Can you help a newbie get it right?

[newbyneedshelp]

There's Triple/Five/Ten Play poker sets for the 3902 MPU. 50 and 100 Play will run on it too.

Oh yeah!
The goodies just keep on coming!

[smoothgrh]

There's Triple/Five/Ten Play poker sets for the 3902 MPU. 50 and 100 Play will run on it too.

Looks like I'm in the market for another poker set! 

[newbyneedshelp]

There's Triple/Five/Ten Play poker sets for the 3902 MPU. 50 and 100 Play will run on it too.

Looks like I'm in the market for another poker set! 

You've given a lot of good info here. Glad to see you've gotten something out of t!

[Tilt]

Always something ain't there?

[Rep]

Actually my avatar is an OLD OLD pic I snagged from the casino. Mine does indeed have a CRT in it tho, I had to for $ reasons, my income is screwed up badly. Been ill a few years and still fighting SS for disability. But for sure when that gets resolved I'll pry go all out on it, LCD screen and 044 setup. Scored a cheap legacy board so that's set (I really love the 5.3 set and I'm a poker and sometimes keno guy so the game list is perfect) but 6.0+ would be nice too. All in due time tho. I gotta get ya a pic of a ticket too from my TITO, it's Rep's Pleasure Palace on those

I finally got my Game King this past November right before Thanksgiving and what a BLAST!!! I've had SO much fun with it, I hope all works out and you can get one as well. They really aren't bad at all to work with, there's MANY helpful members here (hell, I wouldn't HAVE the Game King if not for ppl on NLG). So just read and ask away, I know I would gladly help as would MANY other members! Best of luck to you!

Thanks for the encouragement, I'm learning a lot just here and am checking out some of the other threads too. It looks like it will work out fine. And if not for the people here I'm sure it would, at a minimum, be a much more bumpy/potholed road.

When I get my GK, I wanna keep track of my play and figure out how much I (probably) would have lost if it were real casino play and see how long it would take to pay off the money I spent on the machine (in money saved that I didn't lose). (If that makes sense).

I'm sure your avatar is probably your machine, is that a CRT? If so, got any plans to go LCD?

Biff Tannens Pleasure Palace. I wanna gamble like Biff (but don't we all!).

[newbyneedshelp]

Actually my avatar is an OLD OLD pic I snagged from the casino. Mine does indeed have a CRT in it tho, I had to for $ reasons, my income is screwed up badly. Been ill a few years and still fighting SS for disability. But for sure when that gets resolved I'll pry go all out on it, LCD screen and 044 setup. Scored a cheap legacy board so that's set (I really love the 5.3 set and I'm a poker and sometimes keno guy so the game list is perfect) but 6.0+ would be nice too. All in due time tho. I gotta get ya a pic of a ticket too from my TITO, it's Rep's Pleasure Palace on those

Hope things work out for you, but in the meantime sounds like you at least have a pretty meaningful setup.

You can personalize titos? Another good thing to know. Thanks.

[Rep]

Yeah on a game king it's quite easy. You have an on screen keyboard, and the TITO kit is amazing too, DEF recommend it. The machine has worked perfectly since day 1, made some small cosmetic changes, LED bulbs for the buttons will be the last touch. I can PM ya some pics if ya want. The setup means a ton to me, I got a PE+ YEARS ago and wanted the GK with it but back then just WAY too expensive. And honestly since I'm ill and basically homebound the members here helped me get a good machine affordably and give me a little project to work with aside from just playing it lol. I am VERY grateful to this site (Been a member since the old boards then kinda went MIA when I got ill, but was welcomed back with open arms). Very sentimental machine as well as a LOT of fun, and I just love hearing ppl having the fun with theirs that I do with mine!

[newbyneedshelp]

Yeah on a game king it's quite easy. You have an on screen keyboard, and the TITO kit is amazing too, DEF recommend it. The machine has worked perfectly since day 1, made some small cosmetic changes, LED bulbs for the buttons will be the last touch. I can PM ya some pics if ya want. The setup means a ton to me, I got a PE+ YEARS ago and wanted the GK with it but back then just WAY too expensive. And honestly since I'm ill and basically homebound the members here helped me get a good machine affordably and give me a little project to work with aside from just playing it lol. I am VERY grateful to this site (Been a member since the old boards then kinda went MIA when I got ill, but was welcomed back with open arms). Very sentimental machine as well as a LOT of fun, and I just love hearing ppl having the fun with theirs that I do with mine!

Sounds pretty nice with the TITOS but actually when and if I can ever get a machine I want to look into being able to add credits with the touch of a buttion. I dont want to hassle with the paper and printer, nor with coins (I can see myself getting arthritis in my thumb by putting in so many coins, ha ha...although I would love it if some casino near me were to get some good ol' coin machines).
Its heart warming to hear how this site has helped you and to verify that they keep the goodies coming for other people, just look at this one thread and how much people, including you, have contributed to it. I knew basically nothing about GK's before starting this thread except that they've been tons of fun to play all these years and I always thought it would be great to get one, it was just so far off into the future when they became legal in my state, but suddenly out of nowhere, I discovered that time is just now on the horizen (about 6 years earlier than I expected). After doing this thread, I'm positive I still know absolutely nothing about them compared to most people here...but after this crash course I feel like I do know tons of stuff more about them now then I did last week. And I have at least a little more confidence in what I'm doing.

