Cosmic Quest Episode 2
Cosmic Quest 2 is the second episode in Rival Gaming’s intriguing line of story based slot games. Unlike traditional video slots, Cosmic Quest is a series of compelling unusual slots from the leader in story based video slots. Rival Games has been in the industry since 2005 and has designed some of the most impressive video slots available on the market. The Cosmic Quest series is one of Rival’s incredibly popular i-slots that combine normal video slot play with story telling and skill based arcade games.
Both episodes of Cosmic Quest are based loosely on the Space Invaders arcade game that was so popular during the 1980’s. One of the interesting features of this line of games is that players have the opportunity to alternate between traditional gambling and playing the accompanying video game, a truly revolutionary spin on video slots. Rather than simply plugging away at the slots, players participate in a variety of different bonus rounds as the narrative story of the Cosmic Quest series slowly unfolds.
The second episode of Cosmic Quest takes things a bit further by offering a new round that is based entirely on skill. This bonus round lets players navigate their space ship deep into a cave where they rack up additional bonus coins. As they progress deeper into the cave, they have the chance to earn more and more coins. However, some players find steering the ship to be a little bit difficult, especially as the bonus round progresses. In order to keep things fair, the designers at Rival Gaming included an option at the end of the round to receive a random sum of points. This is a popular feature that was not present in the original Cosmic Quest. However, the average payout is slightly higher for players who successfully complete the skill based round, as discussed below.
Episode 2 of Cosmic Quest is subtitled Mystery Planets after the primary symbols of the video slot side of the game. The standard symbols of Mystery Planets are all different types of planets of various shapes and sizes. Some of planets resemble the planets and moons of our solar system, while others are really wild. Other symbols used in the game include rocket packs, communication devices, astronauts and a landing device.
Hitting three or more astronauts will open up the skill based bonus round, while rocket is the key to opening the expanding wild in the game. A rocket will expand to fill up an entire reel with free spins. In order to hit the jackpot on Cosmic Quest Episode 2, you must collect all 5 Wild Rockets on a particular line bet. It is also necessary to bet the maximum 10 coins on that particular line.
As for the nitty gritty details on Cosmic Quest Episode 2, this is a 20-line, 10-coin video slot with a maximum jackpot of 5000X’s the original bet per line. The default bet is $.01, but this can be customized to accept $.05, $.10 or $.25 coins. Due to the skill-based rounds of play, there is some variation on the return percentage. If the player chooses the random bonus round payout, the expected return averages to around 95%. However, if the player completes the skill based round perfectly, a maximum return of 95% can be expected.
Cosmic Quest Episode 2 was originally released in February 2009.
