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| Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: Level42 on September 12, 2005, 01:55:45 am ---So what do you call these machines in the US ? Slotmachines ? --- End quote --- Slot machines are usually referring to the older "one-arm bandit" style machines with the mechanical reels. In the US, these are usually referred to either as "Adult Arcade Games", "Video Poker", or "Adult Video Games". At least in South Carolina. I always thought the references were odd, because you would see store after store with signs advertising this, and I would always wonder "Why does everyone want to play Gal's Panic around here?" |
| danny_galaga:
in australia theyre called 'poker machines' or 'pokies'... |
| Minwah:
--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on September 12, 2005, 03:02:01 pm ---In the US, these are usually referred to either as "Adult Arcade Games", "Video Poker", or "Adult Video Games". At least in South Carolina. --- End quote --- 'Video' implies to me the game has a screen (crt or whatever). Fruit Machines just have mechanical rollers (& a lot of lights), no screen. Aussie pokie machines are a totally different thing also. Maybe true fruit machines are only used in the UK & Europe? |
| Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: Minwah on September 14, 2005, 09:10:38 am --- --- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on September 12, 2005, 03:02:01 pm ---In the US, these are usually referred to either as "Adult Arcade Games", "Video Poker", or "Adult Video Games". At least in South Carolina. --- End quote --- 'Video' implies to me the game has a screen (crt or whatever). Fruit Machines just have mechanical rollers (& a lot of lights), no screen. Aussie pokie machines are a totally different thing also. Maybe true fruit machines are only used in the UK & Europe? --- End quote --- See beginning part of my reply: Slot machines are usually referring to the older "one-arm bandit" style machines with the mechanical reels. They have them in the U.S., although oddly, only in major casino spots, such as Las Vegas, Altantic City NJ, Cherokee NC, and Biloxi MS (maybe again in the near future). |
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