Zeus 1000 Pokies
WMS Gaming have a number of online casino pokies themed around the father of the Greek Gods, Zeus. The original game is a fairly straightforward affair, although very popular thanks to the easy gameplay and rewarding bonus game features, but now we have Zeus 1000, which is a far more visually exciting game that has the Colossal Reels feature, along with bonuses such as free spins, wild substitutions and whole reels sets filling up with images of Zeus for some potentially huge online gambling payouts.
As well as the giant reel set, there’s a conventional second set to the left of the screen, and with certain symbols transferring across from one to the other, there’s lots of chances to land winning combinations across them both. Those wins in normal play occur when at least 3 of the same symbol type stop across a pay line on connected reels running left to right.
Because all 100 paylines are permanently active, and there’s a minimum stake on each, the low limit bet is 0.50 per spin, with players able to adjust their wagers to a maximum of 250.00, which should suit just about everyone, except maybe those on very small budgets. These players may want to try the free Zeus 1000 video pokie games that most casino offer, so that they can try it out before committing to real cash bets.
Playing Zeus 1000
Zeus clearly isn’t one of the friendlier Gods, as his stern image stares out from the reels, although he’s still kind to players, as he’s the highest-value regular symbol and will be stacked several high on either set of reels, which makes it a little easier to land some decent wins.
Other symbols include the throne and a dramatic picture of the winged horse Pegasus flying through the clouds of Mount Olympus. Smaller wins will come from the chariot, vase and helmet, while the playing card 9, 10, J, Q, K and A symbols fill out the bottom of the pay table.
The Temple of Zeus sat on top of the mountain and also on top of the table, and it’s even a wild symbol, being able to act as any other standard icon if it’s then able to complete a winning combination, or extend a win across further reels. On the Colossal Reels, symbols will be stacked several high, so although there are 12 positions on each reel, it’s not as difficult to line symbols up as it would first appear.
Zeus 1000
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Bonus Features
The wild symbols will be stacked several high on any reel that it lands on, although it initially is only on the smaller reels. When a full stack of wilds fills all 4 positions on these reels, they will also be transferred to the corresponding positions on the Colossal reel set, turning the equivalent reels fully wild, and these are then re-evaluated for any new winning lines.
A bolt of lightning in the hand of Zeus is the scatter symbol for the Zeus 1000 video pokie, and any time at least 3 of them stop on reels 1, 3 or 5 of either set, a free spins bonus game will be triggered. The number of spins, and the size of any scatter awards paid out before they begin, depends on how many landed at once. If it was just 3 lightning bolt scatters, players get treated to 10 free games and a scatter payment of 2x the total bet, while 4 scatters equals 15 extra games and an award of 10x the stake.
If 5 scatter symbols land at once, players will receive a payout of 20x their bet, followed by 20 free spins and the maximum award of 30 spins and a 25x scatter payout is granted by Zeus if 6 scatters land in a single spin. No matter how many spins are awarded, if Zeus fills reel 1 of the left side reels, a huge number of Zeus symbols will be added to the mix, with the game title coming from the maximum of 1000 images of our helpful God turning up for some massive winning potential.
Zeus 1000 also comes with a guarantee that the minimum of 10x the triggering bet will be won in the free spins games, but hopefully it will be a lot more than that.
The Verdict
Colossal Reels have been a popular feature of many WMS Gaming pokies, and they can help to bring in extra wins when wilds get transferred to them, and when Zeus fills the screen during the bonus games. In effect, players have 10 reels to land wins across, so despite the fact that they look a little complicated, it’s actually relatively easy to line up stacked symbols and get plenty of wins in this reliable pokie.