Sunday, December 18, 2011

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring


  • Base Game
    • The Base game is a 5-reel, 25-line video slot with a Bose surround sound chair featuring music from the film a well as cinematic spins continuing to show you scenes from the film.  The game takes you on the same journey through Middle Earth as the movie does.  Certain paylines also trigger scenes from the film for the player to view.
    • It has the ability to save a players progress allowing the player to pick up where they left off in the game. Players create a username and password before starting the game.  Then you can pick up where you left off or continue at home on your computer at www.playerslife.com.
  • Powers Spin features
    • There are 5 types
      • Frodo Wilds, Random Reels Wild, Win Multiple, Scatter Spin and Bonus Booster
    • You can collect “Power Spin” awards and play them immediately or save and use them later to enhance the outcome of a spin.
    • These enhancements include multipliers, wild symbols, and one-symbol bonus triggers
  •      2 mystery features
    • Gollum Wilds – a random feature has Gollum drop in at the top of the screen and randomly turns 2-15 symbols into wilds.
    • Legolas Wilds – random arrows fly in and randomly change 2-15 symbols into wilds
  • Bonus rounds – Bonus Rounds are trigger when 3 rings appear on the screen.  Depending on your progress in the game, you are giving the ability to pick which bonus game you play.

o     Gandalf's Fireworks at Hobbiton – a free spin bonus, the game starts with 8 spins.  If any wild symbol lands on reels 2,3 or 4 and there is at least one win on the reels, the wild symbol is lit and the firework at the top of the reel launches up to the above monitor and explodes to reveal a 2x, 3x or 5x multiplier which is applied to your winning reels.  If 3 ring symbols appear in any of the reels, you receive another 8 free spins.

o    Merry and Pippin's Garden Heist at Hobbiton – an interactive bonus, you are awarded 3 picks.  You choose from a selection of vegetables that will either reveal a credit prize or a farmers hat.  If no farmer symbol is revealed, you go to the next round, receive 3 more picks and the credit values increase.  If one farmer symbol is revealed, the bonus is over.  If you find all 3 farmer symbols in a round, you receive a 100x multiplier.

o    The Prancing Pony at Bree (unlocked at mile 10) – an interactive bonus that starts by having the player select a door that will determine how many picks you get in the bonus.  Anywhere between 5-11.  With those picks, you select from a collection of beds.  Once the selections have been made, 4 Nazgul appear and destroy 4 beds at random.  Each bed that is not destroyed by a Nazgul becomes a credit award, the total is multiplied by the number of picked beds that survived the Nazgul attack.

o    Arwen's Rescue at Weathertop (unlocked at mile 25) – a free spin round that doesn’t end until each column has been flooded by Arwen.  Anytime Arwen appears on a reel, it transforms into a wild and will be that way for all future spins.  Once all 5 reels have transformed into a wild, one last spin is awarded and the bonus round ends.

o    Isildur's Sword at Rivendale (unlocked at mile 45) – an interactive bonus, the game starts will a grid of 6 columns.  The player selects one item from each column to reveal either credit awards, a broken piece of Isildur’s sword or an “all symbol”.  Each column has a piece of the sword hidden in it.  If you find one, you receive another round of picks.  The goal is to find all the pieces of the sword.  Once you find a piece of the sword in a column, that column is no longer available to choose from.  There is one “all symbol” per bonus round.  If you find it, you complete the sword and are awarded 3,000 credits on top of what you have already won in the bonus round.

o     The Balrog Bonus in the mines of Moria (Unlocked at mile 75) – A free spin round that doesn’t end until Gandalf receives 5 hits.  Every winning spin triggers an attack by Gandalf against the Balrog.  Each time you get a winning line, Gandalf attacks the Balrog and his 5 multiplier values.  The multiplier value Gandalf doesn’t destroy is applied to your winning spin, anywhere from 2x-15x.  If you do not have a winning payline, the Balrog attacks Gandalf.  Galdalf can only withstand 5 hits before his shield is gone.  After Galdalf’s shield is gone, the next attack by the Balrog will defeat Gandal.  However, if you receive 3 scattered ring symbols on lines 1, 3 and 5, Galdalf’s shield recharges fully.  Once Gandalf’s shield is gone, you will pick from 3 orbs to determine your fate.  The options include Recharge, Final Shot or End Bonus.  Recharge will give Gandalf’s shield 3 more hits.  The “Final Shot” spins until you have a winning payline.

