Quick Fire Pokie
Australian pokie developer Aristocrat has been firing on all cylinders to produce the Quick Fire range of games. Consisting of the Golden Peach, Electric Boogaloo, Pharaoh’s Ransom and Panda Paradise titles, the range lives up to the name by paying out instant jackpots when players land certain 5 of a kind combinations across the reels of their chosen games, while even the base games see other features like free spins, sticky wilds, respins and more.
So, while the jackpots, (at least the higher-level ones), are a nice touch, these games are by no means just one-trick titles and anyone looking for pokies with popular themes and potentially rewarding features should seek them out across the many casinos that carry the Aristocrat range.
Quick Fire Jackpot Features
As each game plays in a slightly different way, perhaps it makes sense to cover the common jackpots first. There’s 4 different jackpots, with the Mini being worth a less than spectacular $10, while the Minor isn’t a whole lot better at $40, although it starts to get a bit more interesting with the Major jackpot that starts at $200 and rises from there with each wager placed on the game, and the top jackpot is the Grand that starts out at $2,250.
If no-one hits the triggering combinations, these can rise to some decent sums, but as they are actually comparatively easy to win, seeing them rise to many thousands of Dollars is pretty unlikely.
The actual prize depends on how the triggering line is made up and whether or not a small ‘fire’ symbol appears above the right-hand reel when it lands, so anyone landing 4 matching playing card symbols and a wild across a line will win the Mini jackpot, while if 4 picture symbols and a single wild completed the win they get the Minor payout.
Major jackpots come from a line of 5 playing card symbols, with no wilds, and if it’s made up entirely of picture symbols then they stand to win the Grand jackpot.
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Quick Fire Games
All of the games have 5 reels, with symbols arranged over 4 rows and 50 paylines, but although they follow very different themes and styles, gameplay is very similar and they can all be found on the Helix, Viridian Widescreen, and the Vii Slant cabinets.
Electric Boogaloo is set in a pink and purple disco and sees a glitter ball awarding free spins whenever 3 or more appear at once, plus there’s a big, gold ‘$’ wild symbol, common to all the games, that helps players to get more winning lines. This symbol can be stacked several high on a reel, and during the free games it will stay locked in place for any remaining spins in the round.
Golden Peach follows the popular Chinese theme and comes with the red and gold hues that seem to be obligatory across pokies of this type. But it’s all very effective and when players see stacked wilds across reels 2, 3, 4 and 5, they will be pleased that they chose this one, as multiple winning combinations can be had in a single spin.
Pharaoh's Ransom sticks to another hugely successful theme, with the topic of ancient Egypt being a tried and tested one across a huge number of games. But players shouldn’t be put off by any lack of originality, as the scarab beetle wild symbol will remain on the reels throughout a free spins round, while images of a Queen, pyramids and a jewelled ankh will land further payouts in the base game.
Panda Paradise sees lots of black and white across the reels as a cute bear symbol lines up for the biggest prizes, but there’s also a butterfly, bamboo and paw prints along with the classic playing card symbols to give this pokie lots of colour. Like the other games in the range, all of reel 5 becomes wild during the free spins game, plus there’s stacked wilds across other reels to make them even more rewarding.
The Verdict
By choosing to base this range of pokies on some popular topics, and giving them some decent features in the base games, Aristocrat have ensured that players will be seeking out the Quick Fire collection at the many casino which carry them.
Although the Mini and Minor jackpots are only going to add a few Dollars to the bankrolls of anyone who hits them, the Major and Grand prizes are far higher and the fact that they are awarded with just a single lucky spin of the reels will surely add to the appeal of this range.