Hot Slots

{{Infobox video game

|image = HotSlotsBoxShotNES.jpg

|caption = Cover art

|developer = Idea-Tek{{Cite web|last=jbholio|title=Unlicensed NES Games Guide|url=http://www.er.uqam.ca/merlin/fd491499/nintendo/nes/|accessdate=1 April 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205202208/http://www.er.uqam.ca/merlin/fd491499/nintendo/nes/|archivedate=5 February 2007}}

|publisher = Hacker International/Panesian

|platforms = NES/Famicom

|released = {{Video game release|JP|1991|NA|1991}}

|genre = Simulation (slot machine)

|modes = Single-player

}}

Hot Slots, or {{Nihongo|AV Pachisuro|AVパチスロ}}, is a slot machine simulation video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System developed by Idea-Tek, and published by Hacker International/Panesian in 1991.

AV Pachisuro is the title of the Japanese release for the Family Computer (or Famicom); Hot Slots (titled Hot Slot in-game) is the English-language version of the game published for the NES. The title AV Pachisuro combines the Japanese-coined English initialism AV (adult video) with the Japanese contracted word pachisuro (a portmanteau of pachinko and slot).

Gameplay

To begin a game, the player chooses one of three slot machines: Cutie Bunny, Juicy Fruits, or Las Vegas. Each machine has a distinct visual design and musical score. After purchasing "medallions" (token coins), the player may play up to five medallions in a machine for each pull. The player stops each reel by pressing a direction on the D-pad. Between spins, the player can optionally switch to another machine.

Hot Slots is an eroge, a video game that rewards game progress, persistence, or performance with images that are sexually explicit or suggestive. Each slot machine is accompanied by a scantily-clad hostess, who appears at intervals when the player's winnings surpass a certain threshold. When the player nets a profit of $210, the game displays a full-screen cartoon image of the partially clothed hostess with a caption or speech balloon. At a net profit of $300, she loses more of her clothing; at $450, she appears nude.

Reception

Allgame gave the game a rating of 1 star out of a possible 5.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}

The game later became a rare collectible item in North America due to its limited release, with complete copies selling for thousands of dollars. {{Cite web |title=Hot Slots Prices NES {{!}} Compare Loose, CIB & New Prices |url=https://www.pricecharting.com/game/nes/hot-slots#completed-auctions-cib |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=PriceCharting |language=en}}