The September 21 selection has games where the bonus gradually builds and others whose whole idea takes just one explanation. Freya 1000 fills reels with shields, Bubble Wild gives you a screen of bubbles to aim for, and 81 Super Expand keeps things simple without complicated collections.
Here is what happens in each game and how they differ.
Freya 1000 — Pragmatic Play
In Freya 1000 from Pragmatic Play, the main action happens during free spins. A shield carrying a cash prize lands on a reel, and shields fill that whole reel. A wheel symbol can add a multiplier to the win.
Super Free Spins take this a step further. Multipliers build up throughout the bonus instead of lasting for just one spin. The accumulated multiplier only applies to wins on spins where a wheel appears, though, rather than to every result.
The idea is easy to follow: shields fill the reels, the multiplier grows, and the wheel lets you use it. Watching that bonus develop is the appeal here. The maximum win is 10,000× the bet, but the way these mechanics work together tells you more about the game than that number alone.
Source: Pragmatic Play
Bubble Wild — Pragmatic Play
Pragmatic Play’s other slot looks very different: rubber ducks, bars of soap, sevens and pink bubbles.
The rules are simpler, too. The pink Bubble Wild stands in for regular symbols in winning combinations. Six or more Bubble Pop or Bubble Wild symbols anywhere on the reels pay a separate instant cash bonus.
The main target is clear: fill all 15 positions with Bubble Wilds. That full screen pays the Grand Jackpot of 25,000× the bet. This is one for players who prefer a simple game with one obvious target to bonuses with several stages.
Source: Pragmatic Play game rules
3 Aztec Spells — Spinomenal
In Spinomenal’s 3 Aztec Spells, six or more qualifying bonus symbols start a round where they stay in place. The following spins give you chances to add more, and each new symbol gives you more spins to keep going.
That is a familiar slot bonus. The difference comes from the three features in the game’s name.
Boost adds to prize values, Multi multiplies them, and Collect gathers the values of bonus symbols into a single symbol. So it matters which of those effects lands alongside the new prizes.
A Collect on an almost empty board is one thing. A Collect after several prizes have already had their values increased is another. That is the appeal if you like collecting bonuses: watching the prizes and the effects that increase them work together within one round.
Source: Fruity Slots
81 Super Expand — NetGame
NetGame’s 81 Super Expand keeps things simpler. There are cherries, bells, sevens and a joker Wild that stands in for other symbols.
When the joker is part of a winning combination, it stretches to fill its entire reel. One Wild becomes a whole column, which can help form extra winning combinations.
That change is what sets it apart from a basic fruit slot. It is a straightforward option if you do not want to keep track of collection meters and several kinds of bonus symbols.
Source: NetGame
Cash 5 Lucky Clover Bar Link — 7777 Gaming
Cash 5 Lucky Clover Bar Link from 7777 Gaming also starts with a familiar fruit machine. Unlike 81 Super Expand, though, it has a separate bonus where matching symbols take a back seat.
Five or more special symbols in one spin trigger Bar Link. The prizes that landed stay on the board, and the following spins give you chances to add more in the empty spaces.
A Booster among the symbols that trigger the bonus makes a difference: it adds an extra row to the board, leaving more room for prizes.
This puts two styles together: a simple fruit game on the surface and a bonus about gradually filling the board. That second part is the one to look at if you like classic fruit machines but want a collecting round as well.
Source: Fruity Slots
Kingfisher Bubbles Frame Frenzy — Wishbone
In this fishing slot from Wishbone, cash amounts float in bubbles above the reels. They can merge and grow, but seeing a large amount on the screen does not mean you have won it. You need a Kingfisher symbol in the matching position to collect the bubble’s prize.
There is also Frame Frenzy, a bonus triggered by its own scatter symbol. During that bonus, positions where fish and active upgraded symbols land get marked with frames. Further hits in those positions create and increase multipliers, which apply when the prizes are collected.
So you are watching both the bubbles and where the symbols land. There is more to follow here than simply catching a fish and receiving its value: both the amounts and the positions that can increase them develop as you play. That may appeal if you like several things building up during a bonus.
Source: Fruity Slots
