Sunday, February 26, 2012

ALIEN



IGT’s ALIEN is a 5 reel, 20 pay line video slot based on the 1979 movie of the same name.

The game has a maximum coin bet of 400 credits which qualifies you for 200,000 coin jackpot. This is awarded when 5 ALIEN symbols appear on any pay line.

Bonus Rounds:

Alien Egg Bonus: is triggered when egg symbols are hit on the 3rd,4th and 5th reel.

  • You are given 9 alien eggs to choose from. For every egg selected, varying credit values are awarded. Once a “collect” icon is found the bonus round is over and all remaining eggs are awarded at a 2x multiplier of the initial wager.

Alien Hunt Bonus: bonus is activated when 3 spaceship door symbols appear on reels 1st, 2nd and 3rd reel.

  • This is a 6 level bonus round where face suckers and aliens attack the screen.  You must select from 6 doors to reveal weapons to destroy them. Each weapon is awarded a varying credit value. Once the alien is killed, players move onto the next round and the bonus is repeated.
  • You can also uncover a “Throw All” icon which awards all credit values for all weapons.  If an alien symbol is uncovered the bonus round is ended.
  • Should you make it up to level 6. You enter the Air lock round in which you press the air lock button and blow the alien off the ship and awarded a credit value.

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Rockin Olives


 Aristocrat Gaming: Godard's Rockin' Olives

Rockin' Olives is a 5-reel, 25-line video slot available in 1 & 2 cent denominations.  The minimum bet is 35 credits and the maximum is 175 credits.  The game feature a four-level progressive jackpot with a "Grand Jackpot" of $1,500 for the penny game and $3,000 for the 2 cent game.  Players win the "Grand Jackpot" when they hit five olive symbols on any payline when playing max bet.

The game offers two 22-inch HD widescreen monitors housed in Aristocrat's Verve HD cabinet which is designed to provide the most ergonomically comfortable playing experience.  The monitor is tilted slightly forward resulting in brighter and sharper colors and because the screen is directly in the player's line of sight, it greatly reduces the "slot machine slump" that players often suffer from.  The game also offers 3D panoramic digital audio that is fully adjustable by the player.

Base Game

In the base game, the olive symbol is wild and substitutes for all symbols except for the dice.  When one or more olive symbols substitute for another symbol in a win, the pay for that win is doubled.

During the base game, the Morph and the Multiplier feature can be triggered at random
  • In the Morph feature, one of the symbols morphs into the olive resulting in a wild
  • In the Multiplier feature, all regular wins are multiplied by 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 8x, or 10x

Bonus Rounds

Any symbol on reels 1 and 5 that appear with lightening triggers a spin of the 6th reel to determine if a bonus round is trigger and if so, which one you will play.

Rock Show Bonus is triggered when either 2 or more show symbols appear on the 6th reel.  The olive character stands on a stage in front of a bank of speakers.  You choose 5 speakers to reveal credit awards ranging from 10 to 500 credits which are then multiplied by the bet multiplier.

As an added bonus, audience members hold up lighters during the bonus.  At the end, if all 4 lighters are lit it triggers the Encore feature with a random prize of 50 to 1,000 credits awarded and multiplied by the multiplier

Risky Rhythms Bonus is triggered when 2 or more Risky Rhythm icons appear on the 6th reel.  The olive character plays two drum solos as the credits grow on the meter.  The final lit prize is added to your win meter if you choose to accept it.  You have the option to take the win and associated prize or keep drumming and risk losing half if the drums break.  You can select the "Keep Drumming" option up to 6 times at which time the final award prize is multiplied by the bet multiplier.

Guitar Battle Bonus is triggered when 2 or more of the Guitar Battle icons appear on the 6th reel.  In this bonus, you choose who you think will win in battle, the grape of the olive.  Each character then plays to win random credit prizes ranging from 50 to 400 credits.  When the competition is over, the character with the highest credits wins.  If you choose the character that wins, you are awarded both characters credit amounts.  If you choose the losing character, you only win the loosing characters credits.  All wins are then multiplied by the bet multiplier.

World Tour Bonus is triggered when 2 or more of the World Tour symbols appear on the 6th reel.  This is a free spin game awarding you 15 free spins.  The reels include new scatter symbols including Vegas, New York, Paris, London and Sydney that pay in any position.

