deadsy

It's alright folks I think I've cracked it. Panic over. The downloads link seems to explain quite concisely what emulator to use for what technology. Phew!!! I was getting pretty hot and sweaty for a while there.

Please feel free to consign this monologue/voyage of discovery to the shit bin.

I'm a little confused as to which emulator I should be using for layout xxxxxx.xxx

The supported technolgies are:

MPU 3 and 4
Impact
M1 A and B
MPS 2
SYS 1
SYS 80
SYS 5
SYS 85
Scorpion 1 and 2

And it's JPeMu for Impact & Scorpeen for Scorpeen 1 & 2. But I'm not so sure about the others. I've got 2 DVDs of layouts and roms and I'm not too sure what emulator I need to be using for the others. MPU3/4 v8.75 or MFME 1.1,
2.0, 2.1, 3.0, 3.1 or 3.2 ....

I know that if I look in the .gam file it tells me the technology that the machine uses but I'd be very grateful (no, really) if someone could just post an idiot's guide to the differences betwixt the above mentioned emulators and make one idiot in particular very, very, very happy indeed for Xmas. After all, how can I celabrate the birth of Baby Cheeses if I'm keeping myself up at night worrying about whether or not I'll be able to find the right emulator to run such-and-such a layout. No celabrations whatsoever, that's what.

Sorry, I think I've got me head up me chuff. I've just found the emulator downloads section and all emulators are still available ... so please move this post to the tombs.

PS - As an aside, a nice little text file detailing which machines are playable with which emulator would be useful and would be a nice little something for you FruitEmu lads to keep up to date, you know, extra bit of work, more power to your elbow and all that. A spreadsheet would do the trick. Wadja reckon?

Well, I cannot speak of profits but I have done a test run on the Thunderbirds 25p/£25/78% machine and found that it is possible to lose £500 in one day in the same machine if you get there when the arcade opens and only take 1/2 hour for lunch and stay to when the arcade closes. I'm sure if you flitted from machine to machine (after you lose about £100 or so in any given machine it's about due to payback £25-£30) you could, if you really tried and were really lucky, lose in excess of £1000 in a day, maybe more if the machines are set to 70%. Here are my results from the Thunderbirds run:

The "Thunderbirds" machine has been set up. It's a nice 25p/£25/78%
machine just like the ones in the arcades. And also, it's just chucked out a
nice big £80++ win streak - again, just like the ones in the arcades (the
starting .ram state has been saved to disk as Thunderbirds78_setup.ram).
This fruit machine is hurting so bad, it's a full three weeks solid play from its
next jackpot .... or is it? The "drift" has gone twenty quid into the red and it
needs someone to feed it shitloads of cash so it can build up another big win
streak. The arcade opens at 9.00am and closes at 11.30pm and you are allowed half an hour for lunch. That gives you 14 hours to lose as much money as possible. You may neglect the time it takes you to go and get
another £50 from the autobank or another tenners worth of pound coins from
the cashier. You may also ignore any time taken to go peep and poop - who
needs to peep and poop when you're immensed in a fruit machine utopia?
This is pure, unadulterated fruit machine entertainment. Have you got what
it takes to be a world champeenship loser? Let's see.

Obviously, the manner in which you play the fruitie impacts greatly on how
fast you lose cash. Here, you are playing like a simp, occasionally collecting
low features, seldomly refusing £2.40, £3 and £4 wins and never throwing in
a £5 win. You are literally sucking that percentage out of the nasty little
machine.

9.00am "G'morning cashier, ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £0 down
9.07am "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £10 down
9.16am "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £20 down
9.29am "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £30 down
9.48am "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £40 down
9.51am "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £50 down
9.58am "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £60 down
10.15am "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £70 down
10.18am "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £80 down
10.41am "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £90 down
10.52am "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £100 down
11.13am "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £110 down
11.21am "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £120 down
11.32am "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £130 down
11.35am "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £140 down
11.53am "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £150 down
12.00noon "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £160 down
12.11pm "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £170 down
12.18pm "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £180 down
12.22pm "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £190 down
12.36pm "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £200 down
12.41pm "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £210 down
12.56pm "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £220 down
1.21pm "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £230 down
1.32pm "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £240 down
1.39pm "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £250 down
1.44pm "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £260 down
2.32pm "Wow, that tenner lasted a while missus. In fact I'm now holding 75
pound coins in my sweaty little hands. Gonna break for lunch now. Half an
hour. Can you make sure nobody goes on the machine while I'm gone please,
thank you."
3.02pm "Hi ... It's me, I'm back" - £260 down (but clutching £75 in sweaty
hands)
4.26pm "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £270 down
4.31pm "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £280 down
4.36pm "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £290 down
4.44pm "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £300 down
5.11pm "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £310 down
5.20pm "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £320 down
5.32pm "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £330 down
5.43pm "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £340 down
5.49pm "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £350 down
6.11pm "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £360 down
6.30pm "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £370 down
6.38pm "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £380 down
6.42pm "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £390 down
6.47pm "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £400 down
6.51pm "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £410 down
6.58pm "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £420 down
7.01pm "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £430 down
8.47pm "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £440 down
8.55pm "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £450 down
9.16pm "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £460 down
9.30pm "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £470 down
9.38pm "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £480 down
10.00pm "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £490 down
10.03pm "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £500 down
10.08pm "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £510 down
10.36pm "Another ten quids worth of pound coins please" - £520 down
11.30pm It's Arcade Closing Time .... You are still holding £20 in your sweaty little hands. Thus you are exactly £520 - £20 = £500 down.

Well done, you've managed to lose £500 in a day. You are now a fruit
machine "professional".

Hi all, Deadsy here. I've got a good joke, but it's a bit homemade. I think it's one of those jokes that's only funny if you don't get it. Anyway, here goes:


Bloke walks into a pub with his friend, a little blue-eyed, blonde-haired fella who's all dressed up in animal furs and carrying a bow and arrow. He walks up to the bar and says "Two pints of bitter and two bags of nuts please barman". The barman pours the drinks and puts them on the counter with the two bags of nuts and then asks "Would you like a nice big faceful of radioactive cancer gas to go with them beers sir?" to which the bloke replies "No thanks, it's bad for my elf!"

Ha ha ha ha ha ha!!! Ahaha ha ha ha ha ahahaha!! Good one eh? Of course, could never happen, everyone knows elves don't really exist.