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First Look: Star Trek Slot Machine  December 8, 2007
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Merchandise , trackback

Get ready to Boldly Gamble! Last week the gaming company WMS showed off the first Star Trek slot machines at a trade show in Las Vegas.

WMS has provided TrekMovie.com with some exclusive shots of these machines which offer up some innovative technology:
 

New Slot Tech For Trek

These new Star Trek slot machines utilize something WMS calls ‘adaptive gaming technology.’ The technology, which is premiering on the Trek machines allows what they call "a personalized and episodic game experience." When you play the machines you will progress through Star Trek storylines and earn ‘medals’ to unlock new episodes. You can also save your progress and pick it up on any Star Trek game machine (even if it is in a different casino, even in a different city).

The Star Trek slots should start showing up in casinos in 2008. Hopefully they will be at the Las Vegas Hilton in time for the 2008 Creation Convention…where they will surely be very popular. 

Star Trek Slot Machines And Adaptive Gaming
4 January 2008

THE world's leading gaming device manufacturers spend part of their time acquiring rights to existing brands. They will then turn these films, sports teams, celebrities and TV shows into games.

As The Thrifty Gambler notes: "Many times brand licensing requires the marketing and legal divisions of the companies to gaze into the crystal ball and predict what'll be hot, and then grab up the rights before someone else does. Atronic, for example, bought the rights to Deal or No Deal when it was a hit show in Europe but unknown to American TV viewers."

Which will be the next big hit at the slots?

And her some a new Star Trek-themed game. With adaptive gaming.

"Adaptive gaming is the next step towards what we're calling personalized and intimate gaming," says vice president of marketing Rob Bone. "When a player finishes a session of Star Trek, he or she simply enters a PIN number. A ticket is printed with a code which the player can insert in the bill validator for the next playing session, allowing them to pick up where they left off."

And: "It's administered over our wide area network, so feasibly someone who's in Las Vegas can hop on a plane for Atlantic City and have the ability to pick up where they left off at another casino in another state," Bone said. "We'll also have local area networks as a solution for those markets that currently don't use wide area progressives."

It computer games meets slots.

It's the internet meets casino...

Top 20 Most Innovative Gaming Technology Products of 2007
by Andy Holtmann
Anne King
June 1, 2008

excerpt:
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‘Star Trek’ slots
—WMS Gaming—

The first game concept in WMS’ new Adaptive Gaming category is “Star Trek” slots.

Players enter an immersive environment which adjusts to their personal accomplishments and preferences, a capability never yet seen on the casino floor. Players choose either free spin or interactive bonusing each time a bonus is triggered. Using the company’s wide- area network WAGE-NET System, players can earn medals to unlock new, unique “Star Trek” episodes and save their state through a chosen ID so they can pick up where they left off at any “Star Trek” machine during their next visit.

Upon their return, players can resume with the same number of medals and episodes they had earned during their previous game play. This slot is powered by WMS’ next-generation CPU-NXT 2 platform with real-time 3-D graphics, a 26-inch digital top box and Bose 3-Space surround sound audio system with a custom gaming chair.

“I would purchase this,” one judge said. “This is a new concept. The game remembers the player, their status and allows them to pick up where they left off. This combines the appeal of the ‘gamers’ with the ‘players.’”

“This is a powerful ‘adaptive’ game that will definitely drive new slot customers,” another judge noted. “A great product…one built for the newer slot customer.”

This is the last tip of a larger article which I will post in a separate thread