o    Galadriel's Staircase at Lothloarian (unlocked at mile 110) – a free spin bonus that adds wilds to each spin.  The game starts with 5 spins.  Each spin takes you to another step up Galadrial’s Staircase.  You get 1 more spin every time a Galadriel symbol appears with the Light of Anur.  The game continues until you reach the top of the staircase or you run out of spins.

o    Uruk-Hai Battle (unlocked at mile 150) – This is kind of like the Dungeons and Dragons bonus.  Each enemy has a point value.  The reels below determine what the Fellowship members point value is.  If the point value of the fellowship member is greater than or equal to the enemies, you win the point value associated with that enemy.  If not, the fellowship member is defeated and the next member of the fellowship will attempt to do battle the same way.  This continues until all enemies are defeated or all the members of the fellowship lose.

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Star Trek Battlestations


WMS - Star Trek Battlestations - This is an 80-line dual reel base game were "Big Event" community bonus games play out every 8 minutes on the two 52 inch overhead monitors .  The game also features a surround sound chair as well as new audio recorded just for the game by Shatner and Nimoy. 

The first goal is to construct a ship.  You can build up to 5 ships that you will use in battle in the bonus rounds.  Each "Enterprise" symbol you get in the base game helps you to construct your ships.  The value of the "Enterprise" symbol depends on your line bet so bet high until you construct at least one ship, then you can back down to the minimum if you want your money to last longer.  Players must have at least one ship in their fleet to qualify for the "Big Event" bonus games.
Bonus Rounds
  • The Battle Bonus - Each ship in your fleet targets Klingon ships to win credits.  
    • To start the round, first choose a ship to attack.  If you destroy the ship, you get the credits associated to it. 
    • Each player receives at least one shot at the enemy ships grid for every ship in the players fleet.  The goal is to guess which target that will destroy the enemy ship.  Shots that don't destroy the ship award various credits values.
    • At the end of the bonus, your credits are multiplied by your ships "Fleet Multiplier".  The number of earned ships determines the "Fleet multiplier" you are taking into the bonus rounds. 
    • Each ship that survives the battle is promoted to a higher rank and higher credit multiplier. 
  • The Rogue Bonus - Use your ships tractor beam to try and capture a lost ship.
    • The person who captures the Romulan ship wins the highest number of credits but everyone with at least one ship in the bonus wins credits.
    • Once the round ends, your awarded credits are multiplied by the "Feel Multiplier" value
    • It is completely random which player captures the ship.  The strength of your flee or you bet per line have no influence on the outcome.
  • Free Spin Bonus - In the base game, free spins are triggered when you get 3 bonus symbols.
    • The game also features free spin transports.  If you get a wild on one of the split reel games, it transports that symbol to the other reel, filling it entierly with the wild symbol.










Sunday, December 4, 2011

Frog Prince


IGT: Frog Prince Slot - 5-reel, 15-line, video slot with 2 bonus games, one interactive and one free spin.  The theme of the game is the classic children’s fable of the same name.  Prince charming is trapped in the body of a frog and needs a kiss from a princess to change back into a human.

  • Bonus Round
    • Magic Wish Bonus
      • This is the free spin bonus.  It is trigger when you get any combination of 5 Frog Prince and Magic Wish symbols on a payline
      • You can receive up to six free spins as well as a multiplier of up to 5 times your initial wager.  
      • During the free spins bonus, you can trigger the other, interactive bonus.
    • Kiss the Frog Bonus
      • This is the interactive bonus.  It’s triggered when you get 3 Crowned Frog symbols anywhere in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th reel.
      • This will trigger the song “Joy to the World (Jeremiah Was A Bullfrog)” by Three Dog Night to play throughout the bonus round.
      • The round starts with you choosing between 3 frog to determine how many “kisses” (aka chances) you get in the next stage of the bonus round.
      • After that, you choose a frog to get a multiplier of your bet, from 4-100 times.
      • You can accept the offer or reject it and try again.
      • The bonus round continues until you either accept one of the offers or run out of chances.  In which case you receive the final offer.

