Fire Joker

Classic slots are thought to be relics from an earlier era by a lot of slot fans, but nothing could be further from the truth. The Fire Joker online slot by Play N Go is a good example of how the genre has been brought back to life with clean graphics, solid music and gameplay-based experiences. This game centers around a few ways to win and a key re-spin feature, and this gives this title a higher hit-rate than most. Overall, this is a great game for players who care more about getting a good value and chances to win over flash-in-a-pan graphics and big bonus features that rarely ever hit.

Game Layout

Like most classic slots that are released in what seems to be the golden age of online video slots, Fire Joker has three reels with three rows and five paylines. Three of the paylines are horizontal, and the other two go diagonal across the screen.

In terms of bet sizes, players choose a coin size based on all five paylines being activated, and you can't play with fewer than all five paylines since they're held static (largely because of the re-spin feature). The smallest coin size is $0.05 per payline for a cost of $0.25 per spin, but you can bet up to $100 per payline as well for a $500-per-spin price to play. Obviously you don't have to play this high, but it's cool that they have such a wide range of available bet sizes.

Wild Fire Joker Symbol

The joker is the wild symbol in this game, as you might expect if you're familiar with classic slots. Play N Go has designed this game so that the wilds show up fairly often on all reels, and you can get an 80x win for three of a kind on any of the five paylines. These symbols are also pretty important for the features, as you'll see below.

Re-spin of Fire Feature

Because all of the wins in this game are based on three of a kind, there are a lot of cases where you could line up the same symbols on two reels without hitting a win. If that happens in this game, you'll get a Re-spin of Fire where the third reel spins to give you an extra chance at winning. The value you get from this feature is pretty substantial because the winnings are all adding to your bottom line in a way that you wouldn't have received otherwise. With the wild symbols in this game, there are even better chances for the re-spin to give you extra payouts.

Multiplier Bonus Feature

There are only nine spots on the reels, and if you fill them all with the same symbol, you'll get a big win worth five times the win for three of a kind since there are five paylines. However, you'll also get an extra multiplier on your payout as well with a special wheel-based bonus feature. You'll get a multiplier worth somewhere between 2x and 10x with this feature, and it's just another example of extra value being added to the reels that players wouldn't have received otherwise.

Regular Pay Table Wins

In addition to the 80x win for three wilds, you can also pick up 25x for three of the lucky red sevens. The gold stars are good for 20x, and the gold bar symbol pays 15x for three of a kind. Three in the plums, grapes or lemons pay out 7x, 6x and 5x, respectively. You can also pick up 4x for three cherries or 2x for three of the blue X symbol.

Overview

Like most classic slots, Fire Joker is based heavily around the gameplay elements of frequent smaller payouts and the occasional bigger win based around a bonus feature. That's exactly what you'll get in this game with the re-spin feature and the big multiplier, and with the clean graphics and fast gameplay, it's a great example of a modern classic slot. Games like this have helped to change the perception of three-reel slots from being boring to being laser focused on only a couple of parts of the overall gameplay without needing flash without substance. Overall, this is a solid game, and if you're a fan of low-volatility video slots, then you should try this game out because it has a similar type of gameplay to slots in that category.