CSI

IGT's CSI is a five-reel, 30-line penny video slot with top jackpot of 6,000 credits.  The game is based on the popular television series of the same name.  Not a fan of the original show, well IGT has already thought of that.  This game offers 3 versions of the game, one for each version of the show; the original set in Vegas, CSI Miami and CSI NY.  To select the show of your choice, you simply swipe the screen before game play begins.  The background, charters, theme music, reel symbols, video cut aways from the actual show and even the above display screen change to reflect the version of the show you’ve chosen to play but other than that, the game is the same across all 3 options.

In the base play, winning symbols are tied to the characters of that show.  The more important they are to the show, the higher the award.  Other wining combinations come from symbols such as fingerprint kits and cameras.

Bonus rounds

Trace Evidence bonus – A random bonus, if you get a race evidence symbol on the last payline, the game goes dark as they turn the lights out and use a black light to reveal forensic evidence aka extra wild symbols.

The crime scene bonus - If you get 3 crime scene polaroid’s on reels 1, 3 and 5, you trigger the interactive crime scene bonus.  First the game will randomly determine who the suspect is and the item you really care about, the corresponding match value (aka, how many picks you get at the crime scene).  If your suspect didn’t award you a bunch of picks, don’t worry because you can be awarded additional picks if you choose to analyze the right pieces of evidence in the room.

 

At the actual crime scene, you select from various items of evidence consisting of bloodstains, a body and various other items that you select from in an attempt to find 3 or more pieces of evidence.  At first it seems kind of gruesome for a slot but its kind of what the entire show is about. If you can find at least 3, it triggers a free-game bonus “The Forensic Lab”.  Here you want to collect DNA strands symbols.  Each one you find increases your multiplier as well as mains wild for the remainder of the free spin round.