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Revisiting The Thunderstruck Online Slots

 

Microgaming offers a number of pairs of slots in its portfolio. These include Tomb Raider, Avalon and Girls with Guns. This article reviews another such pair Thunderstruck, which can be played at online casinos like All Slots, Royal Vegas and Jackpot City.

Thunderstruck was released in 2003 and introduces players to the power of the Norse God of Thunder in an awesome video clip. The graphics are bold and sharp and the background audio has a quick tempo. The symbols on the reels are all related to Thor, of which the most recognisable is his famed hammer. The others include castle, horn and lightning. The low paying symbols are the playing card icons. Thor is the wild symbol with a 2x multiplier property. It also awards the top line payouts with five symbols combination paying 10,000 coins. His pair of rams awards the scatter payouts. The win animations in Thunderstruck were far ahead of the times the slot game was released. The scatter symbol triggers the free spins feature when three or more land anywhere on the reels. You are awarded 15 free spins in which all payouts are tripled. The feature can be re-triggered. Thunderstruck also includes the standard Microgaming gamble feature.

Thunderstruck II was released in 2010 and brings some other Norse gods into play. These gods are introduced in the opening video and appear as the high paying symbols. Apart from Thor they include Valkyrie the Goddess of War, Loki the mischief maker and Odin the King of the Gods. Asgard the home of the Norse gods and Viking longship are the other thematic symbols. The Thunderstruck II Logo is the wild symbol with a 2x multiplier property and awards the top line payouts. The payout for five symbols is 1000 coins. Thor’s hammer awards the scatter payouts. The win animations are even better and in keeping with the development in the online slots.

Thunderstruck II was based on an exciting new slots engine. It features the 243 ways to win structure with the total bet per spin being 30 times the line bet. The Wildstorm feature is randomly triggered and can deliver up to five wild reels. Three or more scatter symbols activate the Great Hall of Spins feature. Each Norse god offer their own set of free spins in sequence. Valkyrie awards 10 free spins with a multiplier of 5x. Loki awards 15 free spins in which randomly selected symbols become additional wilds. Odin awards 20 free spins which randomly transforms symbols into multipliers. Thor awards 25 free spins with the popular Microgaming Rolling Reels feature.

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