Slot and casino games have evolved over the years to become more complex and fun, but at their heart they are still quite the same as the original fruit-themed slot games that were seen in casinos decades ago. While you are likely to see slot games based on virtually anything, one of the most popular genres that have served as an inspiration for casino games has been video games. There have been quite a few hit casino games based on successful or cult video games, and here we will take a look at the best of the lot.
Resident Evil
With all the hoopla around this movie franchise, it’s easy to forget that it started out as a popular video game. As in, wildly popular, with several iterations that increase in complexity of game play.
If you could handle the game and the movies, then you’ll likely be comfortable with the slots game, which creates the same threatening vibe you feel in the original game when you are seeking Team Bravo after their helicopter disappears in the forest.
The slot game uses weapons, character images and wilds to work for your win on three reels. The slots game will send you into Jake’s mission or Leon’s mission if the reels guide you there. It’s a game within a game, and your job is to collect the resources necessary to bolster your crew’s firepower.
Hitman
The cloak-and-dagger mafia motif that saturates the video game, the graphic novel and the books is evident in the slots version of the game as well. The protagonist of the game is a contract killer who is also a clone. Naturally, complications arise.
In the slots version of this franchise you’ll play with guns, knives and garrotes as you attempt to collect 18 free spins from the 15-line display. A variety of bonuses are available to the player, including re-triggers.
The music will be familiar to you, deep and threatening, as if you’re listening to a “deep house” track.
Call of Duty
Military maneuvers, guns, explosions and survival at all costs. What’s not to love? Fans of this game will appreciate the way the slot game recreates the gritty warfare action and close calls of the skills game. The soundtrack is, of course, death metal.
In addition to the game’s traditional reel spin slot play, you’ll occasionally get a soldier darting across the screen to toss a grenade. The explosion may alter the reels enough to award you potential bonus cash.
Space Invaders
Total arcade classic, utterly 1980s, but still so beloved by gamers everywhere. No wonder this archaic shoot em’ style game was resurrected by slots engineers at Scientific Games.
The aliens and the canons are not quite as pixelated as they were in the original Atari game, but the feel of the original has definitely been maintained.
There are two different ways to play the game. There’s the “usual” slot machine play, with multiple lines, etc., but there’s also a bonus round. If you make it to the bonus round, you’ll have a chance to engage in some skills-based play, shooting at the aliens just like you did at the pizza parlor years ago.
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