Bank Raid – Three Holds Barcode Fruit Machine
Posted by: alugoool : Category: Tipps for Slots MachinesGeneral - Another “old style” Empire game and another copy of old Barcrest games (Jewel In Crown/Lucky Strike etc). Normal Play – Go for three holds on the feature and all wins (it will very occasionally bring in the higher wins, it seems you never win on the next spin if you do not hold at all). If going for holds after nudges always go for: (where available)
1 ) Barcode (note, from left to right this is SINGLE bar, DOUBLE bar, TRIPLE bar, so it is reversed from most barcodes). If it does hold with two of the barcode sequence, do not spin, hold the two you have, it will bring in the 3rd about 50% of the time)
2 ) Feature, holds fairly frequently after nudges.
3 ) The lowest win available. It will never hold after nudges for a win of more then £2.
HI-LO GAMBLE - Is very nasty, gamble once if on a 1-3 or 10-12 and then exchange (unless on a 1 or 12). You can exchange after one successful gamble, and it will kill you more often than not on the second Hi-Lo. Collect if on a 4 -9, you win the Hi-Lo on these numbers so rarely it is not worth it.
BARCODES - If you get the barcode (single/double/triple) you have three choices. Press one of the three bars for the following:
NOTE - Watch out if you get skill nudges, take a look at the reels before you automatically stop it on four, sometimes the barcode is just two or three nudges away, and you have to land on it exactly! (This is surprisingly common).
Single Bar – A follow me feature on the feature buttons for up to £5, pretty tricky and not worth bothering with at all (see below).
Double Bar – If you are on a good number (1-2 or 11-12 (3 or 10 at your own risk, it’s dodgy!!)) then go for this, the three bars will flash really fast (random style), hit start for a three bar win of whatever bar you hit, £4 or £5 is most common. As you are on a good number you can Hi-Lo for a £4 to £6 exchange. When on the board, take one move only and collect the best cash, nudges or feature on offer. It will kill you on the 2nd move (at least 80% of the time); generally this should be £7 or better (usually with nudges).
Triple Bar – Collect this if you are on a bad number. It just steps the reels down and advances the win trail for each cherry it comes across and gives you £5 most of the time or £4 occasionally.
SAFE CRACKER – There is symbol on the centre reel “SAFE CRACKER”, this normally drops in by itself (like the FIGHT NIGHT symbol) but can sometimes be nudged in. You then press a sequence of hold buttons for one of six features. They are all pretty much a jackpot and no more. The best is 2-3-1 for a Super Series, which always gives £9 to £10 and sometimes goes up to £16 or £18. (Do keep an eye out for this on nudges, it is there sometimes out of sight for 3-4 nudges).
THE FLASHING CAMERAS – At the four corners of the feature board are four little red lights on a camera graphic, if it holds after nudges or gives a third hold these will flash briefly and the machine will make a little siren sound. This is not too important, but what is important is below:
THE FEATURE – First, if the four corners flash as described above you have a guaranteed jackpot, just keep pressing start, sometimes you will land on one of the corners which is a skill stop moving five in each direction (like Great Escape), you can still land on caught and lose or on a question mark and get killed. So play safe and stop as far away from any of these as possible. You will land on enough cash squares to get the jackpot repeater pretty soon. Do keep an eye out, in a noisy pub if you are pretty drunk it is very easy to miss the flashing lights, it is a lot more subtle than Fight Night and the sort that change colour. (Although landing only on cash squares soon gives it away). The feature (in normal mode) is okay, as long as you do not push it to far. As soon as the cash trail gets to £4 or £5 then collect or you will get killed very soon. If the nudge win is for £5 or better then collect, the only exception is if you have the extra life. You have one safe move after you lose the extra life, after that, collect. The features are a funny bunch, the bottom three are all worth £2 to £4, the middle three are £3 to £5 and the top three are all a jackpot repeater. I can not remember the names or all the features, the bottom two are totally random wins, normally £2. Cash Link is normally £4 to £5, Mystery Money flashes “Mystery Win X” in the display, I remember that win 5 is £5, and I think 7 is £8, other than that, you are on your own. Like I said, the three features below the jackpot all give a jackpot repeater anyway, so always collect them. The mysteries are the usual lose, Hi-Lo to continue, extra-life etc.
KEYS – There are five green and five red keys. If you get two keys opposite each, you get the feature listed with the chance to gamble up. This comes up very rarely so always collect if they become available (unless something good is on elsewhere) as they can all be okay. If you get a skill stop off the corners see what keys you need and consider landing on one to try and get a set. Again, can’t remember what each of them are. They are as you would expect, £2 for the bottom of the five and £10 for the top of the five, above that is the jackpot repeater. Having said that, they do let you gamble up sometimes to get a better one, collect these if you get the chance, they make a change if nothing else.
OVERALL You can do pretty well on this machine if you are not too ambitious, never go for risky Hi-Los, never push the feature and go for low wins after nudges. Even when it is not paying you can normally break even with clever play. And never push for the jackpot repeater, it is a very bad repeater (I’ve only ever had one repeat on two occasions) so just collect £7-8 if you get the chance, it is not worth risking for what is effectively an extra couple of quid. After a jackpot try another £5, it often spreads out a £15-20 profit over quite a period of time. This is not a machine you will win a fortune on but it isn’t one that will bleed you dry either.
