Retro Style Pokies
Vintage cars are the unusual theme of EGT’s Retro Style video pokie, and while the topic hasn’t been covered in any other game that we can think of, it’s an inspired choice, as it gives the reels a classic look, filled with colourful machinery including a beautiful Jaguar and an old Morgan.
The wealthy owner of these vehicles, along with a car wheel, act as bonus symbols to pay out the best wins and transport players to extra features like free spins with multipliers, while this game also comes with the Jackpot Cards progressive round that’s shared with all other EGT online pokies, along with the chance to double wins in a gamble game.
Sharing space with this valuable collection of cars are the less valuable playing card symbols, and it all takes place across 5 reels, where the symbols are in 3 rows and there’s 20 paylines running across the game. Players have the option to stake a low limit of 0.20 on a spin, and keeping with the classic theme, the basic wins come from the classic 3 of a kind across a line on adjacent reels format. Free Retro Style video pokie games are offered at many casinos.
Playing Retro Style
A couple of cars and a diner peek out from behind the reels, but it’s not a very clear image and just makes a small contribution to the overall theme. The 4 levels of the Jackpot Cards progressive feature are above the reels, and the control panel below. The reels themselves are designed to look like the polished wood that decorated the interiors of these old cars.
A review of the paytable reveals what each symbol is worth, and in a typically retro style, the 9 is least valuable, although only 2 will be needed across a payline to be worth a prize of 2x the line bet, while a full run of 5 pays out 100x. 10, J, K, K and A symbols are all worth progressively more, but it starts to get a bit more interesting when the cars make up winning lines, as these look nicer and pay more.
A black car, possibly a Riley, pays 10, 50 or 250x the line bet when it parks up on 3, 4 or 5 reels, while a yellow vehicle of some type and the blue Morgan are worth higher prizes. The red Jag and a white Rolls pay between 2x and 750x when landing on a line, but all of these values can be doubled if the distinguished owner of these cars lands in the right places.
Retro Style
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Bonus Features
He’s a wild symbol, so is able at substitute for all except the scatter and help complete extra winlines, while also being worth between 10, and a massive 10,000x the line bet when landing on 2, 3, 4 or 5 reels across a payline. Although a 10,000x win isn’t going to occur every day, the 2x multiplier awarded when he completes a line is a frequent event.
A wheel is the scatter symbol and this is also worth 10,000x when full lines of 5 land, while even just 2 on reels 1 and 2 across a payline will return 40x. As well as these top payouts, 3 scatters at once will trigger 15 free spins, 4 of them will see 20 spins play out and 25 bonus games are awarded when 5 scatters wheel symbols roll into view.
During these spins, there’s a multiplier of 3x attached to any win, although the odds of getting a winning combination are the same as in the base game. The free spins can be retriggered, with between 15 and 25 extra games added on to the end of the current round.
Other Features
The gamble round is an option with any win of less than 700 coins, and players need to predict if a playing card is going to be red or black to double the prize. They can try and double it again, until the gamble limit is reached, but getting it wrong at any stage loses the gamble along with the initial win.
Those progressive values above the reels are connected to the Jackpot Cards game which is randomly awarded. 12 playing cards are shown, and players simply click on them to reveal the suits. Once 3 of the same have been found, the relevant jackpot is awarded, from the smaller Club prize, to the potentially huge Spade prize.
The Verdict
Although aimed mainly at those players who like classic cars, the Retro Style video pokie shouldn’t be ignored by others, as it has the potential for some big wins, particularly when the wild and scatters turn up, and anyone who enters the Jackpot Cards round is guaranteed to win a progressive prize.