Slots Reviews Weekly: April
Slots Reviews Weekly reports slot versions for you to
explore on your next land-based casino adventure. Each week, Gambling
Teachers
will publish
4 slot versions.
For each
version, Slots
Reviews Weekly presents the slot name, description, theme
and
bonus features/event including scatter pays.
Report
for April 29
1) Wheel of Fortune
Special Edition Super Spin:
This multi-player concept slot is causing a sensation and is
a hit with slot players. You can’t miss this slot as it takes up more
space
than any other and is set up to accommodate two people in front of each
of the
nine stations, each of which are linked to the wheel.
Each game station is either a 40-line, 400-coin penny
version or a 10-line, 75-coin nickel version. In the bonus round,
players
select from tiles at the bottom of the screen and as letters are
displayed, the
game locates the letter in at least one of three puzzles.
Each time you find a
letter, the bonus value tied to that puzzle increases. Any
player can start the wheel feature and gather bonus
amounts to their station pick.
To qualify, players bet on all paylines and place a 40-cent
side bet.
Individual terminals who hit bonus events have an arrow
light up at their station around the big wheel. The big wheel spins
once for
all qualifying players and it is possible for multiple players to
initiate the
bonus and spin the wheel at the same time. When all nine stations are
in play,
the wheel is in constant motion.
This Super Spin game offers super bonuses and super fun for
all players.
2)
African
Riches/eMillions:
You receive 2 chances at the top prize of at least $1
million with this game. First, bet the max coins or get into the
Jackpot Re-Spin
zone, either of which may result in five ‘eMillions’ symbols and a big
hit.
If three or four ‘eMillions’ are displayed on a line, the
other reels will re-spin for the top prize.
This multiline game also offers free spins and multipliers
to add to the excitement.
If a Free Game Coin lands on the first reel, there are two
free games added.
Whereas, if a Multiplier Coin appears on the fifth reel
during a free spin, the multiplier value is raised by one to 3X, 4X,
etc.
The butterfly symbol is wild and 3 or more golden mask scattered
symbols get you a free spin for free games that double jackpots. This
is more than an African adventure as there are extra
hits and bonuses to explore.
3) Road Trip:
Familiar destinations like the Golden
Gate Bridge,
Grand Canyon and
Statue
of Liberty are found as you travel this road.
There are free spins and a bonus round that begins with a map whereupon
you choose the destinations of New
Orleans, Memphis, San Francisco,Grand Canyon or New York. Your
selections reveal free games and multipliers that
continue to build credits on the road as long as you avoid a flat tire
or a
police car. Get to your selected destination and before you collect
your
reward, you qualify for a free spin round with the red convertible
wild. This game calls out for players ‘to take it on the road’.
4) Hot Shot
Progressive:
This slot is the most innovative concept, I’ve seen for a
while—5 games within a game. Reel sized symbols from the popular Bally
versions of
Blazing 7’s, Diamond Line 777’s, Triple 777’s Double Jackpot, Triple
777’s and
Triple Blazing 7’s dot the screen.
Each miniature slot game has its own pay schedule that comes
into play during the bonus round on the way to the progressive jackpot.
Five separate increasing progressive jackpot bucks are
displayed at the top of the screen each labeled with the name of one of
the
popular slots depicted on the reels. When three or more of any of these
games show up in a
scatter sequence on the five reels, you get to play for all the
progressives
represented by the miniature slot symbols.
There are several configurations available from the
manufacturer, but most likely, you will find the 20-line penny version
with
bets from 200-1000 coins.
Max bet is required to get to the big jackpots, therefore,
$2-3/spin. For pennies, the top jackpot resets at $10,000.
There is sure to be a rush for a Shot at this
Hot Slot.
Report for April 22
1) Half Cents:
This game is appropriately named in that each penny pays for
2 paylines, thus a half penny slot. At only 1 quarter to activate all
paylines, it’s a small
risk to increase your bet/line.
