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.

Twilight Zone 3D

IGT's Twilight Zone 3D is a 5 reel, 25 line, penny video slot.  The game is based on the 1960's TV series The Twilight Zone and is even hosted by a perfect impersonator of Rod Sterling, to guide you through the game and bonuses.

What makes this game unique, is the ability for you to select the volatility of the game. When you first sit down you are given the option of playing any one of three dimensions, each with their own level of reel volatility. Each dimension has unique reel configurations, graphics, trivia questions and puzzles, which if answered correctly award extra credits.





Bonus Rounds:

Enter the Wheel: random reel configurations trigger this bonus in which the big wheel spins and can award credits, re spins or one of four additional bonus events.

A Kind of Machine: taking its name from a well known Twilight Zone episode. Here the reels tun into spinning cylinders, controlled manually by you. The cylinders spin to award credits and multipliers.

Into the Zone Free Games: as the name suggests, you are awarded up to 15 free games.

A Most Unusual Puzzle: you choose from a Rubik's cube like display to be awarded one of the progressives. The largest which resets at 500,000 credits



Cheers



WMS Gamings Cheers is a 5 reel, 25 line video slot, available in penny to $10 denominations. Cheers is obviously based on the hit TV show of the same name that reached its popularity in the late 80's. The game has an average hit ratio of 1 in every 3 spins.

The Cheers slot machine is hosted by none other than the know it all mail man, Cliff Claven, who regularly injects with witty comments and talks you through the various bonus events. The game is also loaded with classic audio and clips from the show, which will keep you engaged if you are a fan.

Cheers utilizes a large HD LCD display for the main game play and a high set top box wheel for the bonus events.







Bonus Rounds:

Free Spins:
Is awarded when you hit 3, free spin symbols on any pay line. Here you are given 15 free spins, with all pays doubled. Should you hit 3 or more wheel symbols during this bonus, they can be kept and used as Cheers credits toward triggering a spin of the Lucky Round Bonus Wheel.

Lucky Round Bonus Wheel:
This bonus event can also be triggered with five wheel symbols in the base game. During this bonus, you can be awarded up to 100x the accumulated cheers credits or further trigger 1 of 3 mini bonuses.

Cliff:
Here you get to pick from several books to find awards of up to 50x

Sam:
Awards an additional spin of the wheel and up to 100x

Norm:
And in this mini bonus, you get the chance to pick from a variety of bar coasters for a chance at 10x-100x



KISS

WMS Gamings's KISS is a 5 reel, 20 pay line, penny video slot. The game utilizes WMS's sensory immersion chair featuring a Bose surround sound system, perfectly suited to the extensive KISS tracks available for you to pick from throughout the game.



Base Game:

KISS offers a unique take on the multi array reel setup, where several reels operate at once. The game is setup with one large reel and 3 smaller reels that can be unlocked throughout standard base game play.

Each of the reel sets are named after one of the four KISS band members.

Demon - Bassist Gene Simmons (Large Main Reel)
Starchild - Guitarist & Lead Singer Paul Stanley
Spaceman - Guitarist Ace Frehley
Catman - Drummer Peter Chris

Bonus Rounds:

Any band member symbol appearing in the fifth reel of the main Demon reel set, awards a spin on that characters bonus reel.
Each of the three bonus reel sets are enhanced, either with the low paying symbols removed or wild symbols and wild reels added.

The game also features three interactive bonus events that are awarded when you hit three bonus symbols on the main reel set. Here you're given the chance to pick which bonus event you will enter by picking one of the backstage pass bonus symbols on screen.

Free Spin: Awards up to 15 free spins, with all wins multiplied by 1x or 2x. This event can also be
re-triggered indefinitely by hitting three more bonus symbols during the free spin round.

KISS Alive: You are given the choice of guitar picks with the aim of finding the letters that spell out KISS to receive an extra large credit award while listening and watching the band play live.  Songs featured in the bonus and game in general are

• Rock and Roll All Nite
• Shout it Out Loud
• I Was Made for Loving You
• Love Gun
• Detroit Rock City 
• Calling Dr. Love

Band Prize: Awards one of the four top box bonus amounts, each corresponding to a KISS band member:

250 credits for Catman
500 for Spaceman
1000 for Demon
2000 for Starchild

Each of these is also multiplied by a bet multiplier that you earn during the base game.



All That Jazz

Bally Technologies All That Jazz is a five reel, 40 pay line video slot, available in 1c to $5 denominations.  Bally's has taken the use of the Ideck to new levels with this game by offering a bonus round with an interactive piano, used similar to the video games Rock Band or Guitar Hero.

The game is played out on Bally's V32 portrait monitor and is further enhanced by the crystal clear audio for this jazz themed game. The reels feature a unique setup, whereby the 1st, 3rd and 5th have three pay symbols each and the 3rd and 4th have four. This results in regular pay outs, as there are many winning combinations to be had. 



