The Goonies Slot: Overview
Blueprint Gaming, who recently acquired the MegaWays license, has been extremely busy churning out slot after slot 🍐 almost to the point where it's getting hard to keep up. While the MegaWays spectacle has been quite successful in 🍐 their case, we can't help to feel it's becoming a bit redundant. Or it could possibly be the fact that 🍐 we're starting to anticipate what to expect and in all honesty, The Goonies is no exception to the rule. If 🍐 you've ever played TED, you sort of know already what you're in for. Now, if you love the action-packed type 🍐 Blueprint Gaming slots, then you're in for a real treat as it has all the elements that are typical for 🍐 Blueprint.
The 30-35+ player base will likely be familiar with The Goonies. It's a 1980's blockbuster movie with cult status that 🍐 was directed by the legendary Steven Spielberg himself. If you haven't seen this Indiana Jones-inspired adventure, we strongly recommend you 🍐 do so. Naturally, some of the jokes are a bit outdated, but overall the movie is still relevant to this 🍐 day as are most of Spielberg's productions. In the online slot, you get to follow lead characters Mikey, Data, Mouth 🍐 and Chunk in their escapades and a chance to trigger 12 different bonus features.
The Goonies is a 5-reel, 3-row slot 🍐 with 20 pay lines which you can play from as little as 10 cents per spin across all devices. It's 🍐 hard to say whether it's a medium or high variance slot, but we'd say it's somewhere around 7-8 out of 🍐 10 on the volatility ladder. Quite a lot of the payouts are dedicated to the various main game features which 🍐 probably lowers the free spins frequency.
We feel that Blueprint has done this classic movie justice when it comes to the 🍐 overall production. Starting up the slot, it's almost as if you're introduced to one of those Disney adventure worlds. The 🍐 warm colours, intriguing symbols and a wealth of features make for some entertaining slot action.
The paytable is displayed in coin 🍐 value, which can be a bit confusing (on purpose) if you're new to slots. It's a trick used to make 🍐 the payouts seem more impressive than they really are. To make it simple, with a current bet size of 1 🍐 EUR, just remove the last zero and divide the coin values in the paytable by 2.
The Goonies comes with 4 🍐 low-value symbols, J, Q, K and A royals, as well as 5 premiums represented by golden balance scales, pirate skeletons, 🍐 pirate ships, treasure chests and Jolly Roger flags. The latter, along with the wild symbol which is of identical value, 🍐 is the most lucrative and awards 25 times the stake for 5 across a full pay line. The symbols appear 🍐 fully stacked on the reels which means there is a max win potential of 500x in the main game.
The Goonies 🍐 Slot: Features
Oh my, Blueprint Gaming slots can be a bit of a nightmare to review because of all the features 🍐 typically included, and it took us quite a while to play through them all. The Goonies comes with 6 main 🍐 game features and 6 bonus features. Let's start with the main game features first.
During any spin, the One-Eyed Willy's Riches 🍐 can be triggered randomly. When this happens, Willy swings across the screen and awards one of the following features randomly:
Truffle 🍐 Shuffle Wilds -additional wild symbols are added to the reels.
-additional wild symbols are added to the reels. Mikey's Hidden Riches 🍐 - turns reels into fully stacked wilds.
- turns reels into fully stacked wilds. Data's Colossal Symbols -3 reels adjacent to 🍐 each other can turn into a Colossal Reel.
-3 reels adjacent to each other can turn into a Colossal Reel. Mouth's 🍐 Lucky Coins - Gold coins are added to the reels which then reveals a randomly chosen symbol to form a 🍐 win.
- Gold coins are added to the reels which then reveals a randomly chosen symbol to form a win. One-Eyed 🍐 Willy's Bonus Boost -Increases the chance of triggering the bonus by adding extra scatter symbols.
-Increases the chance of triggering the 🍐 bonus by adding extra scatter symbols. Sloth's Win Spin – Guaranteed to trigger a big win spin.