There are multiplying wild symbols that together can produce
a nice reward.
For example, if you line up a combination that includes a 2X
and 5X wild symbol; the reward is multiplied by 10.
There is also a Free Game feature that gives you 10 free
spins at double credits and can be re-triggered up to a max of 60 free
spins. Your good sense should tell you that ‘half cents’ is the way
to go.
2) Life of Luxury:
The 3 games available are Far East Fortunes, Jungle Cats and
Riches of Rome. Features of each of the base games include
free spins and
all designate a gem that displays five progress jackpots; opal, ruby,
emerald,
sapphire and diamond for the big strike.
The bonus screen is triggered when a gem symbol appears on a
reel at which time you select from 8 gem symbols to win bonus credits
or the
progressive jackpot. If you play with max bet, you are instantly
awarded the
progressive upon a gem appearance.
Far East Fortunes offers a 2X wild symbol on the middle
reels plus the free spin round will hold the wild symbol for spins
following.
Jungle Cat features wild symbols while Riches of Rome sports a wild
reel that
pops up during the freebie round. With the many bonus opportunities,
the ‘luxurious’ rewards
may be in your ‘life’.
3) Star Wars: The Empire Strikes
Back:
The cast of characters are all present and for each symbol,
there are 10 different movie clips.
MegaJackpots wild area progressive is the top prize, which
resets at $5 million.
Two spectacular bonus events are Jedi Training & Cloud
City Bonus.
Both events are based upon building up bonus credits. Jedi
Training Bonus displays an image of Yoda, the pointy-eared creature who
is
Master of the Fore and trainer of the Jedi warriors.
During this bonus round,
the player spins the wheel displaying credit amounts and multipliers.
If a multiplier is chosen in sequence before a credit
amount, these are added together until a credit amount is chosen and
your total
win is determined.
The Cloud City Bonus is a free spin event with a twist. The
bonus begins with a Han Solo symbol on the first reel and Princess Leia
symbol
on the fifth. Free spins continue until Han Solo and Boba Fett symbols
land on the reels at which
time, a second free spin round kicks in utilizing the top box wheel.
There’s more in that the Han Solo symbol is an expanding
wild symbol meaning that the landing spot turns the entire reel into a
free
spin zone.
Additional Star Wars models are in the future, so ‘the force
will be with us’ for a long time.
4) Cherry Bomb:
This slot is set up to bounce between a bonus tile game and
top screen play.
Set up similar to a keno game wherein the player matches
tiles while the more correct selections will bring on higher payouts.
To assist your credit total and matches is a spark symbol
that allows extra spots by tossing out cherry bombs for possible
winning combos.
The bonus round is activated by 3 or more slot machine
symbols at which time you are awarded 5 free spins.
Freddy, Leena and Adam are the 3 wild cherry bomb people on
the third reel. A spin with these 3 wilds allows a cherry bomb to
bounce from
the top screen to the Picks Remaining area on the bottom screen. Wins
containing Freddy bomb=1 additional pick, Leena=2 more picks while
Adam=3 more
picks. This game is sure to put a ‘bounce’ of excitement in your
slot play.
Report for April
15
1) White Orchid:
Images of butterflies, tree frogs, fish, bird and topical
plants are the theme of this ‘exotic’ slot. There is lots of winning
combinations with this game as
described.
While this is a 40-line machine, if you play max coin of 20
credits/line, you will be triggering all the reels giving you 1024
possible win
combinations.
There is an option to make a side bet that activates the
Bettor Chance feature allowing you to play two ways, the standard 40
lines plus
a MultiWay game increasing your win frequency.
And more. During the free spin mode, if the triggering
symbols appear again, the free game mode starts again. Would you not
like to
watch those butterflies and birds go round and round and round again?
2) Deal or No Deal – The Show:
Based on the TV Game Show, you choose either suitcases of
cash; accept a deal or no deal which extends your search for the
top prize.