Bonus Rounds:

Grand Piano Bonus: is triggered by bonus symbols on the first, third and fifth reels. Here the Ideck touch screen becomes a set of piano keys you'll need to pay, like "Rock Band" or "Guitar Hero" 

You are first given the choice of varying difficulties, which result in higher credit awards for the higher difficulty.  Songs available to play are ...

Novice - Twinkle Twinkle, Spring, Mary Had a Little Lamb, Green Sleeves and Ode to Joy
Intermediate - Beethoven's Fur Elise, Star Spangled Banner, Drunken Sailor and Entertainer

As the tune plays, dots will flash on the piano keys to indicate which keys you need to press to play the song.  Every time a correct note is hit, a note on the screen turns into a number and floats to a reel set at the top of the screen. When the tune ends, the reels spin to reveal your credit award. 

Progressive  Jackpot: Each of the five progressive jackpot symbols are displayed above one of the reels. Any time you land five trumpets, saxophones, bass fiddles, microphones or All That Jazz symbols, a shower of music notes pour down the reels. If a note lands on one of the five of a kind symbols, you are awarded the progressive jackpot corresponding to that reel. 

You have the possibility to hit multiple progressives in one spin with the top progressive resetting at $100,000.

Sex And The City Fabulous

IGT's Sex And The City Fabulous:  is a five reel, 40 pay line, penny video slot. The game has a max bet of 300 credits.  The game also comes equipped with the IGT MegaFX Surround Chair, with powerful speakers and vibrations.

Base Game:

This sequel to last year’s popular Sex And The City video slot reprises all of the features that made the first slot popular, along with a few new additions. Sex And The City Fabulous is a MultiPLAY video slot, meaning there are four reel-sets on the screen. You first must choose your wager, to activate from one to all four reels, resulting in four games playing simultaneously on each spin.

The new feature of this version is the addition of IGT’s Tumbling Reels. In this setup, when there is a winning reel combination, those symbols disappear and a new group of symbols tumble into place. If those symbols create another winning combination, those symbols disappear, repeating the process until there are no winning combinations on the screen. This is the first MultiPLAY game to employ this feature.

Bonus Rounds:

When bonuses occur, the full screen fills up with the bonus sequence. In this version, there are nine total bonus events, with four of them corresponding to the main characters in the TV show, Carry, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda. You play as one of the characters, which affects the symbols and backgrounds on the reels according to which character you select.

Actor Chris Noth again did the voice-overs for the game as Mr. Big, hosting the bonus rounds, which include four new bonuses

• Charlotte’s Gallery
• In The Bag
• All That Shimmers
• and of course, a Shoe Bonus

The game also features five progressive interactive bonuses leading to one of the jackpots. With a top award that resets at $50,000

Charlotte's Gallery: displays paintings in an art gallery to select from to be awarded credits

In the Bag: you select from purses for big wins and surprises.

Shoe Bonus: again you must select from varying pairs of shoes to be awarded credits. This bonus has the potential for large credit pay outs.

All That Shimmers: the tumbling reels feature to increases your winnings in this free spins bonus, where pink diamonds fill bracelet holes awarding multipliers and additional free spins.







Blackbeards Treasure

 
American Gaming Systems Blackbeard's Treasure is a five reel, 27 line, video slot, available in 1,2 and 5 cent denominations. The primary game math is unique, and is what game designer Olaf Vancura calls a "What You See Is What You Get" game. Each of the 5 reels are not weighted and each symbol on the reel is equally likely to appear, regardless of their value or pay out.

The base game utilizes AGS's trademark "Lock and Bump" feature, which adds both wild symbols and the chance at triggering more of the bonus events.

Bonus Rounds:

Free Spins: Three scattered map symbols trigger this round, but the number of free spins is dependent on the number of symbols that trigger it. When map symbols land, they lock in place and become wild. After any additional win is paid, all five reels bump downward. If at least one bonus symbol bumps to a payline, the whole process starts over again, allowing up to five triggers for a maximum of 21 free spins.

Sink the Ship: Blackbeard appears and orders all ship symbols on the reels to be fired upon. Cannons pop up from the bottom of the screen and blast away at the reels. Any missed symbols are turned wild for the next spin.

Wheel Feature: Another departure from the standard weighted reels is the prominent top box bonus wheel, which also features equally weighted slices and therefore an equal chance of being awarded a Blackbeard prize or bet multiplier.

When the mermaid appears on the third reel it activates the wheel feature. All but six of the slices on the wheel are multipliers, up to 100x, the other six are Blackbeard awards. If you hit a Blackbeard wedge the Hyper Wild Super Spin is triggered and you play out your spins on a new set of red bonus reels, one which is completely wild.

Jackpot Treasure Bonus: This is triggered when you hit symbols on any spot on the reels that contain the letters to the word 'Bonus" When the entire word is completed, you are given the chance to pick 5 from treasure chests, each relating to one of the progressive jackpots, which reset at the following:
Plank Walker: $500
Deck Swabber: $900
Navigator: $1000
First Mate: $2,250
Captain: $2,500