Outer Space Slots by Software Providers

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Science fiction movies and arcade games with aliens are very popular forms of entertainment. Online casino software providers are well aware of this and they regularly create slot games with an outer space theme. This theme gives ample scope to exploit graphics ability, incorporate audio visual side effects and have a variety of bonus games on the second screen. This article looks at some of the best online slots in this genre produced by different software providers.

Rival Gaming is well known for its genre of slot games known as i-slots or interactive slots. One of the special features of i-slots is skill based bonus games. Rival Gaming online casinos offer two outer space themed i-slots titled Cosmic Quest 1 and Cosmic Quest 2. Cosmic Quest 1 is sub titled Mission Control. The symbols on the reels are astronauts, rockets, space food items, satellites, ray-guns and cats and monkeys with space suits. However, the highlight of Cosmic Quest Mission Control is an arcade style skill based bonus round called Asteroid-Blasteroid. This includes five stages, with each stage having a unique environment. The player is awarded credits depending on the number of asteroids he blasts.

Microgaming has released the maximum number of online casino games. Its 400th game was released in April 2009. This was The Great Galaxy Grab, an excellent slot game befitting the occasion. It was one of the first slot games to have symbols in 3D styling. The ambience of outer space is perfectly created. But the best feature of The Great Galaxy Grab was that it had a story to tell. Captain Bronzebeard is traveling through outer space searching for his wife. Each time the bonus game is triggered the player gets taken to a different location in space where a different bonus game is played. The six locations are bank, gas station, diner, saloon, casino and mall. The saloon bonus game is a high low card game. The casino bonus game is a wheel of fortune game.

The best Cryptologic outer space themed slot game is Outta Space Adventure. It is a title in the Movie Mayhem series that pays tribute to different genres of films. Outta Space Adventure obviously depicts the science fiction genre and reminds players of blockbusters like Star Wars and Star Trek. The introductory music is of the type one would find in such movies. The symbols on the reels are a hunky male hero, an attractive lady pilot, an asteroid, a scientist, a spaceship, an alien and futuristically crafted high value playing card symbols. The audio visual animations are a treat to watch.

Outta This World is the outer space theme slot game from the portfolio of Realtime Gaming. The reels are set in outer space. The space related symbols include a one eyed green alien, a spacecraft, a telescope, a laser gun and an image of Earth from outer space. The high value card symbols come in different colours with a small spacecraft whizzing round them. The alien is an expanding wild symbol and covers all the rows on the reel. The black hole is the scatter symbol and triggers the pick a planet bonus game. Players have to select from 10 planets to reveal prizes like free spins and bonus credits. But once players reveal the two aliens it is game over.

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