Game On! Slot
Giving new meaning to the term “big game”, Microgaming’s colourful classic slot Game On! is a quirky 3-reel title that combines football and safari elements to give players a unique experience.
Featuring a single payline, a set coin amount and one simple bonus round, Game On! is an incredibly straightforward title that allows even newcomers to the world of online slots to jump straight into the action – but that’s not to say that it isn’t an incredibly enjoyable title that provides considerably more depth than the standard retro fare thanks to the addition of both hold and nudge options.
Creature Comforts
As outlined above, you don’t need to be a veteran online casino player to quickly know the score in Game On! With its single payline and set limit of one coin per spin, players will only need to concern themselves with the coin size they put in play – with bets that start at ￡0.10 and go all the way up to ￡10 providing plenty of scope for players using all bankroll levels.
For their investment, those tackling the game will have a shot at landing a regular maximum jackpot of 100x their stake, meaning a good-but-not-great ￡1,000 can be achieved at the biggest coin amount. This win can be further boosted by the presence of multipliers which come into play during the game’s main feature, meaning the actual amount players stand to win can be up to ￡10,000.
Other regular prizes in Game On! start at 2x your stake for landing three cherry icons across the central payline and increase all the way up to 50x for finding a whistle symbol on the middle row of all three reels. Randomly-awarded nudges and holds also help players create paylines, meaning players have more control of the slot and there is some tactical variation present in the base game.
Soccer Safari
Although it might seem like quite an unusual concept, veteran online slot players will know that the theme of animals playing sport is one that has been used by a number of software providers over the years. In Game On!, this idea manifests itself as an international football tournament contested by creatures from various countries, with plenty of colourful characters appearing on the machine.
Zebras, hyenas and monkeys represent Holland, Brazil and England respectively, while there’s also an eagle-eyed official that bears more than a passing resemblance to international football referee Pierlugi Collina and a commentator decked out in full safari gear. Unfortunately, these quirky characters are merely background material and the symbols themselves are fairly standard slot fare.
Fruit icons such as cherries, lemons and watermelons are all used to denote some of the lower value icons, with more striking football symbols only coming into play further up the pay-table. These include football boots, safari hats, whistles and the world cup jackpot icon, but all in all it is a fairly underwhelming selection of symbols given the slot features such a colourful theme elsewhere.
Golden Goal
As is the case in slot’s base game, the bonus round in Game On! is incredibly straightforward, with players able to win a maximum prize of ￡10,000 at the biggest coin amount. Triggered whenever three football scatter symbols appear on the reels (these symbols appear attached to regular icons), players are transported to a new screen where they’ll be able to play for one of three prize ranges.
At the start of the bonus, players will be assigned to a random prize table represented by a zebra, a hyena or a monkey and a skill stop feature will begin. The zebra awards prizes from 2x to 100x your stake, the hyena offers bonus wins of between 25x and 250x your wager and the monkey payout range starts at 25x your bet and runs all the way up to the slot’s maximum regular jackpot of 1,000x.
Once they’ve been awarded their prize multiplier, players must choose whether to collect that amount and return to the base game or gamble it for another turn. This is essentially a 50/50 proposition and can result in lower prize payouts, so we’d only advise using it when your win is low.
Animal Magic?
With its colourful graphics and slightly kooky theme, Game On! is an interesting and humorous spin on the classic slot machine format. Though the regular payouts in the base game aren’t particularly generous, the bonus feature does at least offer some tidy returns and the presence of random nudges and holds can certainly help players improve their winnings if they use them correctly.
