Game On! Pokie Machine
Although Game On! Only has 3 reels and a single payline, this sports and animals themed pokie from Microgaming manages to pack in a bonus game, decent jackpot, extra features like nudges and holds, as well as a main image that fills the screen with fun cartoon characters.
A pokie themed around African wildlife competing in a Soccer tournament is certainly different, but Game On! manages to pull it off nicely although the commentator being dressed as an old-style hunter is perhaps a bit out of place.
To the Plains of Africa
With a style that’s typical of Microgamimg, Game On! presents us with 3 reels in the middle of the screen and a game logo where each letter is in animal print, or styled as a ball that will come in handy later on.
Lions, a giraffe, elephant and snake are peering into a treasure chest for some reason, although they are slightly obscured by the payout schedule, while our commentator is on the other side of the reels, with the nudge game details next to him.
Game On!
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Below it all we see the control buttons, where players get to decide on how much to wager on each spin. Wagering options run from as little as 0.10 to as much as 10.00, which isn’t the widest of ranges and perhaps not enough for some players to consider this game.
The payout table shows how much will be won for each combination that lands across the line that runs through the middle of the reels, with cherries being worth 2x the amount bet when they fill it.
Some golden 7’s have a value of 4x, and then it’s lemons up next, paying out 8x the bet when they squeeze themselves across the reels. Soccer boots are worth 16x and then the commentators’ pith helmet pays at 25x.
It’s back to the Soccer theme next, as the Refs whistles have a value of 50x, and the jackpot prize of 100x is paid out when the trophy lands across the line.
That’s it for the winning combinations, with no prizes for getting anything less than a full line of identical symbols, no wild substitutions and no multipliers. What we do get however is the Soccer ball which can be attached to any symbol, and if 3 appear in view at any time, a bonus game is triggered.
Players are shown a second screen that has a zebra in the Holland Soccer strip, a wolf in Brazilian kit and a monkey in the England kit, with one of them automatically selected to play. Multiplier amounts will flash on and off and players just need to click to stop the flashing with the corresponding multiplier awarded depending on where it comes to rest.
The zebra is worth from 2x to 100x the triggering bet, the wolf 25x to 250x and the monkey 25x to the jackpot. Once this quick round is done, players can either have another go in a double or nothing gamble round, or keep the prize and be taken back to the main game.
Other bonuses with Game On! are the standard nudges and holds which are awarded at random. Nudges are where players get to move reels up and down a notch for a winning combination or in this game to get 3 of the balls in view and trigger the bonus round, with the chance to gamble, repeat or hold onto them. Holds let the players keep a reel locked in place while others spin for another chance of a win.
Game On, or Get It Off?
This game manages to be really basic for most of the time, and then throws us a rewarding bonus game and random extras now and then. With no wilds, or prizes for partial lines, the majority of spins are as simple as can be, but when that bonus round is triggered, with winnings guaranteed, it becomes an entirely different pokie.
Nudges and holds are not guaranteed to end in a win, but they certainly give players another chance at spinning extra ones up, so if the overall look of it appeals, then Game On! is a good example of the 3-reel, single line pokie that comes from a trusted developer.