You mentioned your machine being sentimental on top of being fun and I can agree with that, and thats another reason this is the kind of machine I want. The sight of one brings back all kinds of great memories and, the way I figure it is that no matter what may happen in the rest of my life, I can look at a GK and think "wow, life sure has been good at times, and in this world that isn't always true for a lot of people." Maybe a majority of people, for all I know. 

What games do you have on your machine? I've been looking at a lot of setups and the impression I keep getting is that the older setups are probably more suited to me, and thats just fine because the price of the older setups are definately more suited to me as well. It seems a lot is made about "SuperStar Poker" and while it would be nice to have all those games, I really don't see myself playing them. I'm not really big on poker, just pretty much the basics,  and multiple hand machines, and wow, do I love that double or nothing feature that has all but dissappeared. But thats the first thing I will activate on my machine if it can be activated. I certainly don't see all those extra games being worth all that extra money (which I dont really have anyway).
Well, the biggest GK thing I learned this week was the manufactured date on that machine on Craigslist, "12/95" which puts apparently the earliest GK's at 24 years and 2 months, so for me, the countdown has begun when they become legal in my state (although I'm sure there are probably a lot of them here not in casinos, as was mentioned in this thread). I'm sure there aren't many '95 machines, but there should at least be some more '96 ones, I'm hoping. So we're gonna see where this goes. All of the sudden I feel like I'm way ahead of the game!
Thanks Rep and everyone else who's helped me with this!

[sixcardmark]

Tito cards allow for credits to be added with the touch of a button. (service/change button)

[newbyneedshelp]

Tito cards allow for credits to be added with the touch of a button. (service/change button)

Huh? Tito "cards"? I've never heard of those. Can you explain what they are? Thanks!

[Tilt]

http://newlifegames.com/nlg/index.php?topic=4347.0

[newbyneedshelp]

http://newlifegames.com/nlg/index.php?topic=4347.0

That looks really great but didn't I read somewhere there was a switch or button that could be installed to do this (just add credits to the machine)?

[Rep]

sixcardmark who posted in this thread was a HUGE part of me getting the GK and so much that I needed going. He's been a GREAT friend and help thru all this. As he said if you install the TITO kit you can use the change/service button right on the machine itself (top left, the red button) to add credits, it also will allow the machine to take tickets you print out from any machine with the kit and add credits. For a homeowner I think it's one of the greatest things there is tbh. My GK is the older 3902 (main board often called the MPU) setup. I have 3 sets of software, 4.0, 4.3 and 5.3. And really software versions will depend on what games you want and what your budget is for it. I have a 2nd mpu board as well but I use 5.3 99% of the time as for me, I'm a poker and keno guy and that set is literally perfect for me. As I may have said I come from a mechanical background and am good with wiring and electronics but honestly those skills haven't even been needed, I find GK's to be very easy to work with and ofc we're all here should any issues arise but they are (IMO) VERY well made and very user/operator friendly

[newbyneedshelp]

but I use 5.3 99% of the time as for me, I'm a poker and keno guy and that set is literally perfect for me.

Doesn't get much better than literally perfect. Sounds to me like the only way to get better than GK is to get GK in your own home
Anyway, thanks for the info and the encouragement. You and the others are helping me learn some goodies!

[newbyneedshelp]

Thanks for the great help everybody, I got much more than I expected, and feel at least a lot more informed. Now to spend a little more time looking around and stuff until the end of the year comes around. I an wait. Time goes by fast enough!
In order for others to maybe learn something from all this, I summed it all up and put it in in one long post titled "Looking for a Game King but just don't know where to start?". Hope that's ok with this website, and hope it helps someone else somewhere down the line.
You guys are  !

[Rep]

Always glad to help, and for sure encourage. A GK has been a dream of mine for well over 10 years when I got my PE+. I wanted to get that as the casinos were phasing them out and a GK to go with it but back then GK's were WAY WAY too expensive. I'm glad you found NLG, I've been a member for YEARS, IRL kinda screwed me up and I wasn't around for quite a while but was welcomed back with open arms and quite a few OG's remembering me to boot! The members here are just fantastic. If I can help in any way I'd be glad to, I mean literally 6 months ago I was right in your spot trying to live out my dream. The members gladly answered all my dumb questions and I learned SOOOOOO much, and again aside from my dream of owning one it's so sentimental to me from the site, if not for the members and a few key vendors on here I still wouldn't have the Game King, the members made it happen and many great friendships were made. I hit many speed bumps along the way getting one but in the end it was ALL worth it. I truly hope your get your GK and just LOVE it like I do. So much fun to work with and ofc play and I know myself (and others I'm sure) will be here for your ride should you need any support or further help along the way!

[newbyneedshelp]

Well, at a minimum:
"I'll see youin De-CEM-em-ber.When some GAME kingsBecome LEgal in my state!"