Stargate Megaways Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Stargate Megaways Review

There are certain movies that still linger in the back of your head from when you grew up, and Stargate from 1994 is definitely such a “milestone” movie. The special effects will certainly look dated compared to the CGI we’ve become used to today, but it’s still well worth a watch in our humble opinion. We are therefore happy that Light and Wonder has decided to release a branded Megaways slot based around the Roland Emmerich classic.

The megaways grid is surrounded by the Stargate, and the left-hand side of it serves as a feature Trail. You also get an arced top-reel which blends right in with the high-tech environment, and Kurt Russel, James Spader and Jaye Davidson bring starpower to what amounts to a solid sci-fi production. The movie grossed $196.6 million worldwide, and the slot version gives you a chance to win 25,000x your stake (capped at £250,000).

Stargate Megaways Slot - Reels Screen

Stargate Megaways Slot Features

The premium symbols pay between 1.5 and 10 x your stake for 6 of a kind wins. The gold medallion Wild steps in for all pay symbols to help complete wins, but the wild holds now value of its own. All winning symbols explode to make room for new and/or existing symbols dropping down from above, and up to 9 consecutive cascades are possible for reasons we’ll get to below.

You’ll see a highlighted part of the Stargate that frames the grid to the left, and it consists of 9 segments.

This is the feature Trail, and you progress one step per consecutive cascading win. Reaching segment/step 5 awards 1 of the 5 following random modifiers:

• Random Wilds - adds up to 6 wilds randomly placed on reels 2 to 5.
• Max Megaways - all reels are maxed out with extra symbols and the possibility of a 117,649 ways payout.
• Mystery Symbols - adds a Stargate overlay to between 4 and 10 symbols, and these all transform into the same randomly chosen matching symbol.
• Regenerate - clears all symbols from the grid, and gives you a fresh cascade with the same number of positions per reel.

The Trail does not award any more modifiers or features until you reach segment 7, 8 or 9, and these 3 segments trigger the feature pick Bonus Game that leads into the Bonus Round. You will then get 7 picks, and matching up 2 hieroglyph symbols awards a modifier you’ll bring with you into the bonus round.

Stargate Megaways Slot - Pick Bonus Game

The number of free spins you get is determined by the gate segment you landed on, and segment 7, 8 or 9 gives you 5, 6 or 7 free spins, respectively. Here’s an overview of the 7 possible bonus round modifiers, and whatever you brought with your from the bonus pick game can trigger at random times:

• Extra Free Spins - gives you between 1 and 25 additional spins.
• Win Multiplier - boosts your total win from the bonus round by a random multiplier value.
• Ways Increase - guarantees increasing win ways per spin for the duration of the feature.
• Reincarnate - the Eye of Ra symbol resets your free spins tally.
• Cash Prizes - awards prizes between 5x and 100x, multiplied by your total bet.
• Wild Gates - gives you extra wilds in the arced top reel.
• Expanding Wilds - all wilds that land from that point forward expand to cover the entire reel (only applies to reels 2 to 5).

Finally, non-UK players, and anyone eligible, may take advantage of the Buy Pass™ feature. This is basically a feature buy menu, and it gives you the following options in Stargate Megaways:

• Pay 31.5x your stake for a random Trail segment 5 modifier.
• Pay 45.5x, 72.5x or 123.5x your stake for the segment 7, 8 or 9 bonus round, respectively.

  

  You get no payout on the triggering spin that follows.

The 200 Spins Stargate Megaways Slot Experience

You get to see a lengthy cascade that takes us all the way to segment 9 on the Trail, not least thanks to the modifier we got from segment 5. No further cascades are possible when you reach that segment, so you then get to see the pick bonus game play out from 1:18 into the 6:16-minute highlights video. Check it all out by hitting the play button below.

Review Summary

Scientific Games has done a lot of things right in this branded effort, and the Stargate-framed Megaways grid looks pretty cool with the arced top reel to boot. The pace could have been better though, something a turbo option could have fixed. Each cascade takes a tad too long, but this also helps build tension as you progress on the Trail. You get some famous faces from the movie, of course, and the visual Stargate effect as you enter the bonus round is stunning.

Spreading out the modifiers across the trail, or at least making a few of them available before segment 5, would have made for a more exciting base game. Reaching segment 5 will hopefully catapult you up to at least segment 7, although some of the modifiers can lead to solid payouts on their own. The 25,000x potential is solid enough, although capped at £250,000, and overall this is a thrilling trip down memory lane for anyone old enough to remember the original 1994 blockbuster.

Pros

• Cascading wins Trail w/ 1 of 5 modifiers on step 5
• Trail segment 7, 8 or 9 awards the bonus round
• Pre-bonus round modifier pick game
• Bonus round w/ up to 3 of 7 unique modifiers
• Win up to 25,000x (capped at £250,000)

Cons

• Beware of adjustable RTP ranges

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