In short, the end result was the same, Skint...But! The machines played a lot better, or at least I caught them at a better time. It took me 6 and a half hours to lose all my money and had great results!
Joining me today were the magnificent BRUCEGEORGE and SUPER7! Had a right old laugh, both really really nice guys who enjoy a gamble. As usual, Dave was there giving out hints and being a huge support for resources as usual, supplying more bits and pieces for scanning/photos!
So anyway...The day. The machines and how they played...I'll do my best to remember what happened.
Got in, went straight to RICOCHET! While Bruce was getting a decent sum of money out of something(I'll leave him to add his bit in later, he knows more than I do about what he went on but I will say one thing...WATCH OUT! IT'S THE MAFIA!!!!) Anyway, Ricochet. Took 3 to board, but straight onto the bigmoney. Went for £8! Nice beginning I thought! Next, onto Money Money Money which did a bar roll in last press and got £2 off the yellow ring. Not too bad! Bit of dabbling here and there left me quite up for the start. I knew I was going skint though...but it would be such a good day, with more funds. So then I decide to do my £2 freeplay. After a random machine shoutout, £4 goes into Five Liner. Good choice! It went nuts! Spun in about £3s worth of wins happily...And then, Rolled in the £4.80 Jackpot! Then straight after £2, then £1.20. Left it with 10.20, very nice result!
A bit more playing various JPMs and Maygays, Coronation Street gave £4 repeater, Big Breakfast gave Whose Line is it??? and then 1.60(though annoyingly I missed Winning Spins) to get £4 out. Bruce was getting chucked out, having his car scrapped, getting a wheel clamped(thought he had it scrapped!) on Eastenders, nearly got a prize but not quite!
Back onto Money Money Money, got on the board as normal...then "You want anything from the Chicken shop?" Had to say yes! order placed, and a £2 bank again...Onto Andy's Great Escape, Flo got ahead of me so I decided to take a reel match feature which i MISSED! Ended up walking away before excersing my skills on Skill Fill.(Carry on Joker) Not too brilliant though, only got 1.20, but it's all practise. Went onto Winner Takes All for a LOTTERY CARD! Drew the worst ball number 2, and I got 40p repeater! Went to a massive 80p, great for the top of a trail!!! Donkey Kong eat your heart out.
By this time the smell of chicken had come into the arcade, so I put one more quid in Maverick for 3 back, and Dave handed me a box of cried chicken and complimentary coke...What's better, the chicken pieces were both drumsticks! Got to be something right there!
Went to the Mayay side of the arcade, and played Coronation Street again, got Rovers Return for £5, Hotpots I got £5 nudge in...Fruit Explosion giving plenty of boards, as was Money Money Money. Jackpotted Pink Panther as well! Still, it had to come to an end one day. I lost quite a bit in Big Bucks, and Monopoly 60th, and in the end my pounds were gone!
Changed up another £10, this didn't last TOO long, but still, started OK. Got £3 from Frank N Stein, and got £3 from Force Ten. Decided to take a quick break and watch Bruce and Super7 on the machines, then went on SIMPSONS. Got my SKILL JACKPOT OF THE DAY!!! on Itchy and Scratchy, and got it up to £1 on the restart.(going faster here) Put about 6 in Along the Prom for a Spa Style gamble up the cashladder to blue 7s which didn't repeat. Money starting to go down again...Popeye was £3 in for £3 out, then BOOM. All goes pear shaped on a Snakes and Ladders which takes all of my coins AGAIN! for no board. Super7 took on the challenge to try and sort me out, wasn't worth it in the end, because it just would not give a board! And when it did, we couldn't win too much from it. In the end he got a top but ended up about 10 down himself, at least.
Changed up my other £10, and it goes a little mad now...Still lose it all but I had a great day, and had some good wins in this £10...
Cluedo, £4 in for Jackpot, then £3 repeated on Force Ten, THEN...£6 off Riverboat Gamble feature on Magnificent 7s! isn't it great not having to have one shot knowing itll be a pound or the lowest amount! Couldn't lose! To a point that was. Trivial Pursuit streaked as well for me. £5, then Jackpot repeat which was also a fiver, but sucked 6 for the next dead board. Still, an OK profit. Lost all of this on Frank n Stein of all things! That, plus some JPMs and some 4 in 2 out play. Left at half 5 with empty wallet, Bruce with a black bag full of treasures and me with 40 minutes of filming for you to enjoy later!
So apart from the gambling, anything else of interest? Well, we got some pictures of machines to work from, and some more bits and pieces. Chicken, Coke, all on the house, chatting with Dave about machines in general, the arcade, plans, bad mobile networks, it's generally just such a nice atmosphere and he treats everyone fairly, unlike other arcades! Make sure you pay a visit if you haven't yet!
