Jackpot (NES)

The NES Jackpot is a loose home conversion of New Lucky 8 Lines, a seminal game in the "8-liner" genre of 3x3-reeled video slots which would spawn the Cherry Bonus and Cherry Master series — more specifically of a version of it (MAME 0.274+: ns8linewb) including the "Witch Bonus" feature, which would be popularized by a line of "Witch" video poker games by Video Klein.

In these games, the player first bets individual credits (each enabling one payline: 3 horizontal, 2 diagonal, 3 vertical in this order, then increasing the value of the bet in the same order) or repeats the previous bet, then the (rigged) reels are spun. If a winning combination is lined up, a roulette wheel is rolled for a chance of doubling the score, which the player may then wager in a (rigged) double-or-nothing game; every consecutive win also adds one "dice" of Witch Bonus, a random number drawing — originally in the shape of a witch — providing a chance of further multipliers. Did we mention the Witch Bonus is rigged?

Being a home version not capable of payouts and where the witches are replaced with cats, this game is strictly FOR AMOUSEMENT ONLY.

Perhaps more importantly, a conversion of this game from a video slot to video Xiao Mali resulted in the relatively better-known cult game Dian Shi Ma Li.

"Fortran" Logo#

At 3B0 in CHR-ROM is a lower-resolution version of the "F" Fortran logo, with no sign yet of the eponymous character who would return to present 7 Grand Dad.

Jackpot	Dian Shi Ma Li

Regional Differences#

The CHR-ROM was changed between 56C0 and 58AF, differing in the tiles used for the game's logo. The title screen is further barrened of credits.

Shui Guo Li	Jackpot

Development Text#

Starting at 0xE31.

SPECIAL
INUNIT
PAUNIT
HADD
HADDBUF
CARD
HOLD
CTRLDB
CONDDB
SONG
DRAW
KEY
HLMODE
BBP
AUTOPK
HLCHAN
SEE
OLDBUF
SUB
SUB
NOWDB
PAY
HSCTRL
CLEAR

Game comparison#

	New Lucky 8 Lines	Jackpot	Dian Shi Ma Li
Payout table			N/A
Payout table			N/A
Losing a roll			Sound only (a ding, common to all three games)
Winning a roll			Sound only (Beethoven's Ode to Pain)
Start of Double Up game
Loss of Double Up game
Witch Game roll			N/A