Ok, well I was visiting Las Vegas this weekend (5/21/04) and walking through one of the casinos (Sunset Station), I came upon the game below. Yes, we may officially have a "sell-out" by the people who own the rights to the "Alien" name. Ugh! The following is information directly from the slot maker's, IGT, website.
Ok, I will admit I played this game because frankly I knew I'd be reporting this on my website, but also because I did want to check out exactly what they did with the movie. The graphics are good for it being the newest in slot machine technology but frankly I was still disappointed. Most of the combinations involve the spaceships or the various moons & planets featured in the film. Other than the Queen Mother Alien and the chest-burster, there were no Ripley or any human characters. The cat does appear but as a scatter bonus. Frankly I'd have liked to see more stuff. As for the levels mentioned in the bonus rounds, it just seemed like someone fairly versed in slot machines caught the film once and then based the game on that. Had they watched the movie a few more times, they could have done a lot more!!!
You are in for an out-of-this world experience with the ALIEN™ Video Reel Slots game. This 5-reel, 20-line theme brings out extraterrestrials of all kinds as three or more Cat symbols trigger a scatter pay.
ALIEN™ Egg Bonus
- Begins when ALIEN™ Egg symbols land on reels 3, 4 and 5 of a played line
- You select 1 of 9 eggs
- Revealed credit values are added to total bonus win
- "Collect" symbol awards player 2 times the initial bet for each remaining unselected egg, and that amount is added to the total bonus win
- At the end of the bonus, the total bonus win is multiplied by the number of initiating lines
ALIEN™ Hunt Bonus
- Begins when 3 spaceship door symbols line up on reels 1, 2 and 3 of a played line
- Bonus features 6 possible rounds; the first 5 rounds begin with 6 boxes at the bottom of the screen, each of which contains a weapon, a "Throw All" symbol, or an alien
- When you select a weapon, its credit value is added to the total bonus win and you play another round
- When you select a "Throw All" symbol, all credit values are displayed and added to the total bonus win, then a new round begins, and play continues until an alien is selected
- In the sixth and final "air lock" round, you are prompted to press the on-screen button, the revealed credit value is added to the total bonus win, and the bonus ends
Top Award
When 5 ALIEN™ game symbols land on any payline with the maximum bet wagered, you take home the top award of 200,000 credits!
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