The Morgan Fairchild Megabucks slot machine..

[88survivor]

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I swear, that machine was like poison when I first started playing it back in 2006, I believe. I think getting the bonus is fairly easy....if you luck enough that is...but man, do those 4x the spin wheel or 5x spin suck in return...I sometimes always get either 2x the spin or 1x the spin...I could never get five in a role.....and when it is revealed....it is just like nyah nyah nyah to you. So annoying....I regret lying my eyes on that machine for good. I just laugh(you could tell I was betting max if you look at me) when Morgan's voice says, "Go....Go...Go..." Very monotone.....I was like, "Yeah....another shitty credit amount." I never get anywhere higher in this game.

[The Shamus]

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I swear, that machine was like poison when I first started playing it back in 2006, I believe. I think getting the bonus is fairly easy....if you luck enough that is...but man, do those 4x the spin wheel or 5x spin suck in return...I sometimes always get either 2x the spin or 1x the spin...I could never get five in a role.....and when it is revealed....it is just like nyah nyah nyah to you. So annoying....I regret lying my eyes on that machine for good. I just laugh(you could tell I was betting max if you look at me) when Morgan's voice says, "Go....Go...Go..." Very monotone.....I was like, "Yeah....another shitty credit amount." I never get anywhere higher in this game.

To everyone who wonders why I dislike IGT as a company ... IGT will find a celebrity like Drew Carey ... pay them a gazillion dollars ... stick the person's name an existing game -- and call it something new. Like a few graphics and a few sound bytes are supposed to change the fact you just recycled a 10 year old game. How much effort would it take to come up with a real creative Morgan Fairchild game ... something new that we haven't seen before.

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[maxgirl]

I really dislike the games all about a celebrity. Its cheesy, and I don't like the extra licenseing fees attached to these games, I see that as just another pocket to pad makeing the game less lucrative for the player anyway. And Morgan Fairchild? how old is this machine and was she ever that much a celebrity figure? lol please dont ask em to come up with a new Morgan Fairchild game:eek:

[The Shamus]

I really dislike the games all about a celebrity. Its cheesy, and I don't like the extra licenseing fees attached to these games, I see that as just another pocket to pad makeing the game less lucrative for the player anyway. And Morgan Fairchild? how old is this machine and was she ever that much a celebrity figure? lol please dont ask em to come up with a new Morgan Fairchild game:eek:

We don't need more rehashed celebrity endorsements at the expense of payback percentage! And not just IGT ... WMS does it too!

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[bama9999]

Speaking of Morgan Fairchild, she was already featured on one slot game. She is one of the celebrity panelist on the Match Game video slot, which of course is based on the old TV game show.

[The Shamus]

Hi Kalikynos:

I agree whole heartedly that Bruce Lee, Clint Eastwood and John Wayne turn me off from playing those slots. They all do it -- and it must sell slots, but it doesn't make them any more fun to play.

A good movie is the sum of the direction, editing, acting, story, etc. A good video game is the sum of graphics, action, strategy and puzzle element.

re: IGT has an absolutely *brilliant* art department. It puts out stunningly beautiful (for slot machines, that is) ORIGINAL graphics, combined with seamless (again, original) animations. IGT's art department leaves WMS's in the dust. I'm an aesthete, in a way. I enjoy "pretty pictures". I appreciate the talent behind IGT's original art and the skill of the digital animators who bring that extra "wow" to it.

==> I respect your opinion. I've seen lots of great IGT stuff -- especially their "big budget" releases. The "celebration" fireworks are pretty cool. I personally still perfect the more stylized "comic" WMS interpretations. However, most importantly, I like good game play.

I like Aristocrat games a lot. But no one is going to claim their graphics and animations are spectacular. They're "basic". Some of them (like Roll Up Roll Up) are worse than "basic". They're downright inferior and sub-par. So, if IGT wants to take Aristocrat's ideas, like stacked wilds and premium symbols, and re-release them as visually appealing slot "works of art"...that's just fine with me. Now I have *two* manufacturers whose games I like to play, instead of just one.

==> I really like Aristocrat games as well. I would encourage that company to by a video game company -- someone who can kick their games up a notch.

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[maxgirl]

do you think its a good ideal to have all the machines uniform with the same sound effects? apparently that was the ideal with the change in software in Stinkin Rich, that now has the same sounds as Wolf Run and lots of IGT games. Don't you lose something in trying to uniform all your games to sound a like, yes you are making it recognizeable as IGT machines, but you lose the charm of each game being its own. I think it will get boreing in time myself.

[Deb]

I also agree with everything that you are all saying here. I have never seen that game and had no idea that a Morgan Fairchild megabucks game even existed. WOW. We were at Rincon a while back and they had a carousel of Jackie Collins $1 reels, and I thought that was stupid. IGT also. I mean who really cares???? Not me! :) By the way those games have been there for about 2 yrs and I have yet to see anyone playing them. I has been awhile since we have been there and are not ever going back but I can just about bet my house that they are still there!

[The Shamus]

do you think its a good ideal to have all the machines uniform with the same sound effects? apparently that was the ideal with the change in software in Stinkin Rich, that now has the same sounds as Wolf Run and lots of IGT games. Don't you lose something in trying to uniform all your games to sound a like, yes you are making it recognizeable as IGT machines, but you lose the charm of each game being its own. I think it will get boreing in time myself.

Hi maxgirl:

This is the tough one. I always liked the Aristocrat jingles ... with the music giving the player a clue to the size of the win. However, to lock this in for years to come ... hmmm.

On a practical note ... if I was blind, I would surely appreciate the musical queues!

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[88survivor]

Maybe IGT should promote some has been celebrities....Danny Bonaduce, Leif Garrett, Scott Baio, Donny Osmond, Marie Osmond, or better yet....Hugh Hefner himself. Naw......can you imagine listening those voices when the wheel spinning and you get a shitty win? And they congratulate you at the end via Wheel of Fortune with Pat Sajek and Vanna White.....I guess that's how we invented the bitch slap to that screen or that's how we use the skip button...