Played one of these the other day, fixed on £1 play - £70 Jackpot. Looks very much the same as Reel or no Reel, another Empire machine.
Despite being a 5-line game I was surprised to see no multistaking options on offer whatsoever, which makes any new game pretty unapproachable. Having no option other than £1 doesn't really entice you into spending quality time on the machine, trying to find out what some of the features are or get a hint of the profile.
After £8 in I got a line of cherries for £2, bashed the hi/lo gamble and exchanged for the feature, which is a bit of a GGG/CBW-type affair where you hi/lo around a lapper board, picking up cash and feature KO's and the like. All the features were red due to the price of play.
Lower than a 7 (no bonus number on start!) for a 3, got offered a feature whose name I cannot remember, felt I could lose at any time no matter what number I was on, went higher regardless for a 10, got offered another feature, took it, got £8.
Didn't fancy staying on it to learn of the hidden depths that surely awaited me had I got further in. Playing this game made me feel edgy because unless you're on a 1 or 12 you're never safe. Unless you have an extra life. Or no lose. At least on other games you can collect when you land on a mystery.
My question is this - who's gonna be up for eviction this week?
Empire Games - Ant Rap - £1 play, £70 Jackpot
Seen a £35 jackpot Ant Rap which was situated next to a Quiz Machine that had Connect 4. Sometimes I would try a board but it never seemed to offer anything higher than £3. Also it would quite often cost £6 - £10 for a feature.
One day as I was playing Connect 4, this bloke comes across from nowhere and starts shoving a few quid in the Ant Rap. He got a board fairly quickly but I didn't take much notice as I was concentrating on my machine. Next thing I know he's got jackpot! Never before had I seen a board offer more than £3 let alone the jackpot. He collected his money and left the machine straight away. All seemed to happen very quickly.
One day as I was playing Connect 4, this bloke comes across from nowhere and starts shoving a few quid in the Ant Rap. He got a board fairly quickly but I didn't take much notice as I was concentrating on my machine. Next thing I know he's got jackpot! Never before had I seen a board offer more than £3 let alone the jackpot. He collected his money and left the machine straight away. All seemed to happen very quickly.
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