Jukepot
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Overall impression
| Game Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Jukepot |
| Software: | NextGen |
| Game Type: | Video slot |
| Paylines: | 243 |
| Progressive: | Yes |
| reels: | 5 |
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Theme of The Game
NextGen’s inspiration for this game came from the 50s and from the diners of the time. The action revolves around a jukebox, the slot machine’s reels being actually placed on such a machine. The vintage look is visible both in the surrounding graphics and in some of the symbols which are part of the game. It’s a favorite look for many, so it’s not an unusual theme choice. Both the 50s and the diners of the time have been used for the themes of several slot machines already.
Developer
NextGen is the company behind Jukepot. They are based in Australia and they are one of the subsidiaries of NYX Gaming Group. They offer games that are a pleasure to play, some of the titles they released recently including Gorilla Go Wild, Medusa II and Foxin Wins Again. Their recent titles are well done and they typically come in HTML5 and Flash.
How To Play It
You will notice immediately that the typical slot machine look has been replaced with a jukebox here, so that’s what you’re seeing all around the reels. You have wood and neon all around the game area, with the betting options being included in the wooden part from the bottom. Going from left to right, you can get information from the paytable, mute the sound, modify the bet value per line, find out how much you won, gamble your winnings and spin the reels.
Because this slot offers 243 ways to win instead of paylines, you don’t need the combinations to land on certain positions in order to be of use to you. It will be sufficient to get those symbols on neighboring reels, going from left to right.
It’s an attractive look, and it shows that the developers did their best to bring the 50s look to this slot machine. You have the diner right in the background image, with the jukebox taking over most of the screen. It looks the part of a jukebox thanks to the decorations placed around the reels appropriately. The quality of the symbols is high as well, and even the playing cards look appropriate for the chosen theme.
Special Features
A number of features were introduced in Jukepot, including some that are more unusual than others. The first one I’ll mention is the stacked wild, mainly because it’s also the one you will rely on to get the top prize of Jukepot, worth 500 coins. Given the stacked mode in which it can appear, the game should offer multiple winning combinations at the same time if you have multiple wilds stacked on its reels.
Another feature that is connected to the wild is the one that gets a Hot Rod to go across the slot’s reels, giving you a stacked wild when this happens. It’s going to be a feature that triggers at random.
From time to time, you will also notice that two to five reels that are next to each other will lock together and spin the same symbols on them, for an extra chance of getting a big prize. You might even get multiple reels with wilds on them, which would help you get some of the best prizes the game has to offer.
Even the free spins are more fun in this game than they are in other slot machines which include them. The 10 free games you receive when you have the necessary number of scatters will come with locked reels, and it’s not going to be just a random occurrence, like it’s the case in the base game.
Maximum Payouts
The top payout of Jukepot is not an impressive one, but it’s not something you’d expect in a ways to win slot anyway. You can get paid up to 500 coins when you have the best possible combo, which is composed out of five wilds. That might sound like a laughably small prize, but since you get wilds in stacked mode there are very good chances that you will get paid multiple times during the same round.
Summary
I found it quite an entertaining slot machine, thanks mainly to its unusual features but also because the designers did a great job. With a 97.07% average RTP, it even offers a decent chance to make a profit while playing it.
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