Dynamite Frenzy

Dynamite Frenzy: Slot Overview

Hey ho, it's off to work we go, to um, burrow underground and try to make some dough? Sorry for that attempt to kick the review off by launching into verse, but it is underground we're going to in this game titled Dynamite Frenzy from the Light & Wonder production line. Dynamite Frenzy is indeed a mining-themed slot packed with a lot of the sights you might expect to find in this sort of game. On the gameplay side, it's got things like money symbols, a miner collector, exploding dynamite reveal symbols, and free spins where the previous two features may be found with greater frequency.

Do you think there's a checklist which has to be followed when a developer sets out to make a mining-themed slot – miner, mineshaft, valuable resources, mining instruments, and dynamite? If so, then you'll be pleased to know that Light & Wonder has included all of them in Dynamite Frenzy, where the miner, in this case, also happens to be a dwarven character. The dwarven race is famous for its delving and mining prowess in fantasy fiction, after all. Dynamite Frenzy didn't instantly come across as being a massively unique-looking mining slot, but it certainly isn't an eyesore, either. Everything's been neatly arranged, pleasantly rendered, and perfectly accompanied by a mining-ly melodic plodding soundtrack.

Constructed in the middle of the shaft and supported by thick wooden beams is Dynamite Frenzy's 5x3 game grid with 10 paylines for regular wins to land across. Players have the option of picking a bet from 10 p/c all the way up to $/€400 (in the demo) or buying the free spins bonus round for the cost of 55 times the stake. When playing this medium-high volatile slot normally, Dynamite Frenzy produces a theoretical return value of 96.98%, dropping slightly to 95.87% when buying free spins.

For a ten payline game, symbol values are adequate without being terribly exciting. For low pays, Dynamite Frenzy works with 10-A card symbols paying 2.5 times the bet for 5-of-a-kind, or 7.5 to 30 times the bet for 5 picks, lanterns, beer mugs, maps, or helmets. In addition, it is possible to win up to 4 times the bet for a winning line of 5 nugget CASH symbols. Helping out are wilds which are present on all five reels. Wilds substitute for regular pay symbols as well as nuggets if they are forming a line win. If a line of 5 wilds hits, it has the same value as the highest pay symbol.

Dynamite Frenzy: Slot Features

Nuggets are officially called CASH symbols and come in three variants. They are joined by Dynamite Respins and free spins as Dynamite Frenzy's remaining features.

Cash Symbols and Dwarf Symbols

Cash symbols appear in Bronze form with values of 2x, 3x, 4x, or 5x, Silver with values of 10x, 15x, or 20x, or Gold with values of 25x, 30x, 35x, 40x, 45x, or 50x the bet. When a Dwarf symbol lands on any reel, he collects any Cash symbols in view and awards the total value.

Dynamite Respin

When 1 or more Dwarf symbols land, after any line wins have been paid, a Dynamite Respin is awarded. Up to 14 Dynamite symbols land on random positions on the reels. Each bundle of dynamite explodes to reveal either a Bonus or a Cash symbol in the base game. In free spins, only Cash symbols are revealed this way. Bonus symbols are only revealed if there are 2, 3, or 4 Bonus symbols already in view. After the reveal, each Dwarf symbol collects the multiplier from each Cash symbol and awards them. Dynamite symbols will not land on a position that already has a Cash, Bonus, or Dynamite symbol. If 3 or more Bonus symbols are in view at the feature's end, free spins are triggered.

Free Spins

A barrel with a skull on it is the Bonus symbol, and landing 3, 4, or 5 of them awards 6, 8, or 10 free spins, respectively. If free spins and a Dynamite Respin trigger on the same spin, the Dynamite Respin will play out first. While free spins are going, the frequency of Dwarf symbols on the reels is increased, leading to an increased frequency of Dynamite Respins. During the round, if 1 or more Bonus symbols land, extra free spins will be awarded – 1 free spin per Bonus symbol.

Dynamite Frenzy: Slot Verdict

Dynamite Frenzy is a game that might grow on you if you stick around and let it, even if the first impressions weren't exactly amazing. Dynamite Frenzy initially felt like an outdated anachronism, constantly under threat of being buried in the dust by its bolshier, brasher competitor slots in the mining slot genre. And to be sure, there are a lot of them, yes, siree. If there is one thing the gambling world is not short on, it's mining slots. The thing about them is if a studio doesn't really push itself, they often look very similar to the point of blending into one another if you start squinting. There was a genuine case of 'oh, here we go again' when Dynamite Frenzy first ploughed its way on screen.

However, the lack of towering originality doesn't necessarily mean Dynamite Frenzy is a straight-to-DVD release, if you will. It has a certain charm that is easy to warm to. Like the way Light & Wonder has placed the cheerful dwarven character with his frothing beer mug next to the reels, attempting to win players over. Anyway, thanks to him and the money symbol collector system in general, Play'n GO's Shamrock Miner rose to the surface of the subconscious, though so could any number of slots which use the highly popular cash collector mechanic. One thing helping Dynamite Frenzy stand apart from the others is its Dynamite Respin feature. Simple, yet useful for pouring extra CASH symbols onto the board for possible collection. Music during the free spins round is rather rousing as well.

At the time of writing, potential wasn't to hand, which may prove to be or not to be a deal breaker. Setting that puzzling aspect to the side for a moment, Dynamite Frenzy provided an agreeable time while it was in action, and while it's hard to see the game become a mining slot classic, it offers an overall positive time for the right subterranean-inclined punter.