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News from Bree
spymaster@theonering.net
Aug 4 2010, 3:09pm
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California Casino adding LOTR Slot Machines
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 Love Lord of the Rings? Love slot machines? Now you can combine the two! It looks like Spotlight 29 Casino in the Coachella Valley has added 10 new penny slot machine games to their line-up, and they include the brand new LOTR game:
Lord of the Rings has taken the J.R. Tolkien trilogy and created an innovative experience that utilizes the latest gaming technology. The player will embark on a mission through Middle Earth and complete different levels of the storyline through wins. "Adaptive Gaming" technology allows control over the spinning reels during a turn, while "Sensory Immersion" incorporates chairs with Bose sound systems to complete the illusion you are traveling with Frodo and friends through the elements of Tolkien's fantastical world.
Read on for further details. [Press Release]
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Tim
Dor-Lomin
Aug 4 2010, 8:22pm
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I like have no interest in gambling or gambling machines.
Until now.
A soul in tension that's learning to fly
Condition grounded but determined to try
Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I
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Patty
Elvenhome
Aug 4 2010, 8:44pm
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I saw some of these being made on TV once...
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Discovery channel or History Channel, I think it was. I wonder if these could possibly be the same ones--this was rather long ago.
As someone who doesn't gamble, except the odd scratch off or two, I'll bet these are not "penny" slots.
Permanent address: Into the West
Must. Have. The Precious! Give us the Blu-ray Ultimate Box Set!
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Voorhas
Menegroth
Aug 4 2010, 8:49pm
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...I'm spinning in my own grave, and I'm not even dead yet.
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Elven
Doriath
Aug 5 2010, 12:32am
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My reaction was something similar ...
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If he was with us, I'd really like to hear what the Professor would have to say about this ... 
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weaver
Gondolin
Aug 5 2010, 1:05am
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So, gaming technology, a spinning chair, and a Bose sound system can take you to Middle Earth...
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Funny, I thought the way to do that was to read some books, or watch some films made about them.....
Weaver
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Ancalagon
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Aug 10 2010, 7:05am
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Casino machine is emulated with virtual pinball, as is the real pinball machine!
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Hi all,
Besides being a huge Tolkien fan (duh), I'm also an active member of the virtual pinball community over at vpforums.org. With those LOTR gambling machines, the 2 websites have crossed paths because I have seen this machine emulated within the pinball emulation software. Check it out at: http://www.vpforums.org/index.php?showtopic=8423
Even better, if you want to play the suberb STERN 2003 Lord of the Rings pinball machine on your PC, then head out to: http://www.vpforums.org/index.php?showtopic=2469
The setup of virtual pinball can be somewhat of a hassle, fortunately there are auto-installers available at the forums: click at "getting started" in the left-top side of the welcome screen at www.vpforums.org
The pinball machine has a lot of voice and music samples from the movies, the art work is also straight from the movies and the machine itself plays really nice, a deep ruleset and wizard mode that is called "Valinor Multiball". I have yet to reach "Valinor", it's real hard to do. The dot matrix display (where your score is tallied) features some of the best work that can be done with such a display. Have I mentioned a Balrog-toy that can swing onto the playfield, blocking a ramp where you can launch the pinball through the One Ring? Anyway, it's worth checking out!
Greetings,
Ancalagon
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