Mega Magic Spell

Mega Magic Spell: Slot Overview

According to sources on the internet, the longest time between movie sequels is Disney's 1942 classic Bambi and Bambi II, released in 2006, creating a 64-year gap between the two films. The online slot bizz hasn't been around anywhere near as long as that, but already, we're beginning to see lengthy time periods between certain original games and their follow-ups. Take this one for instance. The slot in question is Mega Magic Spell, coming from the Hammertime Games' production line, which appears to be linked to partner studio Games Global's (then Microgaming's) 2007 esoteric slot Magic Spell.

Quite a lot of time separates the two slots, in other words, and of the two, Mega Magic Spell is arguably the prettiest. It's not an amazing-looking gaming, though, in part because the background imagery, while quite atmospheric in the base game, becomes a blue blur during free spins, losing its hold on your eyes. Perhaps Hammertime Games has fuzzied the bonus round to give it a dizzying, lost-to-magic effect or something, but it just looks blurry. The rest is okay; the active gaming area has a Just For The Win ring to it, while the four pots on the side of the screen possess weak starting prize values. Their prizes can increase, though, and the maximum values are inscribed on the pots themselves.

Back to the game grid, which is made up of 5-reels, 4-rows and covered in 20 paylines, where winning combinations pay left to right, starting from the leftmost reel. Mega Magic Spell is a highly volatile online slot, generating a default theoretical RTP of 96.08% and, at this level, a hit rate of 29.45%. Players can wager 10 c to $/€50 per spin, along with the option to buy the free spins round if you'd like.

For low-pay symbols, Mega Magic Spell has orbs, clubs, diamonds, hearts, and spades as its low pays, a potion bottle, crystals, a jewelled book, and a witch's hat as its high pays. When landing a 5 OAK low pay line, players collect 5 to 10 times their stake, or 20 to 40 times their stake for a 5 OAK high pay win. The Mega Magic Spell logo symbol is wild, so it substitutes for any regular pay symbol to complete winning lines. Wilds appear on all reels and are worth 50 times the bet for making a 5 wild winning line.

Mega Magic Spell: Slot Features

In the base game, it is possible to land jackpot symbols, so it is, therefore, possible to win their corresponding jackpot prizes. Other features are Coin awards, a selection of Collection symbol types, free spins, and a buy feature.

Jackpots

Mega Magic Spell's four jackpots increase in value when their matching jackpot symbol lands. Jackpot symbols appear on reels 1 to 4, and jackpots can only trigger in the base game. The four jackpots and their value range are mini, minor, major and mega worth 5x-50x, 10x-100x, 20x-500x, and 100x-5,000x, respectively. When jackpot symbols land, there is a chance their matching jackpot prize is randomly awarded.

Coin Awards

Coin symbols appear in the base game and in free spins, displaying values of 1x to 25x the bet. When Coin symbols land with a Collection symbol on the rightmost reel in the base game or in free spins, their values are awarded.

Free Spins

Landing 5 scatter symbols (1 on each reel) to spell the word M, A, G, I, C, triggers a round of 10 free spins, which includes extra Collection symbols. Free spins may be retriggered by landing 1 scatter on each reel, or +1 free spin is awarded for each scatter landing with any Collection symbol on the rightmost reel. Free spins are bolstered by the addition of these special Collection symbols:

• Adder Collection Symbol - adds a random value to Coin awards.
• Multiplier Collection Symbol - multiplies Coin awards.

Buy Free Spins

The free spins round may be bought for 45x the bet, immediately starting the feature on purchase.

Mega Magic Spell: Slot Verdict

It seems Mega Magic Spell was rather optimistically titled because it turned out to be neither particularly magic nor very mega. Its owls are cool and all, but the rest was pretty low-key, Coin collection with jackpots on top style of action. The jackpot system is a tad questionable. Why start the values off so low and have to build them up by landing jackpot symbols when there are so many other slots to choose from that have jackpots starting at their max level? Hard to answer. Perhaps doing it this way means non-maxed-out jackpot prizes are won more often? Maybe, yet if so, there was no statistical evidence at hand to confirm or deny this supposition either way.

So, if you want to win Mega Magic Spell's jackpots at their highest value, you'll need to sit back and patiently build the pots. In which case, hopefully, the magical surroundings or the kick of playing a game with links to a much earlier Games Global née Microgaming release appeals. The rest of what Mega Magic Spell does is hardly thrilling stuff - line wins and Coin collects. Free spins do have special Collection symbols, though again, it hardly adds up to being thrilling stuff. Mega Magic Spell's max win has been noted as 5,000x the bet, raising the question of how achievable this figure is without having to build the Mega pot to its maximum value first, then winning it.

And that's about it, really. Mega Magic Spell is a game with interesting name recognition and retro slot links. But coming with relatively unexciting features, it delivers the sort of magic a Hogwarts first year might conjure rather than what a twisted practitioner of the esoteric arts who has been honing their craft for years in seclusion might pull from depths of their arcane knowledge.