Category: Slots

Konami is launching some huge new game styles, literally. The “Podium Goliath,” launched last spring, is a super-sized version of Konami’s standard cabinet, standing nearly eight feet tall with dual 32-inch, horizontally positioned LCD displays, 360-degree attract lighting, an ergonomic button panel, and an enhanced sound system. It is the basis for a new type […]

IGT will offer some great entertainment this year, including a new based on the blockbuster 1980s trilogy of Back to the Future films starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd. The three installments of that film series about a teenager and his scientist friend who invents a time machine—traveling back to 1955, ahead to a […]

Incredible Technologies, the amusement-game giant that has been moving into the slot market for the past two years, is gaining steam with a few great new games. Following up hits like Crazy Money, King of Bling and The Herd will be a lineup of more games employing unique bonus features and unique themes. This summer, […]

Georgia-based Cadillac Jack is following up on last year’s hit game “Peter & Wendy,” a video slot based on the classic play Peter Pan, and “Unicorn Fortunes,” which introduced the popular “Streaming Stacks” game feature. This year, the company inaugurates a new cabinet, called Stratos, with the game Win With 7s, a multi-level progressive video […]

Bally is coming out with some amazing new cabinet styles this year, but some of its best games are in the style of last year’s mega-hit “Michael Jackson King of Pop”—a normal 22-inch game screen under the long, vertical 32-inch screen, hooked up to the booming Pro Sound Chair. At the very top of the […]

Aruze Gaming is launching a new version of its reel-spinning series, Innovator with Radiant Reels. The reel series is distinguished by its oversized reels, which change color, spin in different directions and vary in the speed of the spin. Called Innovator Multi-Action Extra Reel, the new format employs the “4+1 Reel,” a four-reel base game […]

Aristocrat brought on a load of new game design talent this year, including industry legend Joe Kaminkow, who previously made slot history as the theme-master for IGT. At Aristocrat, he has brought the best out of several great new branded slots. At the top of the list is Flashdance, based on the iconic 1983 film […]

American Gaming Systems is launching a group of slots featuring a player-friendly batch of bonus events—all with fair shakes to the player, such as “fair” bonus wheels with more chances at top prizes than lower ones. Some also feature the specialty of Dr. Olaf Vancura, who heads the AGS game development team—the “knowledge-based” bonus. Kicking […]

What’s your favorite slot and why?  Here’s what our readers have to say. By John Grochowski Why are slot machines the most popular games in casinos today? Lots of reasons. They’re easy to play, with no complicated strategies to learn. You don’t have to worry about a dealer who’s in a bad mood or a […]

What you know can pay in AGS’ revival of the legendary “Ripley’s Believe It Or Not!” theme By Frank Legato   Americans have always loved oddities—from the circus sideshow to amazing feats of strength to unbelievable facts, we can’t get enough of things that bend reality to its limits. That’s where Robert Ripley came in. […]