Fruit Machine Simulator 2
Fruit Machine Simulator 2, developed and published by Codemasters in 1989.
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"THE ULTIMATE FRUIT MACHINE SIMULATOR! Skill and Repeat Chances galore, Shuffles, Free Spins, Hyper-Nudges, Hidden Fortune, Mega-Trek, Turbo-Skill, Double & Treble Fruiter, Winner-Spinner, 4 Coin Boxes with Coin Box Super Scanner and Skill-Coins, and £100 Jackpot Race!"
Another fruit machine simulator. This time the Amstrad/Spectrum and C64 games all appear to be the same game. The C64 game has issues and the Spectrum game is just as broken.
The sequel offers more features and retains the look and feel of the previous game but it's not a great update. A lot of the flashing boxes are just for show, you can not actually land on them. On the Bonus select screen for example, 10 options could be flashing away, you press on button 5 but it will still cycle through before landing on 1. There are many instances of that.
The actual reels are deceptive as well with them not even doing a full spin sometimes landing on fruit only 2 away. Spelling Mega-Trek often does nothing, its like the game doesn't follow it's own rules. Getting the 100 pound jackpot was a real chore and no matter if you press collect when it is lit, it will always jump to the 10 pounds. I got super lucky hitting collect the moment the screen opened.
Overall then, The game looks good but plays badly and should probably stick to playing the original game.
"THE ULTIMATE FRUIT MACHINE SIMULATOR! Skill and Repeat Chances galore, Shuffles, Free Spins, Hyper-Nudges, Hidden Fortune, Mega-Trek, Turbo-Skill, Double & Treble Fruiter, Winner-Spinner, 4 Coin Boxes with Coin Box Super Scanner and Skill-Coins, and £100 Jackpot Race!"
Another fruit machine simulator. This time the Amstrad/Spectrum and C64 games all appear to be the same game. The C64 game has issues and the Spectrum game is just as broken.
The sequel offers more features and retains the look and feel of the previous game but it's not a great update. A lot of the flashing boxes are just for show, you can not actually land on them. On the Bonus select screen for example, 10 options could be flashing away, you press on button 5 but it will still cycle through before landing on 1. There are many instances of that.
The actual reels are deceptive as well with them not even doing a full spin sometimes landing on fruit only 2 away. Spelling Mega-Trek often does nothing, its like the game doesn't follow it's own rules. Getting the 100 pound jackpot was a real chore and no matter if you press collect when it is lit, it will always jump to the 10 pounds. I got super lucky hitting collect the moment the screen opened.
Overall then, The game looks good but plays badly and should probably stick to playing the original game.
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