Microgaming Power Spins Online Slots

Published on: June 24, 2012 

Over the last year the leading software provider Microgaming has released three online slots games with the sub title Power Spins. These games are visually and structurally similar, but sufficiently different so as to retain their own identities. At the core of these slot machines is the Power Spins feature, which can be activated by wagering an extra amount and which offers an additional benefit in return. What makes the Power Spins online slots so exciting is that the benefits are completely different in each game.

The first of the Power Spins slot machines was Sonic 7s, which went live in May 2011. The word “sonic” implies speed and hence power. Most of the symbols are from classic slots and include different 7s and bars along with cherry and bell, but have been given a steely blue appearance. The wild Sonic logo and the Scatter logo have been uniquely designed. The Power Spins feature can be activated by enabling all the 9 paylines and wagering an extra amount of three times the line bet. Most online slots players would anyway wager with all paylines enabled and hence this would not be an additional burden. But three times the line bet would work out to 33% extra on the total bet and this is quite steep. However, Power Spins Sonic 7s offers benefits that are commensurate with this additional wager. Each wild symbol on the reels doubles the payouts. Therefore if there are three wild symbols then the payout will be multiplied six times. The multiplier effect is capped at eight times. This should not bother players because getting more than four wild symbols would be an extreme rarity.

The second slot game of the Power Spins series was titled Atomic 8s and was launched in February 2012. The same classic slots symbols have been used, but in their natural colors and with a flaming background. The Atomic logo is the wild symbol and the Radioactive sign is the scatter symbol. These differentiate Atomic 8s from the earlier Power Spins slot game and help to create its independent identity. The Power Spins feature is optional and is activated in the same manner. But in Atomic 8s the benefit offered is different. The required number of like symbols pays out both left to right and right to left. This doubles the opportunities for a payout and compensates for the additional wager.

The third slot game of the Power Spins series was launched in March 2012 and was titled Nuclear

9s. Like the earlier two slots games, Nuclear 9s is a 9 paylines video slot. The same classic slot symbols are used, but against a background of deep green. The Nuclear logo is the wild symbol. The nucleus of the atom is the scatter symbol. As in the earlier games, activating Power Spins involves enabling all nine paylines and adding three times the line bet to the wagered amount. In the Nuclear 9s Power Spins feature all symbols in winning combinations fade away and new symbols fall down to fill the empty spots. If this results in winning combinations then the process repeats. Each time the process repeats the payout multiplier increases by 1.

The Power Spins online slots are worth wagering on only if the player is willing to activate the Power Spins feature. These slot games are live at all Microgaming online casinos such as Spin Palace, Royal Vegas and Golden Riviera.

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