On this day, X years ago...

[KasinoKing]

Cos we were travelling covid-free across Europe, here's the last several day's worth lumped together!

3 years ago:

4 years ago:

5 years ago:

6 years ago:

7 years ago: Biggus Dickus?

8 years ago: (Bet x242)

9 yeas ago:

10 years ago: What's happened to everyone's screenshots of this these days?

11 years ago:

12 years ago:

13 years ago:

16 years ago:

KK

 

[goatwack]

Looking through the stills of these old slots makes me feel like I'm chopping up onions, such were the good times had.

Now I just cry with laughter at anyone who plays these new monstrosities masquerading as 'slots'

 

[KasinoKing]

A few more festive days lumped together - been partying hard... NOT!

6 years ago:

Bet x623...

10 years ago:

15 years ago (Christmas Day):

KK

 

[KasinoKing]

Having somehow managed to forget about this thread for a whole year, I have decided to pick up from where I left off with more of my memorable screenshots of big wins, or just games I used to love, but are no longer with us

So, from the first 9 days of January in years gone by...

3 years ago:
(Megaquarium from RTG)

4 years ago:
(One of my all-time favourite RTG games - now decommissioned Hairway to Heaven - maximum win)

7 years ago:

Wilds Antics - £2 spin, bet x313 final win:

10 years ago:

11 years ago:

I remember @Casinomeister used to love this game, as did I...

14 years ago:
Another great (dead) Rival slot...

15 years ago:
Grand Virtual software - some of the craziest and fun slots you've ever seen in your life! God how I miss ALL their games...
149x

Oktoberfest 103x:

KK

 

[mcgameboy]

10 years ago: What's happened to everyone's screenshots of this these days?
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KK

1. I haven't posted any screenies on the forum for over 2 and a half years

2. HTML5 IR is a piece of hot nerfed garbage that claims to still have an RTP of 96.86%, yet quite often appears to play significantly WORSE
than the Mega Moolah version which (if you take the JP contribution out) has an RTP that is OVER TEN PER CENT less (I think it is 86.73%).

If the RTP is what Microgaming claim it is, I can only conclude that they have seriously tweaked the variance.
Wins in the 100x-500x range (something that players could achieve on Viper several times in the same session) seem to be much, much harder to land.

The Viper version of IR wasn't just "a little bit better", it was light years better, different planet, different galaxy in fact.
You didn't need 4-reel WDs to win big. 3-reelers, even some 2-reelers could hit the spot. And all four FS features could deliver good results.

They seem to be in rather short supply now. And believe me, I have played plenty of spins on the HTML5 version (at much lower stakes) to give myself
a chance of being won over. Because at the back of my mind, I do wonder if I am just being a rampant foilhatter.

Another great game ruined by a rather unscrupulous and perniciously designed HTML5 makeover.
To the extent that I think you stand a better chance of winning on TS2.

I never, ever thought I would see myself typing those words. Hell has indeed frozen over.

 

[KasinoKing]

Somehow missed this classic from my previous post - my biggest ever win on one of my all-time favourite MG slots!
Free-spins ended with bet x363, on Jan 7th 2009...
(Bet £4, win £1,452)

And now, just a few shots from Jan 10th in years gone by...

6 years ago:
Two "well timed" £10 bets just 27 minutes apart
(I would play this game on £2 stakes, then when feeling lucky, go up to £10 for a few spins)

Earlier on the same day...

16 years ago:
God how I miss Intercasino (the BEST casino of the early 2000's) and those great Crytpologic games...
(This game was called Isis)

17 years ago:

KK

 

[KasinoKing]

Looks like Jan-12th was a good day in previous years for wins between 100x to 200x...

6 years ago:
($2.70 bet)

Off-line - down the seafront arcade!

7 years ago:

9 years ago:
Bring it back!!! ? ? ?

11 years ago:

KK

 

[1366613]

the osbournes... one of my fav!!!

 

[KasinoKing]

Jan 13th brought up several x100+ wins on slots which are ALL no longer with us. RIP ?

7 years ago:

8 years ago:
(I don't even remember this game!)

9 years ago:
(Rival Gaming)
Bet = $1.40

Bet $1.40, win $258

Bet $0.60, win $90.00

15 years ago:
( Actually, this Rival game IS still available )

KK

 

[shadow123]

Anybody else think we have lost something along the way,even with all the bells and whistles and "potential" wins?
I dont remember having to play 100,s of games to get some shitty feature that more often than not paid a pittance.
The big difference was that the games were mostly random, what you saw on the reels was what you got instead
of the predetermined pick a value then display it which is how everything seems to run now

 

[KasinoKing]

So after the weekend off, here's the small number of big wins I had on Jan 14, 15 & 16 in years past...

6 years ago:
Fuckalong from RTG - hit 5 scatters...

9 years ago:

"Only" x90 - but that's a BIG win on this very low variance Rival slot!

12 years ago:
Another of those totally awesome, strange and bizarre Grand Virtual slots - the 11-winline Atlantis...
Started free-spins with 5 scatters, then it re-triggered for more than 30 spins in total and a 153x result.

