Online Casino Slot Game Makeovers
By: Carter Avery, Monday August 30th 2010
The online casino industry and casino software providers are in a constant state of updating and making changes to games. This is especially true with online slot games. Slot games have gone from flat and boring to more animated and exciting with changes to graphics and the addition of audio and visual effects. Many popular online casino software providers want to stay ahead of the competition by adding new gaming features to their slots games. This lends itself to players eventually ceasing game play with many old favorites and the commencing of trying out new casino games.
Despite the changes going on, there is still some staying power in the industry. Many slot games have established a brand value that software developers don’t want to lose. However, these older slot games cannot generally compete with the technology, graphics and features on newer slots games. Many online casino software providers are turning to the solution of just making over the older casino games, giving them a face-lift of sorts so that they keep their brand value but possess new features and technology.
Many online slots providers and casinos have gone under the knife with their slot games, revamping and making over different elements. Some of these include Microgaming’s Thunderstruck 2 and Diamond Valley. Many of these games are now being called by their original name, still maintaining that brand value, but taking on a “II” or “Pro”. For example, Diamond Valley’s makeover lent it the new version Diamond Valley Pro.
One of the biggest makeovers has come on Playtech’s Captain’s Treasure slot game. The game now goes by Captain’s Treasure Pro. As more and more casino games took on this pirate theme, Captain’s Treasure began to lose popularity to games with the latest technology and features. In order to save face in the pirate themed slot game sector, Captain’s Treasure had to make some changes and major ones at that.
The Captain’s Treasure Pro retained many of the same symbols as Captain’s Treasure, but increased payline from 9 to 20. Captain’s Treasure Pro also took on 3D graphics as opposed to the flat 2D of the original game in Captain Treasure. Captain’s Treasure Pro also comes with exciting animations and gameplay, far beyond the old version.
In seeing the changes across online casinos, many players can see slot games have probably changed the most out of the lot. Many of these games have just reinvented themselves a bit with edgier and more complicated graphics along with enhanced gaming experiences through audio and visual displays. Some slots games like Captain Treasure Pro have even added new bonuses its original did not have. These changes have either been small with just updated graphics or a complete revamp with new graphics, increased paylines and additional bonuses the original games didn’t have. As technology continues to change, so too will slot games as casino software providers never want to be behind the times and losing players to more cutting edge games.
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