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Sunday, November 20, 2011

All That Glitters



 
IGT: All That Glitters – the Base game is a 5-reel, 20-line video slot with cascading icons that fall from the top of the screen.  When you hit on a payline, the icons in that payline explode and disappear from the screen making room for more icons to fall down from the top of the screen.
Bonus Round
  • If you get 3 bonus coins in a payline, you trigger the Jewelry Shop Bonus
  • During this bonus you, select from a large collection of multi-colored gem rocks.
  • Your selection is taken to the jeweler who will hit the gem with a spike and hammer to either discover a gem or crack the jewel.
  • Gems are placed in one of the various pieces of jewelry.  Each has its own credit value attached to it should you find all the related gems required to complete the jewelry.
  • You can complete more than once piece of jewelry.  You will keep selected until you find them all or you find 2 cracked gems.
  •  Two cracked gems ends the game, then taunts when it reveals all that you could have one.




Sunday, November 13, 2011

Dirty Dancing



IGT: Dirty Dancing Slot – Themed after the 1987 film starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey. This game includes clips from the film as well as a surround sound chair.  It’s a 5-reel, 30-line video slot.  In the base game random multipliers can turn minor symbols into wilds.

3 Bonus Rounds - The bonus rounds all start off requesting the play to look up at the screen above. Then a Price is Right wheel spins to determine which bonus game you will play

  • Time of My Life – This is an interactive bonus that offers 5 different progressive jackpots that can be won.  You select from has you selecting 45 inch records to determine amount won.  It offers
    • If you find the 3 of the matching symbols, you win the corresponding progressive jackpot, the highest being the “Last Dance”
    • If you find 3 Robbie’s (the dude that knocked up Penny), the bonus round is over
  • Johnny’s Mambo
    • An interactive bonus that has you selecting from various charms to determine what credit prize, a prize lift that raises the credit value or an, up to, 3x credit multiplier.
    • Try to avoid the resort owner Mr. Kellerman because he ends the bonus round
    • However, you can save yourself and continue in the bonus round if you find the postcard with Johnny and Baby.  If you find another Mr. Kellerman, the bonus round is over
  • Staff Quarters – This is a free spin bonus. The game will start with a certain # of free spins that the game will determine, then a randomizer chooses what kind of multiplier your spins while receive.  You can also get a dancing wild that will turn an entire column wild.

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Star Wars Droid Hunt


  
IGT - Star Wars Droid Hunt

A 5-Reel, 30-Payline, 300-credit max bet video reel slot with a surround sound chair and featuring voices and clips from the Star Wars movies
  •  At random times, a Star Destroyer/Tie Fighter battle will appear on the screen and blast 1-10 symbols, turning them into wilds.
  • If offers 4 interactive bonuses triggered by 3 bonus symbols appearing in the core game.  Those symbols become droids that the player selects from to determine which bonus game they will play
Bonus Rounds
  •  Droid Match - The game starts with you choosing a Jawa to deal with and determine your credit multiplier
    • Next you are given a display of droids to the right with corresponding credit values.
    • Select various doors to reveal droids.
    • Once you open a door, it stays open so the first match you find, is the credit value you win and the bonus rounds ends.
  • Astromech free spins Bonus - select from a collection of droids to determine what your bonus round symbol will be
    • Certain characters are more valuable that others
    • During the frees spins, each time you get that symbol, it stays in the paylines.
    • At the end of the round, you win credits based on the number of matching symbols you found and have displaying on the screen.
  • Tuscan Raider & Ion Blaster Bonuses are very similar
    • Tuscan Raider - win up to 1000 credits times the bet per line, depending on how long the raider freaks out on the screen
    • Ion Blaster - win up to 5000 credits times the bet per line, depending on which one of R2's compartments stays open after getting blasted.





Sunday, October 30, 2011

The Hangover


IGT - The Hangover Slot - Themed after the 2009 film set in Las Vegas, this slot allows you to play up to four games at the same time with the screen splitting into quarters.  It also offers deleted scenes from the film as well as original dialog and music from the movie, edited of course.