KK

 

[KasinoKing]

Not a very successful period, so here's the last several days lumped into one...

6 years ago:

7 years ago:
(110x)

8 years ago:
(250x)

11 years ago:

12 years ago:
(200x on the 5 scatter free-spins trigger. Finished on 257x)

Same game, same day, different win...

KK

 

[goatwack]

Six years ago may have been past slotting's peak, but it was still a darn sight better than the guff of today, and still pre-HTML5 'conversions' I believe?

And of course just near or roundabout the time when BTG spread its prominence like a fungus, and ruined the pastime for most!

Still, it's nice to see a throwback to better times, even Rival

 

[KasinoKing]

Still, it's nice to see a throwback to better times, even Rival

I used to love Rival games - but when they switched to HTML5 they didn't bother converting about 3/4 of their slots - which is a crying shame ?

KK

 

[Jono777]

I used to love Rival games - but when they switched to HTML5 they didn't bother converting about 3/4 of their slots - which is a crying shame ?

KK

Only really played them in my very early days when Rival threw out regular NDB's -Played for the fun and never really tried to cash out.

Loved their story based games (memory test time ) Spy Game? - As the Reels Turn? Plus a couple of their 3 reelers, One with big juicy fruits on it and another based on Gold Prospecting?? (Nope not Bonanza )

 

[goatwack]

That boxing game of theirs was top tier! And although many titles felt like reskins, they had enough variation in them to distinguish them from one another, so that each game felt thematically different and got the player invested into that setting ?

Rival always got a bad rap, based off their 'questionable' casinos' use, so that in the end everyone thought it was bad software by default.

When in actuality their software was up there with the best of the time, and could be best described as a mix of Netent & Playtech. They deserved more plaudits for sure ?

 

[KasinoKing]

Loved their story based games (memory test time ) Spy Game? - As the Reels Turn?

Yeah, you are correct - they were the iSlots. They used to have about 24 - including a few with TRUE SKILL bonus features.
Since the conversion to HTML5, they now only have 3
They are Cirque Du Slots, Sherwood Forest Fortunes & Panda Party

This was the original list (off some old website I made years ago! (There were a few more, added after I stopped keeping it up-to-date)):

My favourites were Switch in Time, Baby Boomers, Fixer-Upper, Hole in Won, Spy Game & Rock On. Sadly they are all gone ?

KK

 

[dunover]

Yeah, you are correct - they were the iSlots. They used to have about 24 - including a few with TRUE SKILL bonus features.
Since the conversion to HTML5, they now only have 3
They are Cirque Du Slots, Sherwood Forest Fortunes & Panda Party

This was the original list (off some old website I made years ago! (There were a few more, added after I stopped keeping it up-to-date)):

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My favourites were Switch in Time, Baby Boomers, Fixer-Upper, Hole in Won, Spy Game & Rock On. Sadly they are all gone ?

KK

I think you are the only bloke left in the UK who plays RTG and rival. Seriously. I doubt anyone else does, joking aside. You are rarer in the UK than British persons who've been into space. You are almost certainly outnumbered by the amount of Prime Ministers we had in 2023.

 

[dunover]

"Asylum please! Our dinghy sank..."

 

[KasinoKing]

I think you are the only bloke left in the UK who plays RTG and rival. Seriously. I doubt anyone else does, joking aside. You are rarer in the UK than British persons who've been into space. You are almost certainly outnumbered by the amount of Prime Ministers we had in 2023.

Seriously, joking aside, if you have never played Rival or RTG then you have missed out on some GREAT slots

Still, it's nice to be in the same exclusive club as Tim Peake & Liz Truss

KK

 

[OliverCooper]

Oh wow! One of the best reminders I think.

 

[dunover]

Seriously, joking aside, if you have never played Rival or RTG then you have missed out on some GREAT slots

Still, it's nice to be in the same exclusive club as Tim Peake & Liz Truss

KK

I recall @ChopleyIOM playing The Back Passage or some other Rival slot to do with holes and skill. Second attempt converted a daft 1700% zillion percent bonus and it was removed from the wagering.

 

[KasinoKing]

Only a few have popped up since my last collection 5 days ago, so I've added them here with 3 good wins I had on Jan-27th...

4 years ago:

5 years ago:

15 minutes later...

6 years ago:

10 years ago:

Remember the beast that was Hot Ink?

13 years ago:

KK

 

[KasinoKing]

Jan 28 & 29...

7 years ago:
I must have been drunk!
Playing Robin Hood at SEVEN pounds per spin...
Wasn't 100x, but you gotta admit, pretty ballsy (or pissedsy!)

10 years ago:
(RTG slot - Crazy Vegas)

11 years ago:

SEVENTEEN years ago :

13 minutes later:

KK

 

[goatwack]

Never mind seven quid a spin, I had a hard time playing Robin Hood at 20p, as the game was just too attritional!

Of course now, when viewed through the prism of today's utterly pants releases, Robin Hood takes on the title of 'Timeless classic'