Three Money Case scatter pays on the first three reels
activates the Lucky Case Bonus event with a screen displaying 20
suitcases.
Make
your choice and five of the other suitcases show the credits inside.
The player
is then asked to decide on a deal for the remaining suitcases—Deal or
No Deal?
For No Deal, you select 4 of the unopened suitcases and await the next
offer
until making a final deal.
This slot adds the feature Super Play by you bet to trigger
from 1-20 paylines thereby paying left to right except scatter and
bonus wins.
Bet all 25 paylines and you move to Super Play Mode whereby
all wins are paid as scatters from left to right. The Deal or No Deal
symbol is
wild when displayed on the middle three reels. With the Super Play Mode
feature, it's certain that this
game is a Big Deal.
3) Monopoly Super Grand Hotel:
This is an upgraded version of Monopoly Grand Hotel with an
impressive top box display of a luxury hotel’s room, floors, bonus
credits and
centered arrows depicting the elevator.
Thus, 3 or more scattered elevator symbols will begin the
Elevator Free Spin Bonus whereupon selection, you receive 6-10 free
spins.
Watch for the Going Up arrows during this round to move towards a bonus
credit
amount.
The main bonus round, Tycoon Bonus starts with 3 or more
hotel symbols and continues with a display of the familiar Monopoly
board. Make
your railroad selection and at the same time the number of hotel
guests.
Also, a set of property deed cards appears face down.
Now the action begins for several bonus streams based on
your choices. First, choose 5 properties to place hotels on specific
squares,
doubling the values if the same color is chosen.
Then, your chosen hotel guests scatter to various properties
as you collect when they visit your properties. You receive additional
credits
for guests visiting railroads, Free Parking, Electric Co and Community
Chest.
If you love the Monopoly versions as I do, then this game is
surely a ‘grand’ choice.
4) World Poker Tour:
Poker pros including Doyle Brunson welcome you to the World
Poker Tour that resets at $1million for the top jackpot of five Aces.
You will benefit with higher pays and bonuses if you cover
all paylines and participate in the ante wager. If the result is a full
house
or better for any hand/spin of seven-card poker, you move on to the
All-in Free
Spin Bonus.
The pay window changes for this bonus round with certain pay
symbols and tokens offering higher payouts. The great feature about
this exciting slot is that even if
you are not a poker player, you can still ‘take the tour’.
Report for April
8
1) Treasures of Troy:
This 40-line slot features the battlefield of Troy,
playing card symbols and when you choose that extra bet, you trigger
the Multi Way option.
Multi Way
betting allows each of 20 symbols on the grid to act as a
stand-alone reel. Therefore, with over 1000 possible wins, you are paid
for
each combination of scatter pays along with standard wins.
Additionally, there are wild symbols and a free spin bonus
round that can be re-triggered for plenty of mounting credits.
With this multi-featured game, you are certain to enter the
battlefield with a winning attitude.
2) Big Red 2:
The kangaroo, Big Red is not only the star in this game, but
wild also. This kanga rewards with free spins and should the tree icon
appear
during these spins, you win the value of the kangaroo symbol multiplied
by the
number of tree icons.
Free spins can also result in the progressive jackpot win
when Dingo symbols land on the first and fifth reels. Look for the
words,
‘Dingo Minor’ or ‘Dingo Major’.
Time to ‘hop up and down’ for the cash reward of $250 to
$3000.
3) It’s Raining Cash:
Another addition to the popular Slotto series, the lottery
themed game with a giant sphere features a chamber with an umbrella
that, when
triggered, ‘rains cash’.
The three reel version is the game Triple Stars, while the
five reel version is Double Diamond.
Triple Stars includes wild symbols that triples the jackpot
and multiplies the win X 9 if two land on a payline with a jackpot
symbol. The
five reel Double Diamond doubles the jackpot in a 9-line format.
Three 'It’s Raining Cash’ symbols activate the main bonus
event where 3 umbrellas rotate displaying cascading bonus amounts.
