Gonzo’s Quest Megaways Pokie

It looks like Gonzo has finally found the legendary city of El Dorado. There is an immense town wall built of stones of different sizes and some of stones are nearly three times bigger than the others. Gonzo touches the wall and suddenly stones start spinning. It appears to him that these are Mayan reels and they deliver different number of stone symbols in each spin, from 2 to 7 per reel. This is what Megaways are about: 6 reels hosting a variable number of symbols each spin, produce a different number of ways to win. The number of Megaways in a spin is shown on the counter above the reels. The maximum possible number of Megaways in this pokie is a stunning 117,649. Winnings are awarded when matching symbols land on adjacent reels starting from the leftmost reel. This figured out, Gonzo is ready to place a bet starting from NZ$0.20 to NZ$4 per spin. Non-feature icons are carved in stone and depict Mayan artefacts. When there are at least 3 matching icons on adjacent reels, they pay between x0.1 and x15 a bet. This paytable looks low but the pokie machine produces thousands ways to win each spin, thus compensating for low payouts of any single combination. There is also a wild symbol looking like a question mark. It substitutes for any regular icon and – under certain conditions – for a Free Fall bonus symbol. There can be up to two wilds in a spin; the first wild hits any of the first 3 reels counting from the left and the second hits the remaining set of three reels. Wilds are unbreakable: this means they do not disappear during an Avalanche feature; instead, they stick to their positions in the triggering round, considerably increasing player’s chances to win. Free Fall symbols are scatters: they do not pay any award but trigger free spins, on their own or jointly with a wild.

Every win in the base play triggers an Avalanche feature. It removes all winning icons from the reels, adds x1 to the basic multiplier and fills emptied positions with random symbols. The feature goes on adding x1 to the multiplier as long as there is a win and until the multiplier reaches x5. Then all the subsequent wins are multiplied by x5 until there is a non-winning spin that ends the feature and restores the base game. Thus during the bonus feature, the slot machine may pay wins up to five times greater, which may amount to x75 a bet. Avalanches are available during free spins as well. They work just the way they do during the base game, the only difference being that a win multiplier becomes more generous. It starts from x3, then it grows up to x6, then to x9 and in the next round of Avalanche it becomes really nice, x15. This means the best possible payout in a single avalanche may reach x225 a bet.

There are two ways of launching free spins. The first opportunity is to land 3 or more Scatters in any positions on any reels. This achievement awards 9 free spins to the online casino player. The second opportunity is to land at least 2 scatters and 1 wild symbol. The second option also offers 9 free spins but every extra scatter in the triggering round adds 3 extra free spins. As soon as the Avalanche feature is available during free spins, they run with win multipliers starting from x3 and reaching x15, i.e. it is up to 15 times more lucrative than the base game. Therefore, a lucky one can hit as much as x21,000 a bet. In money terms, it is up to NZ$84,000 at the maximum bet. Of course, the game pays in dollars or bitcoin only if it goes for real money.

The area where Gonzo found his El Dorado is a dangerous place. There are poisonous snakes, frogs, insects and plants there. But the worst of them all is the earthquake capable of destroying the whole town in a matter of seconds. Fortunately, Mayas put a spell on their reels and earthquake destroys only icons with the lowest paytable. Emptied positions are taken by random icons with the higher paytable so Gonzo is lucky when the Earthquake hits the town! In fact, Gonzo is not just a brutal conquistador: he is also an artistic person and performs a nice dance for a player from New Zealand every time he receives a decent award.

As beautifully designed and rich for exciting and lucrative features as it is, Gonzo’s Quest Megaways is a brilliant 6-reel slot machine by standards of any online casino. Joined efforts of NetEnt and Red Tiger Gaming as well as secret Mayan witchcraft have endowed the pokie with a power to produce up to 117,649 Megaways and pay over x20,000 a bet.