There are another two 🍐 random features that can come into play following a losing spin. A scythe may appear to form winning combinations, and 🍐 a cave collapse can occur to form wins with symbol drops.
Three or more scatter symbols anywhere on the reels triggers 🍐 the One-Eyed Willy's Bonus Wheel. Similar to other Blueprint Gaming slots, players are offered the opportunity to gamble their features 🍐 all the way up to the One-Eyed Willy's Treasure feature where you can win 1000 times the stake. The top 🍐 feature can also be triggered by landing 5 scatter symbols.
There are 6 bonus features in total, all present on the 🍐 wheel. When the wheel stops on one of the features, players are given the opportunity to either gamble in the 🍐 hope of triggering one of the more coveted features further up the bonus ladder, or they may collect and play 🍐 the bonus feature. Beware, however, as the odds of winning during the gamble are not what you see on the 🍐 wheel. So what looks like a 50-50 chance may very well be 90-10. If deciding to gamble, the features below 🍐 the one awarded will be eliminated and are replaced by the Mystery Win Prize which is a coin win feature 🍐 and the worst one you can get.
The 6 bonus features on the wheel are:
Fratelli Hideout Bonus - Three keys are 🍐 presented to the player: CASH ADD (cash prize based on the player's total bet); COLLECT (ends the feature); HIDDEN TUNNEL 🍐 (a sub-bonus is activated where the player can trigger any of the other bonus features).
Skeleton Organ Bonus - Organ keys 🍐 are selected by the player with each character matching up to a total bet multiplier. An UPGRADE icon may be 🍐 revealed that will increase the multipliers or feature that can be awarded during the bonus. Three Key symbols will unlock 🍐 the door to an additional bonus feature. Avoid the Skull and Crossbones - lose three lives, and you're out of 🍐 the game.
Super Sloth Free Spins - A new reel set is introduced featuring the Fratelli villains. If a Sloth Wild 🍐 lands in view during any spin, all Fratelli symbols present on the reels are transformed into the top symbol. After 🍐 the feature is played out, a set of chests are presented. Pick one to reveal extra spins, collection to end 🍐 the feature or the One-Eyed Willy's Treasure Bonus.
Goonies Go Wild Free Spins -A new reel set is introduced here as 🍐 well. One of the top symbols transforms into a wild for the remainder of the feature after the first spin. 🍐 After the feature is played out, a set of chests are presented. Pick one to reveal extra spins, collection to 🍐 end the feature or the One-Eyed Willy's Treasure Bonus.
Inferno Free Spins - At the start of each spin, the Inferno 🍐 moves across the reel set, transforming 1 to 3 consecutive reels into Wilds. After the feature is played out, a 🍐 set of chests are presented. Pick one to reveal extra spins, collection to end the feature or the One-Eyed Willy's 🍐 Treasure Bonus.
One-Eyed Willy's Treasure Bonus - Values will spin and randomly stop on a total bet multiplier. The feature continues 🍐 until the booby trap is triggered.
The Goonies Slot: Verdict
It didn't take many spins until we realised that The Goonies is 🍐 a clone of TED, which feels like a bit of a waste with such a great license. Therefore, if you've 🍐 played TED, you will know how the slots behave. Pretty much all wins of any significance are allocated to the 🍐 features which are why most regular spins are made up of dead spins. Mathematically, that's how it has to be 🍐 in order to fit so many features as this game does.
Blueprint Gaming has a strong focus on entertainment, and although 🍐 there is a claimed max win potential of 10,000 times the stake in this slot, our experience with the TED 🍐 slot has been quite disappointing. The 2 scatter teases are plentiful and a bit exaggerated in our option, and the 🍐 main game random feature teases can be really frustrating. With that said, it is an action-packed slot with a lot 🍐 of things going on, which means you're in for a hell of a ride if you happen to catch it 🍐 at the right time.
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If you're a fan of The Goonies, be sure to try the follow-up release The Goonies 🍐 Return.
