Electrocoin Fruit Machines

Electrocoin were a small unassuming slot machine manufacturer who, overnight became a major player in the UK fruit machine market. This was due to the designing one of the best loved and most played fruit machines of all time.

They developed and manufactured the Bar X fruit machine which, even today decades after its launch is still one of the most popular fruit machines of all time. Amazingly the original Bar X fruit machine can still be found in amusement arcades and bingo halls up and down the land!

What made the Bar X machine an instant hit was that Electrocoin built in to it a couple of special "hidden features" which were the best non kept secret for playing this type of fruit machine!

Electrocoin Hidden Features

What players soon discovered that by playing the Bar X fruit machine a certain way was that they could "force" wins to come in on the next spin of the reels, and it was this that made this fruit machine an instant hit.

The first hidden feature was randomly awarded after a player had been given three nudges, these are always awarded at the end of a spin and would allow player to move any of the reels downwards in the hope of completing a winning combination.

More often than not it was not possible to line up three matching symbols when a player had been awarded these nudges, but by nudging in two matching symbols, either 2 x Bars or 2 x X's a player stood the chance of being offered a hold on the very next game.

Usually it would make sense to hold the two matching symbols in the hope of spinning in a third, but players soon discovered that by refusing to hold any symbols once a hold after a nudge had been awarded they would get a guaranteed three of a kind win on the next spin!

This hidden feature was deemed excellent by players and they would often get a bigger thrill out of winning after a nudge than they would by nudging in a win! But Electrocoin didn't stop at that one feature they also included another.

The second hidden feature would kick in once you had originally spun in two matching symbol in normal play, if you were then offered three holds on the trot you simply had to hold the two matching symbols and on the third spin you would get the third symbol spinning in!

The huge success of the Bar X fruit machine has led to the company redesigning it into several different versions to keep pace with different stake and jackpot levels and they have now launched several different cabinet designs to give them a casino type look and feel. But the hidden features that made them so popular still remain and you will still get those guaranteed wins spinning in, so take note and track a Bar X fruit machine down and give it a try, and enjoy the thrill of playing Electrocoin fruit machines! At this time you cannot play any Electrocoin slot online but feel free to checkout or full list of Video Slots that can be found online.