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[mabby2000]

got a question that may get members guessing.......

Where is the uk biggest amusement arcade?

and the smallest!!?

[markdennis]

Theres a HUGE Nobles in Manchester CC.

[luckylee]

Biggest.....

Coral island blackpool?

smallest....

serendipity arcade at Birmingham airport?. Only has around 10 or so machines.

[jordan77p]

I'd prob agree with coral island being the biggest but could the smallest not just be one lonely machine in the corner of a pub or shopping centre lol

[fruitmachineemu]

biggest in yorkshire is forum in bridlington

and the smallest is taylor made fun with a partytime and monopoly 3way:)


smaller the arcade easyer to win lol

[Bencrest]

biggest in yorkshire is forum in bridlington

and the smallest is taylor made fun with a partytime and monopoly 3way:)


smaller the arcade easyer to win lol

Every time I go to Bridlington the size of that Nobles Forum surprises me. There's probably bigger arcades but that's plenty big enough!

Also, smaller arcades are NOT easier to win on. In fact, I tend to find the smaller arcade's have terribly playing machines. I'd not be surprised if the owners punted the streaks out of their handful of machines, refloated them, and then let the public on them knowing damn well that they won't get a decent win for bloody ages.

That can't really happen in a large, company run arcade.

[fruitmachineemu]

you will have to tell me next time you go to brid ben then i show u have to play bandits

[Bencrest]

you will have to tell me next time you go to brid ben then i show u have to play bandits

Cheers for the offer but I'll pass. I know how to play bandits, but have learned the hard way that you never win in the end. Unless you are Gary Chandler

Perhaps if I'd stuck to the £5 machines... but oh well

Still, I work in an arcade now, so it's kinda gone full circle for me

[Deano]

Is South Cliff amusements still open in Brid?
A very long time since i was last in.I can remember them having-
Aladdins Cave
Super Spoof
Bank raid 2p
Mappy video game
pole position 2 video
top take
supatrack
various jpm s
that place was small but had some absolute classics in the 80s..the forum used to be Joyland...A massive arcade that we used to walk through as a short cut..some good machines in the olden days

[Bencrest]

Heh, my dad used to live above that

Mind you, we are talking about a LONG time ago. Grandad used to be the proprietor of a fruiteers, and my Great Uncle used to have a bit of land there, which used to include the South Cliff Amusements. I remember he used to have some classic machines in his garage, but me being about 8 at the time, and the machines being off, I haven't a clue of what they are / were.

It's still there. Last time I made a point of popping in, they had a non-sitdown version of OXO Super Reels, which gave the feature at random (which surprised me, I'm sure the sitdown only gave it from reel wins!), did OK, managed about £40 profit out of quick goes on the 3 base machines. Pretty sure they had the £5 Coronation Street, £5 Party Time, that kind of stuff too.

[CrAzYbAr]

Funland Trocadero is huge...Covers at least 2 floors and has both ticket and fruit machines.
If you are just counting the fruits though it is quite small.
Smallest is probably the service station under 18s bit at Leigh Delamere going eastbound.
No room to swing a cat(unless you are nasty and want to hit a cat across a wall)

[cardie]

coral island is just huge well .... its tall lol

[todd1970]

M&D's near where i live is a fair size..they have a 16 player PTA in there

[trevharper]

Is South Cliff amusements still open in Brid?

yep its still open, but its now also part of the nobles empire. not being byass living in brid but i'd prob agree in saying forum is one of, if not the largest arcade in yorkshire.

[cliffc]

yep its still open, but its now also part of the nobles empire. not being byass living in brid but i'd prob agree in saying forum is one of, if not the largest arcade in yorkshire.

Hi

I think Codonas arcade at the end of the Prom in Scarbrough may be bigger than the Forum in Brid as its on 3 floors admitidly that includes the bowling and bar area on the top floor, but the Forum also includes the Cinema

Cliff C

[trevharper]

well if your counting bowling and bar areas forum wins it hands down. it also has full size ten pin bowling and utopia night spot upstairs and then dont forget the newly built casino and the casino bar at the seafront, which used to be an arcade owned by corrigans till noble bought it and knocked it all into one.

[fruitmachineemu]

the one what looks like a desart inside

[fruitmachineemu]

Hi

I think Codonas arcade at the end of the Prom in Scarbrough may be bigger than the Forum in Brid as its on 3 floors admitidly that includes the bowling and bar area on the top floor, but the Forum also includes the Cinema

Cliff C

that near the bridge and it looks like a desart inside?

[GaryChandler]

Cheers for the offer but I'll pass. I know how to play bandits, but have learned the hard way that you never win in the end. Unless you are Gary Chandler

Perhaps if I'd stuck to the £5 machines... but oh well

Still, I work in an arcade now, so it's kinda gone full circle for me

Im like a celebrity on the forum everywhere i look someone is mentioning me.

[stu55554]

a celebrity dickhead wow what a life acomplishment you should put that down on your cv

Im like a celebrity on the forum everywhere i look someone is mentioning me.