chloemarietaylor

I don't think it's emulated unfortunately, or even if any ROMs are available.  I'll have to see if I ever saved off a pic somewhere.  I'm pretty sure we're thinking of the same game.  It was in the same cabinet as Psycho Cash Beast, King Kebab and so on.  The frames were purple, big circular board, Lady in the Lake mentioned somewhere, I think you had to light the word Spellbound or Excalibur to start the feature perhaps.  Would probably have been 20p play £10 cash originally, but the last one I saw was 10p play £4 jackpot or something.  Made by BWB, with the BWB-style reel symbols of the time.  I wish I could remember more, but it was a pretty forgettable game considering some of the other stuff around at the time.  It's possible there were checkpoints around the board where you had to do a YES/NO skillstop to carry on.  Someone else must remember it...

Definitely sounds the same one I remember. I only remember it being in one arcade and 10p/£4 sounds about right. I just remember it being a machine that gave a long game on a modest amount and give a decent chance of been ahead at the end, at least at that stake. There are very few machines I liked that can't be played on emu any more, this is perhaps the last one for me.

Global knight's trail ?

Just looked in the gallery , definitely not that one. Thanks for trying though. x

Spellbound by BWB I reckon

In the Barcrest Genesis cabinet.  Last one I saw was in The Pavilion in Burnham-on-sea, but we're talking 20 years ago.  There *may* be a pic floating around somewhere, as I think I saw one years back, possibly from an eBay listing.

 

You're welcome

 Hi Steve, sorry have been programming all week and only just checked back. The name definitely rings a bell, though I can't be sure till I see it. I take it it isn't emulated yet then xxx

Sounds like Excalibur

 

http://www.fruit-emu...alibur-1600-dx/

No that's not it, the feature board was far bigger with many more stops. Definitely scratching my head, i tried all the Arthur, Lady in the Lake, Excalibur, Camelot keyword searches I could think of and still no luck. Thanks though

The simple answer is No! there will never be a return to £2 repeater days and the £6/£8 token jackpot slots.

There are a few arcades,around the land that still have some of the classic slots,running and playable-but they are very few and far between.

Mainstream arcades,bingo halls and bookies would be at a loss without the £100,£200 and £500 FOBT'S or similar styles slots-as they are so random and pretty much make up the lions share of there takings.

A good example of this is the slot Action Bank-for those who don't know the slots it is a typical £500 Barcrest slot with a triggered free spin feature,activated by 5 gold safes landing on each of the 5 reels in any sequence. You then get to pick one random safe which has a free spin value of 5-25 spins within them and occasionally(very rare lol) one of the golden safes will have in it a super pot feature,call THE BIG BANK BONUS. You then have a chance to win a  pot from three pot levels similar to the slot Rainbow Riches.

Now my point here is this,the three pots can all level off at £500 regardless of the stake you play.

On £1/£2 play the top pot is stagnant at £500 and never moves,whether you win it once or multiple times. But on 20p/50p stake the pots won will reduce to a baseline amount in each pot.

Each spin you make on the reels increases the pots by anything from 1p-5p(dependent on stake you play)

I calculated that on the 20p/50 stakes in order for the pots to reach the max(£500) in each pot level you would need to spin on average 24,000 spins!!

So on 50p play that's a total input of £12,000!

As I said just one example of one game as to why the many gaming outlets have become so dependent upon these slots.

So no return the the golden years of slotting.

But re Nails post over the reduction in stakes in the bookies,we may well see some positive changes across the board of gaming.

Online is finally turning a corner too-as now you can keep winnings that are generated from cash winnings. Those awful high percentage bonus's that they dangle ,to tempt you in to there casino's are gradually becoming a nightmare of the past.

 

The best way to enjoy the many delights of the past is through the many amazing emulations we have.

But a virtual arcade is the closest we will ever get to in recreating some of the great arcades that are now fond,but very much distant memories.

 

Jay 

I don't care either way but your statement does rely on them being played. One of the long time arcade owners here in Scarborough told my mate that he makes far more money from the 2p shovers and the grabber machines than he does the fruits, simply because they are played constantly by many people, mostly by families with young children in this seaside town. No point having a all singing all dancing £500 jackpot machine if no one wants to spend that much. These new machines just don't have the wide appeal of the older stakes.