I’ve been playing as a casual (no pro / player knowledge) since the early 90s, in my early teens. I don’t remember the early titles, but I do remember that my gambling also included video blackjack. Similar graphics to a BBC Micro or Ceefax / Teletext i.e. 8 colours.
My favourite era was £25 jackpot, where I thought that the manus stuck a good balance between jackpot size and gameplay. Favourite machines were Fort Boyard, Austin Powers, and Madness (Italian Job clone). I also liked the era when Barcrest made a series of games that had a blue board, then the blue segments turned red when you had a super board. Examples were Vamp It Up, Supernova and All Fired Up. I also like the ones where you started with a small inner board, then it would extend out. Examples were High Flyer and Superstar.
After £25 jackpot, I quite liked the £35 and the early £70 (basically upgraded £35rs), then it went to the dogs in later £70. £100 was truly game over for traditional fruit machines.
