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The Astro Cat Deluxe slot machine has been unmistakably styled for an Asian market. The game’s background is a vibrant city on the coast at sunset. Its symbols are all associated with the Far East too. There are oriental fans, a dragon, bonsai trees, koi carp, a Japanese toad (symbol of prosperity), and, of course, the cute Astro Cat itself. Interstellar online slot machine Astro Pandas combines elements of space-age and rocketry with charming and charismatic bears native to south-central China. Behind this 2018 slot installment is Booming Games, a next-level provider with a uniquely themed portfolio.
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Astro Cat
The wombat says: Bored of the usual slot machine games? Then you need to give Astro Cat slot a try. This wombat’s not usually a fan of moggies, they use to chase us back in the Bush and their claws are very sharp on a wombat bottom… However this Oriental Astro Cat will give you 1296 ways to win, so it’s time to start loving your feline friends. It’s from NextGen, those nice people behind the Miss Midas slot game and a whole heap of others.
You know those gold cats with the one paw that never stops moving? Well, this guy is one of them – and according to traditional Chinese custom, he’s a symbol of wealth, luck and prosperity. So as far as we’re concerned, he’s a keeper. FYI: Astro Cat uses the ‘Reelfecta’ system, where two 2×3 reels sit next to a 16 position grid reel in the centre. It’s a bit complicated but basically it plays like a 5×3 reel game like Octopays.
Anyway, we like a slightly different lay-out. It keeps the brain functioning! Try the Gods of Giza slot, for example, which has a 4×4 grid with 20 pay-lines. Unusual!
Gameplay
Traditional Asian totems make up your symbols on the reels; Koi carp, ferocious dragons, Chinese fans, bonsai trees, firecrackers and lucky frogs – along with the A,K,Q,J and 9. The colourful Chinese dragon will pay out 250 coins for 5 of a kind, the frog at 150, then the carp 100, while bonsai tree and fans will win 75 coins. As always, your BIG prizes will come from collecting scatter symbols – the fire crackers – which appear in the grid inside the middle reels. The firecracker Scatters will also trigger the free spins bonus game
For the Wilds look out for the Lucky Cat. He’ll have the word ‘wild’ written on him (obviously). He will substitute for all the symbols – except for the Scatters – to create more wins. He also does a little dance and a wave when you scoop a win, which made us LOL, but will only appear on reels 3 and 4…
Fireworks Free Spins
Land 9, 10, 11 or 12 fireworks Scatter symbols to trigger 12 free spins! Plus during the Free Spins you get the chance to trigger a Mega Spin. But how? The wilds will appear clockwise around the grid of the middle reels, you need to get 12 of these in place, without finding a bottle of poison. And if you do, it’s time for the Mega Spin.
Mega Spin
The 4 reels in the middle of your screen become turn a single bloody massive reel – featuring a great big giant Lucky Cat. The mega spin turns all the middle columns wild, thus giving you the potential to win big. This is also how you can achieve the 1,296 ways to win. This wombat was pretty wowed…
Mobile Astro Slot
Astro Cat is no slouch- this moggie is mobile and has powered up his slot game for phones and tablets, so that you can play it where you like!
Conclusion
This new way of playing on the ‘Reelfecta’ might sound a bit weird so we’ll break it down for you again: It’s made up of 8 reels, with reels 1, 2, 7 and 8 each having 3 rows of symbols, and the middle 4 reels all having 4 rows of symbols. These middle 4 reels are separate. This innovative layout means more chances to win, so give at a go!
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If you thought you’d seen it all when it comes to slot games with an Eastern Asian feel, think again. Astro Cat is waiting to be played and waiting to provide you with a marvellous offering. Coming from the minds of the team at Lightning Box, this slot pushes the boundaries. It still utilises that very Eastern feel as far as graphics and overall imagery go. However, the layout and different inclusive features are what make it so much more unique. After all, the Asian theme has been done to death in slot offerings. So, it’s about time a developer brought forth something a bit more original. The imagery that the game does contain utilises slightly better graphics than many other Lightning Box offerings. However, they’re still fairly 2-dimensional to look at. But, let’s not focus on the downsides of Astro Cat. Let’s instead, look at the positive things about this game. For example, there is also the addition of a thematic soundtrack for you to hear every time you spin. But, let’s take a closer look at the inbuilt features of the game.
As soon as you load this game up, you’ll get to see a very unique interface on display. There are actually eight reels for you to see, with the first two and last two having just three rows to them. The central four reels have four rows. And across this layout you will have a total of 1296 different ways to form winning combinations. This is not something that you’re able to customise, so you will always be wagering on such an amount. And speaking of the wager, this is something that you can change if you so wish to. There are some up and down arrows in the bottom left corner of the screen for you to do this. And the range of coins there exists between $0.01 and $10. If you push this up to its highest setting, you’ll be bringing a maximum overall wager of $500 into play per spin. And there’s the inclusion of an ‘Autoplay’ button for you to make use of as well.As we spoke of before, the imagery that this game contains is very nice on the whole. Despite the lack of strong quality graphics, you’ll still be able to witness the whole Asian theme throughout. In the background, you’ll see a Chinese temple, with river boats on display at the front of the reels. Then, the icons that the game contains can be found upon these reels, starting with the playing card symbols. These are found in many online slots. In this game, you’ll find the yellow 9, the green J, the purple Q, the blue K and the red A. For some reason, the number 10 seems to have been missed out. Then comes an icon of two green fans, which can pay out up to 75 times your wager. The same can be said for the icon of the bonsai tree. Two fish make up another icon, while a frog provides the game with a fourth higher paying addition. The very last standard icon of this game is that of the ornamental dragon. This one can pay out up to 250 times your in-play wager.
Not only does this game provide some intriguing additions as far as icons go, there are also some impressive special features too. These can greatly assist you in forming wins and boosting your win balance. For example, the icon of the Astro Cat itself works as the game’s wild icon. This means that it will substitute for any other icon on the reels in order to form a winning combination. The only exception to this rule is the game’s bonus symbol. Wild icons will also only be able to show up on reels three and four.Reel three in this game is actually known as the Reelfecta reel, which is the central section of the slot. This comprises 16 different individual positions and each symbol can only be put to use once per winning combination.
The scatter symbol of this slot comes in the form of the Chinese firework rockets. Scatters can appear in any location on the reels and still reward you with a pay out. For example, if you spin 9 or more into view, you’ll receive a bet multipliers of times 500. Plus, in addition to this, whenever five or more scatter icons are in view, you’ll activate the freespins round. This gives you up to 12 freespins of the reels with locked wild icons in play. If you manage to lock in 12 wild cat icons on the Reelfecta section, you’ll trigger a Megaspin. Prizes are paid out up to 16 times in this instance!
Furthermore, during the freespins round, there are some other features in play. At the start of each freespin, in the top left corner and moving clockwise on the outer positions of the Reelfecta reel, a specific reel will display either a +1 Wild Cat or a Poison symbol. If the +1 wild cat icon appears, then it undergoes the locking procedure. Poison won’t appear during the first three freespins, but if it does show up after this, the freespins round ends.