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NEW GAME REVIEW by Frank Legato
Devil’s Lock Bluberi
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his new game on Bluberi’s tall Novus Series b49 cabinet features a locking bonus and several primary-game mystery events. The base game employs a five-by-three reel array, with 15 individual reels and 40 pay lines. Randomly during base-game spins, the main devil character will appear to grant credit awards, multipliers, wilds or other bonuses. He also appears to celebrate big wins. When the devil lands in the middle position, he activates all cash-onreel coins symbols on the screen, as well as any symbols corresponding to one of the four jackpots—static prizes of $25, $75, $500 or even the top Grand of $6,600. A “Rewind” symbol on the screen brings out the devil character to transform other reel spots into additional prizes. Also, any devil symbol landing on the reels can randomly unlock one of two “Pig Pots,” which each award six free games. During the free games the devil locks in position, awarding the value of any cash-on-reels coin symbol that lands in that spot during the free games.
Manufacturer: Bluberi Platform: b49 1.0, b49 1.5, b49 2.0 Format: 15-reel, 40-line video slot Max Bet: 660 Denomination: .01, .02, .05, .10 Top Award: $6,600 Hit Frequency: 32.19% Theoretical Hold: 4%-14%
Ultra Rush Gold X Incredible Technologies
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his is one of the inaugural games on Incredible Technologies’ Prism VXP cabinet, which uses a commercial grade motor to cause a giant 55-inch flatscreen monitor to physically raise and lower to enable different game features. There is a main game screen and an oversized button deck that serves as a third monitor, but during bonus game play, the 55-inch monitor physically rises, adding 13 inches to the height of the display. The Ultra Rush game family has been a big hit for IT, with players flocking to Ultra Rush and Ultra Rush Gold, which feature fantasy Asian warrior characters and a lock-and-spin bonus feature. The new version, Ultra Rush Gold X, takes that hold-and-re-spin bonus to a new level with the vertical expansion of the reels. The base game is a five-reel, 30-line format with three rows of symbols. Five scattered bonus symbols—there are three different symbols that can work together—trigger the Ultra Rush Bonus. The triggering symbols—pearls, gold pearls and wheels—lock in place for three free spins. Each time another of the scatters 48
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Manufacturer: Incredible Technologies Platform: Prism XVP Format: Five-reel, 30-line video slot Max Bet: 450 Denomination: .01, .0-2, .05, .10 Top Award: Progressive; $10,000 reset Hit Frequency: Approximately 35% Theoretical Hold: 5.84%-14.87%
lands, the spin count returns to three. Three spins without any scatters ends the feature, awarding the accumulated bonus. Filling the screen with the symbols triggers a wheel spin for a guaranteed progressive. For the new “X” version, the big monitor physically moves upward to add more rows of symbols to the reel grid. Each symbol with a green arrow adds a row of symbols, with the motor moving the big monitor upward. If you pick the 5-cent or 10-cent denominations from the multipledenomination lineup, the grid can rise to nine rows. That can result in huge credit awards in the lock-and-spin feature.
