Experience Electric Avenue’s Retro 80s Slot
Entertainment, Gambling
For some of us, the 1980s is the epitome of music, fashion, TV and more. Sure, some of the stuff from the 80s like shoulder pads and MTV are all but obsolete now. However, many others, such as electronic music, the androgynous look, elaborate music videos, sitcoms and romcoms, smart casual attire, and even politics have helped shape the 21st century. Heck, three decades on, practically everyone still remembers the pop culture references from the boundary-pushing era. Forget about Star Wars or Dirty Dancing – if you truly want to relive the 80s again, check out Electric Avenue, Microgaming’s latest slot game, which is available exclusively at our online casino for one month beginning from 12 May!
Electric Avenue Slot Game: An Overview
Electric Avenue is a free spin-heavy six-reel and four-row slot game developed by Estonia-based All41 Studios, an independent game studio that designs games exclusively for Microgaming. Microgaming commissioned the development of the game to expand its range of retro-themed slots, with a particular focus on free spins and sticky wilds. As one of the company’s flagship games, Electric Avenue offers players the opportunity to win a massive £205,000 jackpot prize!
The Artistic Concept And Theme Of Electric Avenue
Electric Avenue is a game tailored towards Generation X, Generation Y and a small number of millennials. In other words, it is geared for people who experienced, lived and even shaped the 1980s in all its resplendent glory. Naturally, the artistic concept and theme of the game revolve around that decade.
The first thing that players will notice when playing the game is the synthesizer-based music and sound effects, which really set the mood. This is complemented by the background picture of a row of properties on a beach at night, with a smattering of palm trees which adds a nice touch to the whole visual concept.
The nostalgic ambience is further augmented by the brightly-coloured symbols used on the reels, which include Polaroid cameras, high top sneakers, Rubik’s Cubes, and pink boomboxes. The image of John Cusack with a boombox on his shoulders from the movie Say Anything must have flashed in your mind, right? The icing on the cake, though, is the Scatter symbol, which uses the image of a DeLorean! Can’t blame you if you’re looking for images of Doc Brown and Marty next.
But that’s not all! There are also four game avatars, two females and two males, which are dressed in 80s fashion, replete with an off-the-shoulder-top, a sleeveless vest, roller blades and a Michael Jackson red bomber jacket! The whole concept is arranged neatly inside bright purple, yellow and pink neon borders.
The sheer number of iconic throwbacks is certain to completely immerse players into the decade of greed, as some have dubbed it, inside the game’s 1280 x 720 screen footprint.
Gameplay And Features of Electric Avenue
Electric Avenue’s 6-reel slot game offers greater winning opportunities for players compared to conventional 5-reel slots. Coupled with its in-game features such as free spins, Wilds and Scatters, it presents players with 4,096 winning combinations. On top of that, players are allowed to wager up to 820,000 coins and the jackpot prize is a staggering £205,000 – a princely sum on any online casino.
Wins are paid from left to right, except when Scatters are present. Scatters enable wins from any non-sequential positions – they also trigger free spins when three or more land on reels. When there are multiple winning paylines in a spin, the game will pay out once – the highest amount. The game’s algorithm offers a reasonable RTP (return-to-player) of 96.37%. However, owing to its high volatility, the hit frequency is only 25.70%. Bets of up to a maximum of 30.00 are allowed in denominations of 0.01, 0.02, 0.05 and 0.10 units (default of 0.2, and up to 200 coins).
On Electric Avenue, Wilds appear randomly on reels two to five and paylines activate multipliers of 2x, 3x, 4x and 5x respectively. Nevertheless, multiplier amounts are limited to a maximum of two Wilds. The Wild symbols, identifiable by its texts with a Tron-like lightning background, can substitute all other symbols bar one – the Scatters; the same limitation applies during free spins.
The highest return in the game during regular spins are six boomboxes (or a corresponding number of boomboxes and Wilds), which pay out £50.00. The Polaroids pay out £10.00 under the same conditions, while the Rubik’s Cubes and high tops score £4.00 each. The rest of the symbols, which include the full playing card suit, pay out between £1.50 and £2.50.
Spinning At Electric Avenue
Everyone loves free spins, which is why All41 and Microgaming have packed Electric Avenue with loads of free spin opportunities. To trigger a free spin, players only need to land three or more Scatters. This is when things get interesting – you get to choose from one of two free spin options!
The first option is the Electric Free Spins, which offers seven free spins. The highlight feature here is that all Wilds are upgraded to Power Wilds which are fixed on specific reels for the entire duration of the free spin. This will increase the odds of players landing a winning combo. If players land four Wilds on a single reel, they earn three extra spins, up to a maximum of 19!
The second option, meanwhile, is the Neon Free Spins, which gives players 10 free spins. If you’re looking for a big payout, then this option makes so much sense. A Wild Wheel feature is activated while you’re this mode. The Wild Wheel offers multipliers of up to 55X!
If you’re an eighties kid, Electric Avenue represents more than just a chance to win a life-changing amount of money – it is an opportunity to relive the joys of childhood with familiar faces and sounds. See you soon!
