Galactic Quest
This game was designed as one of the launch titles for Aristocrat’s new Baron Upright cabinet. It features three cartoon aliens who hover above the reels and provide a unique twist to Aristocrat’s trademark Hold & Spin bonus feature.
There are three base titles—For Love and Money, Martian Madness and Venus Vixens. The base game is a five-reel, 243-ways-to-win video slot. The three alien characters serve as collection pots, growing each time one lands on the reels until one or more of the characters trigger the main re-spin bonus.
Cash-on-reels symbols appear as hearts. During the primary game, they pay if two or more land adjacent on the reels. The feature is unlike the normal Hold & Spin event, in that there is no “hold.”
At the beginning of the feature, up to 12 “Cash Zones” are activated, marked by frames around the reel symbols. Hearts that land in those frames pay off immediately, and the number of Cash Zones resets downward until there is only one Cash Zone, after which the feature ends.
During the feature, the player can accumulate up to three “Jackpot Spins.” When the feature ends, one, two or three reels appear on the screen and spin until each reveals one of the five jackpots, with the top Grand a progressive resetting at $10,000 on the low denominations, and $50,000 on the top 50-cent denomination.
One, two or all three of the aliens provide enhancements to the re-spin feature. The blue alien triggers the “Protect” feature, which awards an additional spin for that reel spot. The green alien activates “Revive,” which randomly revives a deactivated Cash Zone position, giving an extra chance to earn cash-on-reels values. The purple alien triggers “Multiply,” which randomly places multipliers on cash zone positions that remain until a cash-on-reels symbol lands, multiplying the prize.
Manufacturer: Aristocrat Gaming
Platform: Baron Upright
Format: Five-reel, 243-ways-to-win video slot
Max Bet: 440, 880
Denomination: .01, .02, .05, .10, .25., .50
Top Award: Progressive; $10,000 reset
Hit Frequency: Approximately 30%
RTP Range: 88.2%-94.1%
