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Slot
Machines For The Young
Slot
machine manufacturers know that the best
place to look for new blood is to go
young. Therefore, they are now setting
their sights on a younger generation of
slot machine players and are focusing
their product development on what will
entice them to play. They already have a
pretty good idea, now it is simply a
matter of putting it into play, so to
speak.
WMS Gaming in Chicago is one of the
biggest names in slot machine
development. They know that the trend is
now to focus on a new generation that
will hopefully play their games, so they
are pulling out all the stops.
One of the most popular slot machines
that they have found is the “Top Gun”
game, as it reminds them of video games.
Slot machines have really become about
resembling more of a video game than a
slot machine. If they can create the
slots to remind players of video games
instead of the slot machines, then they
have enticed a whole new group to play.
Not only the look, but the sounds of
video games must be employed. For the
Top Gun game there are speakers in the
front, and “tweeters in the head rest”
according to WMS Gaming officials. The
chair vibrates as the jets rush by,
giving the player the feel of an all
inclusive video game that they could
very well be playing at any arcade.
The slot machine industry is hoping that
they will be able to convince the new
generation to spend their hard earned
cash at the slot machine “arcade”
instead of the one at the mall that they
are used to patronizing. At the rate
they are going, it looks as though they
are going to be fairly successful.
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