Inside Asian Gaming

INSIDE ASIAN GAMING | November 2009 22 Bally Community and group play games add on-floor excitement Old but new Mechanical reel classics–familiar titles on a new platform Towering ambition V32 video cabinets deliver high visibility B ally says its innovations in community and group play include Blazing Hot Tournament™, a new community-based gaming product with a unique ‘thermometer-style’ on-screen bonus meter that the supplier says promotes an up-tempo rhythm of play. The company is also showing two game titles on its DualVision™ cabinet, introduced as the industry’s first two- player cabinet featuring comfortable bench seating for a unique cooperative play experience. New multi-area progressive titles deliver big jackpots Bally will also present two new penny-denomination multi- area progressive (MAP) titles on the company’s US$250,000 link. They are Ultimate Tower of Power™, a Digital Tower™ series game and Instant Fortune™, featuring three oversized reels. Also in the spotlight will be Bally’s new Class III version of 1,000,000 Degrees™ on Bally’s million dollar MAP [multi area progressive] link. T he supplier is taking advantage of what it describes as “the most extensive library of mechanical-reel titles in gaming” to introduce a new generation of classic three-reel, single-line games at G2E. They are on the ALPHA Elite™ S9E mechanical-reel platform. This fiscal year, Bally plans to launch more than 50 of these classic titles including such time-tested games as the original Blazing 7s®, Blazing 7s® Diamond Line™, Black & White Five Times Pay™, and Bonus Times 2x, 5X, 10X™. B ally’s ALPHA Elite V32 platform as shown at G2E promises a collection of new game titles designed to take advantage of this nearly six-foot tall gaming platform. Some of the most significant V32 titles on display include the new Playboy – Girls of Canada™, Hee Haw™, Cash Meteor™, Breeders’ Cup™, Reel Money™, and two new game series expressly made for the V32 platform—Crazy Cash™ and Magic Money™. The first-to-market Cash Spin also debuts at G2E on the V32 cabinet. Bally says this groundbreaking game allows the player to use his or her hand to spin the wheel during the bonus round via a unique touch-enabled screen above the reels. Blazing Hot Tournament™ The original Blazing 7s®