ACE Sidewinder 

Never seen this one. Absolutely beautiful animation on the CRT. A true rarity 👍👍

This machine seemed incredibly modern when it first came out. Lost most of the time on this so went back to playing the 'standard' type of machines.

What a machine, I can't believe this is 1981, I was born in 84 and one of my early memories around 89-90 was playing something similar to this but on my commadore 64(pretty sure it was called chips). I got my own machine when I was 10 or 11 (jpm switchback). I am really getting back in to fruit machines from the 80's and have been enjoying the videos. I have so many questions as I have found it a struggle to find detailed information online. Great video Chris

Heh! What a gem. Even before my playing days (and that’s saying something), I remember seeing it in Colchester bus park cafe when I was about 14. It all seemed very futuristic compared to EW Nudger and the like… love those retro sounds too.

Bloody loved sidewinder

Another true gem from the early 80s and so great to hear those sounds again .remember them much when they came out and as you say they vanished really quickly .very innotive stuff by ace at the time .I never trusted them just like you chris .thanks for the vid and I do see them I'm a different light now .Great also to see the team effort .we'll done sas

I can’t believe you found this one……my local arcade had one but it never paid out so I never played it much…thanks for sharing

I think it was Spellbinder that was in my local cafe and out of my price range.. Especially when there was a table space invaders in same cafe 😁

Wow! Blast from the past! Never my cup of tea though. Used to enjoy watching others play it and if you caught it at the right time it was generous.

Didn’t last long chris bcoz of the cheat, put 10p in, turn off machine, hold down start, then turn bk on for a guaranteed cherry on 1st real that gambled upto jackpot most times👍👍👍

Love this machine 🥳 spellbound much better chances of getting wins holds ect gamble is superb on spellbound had 11 holds on a pound 😙🤩

Blast from the past,Bastard of a machine for me,tight as a ducks arse.

These weren't around for long. I'm pretty sure that there was a similar machine to SW that paid £1 for 3 Cherries; Jacky for 4. Never played it but was happy to watch someone else lose lol.

I remember walking past this machine and it just randomly started emptying itself, unfortunately the attendant noticed too because of the racket.

Was this one of first video fruit machine out Chris, cheers for the vid mate 👍

I remember this clearly along with others, played this in Colin and Bob's amusements down Reculver 40 years odd ago. Played it in emulator but not quite the same. Fucking Brill vid Chris, you need to teach her how to gamble😏

I remember playing this at chessington zoo back in the day ❤️

Wow that’s a find 👍

I had the book that listed about 30 machines and their reel order. Brilliant. Can’t remember what it was called.

Mind this one Chris 👍👍

I could play this machine for hours & never get bored just superb 🥳

THIS WAS A BAD MACHINE BACK IN THE DAY --- I NEVER WON ON IT -- NOT EVER "

Is that Mrs Chris playing?

Lots of these machines in London. But I never trusted them. Not like a real fruit machine. Barney Glasgow 🍒 🍒 🍒

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