Joker Millions Pokies
Pokies based on old style fruit machines have never gone out of fashion, and the Joker Millions progressive jackpot game from Yggdrasil is a classic example, with a couple of nice twists.
If you are of a certain age, you probably remember playing pokies like this in pubs and bars, (or maybe not if you had already had a few pints), and it's nice to see that you can still find such games amongst all the newer ones that have become popular in recent years.
Traditional Style Meets Modern Features
Joker Millions is still bang up to date in software and graphics however, and features some nice extra treats to keep players engaged, such as symbols that stick on the reels after a win, multiplier prizes and a jackpot that may not always hit the 'millions' as the game suggests, but is still a huge amount that's going to be life-changing for all but the richest of players.
It’s been designed to work on a PC or MAC, as well as on mobile devices, where the smaller screen sizes are compensated for by bigger control buttons, which makes it easy even for fat-fingered players like me to use.
Joker Millions
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Nicely designed, but still traditional images of Watermelons, Cherries, Plums and an Orange are joined by a Bell, and the high-paying '7' across five reels, while there are 25 paylines giving lots of opportunities for winning spins when three or more of the same symbol line up across adjacent reels.
Payouts are pretty standard for this type of game, going from just three times the amount bet per line when the Lemon lines up across three reels, through to the higher value symbols like the Bell and 7 treating players to wins of up to 100 – 300 times the line bet, but like other fruit machines, the win ratio is quite high.
The Freeze and Respin feature can be quite useful, as once symbols have created a win, they stay in place while the reels spin again, and as long as symbols of the same type keep turning up, the reels continue to spin as the additional ones also stay in place, with bigger and better wins possible with each round.
On top of this are the Column Multipliers, whereby if whole columns get filled with the triggering symbol, the value of the win is multiplied by the number of columns filled, so three adjacent reels, all containing the symbol will result in a win of 3x the base value, and get all five with the same for a 5x payout.
It’s less complicated than it sounds, believe me, and has the potential to fill up a good portion of the screen before you get a spin that doesn’t contain the triggering symbol. Wins are accompanied by some nice animations that show you want line has won, and how much, while overall, the graphics are pretty smooth and unlikely to give you any issues.
The Jackpot’s No Joke
The name of the game is Joker Millions, so the Joker has to appear somewhere doesn’t he, and when he does, there’s some nice wins associated with him. Should the Joker land on at least one spot of each reel, players are immediately given five mystery prizes, and the Respins feature starts again. All Jokers stick on the reels, which continue to spin as long as additional Jokers keep appearing. If this continues until all 15 spots on the reels are fully covered with the Joker, then it’s happy days, as the progressive jackpot prize is won.
Even if you don’t scoop the jackpot, it’s fun to watch the symbols lock in place, with the tension rising as more and more begin to fill the screen.
The value of the progressive prize is always displayed prominently above the reels, as it is one of the main attractions of the game, but far from the only one, as there’s plenty to recommend in normal play. These games aren’t for everyone, and you won’t find a particularly exciting theme to Joker Millions, but lots of people have enjoyed these old-school games for many years, and are sure to do so for many more.