Slot The War of the Worlds — Game Review
I Love the Smell of Alien Guts in Worlds at War Slot Machine
Man is headed back out into the universe, but this time there won’t be any pleasant moon-walk and each small step is going to be one huge struggle for mankind opposed by an alien force vying for control of the cosmos. This is the scenario expertly laid out at BetOnSoft’s Worlds at War slot machine.
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Worlds at War Slot Machine represents BetOnSoft’s best quality productions with smooth game play, excellent design filled with the bursting colors of deep space, and unique artwork that puts your eyes deep into the alien world where humans are fighting for their existence. My educated guess is that the symbols o the reels are loosely based on the hit computer game StarCraft and this is a winning point for Worlds at War slot machine drawing in people who are encouraged by familiar figures and pictures.
The Galaxy Gate is definitely the most intriguing symbol as it triggers the bonus game where you have to man your guns to defend your planet from the alien invaders.
Audio quality at Worlds at Ware slot machine are also high quality with background music only appropriate for the epic concept of battles in space. Sound effects are also explosive (especially in the bonus game) and play a huge role in getting you into the mood to go alien killing.
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Worlds at War slot machine consists of 5 reels and 15 lines where you can win money from all the different alien figures that slide down onto your screen. Symbols consist of alien life forms and their military units as well as a few of yours. Also on the reels are the worlds your fighting over and of course the real fun gets started with the special symbols…
The human commanding general takes the place of the wild symbol while the scatter symbol is his insect alien opponent. The human provides a 3x multiplier whenever it’s included in a winning pay line and the alien scatter symbol triggers free spins. The Galaxy Gate is definitely the most intriguing symbol as it triggers the bonus game where you have to man your guns to defend your planet from the alien invaders. They come in waves and every one you shoot down gives an instant cash prize.
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Overview
- SCI-FI
- BetOnSoft
- 5 Reels
- 15 Paylines
- Released in 2008
- Max Coins Per Line: 5
- Min Coins Per Line: 5
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- Multiplier
- Free Spins
- Bonus Games
- Autoplay
- Wild Symbol
- Scatter Symbol
The War of the Worlds review: another poor adaptation of the HG Wells classic
The War of the Worlds is a book which despite having the gripping premise of Martians invading Earth seems to confound most of the visionaries who attempt to adapt it. Spielberg managed two-thirds of a great film in 2005. Unfortunately, the final act failed to resolve the character arcs and gave audiences an unsatisfying conclusion. The 1953 adaptation has aged poorly and lacks the iconic tripods. Even Orson Welles had arguably too more fun scaring gullible Americans in the 30s, leaving Jeff Wayne’s 1978 musical version to claim the crown as the strongest adaptation to date. Therefore, when the BBC announced they were adapting it, and doing so at a time in keeping with the book, there was cause to hope. The tripods looked good and the runtime seemed perfect. Then the show begins, and all the goodwill it had evaporated within the opening minutes. It’s difficult to imagine how this adaptation could have gone worse. It’s an atrocious piece of television which goes nowhere, adds nothing and will inspire no one.
It’s difficult to imagine how this adaptation could have gone worse
To begin with, we have our main characters George (Rafe Spall) and Amy (Eleanor Tomlinson), the former of whom is married to another woman and the latter is pregnant with his child. Neither of them are likeable characters even before the invasion begins, and the invasion itself doesn’t make them any more endearing. They make one face throughout the entire runtime, that being of forced despair as they leave various people to die and describe their love to one another. The human story therefore isn’t interesting, and neither is the invasion itself. It has no sense of scale, geography, tension or stakes. We have glimpses of the iconic moments from the book but without the context or weight needed to make them effective. The heat ray is unleashed from a spinning sphere, which looks sillier than threatening. The battles against the Martians are barely shown. The destruction has no scope to it. The tripods, while they look menacing at first, become ineffective and unthreatening the longer
they’re on screen.
There are a couple of good moments in the show, the early appearances of the tripods, but they fade into the background as the forced domestic drama overtakes them. The first two episodes inadequately convey the horror of the Martian invasion, but the final episode manages to take things down a notch further. In the show’s worst scene, trapped and hiding from the Martians, our heroes pontificate about how the Martians resemble British imperialism. The show literally spells out the metaphor of the book. It fails to show, or even convincingly tell H.G. Wells’ story and then it tries to tell its own alongside it with another misguided effort, future Earth.
In the show’s worst scene, trapped and hiding from the Martians, our heroes pontificate about how the Martians resemble British imperialism. The show literally spells out the metaphor of the book
This version of The War of the Worlds sets around a third of its runtime after the invasion when the Martians have seemingly lost, but blighted the Earth. This leads to many scenes of people looking sad in a red-filter landscape and talking about nothing that advances the story. There’s no tension or progression in any of these scenes, and barely any of them link to the actual invasion narrative itself.Maybe this could have been the show, a story about humanity regaining itself after a Martian invasion, but as it stands it just grinds the series’ pacing to a halt and destroys any hope of tension or intrigue the actual war may have held.
2019’s The War of the Worlds feels like it was assembled from the leftovers on the cutting room floor. It is filled with unnecessary dialogue, first takes and poor writing which makes you feel like half the show is missing, the half featuring the actual war of the worlds.
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Slot The War of the Worlds — Game Review
War Of The Worlds
Name: War Of The Worlds
Developer: Cinematronics
Year: 1982
Type: Videogame
- Orientation: Horizontal
- Type: Vector
- CRT: Black and White
- Buttons: Rotational (left, right)
- Buttons: 2 [Fire|Thrust]
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)
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War Of The Worlds Description
War Of The Worlds was produced by Cinematronics in 1982.
Cinematronics released 33 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1976.
Other machines made by Cinematronics during the time period War Of The Worlds was produced include Zzyzzyxx, Jack The Giantkiller, Freeze, Dragon’s Lair, Hovercraft, Boxing Bugs, Solar Quest, Armor Attack, Rip Off, and Star Castle.
Fire at attacking Martians and avoid Martian laserfire. Kill tripods, etc.
War Of The Worlds — KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.49 (2 votes)
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Cabinet Style Weights and Measures
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Game Introduction
Based on the H.G. Wells book of the same name.
VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op War Of The Worlds Census
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Uncommon — There are approximately 13 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 7 of these machines are owned by our active War Of The Worlds collectors. And of these, 4 are original dedicated machines, and 3 are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet
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This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
This game ranks a 17 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
Technical
The hardware wasnt powerful enough to display all the images in realtime, so there was a noticeable amount of slowdown on the screen. The game was actually coded to use a color XY monitor
Trivia
The game is presumably based on H. G. Wells novel of the same name.
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- The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 134; Color photo;
- Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 134; Color photo; Price guide: