Roller Coaster Tips and Cheats

Everyone has played Roller Coaster but there are still many tricks and playing strategies people do not know. If the machine offers a skill shot off the bonus or from any of the mysteries past the second two, it will definitely pay out. If you start the feature by rolling a twelve, then once again the machine will pay out. $1.60 is also a brilliant place to exchange for feature as it often gives an eleven or twelve, both being for jackpot. On Test your Strength always gamble for the Waltzes as this is a more profitable feature (see code pages for details). The machine also offers a maximum streak of $60 through features like the Waltzes and Test your Strength and very often offers the jackpot features within close proximity of each other. The top Roller Coaster feature (or Sidewinder!) will usually offer around $30 but it can go up to $60. If you are playing for a quick profit, take features like Log Flume/Rocket Money for $3/$4 plus a repeat chance. Most people know roughly what to expect when they play these machines, so just bare the above information in mind.
TIP
Once a jackpot is won, if a bonus roll in on the next credit you will nearly always get another jackpot. The Waltze features are usually better then the Nemisis on $15 versions.
PRO GUIDE
Gamble everything to reach the top feature.
The best way to force this machine to give big wins is to keep gambling for the top Roller Coaster feature. Once it starts offering roll up, roll up it will want to payout as soon as possible. Still go for your jackpots i.e. hit an eleven on roll up, roll up, to take you to Test your Strength. This will show the machine that it has offered you a jackpot but it was refused fuelling for good follow up features. Now the important bit you must always follow to maximise your profit is to never hi-lo gamble during feature play. This includes been on a one or twelve on any feature including the Nemesis. You must just play the feature with the start button. Landing on Test your Strength with a number one and gambling higher will effect the game play because it is what the machine is expecting and we want to give it what it least expects. Playing like this will mostly take quite a while and cost a fair bit ($40 - $60) but the features are brilliant fun and when you do eventually get the top feature it should keep on repeating $60 upwards. The most I have ever seen it do was $90 and it went empty with $32 owed.
Bad points about this strategy. Sometimes it will force a big win on Last Ride. Do not be put off by this, carry on playing to the above guidelines. Sometimes you will be given a feature such as the Nemesis or Test your Strength plus one repeat with last ride. If this happens it is up to you to either cut your losses and run or if you have made a small profit just walk away. When it does this it will put the machine off for a while so I would advise walking away and maybe come back after it has been played for a while.
Points to remember. Never hi-lo gamble during the feature as you will be playing along with the machine and that is not what we want to do. Sometimes it will offer $30 from the top feature then follow it up with a couple of other jackpots. The average high win of this machine is $60. Once you reach that point it will play slower and you will start to lose. The only way past the $60 limit is with the top feature and this is not always guaranteed.
The above strategy works on both $10 and $15 versions. There are other techniques that can be applied but you will most likely adapt these methods to suit you during gameplay.
Other methods to try:
Sometimes while playing the machine you will be offered a high win after a very short amount of time. Say for instance if you land on Test your Strength and you have only inserted $10 or less it may be best to either gamble for the Waltz and take it playing the $29.80 method or you could just collect Test your Strength and walk away with a little profit.
Streaking method for Sidewinder:
You may have heard a rumour about an emptying method for the Sidewinder machine. Although the machine can sometimes be emptied, it is not a proper emptying method. How it works is the same as a streak on any other machine except it is a lot larger, $80-$90 in some cases. What happens is you will get a feature and play for the Waltz (unsure of correct name but same as Roller Coaster!). Collect this and play for $29.80. If it is going to streak it will give the $29.80 and roll in a bonus on the next spin. Providing you get a feature you should get another Waltz and again, another $29.80. This brings the total up to pretty much $60. Now occasionally it will do this for a third time allowing for another $29.80 but I have only ever seen this happen once. As you can gather, with this amount of money the machine will usually go empty and that is where people mistake it for an emptier but as I say it is only a streak and can be very rare.