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October 2005 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAMING GUIDE
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After every reel spin, players receive a 7-card stud hand that can launch the “All-In” free spins if a qualifying hand is dealt with a side bet.
WMS Gaming introduced some amazing new slots this year, including new versions of the evergreen Reel ‘em In, and Jackpot Party; plus a new Clint Eastwood game, and a soon-to-be favorite fun new Monopoly® slot.
Dirty Harry®
At last year’s G2E, WMS introduced the first Clint
Eastwood games based on Clint’s “spaghetti” western film, Fistful of Dollars. Rapidly becoming casino
favorites, these games capture the character and ambience of those memorable movies. At the show this year, new Clint Eastwood 5-reel video slots were debuted. Based on the series of his famous films from the Seventies featuring the laconic and take-charge San Francisco detective, “Dirty” Harry Callahan, these thrilling video slots deliver consistent fun and excitement! The Scatter Progressives and Scatter Bonuses add significantly to the credit haul in this game. And if you bet an additional credit while covering all lines, two extra jackpots are activated! In the “Make My Day Bonus” a pair of dice on the top box rolls to show the number of spaces to move across the bonus game board, while collecting bonus credits or landing on the “Make my Day” square initiates a chase bonus. Of course this slot would not be complete (or as much fun) without Clint himself uttering his famous line, “Go
ahead, make my day!” The other bonus, “Do You Feel Lucky?” is a free-spin wager. Whoknewthattheseseminal action films could make the transition to thrilling slot play! The famous Eastwood dialogue,“Make my day” and
”Do you feel lucky?” seem like they were made for a thrilling slot! Look for this game as a stand alone 15- line, 76-coin max bet nickel slot or as a nickel wide area progressive, with a 15-line,
46-coin max bet.
Monopoly Shake, Rattle,
& RollTM
We can never play enough
Monopoly® games, and this
new one is a blast! With jukebox
symbols, this fun Fifties rock and
roll-themed slot has a “Rock ’n’
Roll Bonus” where players can
rack up the credits with double
jackpots and extra winning
combos. Extra features abound
in this game, including free spins,
multipliers, a random bonus round
(playing max credits), random win
doublings, and a “Chance” bonus!
In the Rock ’n’ Roll Bonus, the
player enters a free spin mode
and above the reels is a Monopoly
board with all the properties lit up
displaying credit award values. e free spins start with a 2X multiplier for all line wins. e player continues to free spin and accumulate all line wins until a Jail/ Visiting symbol appears. When this happens, the player makes a selection from two Monopoly cards. If the card selection reveals,“Go to Jail,” the bonus ends. If the card selection reveals, “Just Visiting,” the player continues back into the free spins and is awarded either credits,
an increase to all property values, or an increase of the free spin multiplier by one. is is a 5-reel video slot with either 9- or 15 lines. We couldn’t stop playing
this fun game!
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creativity and innovator of mysterybonusing,multi-level progressives, and reel wagering (as opposed to betting on paylines) has brought many of its slot concepts together
in its crop of games this year. ere are many slots that captured my time, but the following stood out for the sheer fun and inventiveness.
Big RedTM
Big RedTM is one of a series of Double Standalone Progressives debuted at the show. ese are dual-screen video slots with an LCD
screen in the top box. ey feature progressive jackpots resetting at $100 (Minor) and $1000 (Major). Big Red is a new high denomination slot (quarters or dollars) with a
fun cartoon kangaroo character (Aristocrat’s origins are “Down Under”) who can create mischief,
fun and fortune.
Corrida de TorresTM
Corrida de TorresTM, another double progressive game, has
a unique bonus that leads to a
chance at one of the progressives. e game’s theme, as the title suggests, is a bull ght.
Players choose who will win—the toreador or the bull — and the action is fun and certainly thrilling.
The George Lopez GameTM
is slot is fast and fun! George Lopez, co-creator, writer, producer, and star of the sitcom George Lopez, has lent his persona to the 25-line Double Standalone Progressive
ristocrat Technologies, a pioneer of slot