New Game Review

America’s Rich Life

Konami Gaming

This latest title, available on Konami’s tall Dimension 49J cabinet or oversized Dimension 75C setup, features a patriotic theme and frequent spins of a bonus wheel that can lead to one of four jackpots, the top Grand a linked progressive resetting at $2,500, $5,000 or $10,000, depending on the version of the game selected. There are two base titles, Luxury Nights and Seaside Riches.

The base game is a five-reel, 50-line video slot. During reel-spinning, the background music is James Brown’s 1987 Grammy Award-winning song “Living in America.”

When six or more wheel symbols are collected, the wheel feature is triggered, and the game’s prize wheel animates front and center. Three spins are awarded at the start of the feature, with increasing prize amounts as the feature progresses.

On about half of all spins, the game’s eagle character can nudge the wheel to award a “+1 Spin.”

Three, four or five bridge symbols trigger eight, 12 or 15 free spins, respectively. It is easier to trigger the wheel bonus during the free spins, thanks to a feature that multiplies the wheel symbols on the grid. If the wheel symbol lands, the wheel “nudges” until all symbols on the reel are wheel symbols. This makes it much easier to collect the six wheels and trigger the bonus.

Manufacturer: Konami Gaming

Platform: Dimension 49J, Dimension 75C

Format: Five-reel, 50-line video slot

Max Bet: 500

Denomination: .01, .02, .05, .10 (multi-denom available)

Top Award: Progressive; $2,500, $5,000 or $10,000 reset

Hit Frequency: 34.38%

Theoretical Hold: 8.05%-11.95%

Cash Quest

Gaming Arts

This new game series on Gaming Arts’ S104 Hybrid cabinet, with inaugural titles The Adventurers and The Protectors, works a video game-like story into the slot game. The base game is a five-line, 243-ways-to-win video slot. At the outset, the player selects one of three Adventurers or Protectors to serve as his or her avatar during the game.

During reel-spinning, sword or wand symbols appear on the reels to award up to three swords or keys. The swords and keys are collected until they are needed to “defeat an enemy.”

At any time during primary-game or free spins, enemies will appear and stay on the screen for a random number of spins. This is where the swords and keys come in, via a colorful animated battle sequence created by Gaming Arts’ proprietary 3D engine.

If the Adventurer or Protector has enough keys or swords collected, the enemy will be defeated to award credits or wild symbols, with payoffs ranging rom two to 20 times the total bet. Up to seven wilds can be awarded on a single spin.

Bonus symbols on the first, third and fifth reels trigger eight free games. Each free spin is guaranteed to include from one to seven wild symbols. The free-spin round can be re-triggered.

The game is available with five operator-selectable bet ranges, with minimum bets from 5 credits to 90 credits and maximums from 50 credits to 900 credits.

Operators can add the “Rocket Rollup” feature to the game, a two-level or three-level mystery “must-hit-by” progressive jackpot, the top resetting at 100,000 credits— $1,000 on the penny version of the game.

Platform: S104 Hybrid

Format: Five-reel, 243-ways-to-win video slot

Max Bet: 25, 50, 100, 150, 300, 450, 600, 900

Denomination: .01 to 50.00

Top Award: Progressive; reset at 100,000 times denomination

Hit Frequency: Approximately 40%

Theoretical Hold: 4%-15%