During the weekend i was having a weekend break over in mablethorpe (in the caravan and not some fancy hotel) and like a big gaming & arcade fanatic that i am i had to see what machines they had (and to see if they had any time crisis machines for me to complete).

Well the Golden Sands (Haven Campsite) did have Time Crisis 4 and Time Crisis 3 - both were in very good condition (except player 1 side of TC3 was damaged and did not work very well (didnt get my money back either).

Inside mablethorpe itself their were 5 main arcades, 1 small arcade (mainly slot machines) 1 cafe with an amusements/play area add on, a pub (with an amusements add-on) and 2 tiny amusements inside the fun fair intself - but out of the 5 main arcades i found 4 Time Crisis machines and what is amusing that it was actually 1,2,3 and 4 - so i decided to play them in order (endurance style).

i say endurance as it would take you (well me) around 1 hour 30 minutes to complete the games but that excludes walking distance, changing notes into coins and watching the cut-scenes so your talking around 2 hrs, or 3 hr 15 mins (tops) if you wanted to play both sides of the game (P1 and P2 - which is what i did apart from TC3 in Empire as it was broke).

Each game cost £1 per credit (apart from the original time crisis which was 4 credits for £1) and then i managed to complete each side/game with just 1 £1 coin, so in general i came 1st (with a higher score than others) with less time and got a little star next to my name (saying i had done it in 1 credit).

So Here are the pictures:

Mablethorpe:

Time Crisis - Amusement In Mablethorpe

**No Picture/s For Time Crisis 2**

Time Crisis 3 - Side 2 - Empire Amusements

Time Crisis 4 - Side 1 - Mirage Amusements

Time Crisis 4 - Side 2 - Mirage Amusements

Haven (Golden Sands) Campsite:

Time Crisis 4 - Picture 1

Time Crisis 4 - Picture 2

I also had a quick go on Konami's Lethal Enforcer 3 (which hasnt had as much publicity as Time Crisis or House Of The Dead franchises) and to be honest it wasn't very good either.

The game itself didn't have much storyline (but the cabinet was japanese, with english subtitles) and the way the game was played out was a little strange as their were 6 / 7 levels to choose from (lethal enforcer 3 being blacked out) and each level was a different type of service such as Army, FBI, Police etc and you had to beat your opponent to the end of the level (as well as beating the boss, but even if you dont you dont loos a life).

You Do this by keeping your gun on the screen (your character runs) and you have to shoot the bad guys, reload by pointing your gun out of the screen (which makes you hide behind a shield), point back onto the screen to run again (while shooting at the bad guys), Getting hit by a bad guy means you loose one life.

Apart from this i didnt have a clue what i was meant to be doin (espically on the boss) - the idea was rather interesting but wasn't anything exciting - it was also my first time playing it and i got to stage 3 so im either good or it just sucks, i'll stick to time crisis for now - but i still need to try out Virtua Cop 3.