King Chameleon Pokie
Chameleons are a lizard native to Madagascar and they have the unique ability to change colour and blend in to the background. The King Chameleon pokie from Ainsworth however, is a bright and colourful game which no-one can miss, as it’s got striking images of butterflies, birds and frogs across the reels.
There’s 5 reels here, with symbols over 3 rows and 100 paylines running through it, which should lead to frequent, if relatively low-value wins, a format preferred by many people who don’t want to keep spinning the reels over and over before getting a prize, even if it’s a larger one.
Extra features such as wild substitutions, high value scatter payouts and a free spins game with locked wilds and win multipliers should all help to make this eye-catching pokie a big hit.
Playing King Chameleon
Ainsworth have taken players to the heart of the jungle with King Chameleon, where ancient carved figures prop up the reels and vines are surrounding the symbols. The control buttons underneath it all are a bit more up to date and give players the option to stake just 0.01 on a spin, or as little as 1.00 if they want all lines activated.
The maximum wager is 75.00, which should be enough to satisfy all but the highest of high rollers, and wins occur whenever 3 or more of the same symbol type stop across an active line running left to right.
The smaller of those wins will occur when the playing card symbols make up lines, with the 9 and 10 paying out 5x, 10x or 50x the per line bet when 3, 4 or 5 land. The J, Q, K and A are all worth 5x, 20x or 75x for the same combinations, while the unique picture symbols start with the butterfly, turtle and frog, which are all valued at 15x, 80x or 150x.
Other animals in this jungle are a lemur and bright red bird, each of which pays 25x, 100x or 300x the line stake when landing 3, 4 or 5 across an active line.
King Chameleon
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Bonus Features
Our friendly chameleon finally makes an entrance, acting as the wild symbol in his own game and substituting for all standard symbols to complete wining lines. He only appears on reels 2, 3 and 4, although he will often be stacked across any reel he lands on, potentially filling the middle of the game for lots of guaranteed wins in a single spin.
There’s a giant tree which also has a couple of special properties. It’s a scatter symbol, so can appear in any 3, 4 or 5 positions to be worth a prize, and the win is a multiple of the total bet per spin, not just the line bet.
If 3 scatters land, players win 2x their stake back, while 4 pays out 10x and 5 tree symbols is worth 100x the stake, plus a free games round that has extra wilds and multipliers will start with any 3 or more scatters.
8 free spins will be awarded and to make them a little more interesting, a golden chameleon joins the regular one as an additional wild and this shiny fella will stick around on the middle reel for the next 4 spins to hopefully complete lots of combinations throughout the round.
As well as staying on the reels, he will multiply any wins in the next spin by 2x, in the one after that by 3x and then in the next spin by 4x, although players have to get a winning spin in the first place to benefit from these awards.
The normal chameleon will also stay around each time he appears, although only for the next 3 spins and any 2 or more tree symbols at once will re-trigger the free games, with 5 extra spins added to the end of any still left in the current round.
What some players don’t notice is that the value of most symbols is reduced during the bonus games, which seems a bit of a sneaky trick and pretty much cancels out the benefits of the extra wilds and multipliers. But a free game is a free game, so maybe we shouldn’t complain.
The Verdict
King Chameleon is certainly a colourful pokie, with some of the more vivid wildlife of Madagascar appearing on the reels. While standard gameplay isn’t anything unusual, the free spins game has a couple of neat twists to it, especially once the multipliers come into effect. But these are not guaranteed and if the golden chameleon lands on the last of the free spins, then players will miss out on them.
Despite the lower symbol values during the bonus games, this remains a great-looking and potentially rewarding pokie.