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[duplu]

It's about time we had a new poll, the old one has been up for ages and is no longer relevant.

So who is your favourite manufacturer of all time anf if you want to why not post why.

I'm going to go for JPM for the classic machines they put out in the early nineties like Indy, Money Talks, Rollercoaster and Red Alert.

[ady]

Barcrest.......good fair gameplay, and a lot of thought put into machines.

(agree re Money Talks by JPM...and appart from that the godsent GUAB...that's in in my opinion)

[chan]

Dont forget camelot either. oooo camelot, okey dokey roll em, classics wish todays machines played like they used to, instead they skank you all night and still give very poor returns

[always_eight]

Mmmm! jpm are good especially rollercoaster, sidewinder, snakes and ladders. But it has to be project coin for me 777 heaven, jackpot 7's, Rags to riches, crazy pays, the list is endless!

[always_eight]

God and the old bwb machines like rat race and win again! Oh and always eight of course.

[Proud and Mary]

old maygay bandits were a good buzz. luvd playin coronation street .those hold button samples "baan ba" three times then that magic cat sound flashin. eastenders samples made me laf ."I'll chuck im aht sharon"

[renoufchr]

red gaming simply for the fact of the lock and load machine
i just love the red gaming machines!
2nd best is probally mazooma and then barcrest

[westy20040]

Had to vote for 'other' becuase ACE ain't on the list. I Used to love playing those old ACE machine's - Play It Again, Open The Box, Twilight Zone etc.

[Puggy]

Tough choice.. The JPMs that were around that used the cabinets rollercoaster and indiana were great, monopoly,snakes and ladders, fasttrack, money talks etc.. love playing the older barcrests too..

[Liverpool2008]

I voted for Bencrest...

Best machine By far ....

I Tend to Like ooh ahh Draculars son

love to see that emulated in a few years

[stanmarsh14]

Gotta be Maygay as my first choice here... mostaly down to their great way with sound samples, & good gameplay.... Old ACE machines comming in a close second with their fantastic layouts with the DOT MATRIX BOARD.

[mythicos]

Hmm, very difficult this is.

My heart is yelling out "say barcrest, youd better say f*****g barcrest" but it's not that easy.

The first machine I 'played' (IE was old enough to play and not stand and watch) was lineup.. so thats strike one to crest for making the best machine of all time.

But then I must acknowledge BWB for their quite frankly *perfect* use of lesser MPU3 machines for rebuilds.

The fantastic Rat Race, Goldmine, Winstrike, Chase IT ! and so forth all spring to mind, they were just great ways to spend the summer days when I was a kid and couldnt be arsed to walk the 3 miles to the beach.

A quid, a f***in quid could last all day....

Then there are marvels of design like Sidewinder by ACE and Take 5ive by crest (both I believe were the very first video fruits) that simply cant go un-noticed.. and then of course other 2p gobblers like PCP's aladin's cave and so on.

As time progressed Barcrest kicked more ass with titles like Action Bank and flash cash, and who can miss out machines like smash and grab and way in ?

Really, this is just waaay too tough to call.. my heart says barcrest but I wont vote for them because Id be doing all the other companies an injustice.. Even Bellfruit have had their moments of untouchability, as have maygay (Its a knockout and Donkey Kong are modern classics..)

QPS have done some really cool little machines worthy of a mention also, namely the medallion job which is great fun to play..

So with that Ill bugger off

[CrAzYbAr]

I voted Impulse, it's mainly a personal matter. They are the first machines I played and they are consistently winnable

[Amber_Nectar]

God and the old bwb machines like rat race and win again! Oh and always eight of course.

There were loads of them down the end of the Pier before it burnt down

Wonderland was good for old ones, near the Kursaal.

[always_eight]

wonderland has a crown jester in it now and 2 cheeky devils. Oh! it still has a grand national but got rid of the fruit cracker!

[RB]

i voted maygay purely for the quality of licenceing, and samples used on all their machines.

Faves being...

On the Buses
Italian Job
Gladiators
Wild Zone
Jet Stream
Noels House Party
Simpsons
Eastenders
Coronation Street
Monopoly
Cluedo Super Sleuth
Just The Ticket (Obviously the Willy Wonka Licence was a tad too exspensive)

[eyleyro]

Club - Club Blackjack, Club Pontoon
Pub machines - Rocket Money, Pot Black, Place your bets, Buccaneer, Jewel in the crown, Luxor, Ten Ten
Memorable arcade time killers, andy capp + variants, road hog + variants
and the earliest machine that burned itself onto my mind - Smash & Grab / Break the bank, whatever it's called.

Hands down for me Barcrest...

[barxfan]

Electrocoin.....

[CrAzYbAr]

Your name says it all!

[always_eight]

What? does he like bar-x's? hee hee! Sorry i could not resist that one I use to enjoy the wink wink bar-x's £2 for X's and £10 for bars, the ones that would do a £70 run and then a bonus jackpot at the end if you were jammie!!