Blockbuster

Review

This game offers a Basic mode and four enhanced modes, all played on a single set of 4 reels. All bet modes use a single, always active payline, with a visual guide showing winline patterns on the screen.

The Basic game is played with one credit per spin and offers a hold feature in both manual and auto modes. Autohold can activate on one or two reels, increasing the chance for a win. Promising reel positions are held automatically. Players can use Hold buttons to manually hold up to two reels, unless a hold was used in the previous round or after a win. The Collect/Reset button resets holds.

Winning combinations in the Basic game consist of 2, 3, or 4 symbols, and in the enhanced mode, 3 or 4 matching symbols. Payout tables are displayed on the screen. Combinations of 3 matching symbols win when collected on reels 1, 2, 3 or 2, 3, 4 in the Basic game. The enhanced mode requires 3 matching symbols on reels 1, 2, and 3. Active combinations are shown on a display for the current bet mode.

The highest payout in the Basic game is 200 credits, automatically transferred to the Credits meter.

Other winnings in the Basic game can be doubled or lost in a gamble feature (using Head/Tail buttons). Winnings can be collected using the Collect/Reset button or transferred to the enhanced mode with the Start/To Clubmeter button. The Choose Bet/Head button switches between bet levels.

Combinations of 2, 3, or 4 ?-mark symbols in the Basic game provide a random payout between 2-100, 8-100, and 20-100 credits, respectively. Payouts occur only on a winline. Available payouts are: (2, 4, 8, 12, 16), 20, 32, 48, 64, or 100 credits.

The enhanced game can be played with bets of 5, 10, 20, or 40 credits. When switching to any enhanced mode, the bet is taken from the main Credits meter. Payouts in the enhanced mode are added to the Club Meter. When playing the enhanced game and the Club meter is not empty, one credit is taken from the Credits meter, and the remaining credits are taken from the Club meter.

Unlike the Basic game, ?-mark symbol combinations count criss-cross. Combinations of 3 or 4 ?-mark symbols in the enhanced game provide a random payout between 20-200 and 80-200, respectively. Available payouts are: (20, 40), 80, 100, 120, 160, 200.

Collecting 2 Crown symbols (Bet 20) or 1 Crown symbol (Bet 40) on a payline starts a Bonus feature round. This feature is a shuffle round on a bonus matrix with predetermined payouts, including mystery payouts (20-1000 credits). Available payout options are: 20, 40, 80, 120, 160, 200, 240, 320, 400, 600, 800, 1000. The shuffle round runs and stops automatically, indicating the winnings.

The Take Clubmeter/Tail button transfers credits from the Club meter to the main Credits meter.