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Yes that was the issue! The tubes to coin box are not great one of the brackets is missing for the top of the 5p tube! thanks Ronnie

Thanks Ron I pulled it out and sure enough all the 10p coins were chocked up in the manifold, not tried it yet but hopefully that was the issue, will report back thanks Ronnie

Thanks for the replies all. I actually got myself locked out of the site with EX0 errors ever since my first post but have figured out the (Rather odd) issue now. Yes that is the 'sure thing' i am on about. Nice to just hear the music again. Win series was what i was thinking of for the route. If that 'test pilot' was in a mablethorpe arcade (Probably Jacksons or The Spot) i have probably played that very machine. No, was definitely high spirits or maybe hi-spirits. Big Ghoulies is definitely later. The one i am thinking about i was definitely playing in 1992/93. The hunt continues!

Hi Ronnie, Check all your coin switches first for most likely held down with a coin, A switch sticking or if one switch has gone open circuit. They are all wired in series from the token switch first then 10p then 5p last in the circuit. If That if circuit broken IE the coin switch wire is held down or has not returned to rest position will not allow machine to start. If when switched off then back on and the machine is in credit then It does sound like a coin switch problem.

Just plugged this in after a long time ! It worked fine first few goes but I got a 10p win and 3 holds but on the 3rd hold it would not start! Tried unplugging but it’s stuck in credit and no start, probably on for our Ron 😀 thanks Ronnie

Hi has anyone got a pdf file or a link please for a jpm mps2 big banker manual many thanks in advance

No worries, just nice to have a reply. I'm sure there must be some folks out there with this machine? Of course a full diagram would also be handy as I only have a single page which is low res so difficult to read.

Anyone have a working JPM MPS1 board for sale? Alternatively, is there anyone who could repair mine?

No idea, which is of no help to you at all, but one thing i did learn after reading the mpu3 test sheets that Richie uploaded is that the 50p out and token refill meter are 50 volt and the rest are 12 volt with the meter sense on the 12 volt. (never realised that). Just shows how often you have or realise you have a meter fault.

Seriously impressive. Well done 👏🏻

Hi all, This should be an easy one if anyone has this machine. From what I can glean from a low res wiring picture I found, this game should have 12v meters with the violet connector which allows it to do a meter sense on the little circuit board it plugs in to. I've come across a version which appears to have 50v meters from what I can see from a picture of the machine. So, were there two versions, in which case why does it sometimes throw up a meter error on the alpha as there's no way as far as I'm aware there's any sensing of the meters on 50v?

Hello everyone looking forward to browsing the site and hopefully playing some games I used to play many years ago. Love the old 2p fruitys such as masterspy, winagain, spoof and many more from the 80s era.

Hi, I'm Scagsy from northern England and I have a question. How come, right, do none of the emu fruitys have that excitement-inspiring reel motor noise? You know, it goes 'brrrrup'. I NEED that noise! Hope you're all good.

Evening all, I have been wanting a s&g for a very long time! I have a tuppenny cracker which I can convert back, I have the top glass also, I'm now on the hunt for a bottom glass, small side glass, program card, and reels / reel bands, I would love to get this one rebuilt, to add to the collection. Is anyone in a position to help please? Let me know Much appreciated Mike

Thank you

As title, does anyone own a Barcrest Super Blackjack club machine please.? I need the link connections for the coin mech routing plug, I have the coin mech (ME129 with a 126 sorter) sent to me here but the routing is all wrong. Apart from all the brown wire links it's one of those plugs that has the single wire fitted into the loom, I believe it's for the MPU to switch £1 coin tubes when one is full. I have MARS manuals which explains all the routing connections but, nothing to explain anything about or if this single wire is in the correct position. It's located in pin3 at the moment.. Thank you in advance for any help with this.

Trying searching “big ghoulies” instead of high spirits - you may find it

ok many thanks Andrew

no, for the bootstrap to be updated barcrest swapped out the program cards. the only way I found to change bootstrap version was to remove the chips and reprogram them. there is no file to shove a different bootstrap into a program card.

Morning all can anyone tell me is bootstrap 1.21 file available for barcrest mpu5 many thanks in advance

Welcome in! My Test Pilot came from Mablethorpe. https://www.fruitemu.co.uk/ib/topic/2676-test-pilot-repair/#comment-33761

Good introduction post. as for high spirits it's not one i have heard of nor seen. however there is a video on youtube of "sure thing" here we have the roms for this but it keeps giving "pal error" after a few spins and doesn't want to play ball, that's in the emulator.

Hi i love playing the fruit machines, thank you for having me.

Cheers will have a look at that, going on holiday tomorrow so might not get a chance.

Once you have the board out, put your meter into resistance test mode and put the probes a few mm apart on the green board surface near the battery. You should read absolutely nothing.