Pokies and Slot Machine Information

Gaming expo exhibitor - pokies manufacturer Konami

September 26, 2006 on 6:10 pm | In Australasian Gaming Conference |

An international presence.

Exhibitor in a nutshell:
Display area: medium.
Gaming machine selection: medium.
Staff knowledge/approachability: good-excellent.

Konami had a nice display, encompassing numerous pokies, a jackpot link and a bar area. One unfortunate aspect of their setup was that some of the pokies were set up on a thickly carpeted area. Touching the buttons to play the games for the first time often involved receiving a minor static shock - annoying and unexpected. It was moderately amusing to watch others experience it for the first time though.

This exhibitor was showing off its range of hex slots. Instead of the standard 5 x 3 reel pokies, the layout is 3-4-3-4-3 symbols on reels one to five respectively. This creates all new payout possibilities. The only real difficulty is trying to work out what is paying where at any given time. The volume controls on these units were set to higher levels than were necessary.

In addition to the hex slots, there were remakes of older games, with updated graphics and sound. As is the case with many slot machine distributors now, some units come with two screens as standard - one for normal play and one above it to display additional graphics or paytables/linked jackpot details.

Games by this vendor tend to have innovative features - not just 10 free spins - 10 free spins with a twist. Extra attention to graphical detail during features is also a hallmark of these games.

Games on display were cheerful to look at and fun to play.

Overall rating: 4.0 / 5 stars. 4.5 stars if not for the minor static shocks.