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They are holding up very well thanks being switched on 14 hours a day. There is now in full working order Line Up Frog Hop Adders and Ladders High Lights Exchange Unlimited Fire Cracker All working fine on new coins and getting reasonably used. Cash or Nudge not in the line yet but is fully working with a slight lamp fault Not about making money just good to see them for play and many people love them just for the memories they brought to them when they were younger

More Barcrest Token goodness in the form of the iconic Cash Counter the true skill players game This is probably the third, forth or maybe fifth time i've made this, originally made the "other" version back in 2013/14 then this "alternative" cab version which at the time was a mini 1024wdx using the real lit machine images instead of just photoshop so its more authentic to the real machine in lighting techniques. i longed to make it for mfme6/-20, but lost the starter images a long time ago. Fast Forward to 2024 and along comes @johnparker007 with the original mini art upscaled which he's done a brilliant job with so here it is the final/final edition from me (unless the other cabinet real images come to light lol) A super Large edition!!!! Enjoy and Happy Gaming all over again Cash Counter (Final) Alternative Cabinet Upscaled Dx.zip

Float down the Nile and search the pyramids, Will you raid the tomb for its treasure or be cursed and lose the lot!! Thanks goto @hitthesix for the previous classic layout @infection - images Now onto the layout itself, this layout has a few minor problems. Firstly like the Classic layout beforehand, the Main LCD screen in the centre isn't Emulatable Atm so a fair bit of info won't show as in Let Em spin, hi lo reel is lit, and find my treasures!! also some features rely on the text so its guess work on our part!! For the main "find my treasures" the logo will flash. Finally the Start / Collect button should spin the reels and collect the bank, but couldn't workout how to make a dual functioning button, so to get around this the Collect button is underneath. you can drag the button off-screen and press "C" to collect winnings.. if anybody knows how to make it dual buttons let us know via a topic? Shortcuts are as standard Start = Spacebar Collect = Cancel = ` Holds = 1,2,3 Exchange = E £1 = 0, 20p token = 9 Enjoy and Happy Gaming!!! Secrets Golden Nile £6 Dx.zip

Well there I was this morning, swimming trunks on ready to jump in the Thames and all because of a System One board that was driving me nuts....... This one started with being stuck in reset, pretty much standard fare for these Ace boards. All rotten components swapped out and board running OK, at least as far as my test rig was telling me. I could play games on it and all switches and outputs appeared to function correctly. So back it went and to cut to the nitty gritty there were still reported problems. The main one was when it booted the reels were slow and the lamps dim? Not seen that one before and it was difficult to see it on the test rig not having any reels. So on the third return things started to get worse, it would still boot OK credits could be clocked up but the START button did nothing? Even during the game's test function it wouldn't recognise the START button? After a few days of head scratching and basically getting nowhere the sound went off! You couldn't make it up. By this time all the small logic chips around the battery area had been replaced, mainly out of desperation but of course the fault persisted. I'm now thinking I'm getting too old for all this stuff and I've lost my touch but before I jump in the Thames I thought a fresh head on a new day might be a good idea. OK, thinking cap on, hang on tight as it gets a bit techy from here on. I thought I'd take some readings on a good board to compare so starting with the lamps and then the reel pulses I saw that they were approx half speed?? OK, that explains why the reels run slow and the lamps are dim but why?????? Next step was to discover what was holding up either the bus or the interrupts. This is where my understanding gets a little hazy but I know from the docs that if IC12 sends a pulse out on pin7 (74LS138) then it can prevent NMI from occuring which controls the reels and multiplexer (lamps). Checking pin7 and there was a constant pulse. My notes state that in normal running there shouldn't be one so this is looking promising. What on earth is happening though to cause it? Another day gone and still no resolution so off to bed. Now most people count sheep jumping over gates but I see circuit boards and logic gates. Anyway in my dreams a voice said surely it has to be an input, perhaps a stuck gate on one of the input chips? Previously I'd already swapped out two of them trying to track down the reel sensors and the START switch and also IC37 (8255) thinking that might be it. Nope! So this is where we came in, trunks on and ready to walk down to the river. Before I go had I missed anything? That's when the old lightbulb lit up and I got all excited again. There is another input albeit it's not mentioned in the docs and also it appears on the diagram in the outputs section!! This is the DATA IN which goes to pin 13 on IC24, under normal running it should be HIGH but it was stuck LOW. It's fed via a 220K resistor and clamped HIGH by a 1K resistor to the 5v rail. On the DATA IN side it was indeed HIGH but LOW on the chip. I've no idea what caused that as I doubt whether anyone has a DATA pack connected. So it was out with the 8255 and in with a new one and checking the pulse back on IC12 pin 7 it came on for a second after starting to boot then went off. Whoopeee!! Reels now definitely running a lot faster and the lamps also brighter, what do you know the START button now works too. Definitely one for the Midibob notebook. Hmm, still no sound so it's out with the AY-3-8910 and in with a Yamaha YM2149 and bingo sound restored. Trouble is it's my only spare and prices on Ebay are ridiculous. If anyone wants to sell me some I might bite your arm off as long as they aren't Chinese of course, the chips not the seller. I think I deserve a few glasses of vino tonight.

There are many stories and rumours going around, it’s funny to read, reality is most of them are scrap. The ones that haven’t had glasses put through are either fire damaged from the heat above, full of water from fire above, or have been tipped over with games cards stolen (few of these have not been emulated) boards nicked bla bla bla. few were ok, but they’re taken now and gone. If you want to go and look yourselves feel free 🤷🏻‍♂️ youll never hear the true story, just a mix of other stories - which gets better everytime I hear them

By yourself Graham?

Permission was obtained and the machines were saved, A few were ransacked for parts beforehand though so will be useless without ROMs which is a real pity!

For me it’s not about the potential to win or any financial gain, it’s to connect with memories and nostalgia with playing these in the past. Not sure about the licensing or business model. Are the machines on old money and tokens? Is there an exception as they aren’t running legal tender and are they classed as amusements of some sort?

Will these not need to be moved with new law comes in, anyway? So they’ll have to be in an over 18 section, where you could have same amount of machines earning much more. unless whole venue is over 18, I don’t see the point of installing aging machines with temperamental hardware; that take ages to earn more than £5🤷🏻‍♂️ not a dig, just trying to understand why. yeah, nostalgia etc etc etc - but from a business POV is what I’m asking. In an under 18 area, surely you’re going to get 98% of people who won’t appreciate them. With that comes risk of coins rammed in from young kids, buttons smacked etc. with working boards commanding £200+ on eBay, running them 12? Hours a day seems madness. interested in your reply. Again, not trying to be an arse.