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[brucegeorge]

Sorry if this has been asked before

What was the first machine to have a IM board?

ie the logo going red or flashing in my mind I think it maybe a Maygay machine but I could be miles off

Thanks for looking

Bruce

[Taylor525]

I think it was a Maygay machine and they were 'red' before they invented 'Flashing' boards

Talking Itailan Job, Great Escape area, and even Eastenders (which went Blue)

although, I'm not sure what year they came out. Having said that, Boulder Dash, must have been one of the first Barcrests to have IM??

[vectra666]

i remember the machine barcrests loadsamoney when you,ve filled the name it sometimes gave you the top features reel run, or the 2pound repeat or jackpot in the cash trail. pshyco cash beast n clones, arabian nights n clones the name flashed etc, but i think only maygays had the name go red/ blue! barcrests name flashed not sure with jpm,s. Bwbs volcano the music changes for IM board

i remember the machine barcrests loadsamoney when you,ve filled the name it sometimes gave you the top features reel run, or the 2pound repeat or jackpot in the cash trail. pshyco cash beast n clones, arabian nights n clones the name flashed etc, but i think only maygays had the name go red/ blue! barcrests name flashed not sure with jpm,s. Bwbs volcano the music changes for IM board

[Dougsta]

The earliest machines I remember with IM were all Maygays. Queen Vic, It's a Knockout, Trival Pursuit. No idea which of these came first, and there were probably even older machines with some form of IM.

I didn't even know Boulderdash had an IM! Never seen it in the wild or the emulator.

[todd1970]

I think it was a Maygay machine and they were 'red' before they invented 'Flashing' boards

Talking Itailan Job, Great Escape area, and even Eastenders (which went Blue)

although, I'm not sure what year they came out. Having said that, Boulder Dash, must have been one of the first Barcrests to have IM??

Yeah , thats along the lines that i was thinking .. Donkey Kong cash ladder turning blue.

Although i do remember early JPM machines Camelot being one with the logo going red , and a machine called The Sky's the Limit , also a BFM machine called 'Up for it'

Dont know if they were out at the same time though or the Italian Job etc came later.

[brucegeorge]

Thanks for your replys lads im glad it looks like I was on the right lines thinking Maygay we were just talking down the pub about this and thought what a great idea it was the IM board changed gaming as you still see it now and I guess you always will

I would still love to know the first one I bet someone will know for sure out there

[pbb]

JPMs Sonic the Hedgehog used to go red, thart was before the milenium, (2000) thats the first I realised the IM

Peter

[Taylor525]

I didn't even know Boulderdash had an IM! Never seen it in the wild or the emulator.

Yeah.. It's one of those rare ones, And so did Ooh Aah Dracular with it being a clone.

The emulator one never flashed as the lamping was wrong, but it made a sound at the begining, the same sound as when you get slow motion bonus and mystery

Yeah , thats along the lines that i was thinking .. Donkey Kong cash ladder turning blue.

Although i do remember early JPM machines Camelot being one with the logo going red , and a machine called The Sky's the Limit , also a BFM machine called 'Up for it'

Dont know if they were out at the same time though or the Italian Job etc came later.

Oh yeahh, and cash quest?? The one with the octopus?? I think it was called that anyway

[tigerboytony11]

The first Maygay one's to go red or do IM boards were actually The Italian Job (version 1), Eastenders Queen Vic (which turned blue and was very very rare), and On The Buses. Yes, despite giving you the "crash" square everytime you got to the top of the board, OTB actually had an IM feature on it. The other Maygays didn't have flashing boards, it was purely if the machine wanted to pay out the Jackpot, then it would when it felt like it.

[nails]

maygays east enders

[tigerboytony11]

It was Eastenders Queen Vic that had IM, Original Eastenders never had IM. It had a great repeat feature on it if you got Queen Vic, Launderette or Fruit Stall feature, plus had a great repeat on 3 blue bars too if you were lucky to catch it at the right time, but never had IM. Oh by the way, just though of another one that had IM, and that was JPM's Pot Of Gold.

[fruitsnappa]

Cops and Robbers had "Informer" can't rememember whether before or after Queen Vic?

[Dougsta]

It was Eastenders Queen Vic that had IM, Original Eastenders never had IM. It had a great repeat feature on it if you got Queen Vic, Launderette or Fruit Stall feature, plus had a great repeat on 3 blue bars too if you were lucky to catch it at the right time, but never had IM. Oh by the way, just though of another one that had IM, and that was JPM's Pot Of Gold.

Pretty sure Pot of Gold was by Ace. I think it's definitely later than Queen Vic in any case.

[martin1975]

robinhood

[Taylor525]

Another one to consider- Empire's Money Spinner... Probably the First Empire to have IM, either that or Treasure Trail