The Best Game of Russia - 2005
Is there any businessman dealing with organizing and carrying out gambling games and wager in the field of playing machines that did not hear about Crazy Monkey Game worked out by holding company Fair Game – Igrosoft? And are there any people that heard but did not played it? The result of players poll organized by correspondents of “World of Games” magazine in more than fifty regions of Russian Federation showed that nowadays Crazy Monkey is the most popular game in our country. “Fair Game” company is 10 years old this year. Well, anniversary is celebrated more than worthy!
But why this game exactly? In fact, the appearance of Crazy Monkey is generally a fluke unlike thoroughly designed games degree of popularity of which creators try to count on the basis of numerous marketing researches and polls long before the games themselves are created. It is Crazy Monkey that somehow conquered the hearts of Russian gamers in spite of the fact that Unidesa, Konami and Atronic already have some games that transport us to wild African jungles full of bloodthirsty animals and foolhardy hunters.
So, Crazy Monkey is a 9-lined, 5-rolled videoslot. Maximum stake is 540 credits, maximum winning is 125.000 credits. There are 2 bonuses and a double game. In spite of the long creation and testing prosedure the game having appeared in the middle of the summer 2003 did not gain the popularity that the creators expected. Half a year of modest existence of “monkeys” not at all “crazy” elapsed quietly and steadily.
It is interesting that in the beginning “Fair Game” company did not sell the game separately but offered it in addition to the popular at that time Belatra. But suddenly with the beginning of spring 2004 the real “African passions” began blazing in these electronic jungles. It was that spring that an original record in selling playing machines with this game and separate system board was gained. Naturally, a clone of Crazy Monkey created by Astro Corporation immediately appeared on the game-market of Taiwan.
As it turned out the most excitable experts of “Crazy Monkey” are the gamers of Russian regions. Among Middle East countries the game is the most popular in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Georgia and Moldavia. However, seeing the non-decreasing interest to their creation, the creators of Crazy Monkey organized the testing operation in Poland, Peru and Columbia. Probably, African jungles will turn to be also attractive for the game-hunters of Amazon.
Crazy Fruits of Atronic was recognized as the best game of the last year. Crazy Monkey – the best one of this year. Maybe the success of the game has its origin in a certain word of its name? A song with non-sofisticated words “crazy music for crazy people” appears in hit parades for many years! Speaking seriously, psychologists have proved long ago that a great deal depends on the name. Just as the sexual appeal of a human being is programmed by the quantity of “roundish” vowels in his?her name, there are “successful” words, that determine the preferences of a gamer on the subconscious level. And the word “Crazy” is one of those words. So, even precise name invested into the success of Crazy Monkey.
So, who is claimed to be the official distributor of this game? In Russia it is Fair Game company, in Kazakhstan – Technoslot, in Ukraine – Club-2005 and ASQ companies.
It is necessary to mention the success of Russian producer – Fair Game-Igrosoft holding! In Russia appeared a product that can be showed abroad with dignity at last. Russian producers of playing machines were not pampered by export orders so far, therefore we wish Fair Game-Igrosoft holding good luck not in Russian but also in international field of gambling games. Creators assure that there will not be a sequel in the near future, but in December a new game “Sweet Life” will appeare.
The main question that arise at the site of an incredible success of Crazy Monkey is what is the secret of gambling games’ popularity? With the help of graphics of good quality and intricate computations one can create a good game of high quality but not more. A special ingredient is needed for creating a masterpiece. Which one? Probably, Crazy Monkey has answered this question having presented us – adult and exhausted, anxious for getting away from fuss and everyday routine – with a prohibited and thus even more appealing trip from an old child’s book about Africa where “gorillas live” where we were not allowed to walk in childhood.
Polyanskaya Viktoriya