Japan Technicals Games

About the Company

Japan Technicals Games Limited is a Hong Kong-based real money slot games developer. The privately held company was founded in June 2018. Within a short time, they had partnered with Oryx, Golden Hero, and Solid Gaming.

The company participates in the pachislot and pachinko industry with a wide service footprint in Japan featuring their pachislot cabinets. The Japanese gaming parlors generate nearly $190 billion in revenue yearly and entertain over 9 million people.

The company has four titles to their credit under release and development as of review time including the first traditional Japanese Pachislot released in an online version, Hawaiian Dream.

According to release from one of their collaboration partner, Solid Gaming, the online version of the colorful interactive game became the top wagered game on each of its release sites.

Confirming that claim, we found the game to be JackpotJoy PLC's number one game in Asia for 2018.

Golden Hero is a subsidiary of JPJ. Other online gambling sites owned by the group include Botemania in Spain (formerly owned by Gamesys), Vera&John, and InterCasino which has focused their marketing and retention efforts mostly in Germany and Sweden recently.

Games and Software

All builds are in HTML5 for play on any device.

Hawaiian Dream

 

Hawaiian Dream is a medium volatility game with a relatively high return to player percentage (RTP) of 97%. The gameworld is set on a beautiful tropical beach with well-endowed bikini-clad girls.

There are nine visible reel positions on the 3x3 hybrid game. The game features continuous respins and several bonus features and free spins mechanics.

The Hibiscus flower is the most important triggering symbol. Landing three on any of the five pay ways will trigger a respin, and that is what starts the action.

Matching three Rush symbols will trigger free spins.

There are several pathways to enter features from the base games, the Sunset bonus, or the "Rush" free spins.

Respins trigger frequently and build value, with new prize symbols added. Lucky players will go from the Sunset bonus respins into one of the Rush games. We triggered 8 free spins on Hibiscus Rush within a dozen spins on the base game.

Super high probabilities of winning with certain symbols are generated as the player progresses. Retriggers were common and the eventual payout was 44x total stake after completing Rush and Super Rush but not achieving the Ultimate Rush level of free spins.

Ultimate Rush offers stacked symbols for full screen wins.

The game is nicely animated, very colorful, and is always throwing something new to the player to keep anticipation and excitement at their peaks.

Bet levels range from 0.20 to 100.00 per spin.

Battle Dwarf

Battle Dwarf Pachislot features completely different mechanics but maintains the 3x3 reel set. The game is set a world of dwarves with plenty of flash, fire, and foreboding soundscapes.

 

Locked reel respins, battles, and free spins with retriggers keep the game engaging.

Ragnarök Mode comes with big wins, of different colors.

Golden Dream

Golden Dream is a 3x3 game that borrows the respin feature from Hawaiian Dream. You will be able to anticipate the free spins feature by the continuous respins in play.

 

There are also major differences, not just in the art and themes, but in the feature. If you reach the Big Win Rush, frog icons will trigger a big win storm for much bigger payouts.

Oiran Dream

Oiran Dream follows the same pathway through the mechanics, but the Oiran's beauty will determine the level of the prizes to be awarded. Oirans were courtesans of Japan and the sexier the character in this game, the greater the prizes.

The Final Analysis

Although we have some trouble sorting Golden Hero, Japan Technicals Games Limited, and Solid Gaming for who deserves credit for particular elements, we can probably assume that all were involved in-game creation of provenance at some point.

Solid is more of an aggregator and platform provider for Asian markets, while JTG most likely worked with Golden Hero in order to release the games through Jackpot Joy casinos. In good time it will all settle out and the mysteries will be solved.

For now, we have an exciting new developer of fascinating and innovative games. While we can't agree 100% that these are the first online pachinko or pachislot games (Playtech's Dolphins Paradise Pachinko, 2009 comes to mind) they are multi-faceted, with interesting bonus mechanics.

Add the colorful animations, constant action, and sheer novelty of the title released so far, and it's not hard to imagine the cross-over attraction as well as the greenfield advantage this developer enjoys.