Roundabout Slots
Get spun up into a Roundabout frenzy with this uniquely themed novelty slot machine which is brought to your computer screens by Merkur Gaming software. There are 5 reels involved with 5 paylines laid out across them, meaning that wins won't come with every spin and what's more, there aren't any bonus free spins or multipliers to help players boost their betting balances.
However, this video slot does involve an exciting and unconventional extra gameplay element in the form of a “Roundabout Spins” feature.
Everyone's favourite type of junction
While there are plenty of slot machines out there which take on the theme of cars and automobiles, we can't say that we've seen too many which are dedicated solely on everyone's favourite traffic junction – the roundabout. Well, that is unless you are American, in which case you should probably stay away from this game as you might get a bit panicked and confused!
British spinners, on the other hand, should feel right at home with this slot machine because, let's face it, we secretly love a good roundabout. Did you know that there is a British Roundabout Appreciation Society which meets each year to dish out awards for the best and worst traffic circles across the globe? If you can handle the mayhem of a roundabout, then this slot machine is right up your street.
Novelty design
When it comes to the design of Roundabout, players should expect some wacky and novelty cartoon style aesthetics. Well, it wouldn't really have worked if the game had gone for a serious angle with romantic and wistful depictions of roundabouts in the rain, would it?
Instead, the game is full of colour and little nods towards the road traffic theme. There are high value playing card symbols such as 9, 10, J, Q, K, and A which are presented with linear road markings, while other symbols depict a variety of caricature cars.
Roundabout bonus
Roundabout also plays host to a couple of special gameplay symbols. The first of these icons is a straight up wild symbol – as depicted by a saucy looking police-woman – which will substitute for all of the icons involved in the game to fill in the gaps and create winning lines.
There is another wild symbol which is represented by a blue roundabout traffic sign that only appears on the third reel of the game. However, instead of simply replacing other icons to make winning sequences, this symbol will trigger a special gameplay feature which offers the opportunity for many extra wins. Essentially, what happens is this, the roundabout sign will move to the middle position of the third reel, causing every symbol in an adjacent position to rotate in a clockwise fashion.
What's more, an extra traffic cop wild symbol will be added to the reels to help players line up more wins. In fact, there is at least one guaranteed win considering that the roundabout sign also acts as a wild icon.
Win while you spin
Now that you know everything that this slot machine has to offer in terms of special features, it's nigh time that we discussed the payout potential of Roundabout. All of the wins available in the game are made up from lines of matching symbols upon any of the 5 fixed paylines, going from left to right. Whenever this happens, a multiplier will be applied to the value of the line bet, with options as follows: 0.01, 0.02, 0.05, 0.10, 0.20, 0.50, 1.00 and 2.00 credits.
The smallest line bet multiplier will offer wins of 5x whenever three 9 or 10 icons align. The biggest win is a 2,000x multiplier, which will be awarded for five wild traffic cops. You can see all of the other wins in-between in the table below:
Nothing like a good old Roundabout
Roundabout is a nice and fun little novelty slot machine by Merkur Gaming. Of course, the game doesn't take itself too seriously, and this is reflected in the cartoon nature of the graphics. What's more, with only 5 paylines and a top jackpot multiplier of 2,000x, this game isn't exactly going to give you the biggest wins in the slot machine world. However, this slot does have its perks, mainly in the fact that it features a fun and relatively frequent bonus feature which emulates the roundabout theme.
