Grim... wrote:
I remember the Simpsons game. Christ, it must be twenty years old.
zaphod79 wrote:
Never mind your f*cking Simpsons and Deal or No Deal sh*te this is what I really want
Real games for real people - play and get the feature - big win - 6p !
Where's Cavey when you need him
This is the thing, there are over ten years of changes and improvements in this release, so there's pretty much something for everyone.
Bringing the most recent machines to the table are SCORPION4, SCORPION5, ADDER5 and MPU5 technologies. Scorp4 and MPU5 have been in since the 'leaked' version but with very erratic ROM/hardware support so lots of games have been non-runners, for example all machines by 'Red Gaming' on MPU5 because of some extra encryption, and all Scorp4 machines that used a CCTALK module.
(Interestingly the ROMs surfaced a few years ago for a Red Dwarf fruit machine (by Red Gaming) that never got past the test phase, only a couple of units were built for a trade show, and was never released or produced beyond that, so that is now a runner in the emulator - loads of great sound samples!)
At the other end of the spectrum you've got some really ancient techs from the 80s (such as the machine zaphod linked to above), which either weren't emulated at all, or had all sorts of issues.
Then in the mid-ground you have the links of the EPOCH tech, which for example that Simpsons machine ran on, and now makes available a huge number of machines by Maygay, Impulse, Global, and others. (EPOCH as a tech was pretty flaky, (leaking batteries on the boards and exploding power supplies), so not many EPOCH machines have survived for real compared to other techs of the era, so emulation is a great way to bring them back to life.)
Plus there are all sorts of outliers which are now included, so MPU4 video fruities are in, machines that used large plasma or DMDs are now supported, all sorts of extra reel/lamp extenders, and stuff like that.
On top of all that there are quality of life improvements and changes far too numerous to mention.
It's a massive, massive event in the world of fruit machine emulation, for folks like me who have been a huge fan of the scene solidly for fifteen years, (and arguably kicked it all off with
the first fruit machine emulation site on the internet, fact fans), it's pretty much a dream come true.
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