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[samson81]

 

File Name: Barcrest Space Raiders

File Submitter: samson81

File Submitted: 23 Nov 2016

File Category: MPU 5

 

Yay another DX from myself it's been a while.
 
Here we have Barcrest's Space Raiders
 
First of all many thanks to the legend Wizard for MFME V5 and the years of work put into this.
 
Thanks to everyone who was involved in the group buy of flyer's some time ago which I still have here and have been actively scanning more recently for everyone.
 
Many thanks to Reg for the classic of this awesome machine who gave me permission to use for this DX
 
Also thanks to brucegeorge for playtesting and helping me with a small issue and also to Cashbox1 for playtesting too.
 
I have always loved this machine so jumped at the chance to DX this one, I have made this at a very high res as MFME V5 will scale down no matter how small your screen is so hopefully everyone will get the full glory of the work I have put into this.
 
All shortcuts as usual,
 
Samson81

 

Click here to download this file

[andy-1]

Thank You

[richy1976]

Thanks.

[vectra666]

shit i think everyone will need the resize option, cheers

[TommyC]

Thanks very much.

[thecodfather]

Looks good, thanks man.

[brucegeorge]

It was great to see what you did with this layout mate great work and anytime I can help I will

 

Thanks Again

 

Bruce

[cashbox1]

cheers Sam

[gemini17]

 

 

 

 

File Name: Barcrest Space Raiders

File Submitter: samson81

File Submitted: 23 Nov 2016

File Category: MPU 5

 

 

 

 

 

Yay another DX from myself it's been a while.
 
Here we have Barcrest's Space Raiders
 
First of all many thanks to the legend Wizard for MFME V5 and the years of work put into this.
 
Thanks to everyone who was involved in the group buy of flyer's some time ago which I still have here and have been actively scanning more recently for everyone.
 
Many thanks to Reg for the classic of this awesome machine who gave me permission to use for this DX
 
Also thanks to brucegeorge for playtesting and helping me with a small issue and also to Cashbox1 for playtesting too.
 
I have always loved this machine so jumped at the chance to DX this one, I have made this at a very high res as MFME V5 will scale down no matter how small your screen is so hopefully everyone will get the full glory of the work I have put into this.
 
All shortcuts as usual,
 
Samson81

 

 

 

 

 

Click here to download this file

 

Cracking release mate.

 

Real like this slot,one of few that gave you a fair chance in game play.

 

Many thanks to all involved with the release

 

Jay

[chasnbons]

TY

[Bandits]

thanks for this looks great

[wearecity]

I do like a nice looking DX, amazing to think that this was built on the same software as Peek Show for instance. Look miles apart in tech terms.

 

The only thing I would recommend people who play in full screen borderless mode is to change the Border Colour (Bordeless Mode) option to black, as the white background just doesn't look nice.

 

For those who don't know how to do this, go to design, edit mode, right click on a black area of the layout and choose properties. It'll open the background image and then choose click in the box by the border colour mode and change it to black or if you prefer any other colour.

 

Then click apply. Close the properties box and come out of edit mode, by clicking on design mode and edit mode, then go to reload the layout, save changes.

Edited by wearecity, 24 November 2016 - 10:23 AM.

[Wizard]

The background colour does default to black on a new layout but I suspect people are still starting with an old .dat format blank layout, you really need to edit those and save as .fml

[vectra666]

I may get shot down with this and that but this is only my opinion!

Played this last night for a bit but unfortunately sorry to say I couldn't carry on with it, whether it's due to my 17" screen or I'm losing my sight, but I couldn't read the blue/red text, well I could if my nose hit my screen and I can only just make out the feature table.
I feel the only way you could play this clearly is to have a 40" TV screen.
Did the artwork really need to be that big as when playing full sized I only get one reel showing lol.
But that's not to say others will find this playable on larger screens.
Thank you anyway.

[gemini17]

I may get shot down with this and that but this is only my opinion!

Played this last night for a bit but unfortunately sorry to say I couldn't carry on with it, whether it's due to my 17" screen or I'm losing my sight, but I couldn't read the blue/red text, well I could if my nose hit my screen and I can only just make out the feature table.
I feel the only way you could play this clearly is to have a 40" TV screen.
Did the artwork really need to be that big as when playing full sized I only get one reel showing lol.
But that's not to say others will find this playable on larger screens.
Thank you anyway.

I do know what you mean Vectra-It is like this with most layouts for me until I can get things back on my pc.

Hopefully an update for xp will be available soon.

Mindst to be fair my eyesight aint what it once was-you edge past 40 and everything starts to go lol  

 

Jay

[lufc26]

Thanks for this!

[wearecity]

I may get shot down with this and that but this is only my opinion!

Played this last night for a bit but unfortunately sorry to say I couldn't carry on with it, whether it's due to my 17" screen or I'm losing my sight, but I couldn't read the blue/red text, well I could if my nose hit my screen and I can only just make out the feature table.
I feel the only way you could play this clearly is to have a 40" TV screen.
Did the artwork really need to be that big as when playing full sized I only get one reel showing lol.
But that's not to say others will find this playable on larger screens.
Thank you anyway.

 

Sometimes, we have to accept, that fonts used on real machines, mean that text on whatever display we use, is difficult or impossible to read.

 

Just look at the emulated machine, Boulder Dash (MPU4 tech), the font used on the features, is horrible for a layout designer to work with. Viva Rock Vegas (impact), the sort of font used, isn't great either. But that's where the source work really can make a difference.

 

For Boulder Dash, the source looks to be in the average range. For Viva however, it must have been in the excellent range. The source for Space Raiders, looks to me to be in the good/very good range, but like the others, really needs, to be in the excellent range to make everything crisp and clear.

 

I have no real trouble on my 43" screen and a DX will always be my choice for 99.9% of the time, but for smaller screens, dare I say it, sometimes a classic layout, suits a machine better.

[letmein]

Many thanks

 

 

M

[chasnbons]

I may get shot down with this and that but this is only my opinion!

Played this last night for a bit but unfortunately sorry to say I couldn't carry on with it, whether it's due to my 17" screen or I'm losing my sight, but I couldn't read the blue/red text, well I could if my nose hit my screen and I can only just make out the feature table.
I feel the only way you could play this clearly is to have a 40" TV screen.
Did the artwork really need to be that big as when playing full sized I only get one reel showing lol.
But that's not to say others will find this playable on larger screens.
Thank you anyway.

 

You need a bigger screen, it's fine on my 21" one.

 

That way you could make bigger layouts too.  I know you will say they now all resize etc, which is true, but when I F3 your lappy ones (pre your new lappy that is) although they are bigger they aren't as crisp as layouts which were created at a bigger res.

 

This isn't a complaint, just an observation, I know if I want to play your older stuff I might have to put up with a bit of fuzziness but I'm prepared for this and it isn't too much to put up with.

 

I will never understand why people can't just be grateful for what's created, download it and if it's not for you for whatever reason don't play it simples.

[vectra666]

It's called giving your opinion chasbons as for layout's I now make em bigger than my screen size take firecracker for instance,
As for this layout I'm grateful someone has put the time and effort into it but for me it plays like it should but it's to unreadable for me. I actually checked a online image of the exact machine and the red/blue lettering is indeed larger than we have here.

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Edited by vectra666, 24 November 2016 - 02:54 PM.