The Funky Seventies Pokie
Those players old enough to remember the 1970’s are going to love seeing items from their youth turning up on the reels of The Funky Seventies video pokie from Net Ent, while younger punters will probably wonder what all the fuss is about. But they shouldn’t dismiss this as a game for older folks, as it comes with some up to date features including stacked wilds and a free spins round with multipliers attached to any winnings throughout them.
There’s 5 reels to this game but unlike many pokies which have their symbols in 3 rows, this one has 4 rows, while 40 paylines run across and players will want to land matching symbols across a line on adjacent reels from the right to get a win. The value of the win depends of course, on how much they stake per spin, which can run from a low limit of just 0.40 and raised from there on up, although free The Funky Seventies video pokie games can also be played.
The images across the reels are enough to make anyone over a certain age nostalgic for the days when John Travolta was king, the other king, Elvis, was still around, and we all thought that Starskey and Hutch were the height of fashion. There’s platform boots, prehistoric computers and of course what 70’s set game would be complete without a glitter ball? Certainly not this one, as it’s a valuable symbol as we shall see.
Playing The Funky Seventies
Along with the glitter ball and boots, we see cassette tapes (remember them?) and a blue car which we think is a Ford Torino. There’s also a 3D viewer which has been named a See-O-Matic and finally the lower-value symbols are J, Q, K and A printed on what looks like Pool balls in a groovy 1970’s typeface. The playing card symbols are all worth from 5, 20 or 100x the line bet when 3, 4 or 5 of a kind stop across a payline, while picture symbols max out at 25, 100 or 400x if the computer or car create the wins.
The top prizes come from the 70’s Wild symbol which helps out players in a number of ways. Firstly, it’s worth up to 1000 coins when it lands right across a payline and secondly, it’s able to act as all others apart from the scatter and thereby create winning combinations by filling in any gaps in a sequence of symbols. If players have a line of 3 or 4 matching symbols, the wild can also extend the run over the 4th and 5th reels, which is going to create a higher-value line.
The task getting the wild in the right place to make substitutions is helped considerably by this symbol being stacked several high on any reel that it appears on.
The Funky Seventies
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Free Spins Bonus Round
A girl with a cool afro hair-do is the scatter symbol in this pokie and when she lands in any 3 or more places at once, there’s a win of 2x the total stake paid out. There’s no need to see this symbol in any fixed positions on a payline as it can literally be scattered around the reels and once the initial win has been collected, a free spins bonus game begins.
Although just 5 spins will be given, there’s a chance to retrigger the round if 3 scatters appear during a bonus game and to help make them a bit more rewarding, any wins will be doubled in value throughout them. It’s got to be said that for Net Ent, who are known for giving their pokies exceptional bonus rounds, this one’s a bit of a letdown.
But any free spin is better than no free spins, so we shan’t dwell on it too much and all it really does is bring it into line with the sort of bonus round offered by many of their competitors.
The Verdict
This game manages to evoke the carefree spirit of the 1970’s (minus of course, the political turmoil, wars, recessions and other things that we would rather not remember them for.) The amazing fashions, ancient bits of hi-tech and crappy cars of the time are all featured and it’s accompanied by a suitable soundtrack that helps to bring those days back even more vividly.
While the inclusion of a high-value, stacked wild symbol is a nice touch, it seems to be at the expense of a bonus round to Net Ents’ usual standards, and players only have an initial 5 free games in which to land an all-important win multiplier. Aside from this and the fact that it’s not mobile-optimised however, this is a high quality, reliable pokie that struts its’ funky stuff across many online casinos.