The Six Million Dollar Man Slots

Review of The Six Million Dollar Man Slots

Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world’s first bionic man. Steve Austin will be that man. Better than he was before. Better… stronger… faster.

It was the 1970s and good television was scarce. We only had a few channels and all of them signed off the air every night around midnight, so who wouldn’t have been excited when a bionic man strutted his way onto our screens in the fall of 1973?

Predictably, the entire country embraced The Six Million Dollar Man and elevated him to “icon status” after only a short amount of time. His popularity extended for years afterwards and even after the show was cancelled in 1978 his diehard fans were able to get studio execs to produce made-for-TV movies about him well into the mid 1990s. Now that’s devotion!

Any show that spawns tons of merchandise like toys and lunch boxes has obviously struck a chord with viewers and I personally never missed an episode back in the day. This was honest entertainment that the whole family could be excited to watch. Even as I type this I’m having flashbacks to Sunday nights with my kids gathered in front of the television excitedly bouncing around waiting for the show to start. Now if only I could block out that memory of the green shag carpet that we used to have in the family room.

So now you know that this is being written by a fan of the original show who’s both biased and nostalgic, however, this expert review of The Six Million Dollar Man Slots doesn’t need to exaggerate. Playtech did a fantastic job on this one and fans are going to be extremely happy with the results.

Screenshots

The images below show you just how good a job the machine does of taking you back to the future…well…the future as we thought it was going to be in the 1970s. The Playtech designers updated the classic television show in a modern way with crisp images and sleek user controls – it has the charm of the ’70s with the function of the 2000s.

Storyline

When one of NASA’s best astronauts crashed his aircraft in a horrific accident everyone thought that he was a goner. However, Colonel Steve Austin miraculously survived the crash and was immediately rushed into surgery and was given a new bionic arm, bionic eye, and two bionic legs: obviously, he was now the “Bionic Man”. What was the total cost of the operation? Well, unsurprisingly, it was six million dollars.

Now Austin had superpowers that he had never dreamed of and could run as fast as a car and lift up a truck with ease. His new bionic eye allowed him to see 20 times farther than the average human and it even had infrared technology. Austin then used his new powers for good as he travelled the world to save people in danger and help further the causes of the United States and NASA. He was the original crime-fighting cyborg, arriving 10 years before the likes of RoboCop and Terminator.

The storyline of this release follows the plot of the original show and all of the adventures that occur in this bionic universe…but unfortunately there’s no slow motion action sequences. Although there aren’t really any specific stories lifted from the show, everything does come together to nicely bring back the memories.

Unique Symbols

Normally we would complain that Playtech decided to use the 10, J, Q, K, and A, but in this instance the quality of things is actually enhanced by having fewer unique symbols. You will see when you play it for yourself: all of the other ones are so lively that it would have been too much if there were another 5 unique ones to keep track of.

Here’s what we got:

• 10
• J (Jack)
• Q (Queen)
• K (King)
• A (Ace)
• Blue EKG Waves
• Digital Numbers
• Bionic Foot
• Bionic Hand
• Bionic Eye
• OSI Director Oscar Goldman (Richard Anderson)
• Colonel Steve Austin (Lee Majors) (Wild)
• The Six Million Dollar Man Logo (Scatter)

Of course Steve Austin is the highest-paying, giving you 4,000 coins for five of a kind. There is then a huge drop in payouts as Oscar Goldman only gives you 500 for the same number in a result. The Bionic Hand, Bionic Foot, and Bionic Eye all award 300 coins each, with the Scatter offering a very low 100 coins for 5 across the board.

Jackpots

There are no jackpots in The Six Million Dollar Man, but gentlemen…you can rebuild this game. Playtech has the technology. You can build this online slot better than it was before. Better. Faster. Stronger. More profitable…

Bonus Rounds

There isn’t a true bonus round in this machine which is pretty disappointing…especially when you consider how great the rest of the action is – you just know that a special feature would have been amazing. Any opportunity to use bionic body parts to snag cash is always going to be fun and the developers really could have elevated this release to another level if they would’ve chosen to explore their options.