Progressive Dice Bonus is the progressive bonus game.  This game is triggered by either landing 3 flaming dice on reels 1, 3 and 5 or at random when playing a minimum of 70 credits.  The bonus starts off with 3 rolling, flaming dice.  If you stop all 3 on 6's, you win the major jackpot.  Stop all 3 on any other matching number, you win the minor jackpot.  If you roll doubles, except double 6's, you win the mini jackpot.  If you roll any other combination, you win a consultation prize of 175 credits.

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Golden Pharaoh


Golden Pharaoh-by Bally's Technologies - Golden Pharaoh is a 5 reel, 40 line, single level, wide area progressive video slot, with a 200 credit max bet.  The game features a range of touch screen technology including
·         I-Deck: This replaces the standard button control panel, with a detailed touch screen to choose your amount of lines and line bet amount.
·         U-Spin: This is a digital video wheel that the player can actually spin. This is very similar to the scrolling feature on an Iphone. You can actually choose the intensity and speed, which gives the game a deeper level of interactivity.
Base Game Feature:
During the base game players can activate standard wild symbols or the new directional wilds.
Directional wilds appear in reel 3 and spin around and stop randomly and turn all symbols in that direction to wilds.
The only frustrating part of this feature is that if the directional wild symbol stops in the top or bottom position and then spins and faces that direction, no more wilds are added.
Bonus Rounds:
The bonus round is where you get to use the U-Spin wheel. The wheel is displayed on both the player screen and the overhead display. The wheel features credit values, 10 to 50 free spins and a chance to hit the progressive.
App Store:
If you wish to preview this game and want to simulate the game play, it can be found on the iTunes App Store.

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Airplane



WMS Gamings: Airplane – Airplane is a 5 reel, 40 line, penny video slot with a max bet of 320 credits. The base game is loaded with video clips and sound bites from the 1980 comedy movie starring Leslie Nielson as well as all your favorite characters.  An example, when Otto (the inflatable automatic pilot) appears on any reels, during the base game, he turn that reel wild and you get to watch him inflate. 
Bonus Rounds:
*2 scattered Airplane logos on reels 1, 3 and 5 trigger either a credit award or the Passenger bonus.
*3 scattered Airplane symbols on instantly trigger the Passenger Bonus round.

Passenger Bonus:
The Passenger Bonus is an interactive bonus where you get to pick from 40 passenger chairs to find credit values.   You keep selecting until you find the “collect' icon at which point the bonus is over and you are awarded everything you have found so far.
At this point you are presented with 5 Ottos. 2 will end the bonus round; the others will keep you in the Passenger Bonus.
*There are also further bonus rounds you can find in the Passenger Bonus, these include:

Food Tray Bonus:
In this bonus you are presented with 2 food trays. You must then select one to be awarded a multiplier. Two more trays are then offered and you select 1 to be awarded a credit value which is added to your multiplier.

Cockpit Dial Bonus - Here you are shown 3 various cockpit dial, the player gets to pick one and is awarded a credit value.
Otto Bonus - Pick a passenger seat with the Otto Bonus and he floats around the cabin finding credit values for you.

Snack Bonus - In this round, the player is given the choice of a variety of foods from a snack cart which award different credit values.
Gold Ticket Bonus:
If you find the golden ticket, it’s saved at the bottom of the screen until the Passenger bonus ends. At that time, you are taken to the first class seating area with 8 seats to choose from.
Select a seat to be awarded a multiplier which is then multiplied to your largest win from the Passenger Bonus.
Airplane is a great game and you don’t have to be a fan of the movie to enjoy it.  The bonus rounds are long and interactive, which we are a big fan of.

Sunday, January 29, 2012

The Godfather


WMS Gaming: The Godfather A 5 reel, video, multi level progressive, based on the hit 1972 movie of the same name, produced by WMS Gaming.

The game can be played in 2 distinct themes:

·         243 line My Daughter's Wedding
·         25 line Corleone's Office

Free Spin Bonus

It's a 5x free spin bonus. During your free spins, Sonny Corleone gives you symbols to find.

Find all the symbols within the 5 free spins to complete the challenge and you are offered a choice of 1 of 3 envelopes with different credit values. The credit vales are shown to you. Then the envelopes are shuffled and you select one. The envelopes are an added bonus to the credits already won throughout the free spins.

The free spin bonus will continue as long as you continue to find the symbols that Sonny assigns. If enough symbols are not found, the free spin bonus ends and you return to the base game.

The Progressive Bonus

To activate the progressive jackpot you must find 3 matching symbols and the revolver symbol in the last reel.