Bonus Rounds - 3 bonus symbols get you to a bonus round.  All bonus rounds start off by choosing from a large collection of Polaroids to determine which bonus game you will play.  Certain pictures belong to certain bonus games varying from requiring 5 pictures to as little as 2 but once you find all the pictures associated with that bonus, that's the game you play.  This game has multiple interactive bonus rounds including 4 progressives.

In the progressive bonus rounds, before you start the game, it will tell you how many picks you get to find the progressive jackpot. If you find the progressive before you use up all your picks, you still get to finish making them to increase your winnings. 

1. Alan's Progressive Bonus (the most valuable) - In this bonus, you pick from a collection of man purses

2. Phil's Progressive Bonus - In this bonus, you pick from a collection of hospital bracelets

3. Stu's Progressive  Bonus - In this bonus, you pick from a collection of teeth (while Stu sings his ballad to the tiger.)

4. Doug's Progressive Bonus - In this bonus, you pick from various casino chips
5. Mr Chow's Freaky Free Spin Bonus - Here you are trying to get a collection of casino chips before you run out of free spins.  If you find 7, you move onto the next bonus round.  Once the free spin bonus round is over, you get a chance to "Pick the Right Doug" for additional credits.

6. Stun Gun Bonus - You need to rapidly tap the green button on the screen to shock Alan to determine your credit prize.

7. Villa Bonus - Follow Stu around the suite as we wanders from room to room and select an item from each to determine your credit prize.  If you find baby Carlos he increases the bonus multipliers.  A blowup doll awards you random big prizes but avoid the tiger because he ends the bonus round.

8. The Best Little Bonus - Select from wedding packages to determine your credit prize.  Avoid the cell phone call from Melissa because it ends the bonus round.  Candy shop plays while you play.

9. Cash Match - If you find matching cash photo you win instant credits and the bonus round ends.

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Pirate Battle



  • A competitive slot with a 4 seat bank of machines, each with a 32 in overhead monitor that join together to make one screen that the Pirate Battle Bonus Rounds play out on against other players.
    • Each game station has its own base game from the G+ Deluxe collection of games.
    • These titles include Vampire’s Embrace, Queen of the Wild, Laredo, Robin Hood & the Golden Arrow
    • G+ games are individual games with various themes that pay out often and have bonus rounds primarily consisting of free spins.
    • These games are able to be networked into a community bank of slots were players playing different games all become networked into the community bonus game

  • Pirate Battle Bonus Rounds - These are triggered randomly.  You don’t need certain symbols to line up on your game, it will just happen however you have to be eligible to enter the bonus round.

  • Qualifications for eligibility relate to your base game bet.  Each bet gets you 6 seconds in the bonus round.  There is also a bet multiplier that will get you extra time depending on the amount of your bet and the speed in which you play the game.

  • Pirate Battle offers two Bonus Rounds, randomly chosen. Both pit the left two players on the slot bank, the Blue Team, against the right side of the slot bank, the Red Team, in battle

    • Free Spin Battle Bonus
      • An animated ship surrounded firing a cannon is the symbol players are looking for.  Every time the player gets a reel full of them, you get one shot at the other team’s ships.  A player can get up to 5 shots per spin.
      • Start off with 10 free spins with the potential to win more
      • Once you sink a ship, both players on the team get the ships treasure.  It isn’t split up
      • 3 Hits on a ship sinks it
    • X Marks the Spot Bonus
      • Each Team has a ship firing cannons.  (The game decides the outcome.  It isn’t interactive)
      • The last team who has a cannon wins the credit amount associated with the cannon.
      • After the winning team is determined, one of the team mates selects from a chest to try for an additional bonus


