Moon Goddess Bally Technologies Video slots today command the largest share of space on casino floors, but there’s a lingering love for reel-stepper games. Bally mimics the look of the reel-spinners with its Curved product line, with a curved glass surface. The look is attractive, “but because they’re video, there’s so much more we can do graphically and from an animation perspective,” said Jean Venneman, Bally’s vice president of product marketing and licensing. One game in the Curved line is Moon Goddess where in a trial, three moons took me into the free-spin bonus round. During the bonus, you collect moons, and on the last spin they drop onto the reels as wild symbols. Collect enough moons, and it’ll lead to some howling huge wins.
Total Blast Bally Technologies Bally is going for interactivity with its iDeck, which turns the button panel area into an extra touch screen. The iDeck can be used as a simple button panel, for networked bonus events and to boost the interactivity of game play. In Total Blast, the iDeck boosts the interactivity, giving us a different experience than we’ve seen on slot games to date. In the bonus, we’re called on to shoot down invaders in space. The alien spaceships are on the main screen, and you let your fingers dance rapidly over the iDeck to fire shots from all different angles. In a trial run, I was using all fingers and both thumbs, running back and forth along the deck to fire as many shots as possible. A total blast? Yep. Formerly known as Spielo/Atronic, Spielo has brought us a number of lasting favorites, including Sphinx and the Deal or No Deal games. In Goldify, it puts its own spin on games that allow players to choose the volatility level they want. Reel symbols are from ancient Greece, with Spartan helmets, lyres and Pegasus, the winged horse. Players touch a symbol to Goldify it. Then winning combinations of that symbol pay five times the values on the usual pay table. Goldify a low-paying, frequently occurring symbol, and you bulk up small wins and reduce volatility. Goldify a big jackpot symbol, and you open a chance at a really big win, while leaving small pays small, and that increases the volatility.
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