In this bonus, a large revolver is displayed on screen and you must select a bullet from one of the 6 chambers.  You can either win a varying credit value or a progressive jackpot amount.

You are then given the option to either accept the credit value/progressive or decline it and try again. Choose right and you are offered a new credit value or progressive value. Choose wrong and the bonus round ends and half of the original win.

There are 6 progressives to win. The overall aim is to keep picking correctly until you reach “The offer you can’t refuse” by the Don himself, which is the highest progressive jackpot on offer.

Sunday, January 22, 2012

American Idol


IGT American Idol - This is a penny, 5 reel, 40 pay line video slot with a 600 coin max bet with a 5 seat combined game station, 103 inch center display screen and a Mega FX chair with surround sound.

The game is themed on the hit TV show American Idol from the 2010 series and brings together judges Simon, Ellen, Kara and Randy as well as a host of former contestants from previous shows.

It’s a multi player game, up to five games at the same time with a stack attack feature.  Stacked judged symbols that appear on the center game are dispursed to all other games in play and create big wins.

Bonus Rounds: The game features several bonus rounds, some of which are triggered randomly and by any of the 5 players at the machine.  To be eligible for the bonus rounds, you need to collect a multiplier during base game play

 Judges Pick Bonus: (Interactive)
·         Players pick from a choice of 20 American Idol icons to reveal either credit values, additional picks & credit values or bonus multipliers (for the amount already awarded in the bonus round)

Vote For Cash Group Play Bonus:
·         All eligible players select 4 lucky numbers. For each number that corresponds with the numbers displayed on the center screen you are awarded a multiplier that increases with each matched number. Players are awarded their 4 digit pick as well as the bonus amount and your multiplier.

Audition For Play Bonus:
·         Each eligible player picks a judge. A video is then played of a past audition from the show. The judges then make their assessment, and award credit values. If 2 out of the 3 judges give the audition a thumbs-up, then you move on to the Golden Ticket to Hollywood Bonus.

Golden Ticket to Hollywood Bonus:
·         15 golden tickets are displayed, varying from 2x multipliers to large credit values. Tickets randomly disappear and the ticket left is awarded to all players.

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Betty Boop's Love Meter



  
Bally’s Technologies: Betty Boop’s Love Meter – a 5 reel, 40 line penny video slot with 9 bonuses levels, 3 progressive jackpots and love meter similar to the ones found at old fairs and boardwalks that triggers the various bonus rounds.  This machine is about 10 feet tall.

3 types of progressive jackpots are available – The top award requires the player to play max bet to win

·         The Wide Area linked machines top award starts at $1 million
·         2 Near Area progressive versions are available as well
o   One with a $10,000 top jackpot with a 250 credit max bet
o   One with a $20,000 top jackpot with a 500 credit max bet
·         2 lesser progressives jackpots are available to win on all 3 versions of the game that don’t require the player to play max bet
o   Beautiful Betty progressive which starts at $1,000
o   Playful Pudgy progressive which starts at $50

Bonus Games – If you get 3 Love Meter symbols on reels 1, 3 and 5, you trigger the Love meter.  Touch the screen and the Love Meter will light up and cycle from top to bottom before landing on 1 of the 9 bonus games.

·         5 of the 9 available bonus games are free spins
o   The player can be awarded 1, 5, 10 or 15 free spins
·         Unlock Betty’s Heart Bonus
o   Pick 1 of 3 lockets for instant credit value
o   Some lockets have a credit value and an additional pick
·         Light Up Betty’s Life Bonus
o   The player receives 6 picks used to select from a collection of unlit light bulbs. 
o   Touch the screen to turn them on
o   Each light bulb offers an individual credit prize and registers on the Amp Meter.
o   Collect the right light bulbs and move the Amp meter into the red zone for a bonus credit value
·         Betty’s Purse bonus
o   They play receives 4 purse symbols on reels 2,3, &4
o   Pick on to win a credit prize
·         How Hot Are You? Bonus
o   This uses the Love Meter to determine how “Hot” you are ranging in options from Loveable, Romantic, Sexy, Wild, Smokin’, Naughty, Burning, Passionate, and Irresistible.
o   When prompted, place your hands on the “iDeck” touch panel at the games base. 
o   The meter will rate your “Hotness” and light up from the bottom of the meter to the top.
o   Once is stops, the panel will flip over to reveal a credit value