Sunday, February 20, 2005
Lets lift the lid....
There are many people out there who can put LOTS of money inside these machines, many players can loose heavily on them, some people are addicted to them, and they can cause misery when this happens.
There are many people who can play them for just a bit of fun, and some who can make a profit on them, but theres not many places where you can see inside a machine, and see what makes it tick. So I will do several posts showing the internals of a machine, and over time explain just how they work.
Firstly for security reasons, I am not going to reveal everything, but I will be going into a lot of details, so you can see just where your money goes and what happens to it. It will hopefully educate some people, and make them aware of just why certain items that are sold on ebay to beat these machines, are all a waste of time and money.
This particular machine is a "front opener", older machines had to be pulled forward away from the wall, and turned around so you could unlock the back door to gain access to the insides. To make things easier for the engineers newer cabinets are front opening. You unlock the top half with your keys, and then the top feature board just lifts up.
Despite the fact that the top board is probably quite heavy, its remarkably easy to lift it as it is supported by two gas hydraulic struts that keep the lid from falling shut on your head!
You can clearly see the main game reels, and the top reels in the picture.
As you can also see there is not that much inside these machines, and they are very tidy inside.
I will go into details of how the machine accepts your money from you next.....
There are many people who can play them for just a bit of fun, and some who can make a profit on them, but theres not many places where you can see inside a machine, and see what makes it tick. So I will do several posts showing the internals of a machine, and over time explain just how they work.
Firstly for security reasons, I am not going to reveal everything, but I will be going into a lot of details, so you can see just where your money goes and what happens to it. It will hopefully educate some people, and make them aware of just why certain items that are sold on ebay to beat these machines, are all a waste of time and money.
This particular machine is a "front opener", older machines had to be pulled forward away from the wall, and turned around so you could unlock the back door to gain access to the insides. To make things easier for the engineers newer cabinets are front opening. You unlock the top half with your keys, and then the top feature board just lifts up.
Despite the fact that the top board is probably quite heavy, its remarkably easy to lift it as it is supported by two gas hydraulic struts that keep the lid from falling shut on your head!
You can clearly see the main game reels, and the top reels in the picture.
As you can also see there is not that much inside these machines, and they are very tidy inside.
I will go into details of how the machine accepts your money from you next.....
# posted by fruityarcade @ 12:52 PM 