Sunday, October 16, 2011

The Princess Bride


WMS - The Princess Bride

3 Bonus Rounds - triggered by 2 scattered BONUS symbols on reels 1 and 3 and one Fezzik, Vizzini or Miracle Max symbol scattered on reel 5
  • Fire Swamp Bonus - 3 free spins awarded.
    • Pick 4 squares from fire swamp to reveal free spin enhancements.
      • Credit Awards
      • 1-3 additional free spins
      • additional WILD during free spins
      • Miracle Max feature (worth up to 4x multiplier) or locked WILDS
  • Fezzik Bonus
    • 1 of 2 things happen
      • Fezzik punches the reels and 1-5 reels turn wild
      • A boulder pick is offered for a credit prize with a multiplier of up to 30x total line bet
  • Vizzini Bonus
    • Pick from 2 goblets, avoid the poisoned one
      • Poison goblet awards credits and ends bonus
      • Goblet without poison awards a multiplier, another pick or additional credits

Sunday, October 9, 2011

WMS Battleship Slot - Team Compete to Win



Battleship - Team Compete to Win
  • Game has a 20 line/30 credit, 30 line/45 credit & 40 line/60 credit min pay lines versions
  • Game pits Blue Team against the Red Team in battles to sink the most ships, the winning team gets additional bonus rewards
  • Community Bonus Rounds - Triggered when 3 or more bonus symbols appear on the reels
    • Communal bonus rounds play out on 3 overhead screens.  The left half of the slot bank plays agains the right half in bonus games.  The game random offers two games to pic from
      • Bomber's Run Bonus
        • Each team gets a plane that flies over a fleet of ships dropping bombs that randomly hit shops for points.
        • Team with the most points gest a 2nd run
      • Free Spins Victory Bonus
      • Find and Conquer Bonus
        • Each team shares placement of ships on a the battleship grid
        • Then members of the team share rounds of picks firing on the other teams ships, trying to sink them. 

Sunday, October 2, 2011

10/2/11 - Bally's Michael Jackson: King of Pop Slot


Michael Jackson: King of Pop Slot
  • Minimum bet is 40 cents with a $4 max
  • Game has digital, high-definition screens and a surround-sound seat
  • Six Michael Jackson songs are featured in the game including Billie Jean, Dirty Diana and Don't Stop Till You Get Enough
  • If you hit certain combinations on the reels, Michael will moonwalk across the screen while "Bad" plays
  • Another bonus game offers you the chance to use Michael's sequin glove to spin a wheel for prizes while "Smooth Criminal" plays
  • In the "Beat It" bonus you get to watch clips from the music video while watching the results of your free spins.  Michael will also kick icons to transform them into wilds.
  • Sony and the Jackson Estate provided original songs and video for the game
  • Bally's also revealed that they have a second version of the game with two more songs planned for future release.
  • Expect to see this game sometime next year.

Thursday, September 29, 2011

9/25/11 - IGT The Dark Knight Slot



IGT - The Dark Knight Slot
  • 50 line slotStacked Wilds and re-spins where all the prizes are doubled
  • It has an auto play feature that allows the player to do nothing and just watch the game unfold. The game will continue to play until the player stops it.
  • 5 individual game stations under a 103 inch communal screen
  • Also available in the “Center Stage Duo”offering with two stations and a smaller communal screen above.
  • You get to choose which side you want to play as, Batman or the Joker
    • Bonus Rounds
      • Agent of Chaos and the Sonar Bonus incorporate scenes from the movie with multiple winner outcomes
      • Sleight of Hand bonus requires you to swipe your hand across the screen to flip over the Jokers cards
      • During the game, multiple things can trigger the bonus credits
      • Joker can drive across the screen and launch rockets creating an explosion of credits
      • Batman may chase after him and shoot the back to increase the credit awards
      • The Bat signal and Two Face’s coin flip make appearances as well

Friday, September 23, 2011

9/18/11 - IGT Ghostbusters Slot



IGT - Ghostbusters Slot
    • IGT rolled out the New Ghostbusters slot machine featuring real voice overs by Dan Aykroyd or someone who sounds exactly like him.
    • It’s a 50 credits per spin game, 30 paylines with a 20 credit side bet
    • Bonus Games include
    • Ballroom Buster were you use your proton pack to find ghosts
    • Free games bonus, were the stay puff marshmallow man throws flaming marshmallows at the screen. If they stick to the reels, you can get locking bonuses.
    • The “Are You Psychic” bonus lets you guess the which card has the matching symbol to get credit and advance to the next round
    • The game has a 55 in LCD positioned over two stations and has the surround sound seats.