Inside Asian Gaming

April 2011 | INSIDE ASIAN GAMING 27 Aristocrat’s upcoming games will support its six new standalone gaming genres and feature themes. These are: When players hit the MEGA PAY feature, they are rewarded with two sets of reels and further opportunities to build more reel sets, up to a maximum of four, with each additional set delivering more ways to win prizes. A triggered REMIX feature spurs the random shuffling of reels or symbols. WIN YOUR WAY allows players to select one of three pay tables (i.e. levels of volatility) to suit their gaming preferences. HYPERLOOP integrates a mechanical top box with on-screen animation. Upon triggering the game feature, players watch as flashing lights loop around the Hyperloop, dropping in extra multipliers or wilds. MULTI MEGA PAY brings players a multi-game experience, allowing them to play two, three or four base game reel sets. Each reel set carries its own free game metre, whilst the super free game feature triggers free games across all open reel sets. DRAG ‘N’ DROP capability brings greater interaction between player and game by allowing the player to select volatility and choose and position key elements within a game. Aristocrat The Viridian 19” cabinets have thicker frames around their screens A ristocrat plans to roll out several more new games and themes over 2011. “As well as continued development of performing Asian content games, we will also be introducing some new concepts like Gazillions and More Hearts that are multi-play games where you’re playing four games at once,” reveals David Punter, General Manager Asia Pacific for Aristocrat Technologies. Aristocrat’s new games will continue to incorporate the elements that have they’re quite simple games. We try not to overcomplicate the player experience. When you’re playing an Aristocrat Reel Power or 50-line game, almost anything left to right is a pay. You don’t have to look for what line that pay is on, as a majority of our players understand what line their win is from. We will continue our engagement with both operators and players, and will continue to develop more Reel Power and 50-line games for the Asian market.” made its existing titles the undisputed top performers in Asia. “We constantly engage our Asia markets on what they like about our games and things they would like to see more of. Our research indicated some trends including games with strong symbols, such as the top dragon symbol, and those that told a story, such as the story of Choi. Once you’ve developed some good graphics and you have a strong maths model behind the games, our players readily adopt them. And chopping their bases and moving their floor dynamics around unnecessarily. “The main difference between the 19” and 22” is the utilisation of the full screen for product content. For the Virdian WS and for our current and future product offerings it allows our game designers to design better games, use more of the screen for extra reels and bonus features and take the Gen 7 platform to that next level that it has evolved into.” Lots more in store David Punter screen, the 22” doesn’t, so it’s only 10mm wider. It’s got a bit more depth because you’ve got to put your sub-woofer in the back, but effectively, you can place the Viridian WS cabinet on the same base as you’ve been currently using. Casinos don’t have to change the footprint of their floors—and that was a pivotal part of the design process. These casino floors are already set out and established; the last thing we want to do is to see operators