The bonus is accompanied by the Weather Girls
singing “It’s Raining Men”.
In the end, all this rain ‘drops’ a multiplied credit into
your winning hands.
4) Fountain of Youth:
This slot can be lucrative because of the frequent emergence
of a ‘beautiful lady’ wild symbol. Also, the appearance of the Fountain
of Youth icon is a scatter pay win. Line up 3, 4 or 5 Fountains of
Youth and begin a 10, 14, or
25 free spin bonus round.
Before you begin, make your choice of a favorite ‘symbol of
youth’—deer, water lily, waterleaf or a water cup which will trigger
additional
freebie spins.
While not necessary to play max coin at all times, this game
only requires you to cover all the paylines. This game is a hoot for
all
players ‘young at heart’.
Report
for
April
1
1) Multi-Game
Poker:
This VP slots edition
ups the ante with this slot that offers 10 video poker games. The VP
versions
are Jokers Wild, Bonus Aces, Double Crown Poker, Double Double Crown
Poker,
Triple Kicker Bonus Poker, Deuces Wild, Bonus Poker, Double Bonus
Poker, Triple
Bonus Poker and Double Double Bonus Poker.
As with any VP game,
be sure to examine the pay schedules available to assure you are
getting the
optimal return for the game you are playing. Denominations range from
pennies
up to $100. I remember how
disappointed I was when Bally’s GameMaker series disappeared, but now
it’s
baaaaack…stronger than ever.
2) 50
Dragons:
Watch for 3 or more
wild pearl symbols to activate the free spin round of 10 games with
this 50
line slots game. Pearl symbols increase your bonus credits as they're
added during each free spin. Additionally, for three ingot scatter pay
symbols, you receive 10 free spins. For both of these freebie rounds as
described, a second round of 5 free games is activated when either the
pearl or
ingot appears during the original bonus round.
Multiplying spins
and credits will surely ‘drag’ you to this exciting slot.
3) Indiana Jones: Raider of the Lost Ark
Slots players can
relive the excitement of the popular movie with the 43 clips programmed
into
this version. Line up 5 Indiana Jones symbols for the top progressive
jackpot
at this 5-reel slots game that employs both video and mechanical wheels
for
bonus rounds.
Three bonus symbols
activate the Raiders of the Lost Ark bonus round and movie clip.
You are then asked
to spin the wheel and collect the rewards from multipliers of
between 25-1000X.
Spin,
watch and collect the rewards as Indy offers up a rousing slots
adventure.
4) Top
Gun:
This slot places you
in the cockpit of a fighter jet treating you to the most innovative
sensory
immersion gaming experience ever. Top Gun is a multi site progressive
penny or
nickel slot boasting a top jackpot resetting at $500,000.
While playing, the
base game, a random event known as the Fly by Bonus triggers when a
group
of jets fly across the screen. Hold onto your seat as it thunders
accompanied
by a shaking screen. Each time a jet flies by, a wild symbol is
revealed to increase
credits.
Additionally,
3 or
more Top Gun bonus slots symbols start the main Top Gun Bonus. The thundering
chair, the Bose sound and graphics merge to create the experience of
the
cockpit of an F14. This experience begins as you take off from an
aircraft
carrier, enter the danger zone and as the enemy approaches make the
decision to
avoid, climb, barrel roll, hard left or hard right. That decision will
determine your credit award to include a 2-3X multiplier.
During this sequence
if Engage Enemy Target appears, you are set against a squadron of enemy
jets.
Select one of four options to fire a missile and if you hit an enemy
target,
your pilot rank increases along with another missile shot. This
particular
bonus event ends if you receive the message ‘Return to Base’.
Should you demolish
5 enemy planes, you are indeed, the Top Gun.
The Bonus Extender
symbol allows you to ignore the ‘Return to Base’ and continue receiving
increased bonus points. There's no
doubt the
Top Gun slots experience is ‘Top of the Line’.
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