However, there is a “Bionic Spin Button” that will cost you an extra 50% of your wager, but it will guarantee you 0 to 5 Wilds every result. We’re not sure how getting zero Wilds is a bonus but we understand what they were trying to do here and it is a fun experiment. When you pull the Bionic Spin lever to enable it, a red target will appear and zoom in on random symbols to change them into Wilds. This will obviously give you more ways to win but just keep a bionic eye on your bankroll.

Free Spins

You will be chasing the Six Million Dollar Man Logo Scatter since 3 or more of them will get you freerolling with 15 spins in the “Bionic Free Games” feature. Unfortunately it’s a straight 15 every time and you don’t win extra free spins by hitting more Scatters when triggering it.

Also, you can grab yourself 2 extra spins by collecting all of the bionic parts that Steve needs to rebuild his body. If you grab the Bionic Leg, Arm, and Eye in that specific order you will receive the 2 turns and 1 additional Wild will be added to the Stacked Wilds that will then stretch them out to cover more rows. You can only gather one bionic part per result so don’t bother cheering for all 3 to fall at once. Also, the symbols have to fall in a stacked manner if they are to be added to your collection.

You can keep track of what you’ve gathered with the status meter at the right of the board. This prize can be awarded a maximum of 5 times while freerolling but if you trigger it a 6th time or more you’ll only get the 2 respins and no Wilds will be added.

Graphics

The graphics in this release are excellent and definitely one of its main strengths. The designers did a fantastic job of transporting us to a unique world that is technically in the past, but feels like it’s in the future. All of the bionic body parts glow and activate in just the right way when they’re triggered during the various features.

There are awesome video clips from the original show that play if you hit a big win that involves one of the characters, with a favorite being from Office of Scientific Intelligence Director, Oscar Goldman. They fit in perfectly with the music and graphics of the unique areas and they’ll bring a smile to your face.

The machine graphics of adding extra Wilds to the reels are fun and fluid, and the symbols light up as if they’re dancing and supercharged. It’s a totally futuristic game with lots of robotics and technology, not to mention bleeps and blorps.

Audio & Soundtrack

The regular soundtrack is absolutely beautiful: it’s a soft ’70s jam that’s slow and funky with sassy bongos that fade in and out as you go. However, if you engage the Bionic Spin feature and start to auto-roll, the tune is drowned out by frantic robotic effects and there doesn’t appear to be a way to turn down the audios while keeping the soundtrack at a reasonable volume. What a shame!

The song that’s heard in Info Mode is fantastic and has more groovy wah wah guitars in it than you can shake a bionic arm at. It’s definitely inspired from the great American funk music of the 1970s and it sound like it was professionally recorded in a studio in downtown Detroit.

However, those two songs are put to shame by the synth-heavy anthem that pumps out of during the free spins mode. There is an uptempo bass line that gets worked over by and electronic keyboard that will have you dancing in your seat. It’s kind of unbelievable how good it is.

In regards to the audios, when you pull the lever for a Bionic Spin you’ll get the familiar sound effects from the television show that happened whenever Steve jumped using his bionic legs. All of the other audios when you push buttons and get big wins are “futuristic sounding”…although the software designers did a great job of making them “futuristic sounding as if they were created in 1975”.

Every Playtech audio engineer who worked on this machine should be very proud of themselves – it was absolutely an award-winning effort.

Conclusion

There are lots of reasons to like Six Million Dollar Man and it was an excellent interpretation of the original TV show. It’s rare that a casino software company hits the nail on the head with a television-themed slot game but this one is darn near perfect.

The graphics are cutting edge and will impress even the pickiest of players and the special features and free spins mode are tons of fun. The ridiculously great soundtrack is probably the best ever put into an online gambling game and it’s basically impossible to get sick of listening to it. In short, this release preforms on every level.

So if you love The Six Million Dollar Man you’re definitely going to want to check this one out and see all of the great action for yourself. Even those who’ve never heard of Steve Austin before but are looking for a fun and exciting machine to enjoy should go take a look – you will not be disappointed.

The future of online slots is here, from the past, to play in the present.

Better. Faster. Stronger. Awesome!

Random Video of The Six Million Dollar Man

That’s enough talk about Lee Majors’ character, lets see the Bionic Man in action with his wife Farrah Fawcett Majors. Here they are dropping by the Brady Bunch Hour to try their hands at some comedy. We had actually forgotten how bad this show was! Enjoy?