Cosmic Fortune Pokie Machine
A progressive jackpot, or actually 5 of them, fun alien symbols, free spins and wild substitutions are just some of the many appealing features of the Cosmic Fortune video pokie from Swedish developer Net Entertainment. There’s also the potential to win 1,470,000 coins in the base game, a marble-drop round and even the chance for several winning combinations to be formed with each spin in this hugely successful game.
It’s got a unique design that sees 3 rows of 5 symbols floating against a backdrop of deep space, or at least that what it looks like, with a fuzzy swirling image behind the metal circular symbols that drop down into place with each spin, disappearing if they become part of a winning combination, which leaves space for new symbols to fall into. It’s a concept that’s been seen on a number of other pokies and can work really well, but anyone new to it may want to practice play on the free Cosmic Fortune video pokies that many online casinos now offer.
Winlines are made up of 3 or more matching symbols stopping across any of the 15 fixed paylines that run from the left side, and unless the wild symbol is in the right place, or the scatter symbol appears, they will need to be on connected reels. Gamblers will need 0.30 to get these lined up and the high limit is set at just 30.00 per spin.
Cosmic Fortune
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Playing Cosmic Fortune
As the game loads, players are treated to a short animation of an alien attack in true Space Invaders style, but the graphics sharpen up dramatically once it’s finished loading up. A review of the paytable will give players all the details they need about how much each symbol is worth and how the bonus features are triggered. Somewhat confusingly, because the minimum coin value is 0.02, the payout schedule reflects how much players win when staking 0.30 on the 15 lines.
The least valuable symbols are an asteroid, crescent moon and rocket, while weird orange and red alien robots are next up. A bug-eyed alien with a serious dental problem pays up to 1000 coins when it fills a payline, but the top wins are created by a happy-looking character in gold-rimmed googles, who’s the game mascot and pays 50, 250 or 1500 coins when landing on 3, 4 or 5 reels of a line. Net Ent use their Avalanche system to potentially create several wins for a single wager, with the disappearing symbols often making up a new winline when other symbols drop down from above, which will of course, repeat the process.
A golden W acts as a wild symbol, and when this is in the right places, it can act as any other, with the exception of the scatter, to complete winning combinations. It can also extend lines across extra reels which leads to the higher-value payouts, but isn’t actually worth anything on its own.
Bonus Features
A blue S on a golden backing is the scatter icon, which is also worthless on its own, but very valuable when at least 3 appear in any positions at once. This triggers 10 bonus Free Falls, which is basically a free spins game, but the main difference is that any symbols that become part of a winning line will turn into marbles, which become important at the end of the round. If 3 or more scatters turn up in a single Free Fall, 5 extra games are added, which should lead to even more marbles being collected.
Once finished, a second screen opens up and punters see a pinball machine with a spaceship dropping the collected marbles onto the play area. Two of the alien robots now become collection cups, with the orange guy awarding coins wins each time a marble drops in to it, while the red alien is a jackpot cup.
As marbles fall into this cup, a jackpot meter will start to fill, and if 3 or more are collected, yet another round begins. Players see 5 jackpot cups, one for each level, and have 50 marbles dropped towards them. Once any cup has 3 marbles in it, the corresponding jackpot is won, ranging in value from the fixed 100.00 Rapid and 500.00 Mini prizes to the high paying progressive Midi, Major and Mega jackpots.
The Verdict
There’s lots to like about the Cosmic Fortune pokie, from the retro-alien design to the excellent bonus rounds. The progressive jackpots can be a little small however, and some people could be put off by the low limit of 0.30 per spin, but apart from these minor issues, it’s easy to see why this online casino game has become such a success for Net Ent.