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NEW GAME REVIEW by Frank Legato
88 Link Lucky Charms Zitro
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his multi-game progressive link from Zitro is featured on the Allure cabinet, which deploys three 27-inch HD monitors, the upper screens synchronized to create a visual spectacle. 88 Link Lucky Charms offers four inaugural base games—Daruma Mystery, Koinobori Party, Kokeshi Dolls and Maneki Neko. All four feature colorful Asianthemed graphics enabled by the Allure platform. All are five-reel, 243-ways-to-win video slots featuring a five-level mystery jackpot triggered through a bonus sequence initiated by a ring symbol on the reels. The bottom two jackpots are static by total bet—a $176 “Mini” and a $440 “Minor”—with progressives resetting at $1,000 (“Big”), $5,000 (“Super”), and $15,000 for the top “Mega” prize. The Jackpot Bonus can be triggered in both primarygame and free-game spins. On all base games, the free-spin bonus, triggered by three scatter symbols, awards eight free games, on a reel array with the lower-paying symbols removed (Kokeshi Dolls and Maneki Neko). Three triggering symbols during a free game trigger eight additional free games. The “Extensive Wild” symbol on the third reel during free spins doubles all wins (Koinobori Party and Daruma Mystery).
Manufacturer: Zitro Platform: Allure Format: Five-reel, 243-ways-to-win video slot Denomination: .01 through 2.00 Max Bet: 880 Top Award: Progressive; $15,000 reset Hit Frequency: 50% Theoretical Hold: 6.79%-11.77%
Brave Firefighter
Ainsworth Game Technology
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his new game on Ainsworth’s A640 cabinet carries a firefighting theme in reel symbols and graphics, with an extra row of symbols above the four-by-five reel array. The base game is a five-reel, 50-line video slot including a unique free-spin feature and a cash-on-reels “Extra Prize” bonus. Three or more firefighter badge symbols trigger a freespin wheel. The player spins the wheel to uncover five, eight, 10, 12, 15, 17, 20 or 25 free games on a bonus reel set, at the wagering level of the triggering spin. The paylines double during the free spins, which play out on a 100-line array. During free games, two, three, four or five badge symbols trigger three, five, eight or 10 additional free games, respectively. Prize Balls are cash-on-reels symbols displaying from two to 300 credits times the total bet each. On random spins, the image of a firefighter can appear in the row of symbols above the main reel array. When that happens,
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Manufacturer: Ainsworth Game Technology Platform: A640 Format: Five-reel, 50-line video slot Denomination: .01 through 100.00 Max Bet: 500 Top Award: 6 million credits Hit Frequency: Approximately 40% Theoretical Hold: 5%-16%
the player collects the credit amounts of all Prize Balls on that reel. The firefighter will then move left to right on each subsequent spin, awarding more Prize Ball amounts, until disappearing to the left of the screen. The Extra Prize feature is active both on primary game an free-game spins.
