G2E 2007, Part 1: To Boldly Go Where No Slotmaker Has Gone Before
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G2E 2007, Part 1: To Boldly Go Where No Slotmaker Has Gone Before
4 December 2007
By John Grochowski
Slot machine technology is an expanding frontier. And WMS Gaming, with headquarters in Waukegan and a design lab in Chicago, has taken on a mission: To explore new technology. To create strange new game themes. To boldly go where no slotmaker has gone before.
Melodramatic? Certainly. But WMS has long been an innovator, and certainly has added drama to the unfolding capabilities of slot machines as they become more and more like the kinds of games you’d play on your PS3 or Xbox.
The latest innovation is called Adaptive Gaming, and the game developed to introduce the line is Star Trek. Introduced to the casino industry at the annual Global Gaming Expo Nov. 13-15 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Star Trek lets you warp through space with Capt. Kirk, Mr. Spock and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise in search of jackpots and bonuses.
Slot manufacturers have been mining pop culture for game themes for years, and while Star Trek is a particularly powerful and attractive brand, it’s not the theme alone that makes this game innovative and fresh. For one thing, it incorporates some of the Sensory Immersion line introduced last year, with a special Bose speaker-equipped slot chair.
The important step for Adaptive Gaming is that it allows players to unlock games within the game of Star Trek — and to save their place for future play. Star Trek is really three games in one, starting with the initial theme, Explore New Worlds. In the game’s animated bonus rounds, players can earn medals. Acquiring 50 medals unlocks a second theme, The Trouble With Tribbles. When that’s unlocked, the game theme, graphics, video and animation change, and the player can choose to play the ugly betty dvd fresh theme.
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