large multiplayer from the coloured perspex era, which was quite an attraction at the time. The player would insert pennies at the front of...
by Potless
Sat Jun 28, 2014 3:14 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Geo Joyce & Sons Ltd. ABC Belfrute identified
Replies: 21
Views: 13971

Re: Another Electro-mechanical giant to identify!

Have to admit, I am at a loss as to what they are - they look like they could be from the Art Deco period judging by their shape.

It might be worth re-posting this query under a new heading, to see if the bandit enthusiasts have any ideas....
by Potless
Fri Jun 27, 2014 1:29 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Geo Joyce & Sons Ltd. ABC Belfrute identified
Replies: 21
Views: 13971

Re: Another Electro-mechanical giant to identify!

The reason I ask about the odds is because I have a Royal Ascot wall machine, and there is definitely some skulduggery going on when bets are placed. There is some part of the circuit which detects when a 1/- bet has been made, and alters the outcome accordingly in favour of the operator. When betti...
by Potless
Fri Jun 27, 2014 11:31 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Geo Joyce & Sons Ltd. ABC Belfrute identified
Replies: 21
Views: 13971

Re: Another Electro-mechanical giant to identify!

Just wondering about the odds arrangements on these machines - are they "what you see is what you get", or are they weighted electrically, so that it is much harder to land on the single bell symbol than it would appear?
by Potless
Fri Jun 27, 2014 6:56 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Geo Joyce & Sons Ltd. ABC Belfrute identified
Replies: 21
Views: 13971

Re: Another Electro-mechanical giant to identify!

Thanks so much for all the information guys. That has certainly filled in the blanks for me!

Another one crossed off the list... Wonder if I could make one from scratch (don't laugh, I have tried before and almost succeeded!).
by Potless
Thu Jun 26, 2014 8:57 pm
Forum: Mechanical Memories Magazine
Topic: Cromptons Magic Toppers
Replies: 2
Views: 11170

Re: Magic Toppers

Wow - this is another of the machines I have been trying to get a picture of for ages - I certainly remember playing on one at Great Yarmouth (and its occasional amusing malfunction, which caused two balls to appear under two hats at the same time!). I have not seen one since my childhood though. Th...
by Potless
Thu Jun 26, 2014 8:35 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Geo Joyce & Sons Ltd. ABC Belfrute identified
Replies: 21
Views: 13971

Geo Joyce & Sons Ltd. ABC Belfrute identified

For many years I have been searching for information about the game featured in the attached picture - particularly the name of the unit and who made it. This seemed pretty huge to me as a 9 year old - as you can see, it is a multiplayer betting game, with a large hexagonal light display, on which s...
by Potless
Wed Jun 25, 2014 6:17 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Mayfield Electronic Dice & Streets Spot Luck identified
Replies: 47
Views: 29713

Re: Who remembers this amazing dice gambling machine?

You are not going to believe this - now I know what the machine is called, and who made it, I was able to find this COMPLETE PATENT SHEET which describes everything about it, from a block diagram of operation, how the dice are read, through to the cabinet details, payouts, etc. It seems I was correc...
by Potless
Wed Jun 25, 2014 5:45 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Mayfield Electronic Dice & Streets Spot Luck identified
Replies: 47
Views: 29713

Re: Who remembers this amazing dice gambling machine?

Yes yes, that has to be it! Wow - it's like rediscovering a long lost friend. Don't recall the giant die on top of the machine - maybe it was a later addition, or maybe I was too dazzled by watching the dice cage in operation to notice it! May I add my thanks to Freddy and Slotalot for finding this ...
by Potless
Wed Jun 25, 2014 11:32 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Mayfield Electronic Dice & Streets Spot Luck identified
Replies: 47
Views: 29713

Re: Who remembers this amazing dice gambling machine?

Thinking about it, that's very logical - as I said, memory is a bit sketchy on that point!
Maybe it was particular combinations of faces that were bet on? I certainly seem to remember multiple betting slots at each station.
by Potless
Tue Jun 24, 2014 7:11 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Mayfield Electronic Dice & Streets Spot Luck identified
Replies: 47
Views: 29713

Re: Who remembers this amazing dice gambling machine?

1. Can anyone remember how the game was played? What outcomes were you betting on? 2. Was the dice shaker transparent from top to bottom? I seem to remember that the outcomes you bet on were 2 + 2, 3 + 3, 4 + 4, etc. but as always, memory may be playing tricks.... The shaker appeared to be totally ...
by Potless
Fri Jun 20, 2014 7:49 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Mayfield Electronic Dice & Streets Spot Luck identified
Replies: 47
Views: 29713

Re: Who remembers this amazing dice gambling machine?

Good to know that others remember seeing it - it's amazing though, that such a large and impressive piece of machinery remains such a mystery! As I said previously, it had the look of a unit that might have been originally made for a Vegas venue - but strangely, even research on slot machine databas...
by Potless
Thu Jun 19, 2014 8:29 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Mayfield Electronic Dice & Streets Spot Luck identified
Replies: 47
Views: 29713

Re: Who remembers this amazing dice gambling machine?

I am reviving this old thread in case anyone has any further information about this huge old electromechanical dice machine - I have attached a (crude) drawing of how I remember it to be (bearing in mind that I was about 10 at the time I first saw it, so it seemed enormous to me!). To recap, it was ...
by Potless
Tue Sep 28, 2010 7:38 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Mayfield Electronic Dice & Streets Spot Luck identified
Replies: 47
Views: 29713

Re: Who remembers this amazing dice gambling machine?

Thanks for posting the pic and information - it sounds as though that machine works on the same principle as the big one we remember - if you do have time to take a look inside, we would love to know what you find!
by Potless
Wed Sep 22, 2010 8:53 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Mayfield Electronic Dice & Streets Spot Luck identified
Replies: 47
Views: 29713

Re: Who remembers this amazing dice gambling machine?

Amazing that it was still in the arcade in the '90s (I stopped going to the arcades in the mid '80s, so would not have seen it then) - it was probably on its last legs then, being an electromechanical machine. No wonder it kept going wrong! I have a feeling that it could have been imported from the ...
by Potless
Tue Sep 14, 2010 7:42 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Mayfield Electronic Dice & Streets Spot Luck identified
Replies: 47
Views: 29713

Re: Who remembers this amazing dice gambling machine?

Thanks a lot for the information and photo - however, the machine I remember was a very tall unit, with a large vertical glass case containing the rotating dice cage, located in the centre of the machine. I would estimate the cage was about two foot long, each end being about a foot in diameter (pre...