Your Sinclair


Arcade Fruit Machine
By Zeppelin Games
Spectrum 48K

 
Published in Your Sinclair #53

Arcade Fruit Machine

Yet another fruit machine sim on the market (I think we all know what computer programmers spend all their money on, don't we?), but Arcade Fruit Machine is not, sadly, one of the best. It's playable enough, as you'd expect - the graphics are perfectly acceptable and I have no complaints about speed. But with some of the more recent sims becoming really rather advanced - and needing about as much concentration and brainpower as a flight sim - this could be a little too straight forward for modern tastes. I suppose we've just been spoilt really - CodeMasters' recent Fruit Machine Simulator 2 is light years ahead, and Zeppelin is probably just nine months late.

At £2.99, too, it's a touch on the pricey side. For younger players only perhaps (if, that is, you don't mind younger players mucking around with fruit machines). For the rest, the CodeMasters title is a better bet.

Marcus Berkmann

Other Spectrum 48K Game Reviews By Marcus Berkmann


  • The Sacred Armour Of Antiriad Front Cover
    The Sacred Armour Of Antiriad
  • Olli And Lissa 3 Front Cover
    Olli And Lissa 3
  • Space Harrier Front Cover
    Space Harrier
  • Metaplex Front Cover
    Metaplex
  • Army Moves Front Cover
    Army Moves
  • Athena Front Cover
    Athena
  • Bomb Jack II Front Cover
    Bomb Jack II
  • Prince Clumsy Front Cover
    Prince Clumsy
  • Basil The Great Mouse Detective Front Cover
    Basil The Great Mouse Detective
  • 19 Part 1: Boot Camp Front Cover
    19 Part 1: Boot Camp