Like Jim Bowen’s TV gameshow of the same name, Microgaming’s Bullseye video slot dashes around tossing retro vibes and causing great fun to all who try it out. While the moderately amusing regular spins can be prosperous on their own, the slot also relies on two bonus features to provide a well-rounded gameplay.
Bullseye show was hugely popular back in the 80s, and had the contestants throwing darts and answering question in order to win prizes. You might complain about the graphics being outdated and the overall design being odd, but this is obviously intentional and the developers did a great job recreating exactly the same texture and quality typical for a late 20th century color television. They really went into details and made Bully the Mascot into one of the symbols on the reels, as well as many classic rewards from the show – cars, speedboats, caravans, bear jugs and silver goblets.Other symbols include question cards, money, darts and Jim Bowen’s glasses.
Microgaming was the first to introduce the 243 ways to win strategy in their slots, and Bullseye is now one of many Microgaming offerings with this kind of configuration instead of the standard pay-line structure. Since there are no pay-lines to restrict the gameplay, you have more chances to land winning combinations, even though in general this kind of games can be costly to play. Microgaming countered this in Bullseye by offering very affordable coin values ranging from 1 to 5 pennies, so that this game is relatively inexpensive with the highest possible stake of just $ 15.
Bullseye Slot Special Features
Available throughout all stages of the game, Bully the Mascot has the role of the Wild symbol and can help you line up wins more often. Wilds can mimic all of the regular symbols and combine with them in order to complete winning combinations. Additionally, they come stacked in groups of three, and since this is 5x3 slot, you can even get entire Wild reels. Wilds are the highest value symbols paying up to 500 coins.
Another fun boosting factor to consider is the addition of free spins. Three, four or five Scatters will activate 15 free spins where all wins come with their values doubled. This is not all there is to this feature, because Scatters can appear within the free games and retrigger 15 more. As if that is not enough, these symbols will also pay additional prizes wherever they land on the reels. Five Scatters appearing anywhere on the reels at the same time pay x100 your total bet.
Bullseye stays true to the TV show and includes a bonus game in which you get to throw darts to win a set of cash prizes. When Dart Board symbols land on reels 1 and 5, Bully’s Prize Board Bonus is activated. Darts can be thrown up to 5 times at a board with 8 sections. This feature awards instant cash prizes ranging from x2 to x15 your total bet.
Our Take on Bullseye Slot
Bullseye combines a retro theme with a couple of modern features to create a high quality slot that we’ve come to expect from Microgaming.
Slot data and features
- 5Reels
- 243Pay lines
- $1,500.00Max cash jackpot
- 96.63Payout Percent
- YesWild Symbol
- YesMultiplier
- $0.3 - $15Betting Range
- 0.01 - 0.1Coin bet range
- 10Coins per line
- NoProgressive
- 30000Max coins jackpot
- 2430Max coins
- YesScatter Symbol
- YesFree spins available
- YesBonus Game
- NoBuy feature
- TV Shows Game theme
- Medium Volatility
