Jolly Jester is a 5 reel, 25 line online slot from Microgaming. It has a happy jester theme and three different types of free spin features. The game has a max bet of 125 coins and coin sizes start at $0.01. This means you are looking at playing at least $1.25 if you are going to hit the max bet button.
The Jester symbol is wild and substitutes for everything but the scattered castles. Five jester symbols on an active line pays the top jackpot of 10,000 coins. This win is multiplied by your line bet so if you are playing 5 coins per line it pays a nice 50,000 coins.
The scattered castle symbols make up the next highest pay. Getting five anywhere on the screen awards 100 times your bet of 12,500 coins at max. These scatters also activate the bonus feature as long as you get three or more. Once activated you move on the pick a box stage (Screenshot).
You get to see a dancing jester with nine boxes. You get to keep picking boxes until you match three items. The possible wins are Free Spins, Jester or Castle. Matching three always wins free spins but there is a bit of a twist for each outcome. The only negative with the free spin bonuses is that they cannot be re-triggered.
Getting the Free Spins boxes awards 10 free games with increasing multipliers. So for example on the first spin you have a 1X multiplier, on the fifth you have a 5X multiplier and on the tenth you have a 10X multiplier. This means you can win up to 500,000 coins if you hit the wilds on the last spin.
Getting the Jester boxes also awards 10 free games but this time all of the King and Queen symbols become wild jesters. Wins are multiplied by two and clearly the odds of getting five wilds are increased as there are more wilds on the reels. Five wilds on this bonus pays 100,000 coins.
The final outcome is the castle boxes. again you get 10 free games with wins doubled but this time you get extra scatters. The King and Queen symbols turn into castles. This gives you a better chance of hitting five scatters to win the possible 25,000 coin jackpot.
Jolly Jester also has an Australian style Double Up option. At the end of any winning spin you can choose to try to double or quadruple your wins. Simply click the double button to access this feature. You can continue doubling until you either lose, take your win or reach the gamble limit. |
