C&VG


Fruit Machine 2
By Codemasters
Commodore 64/128

 
Published in Computer & Video Games #104

Fruit Machine 2

What? Another fruit machine game? Is this the start of a budget trend? Like Zeppelin's effort, this seems to have all the features of the most advanced bandits, some of which, like the Mega Trek, the Turbo-Skill, the Winner-Spinner and the Coin Box Super-Scanner are quite bizarre.

The progrm uses several different screens for the different features so the display isn't as cramped as that of the Zeppelin game.

The control keys are more obvious too, so Fruit Machine 2 is, on the whole, the less confusing of the two. If you need to be weaned off the gambling habit, this should be top of the shopping list.

Amstrad

The prettiest and most comprehensive budget fruit machine game around.

C64

Not quite as pretty as the Amstrad version, but the game's the same, and the music is jollier.