ZZ Top: Roadside Riches Slot Machine – Free Play & Review

Branded slot machines have a varying degree of success, since the inspiration for them will come from all sorts of films, music bands, and even comic books. The ones that draw inspiration from the most popular brands, are the ones that typically get more attention, and there are few names as well known as ZZ Top in the music world. Play n GO obtained the rights to their name and some of their music, and used them to create this excellent slot machine, a great choice for anyone that enjoys old style rock.

As symbols, we see some ranging from the ZZ keychain scatter, to the Legs Wild, the Multiplier Wild logo, premium positions with the three members of the band, sunglasses, a cow’s skull, and the four card suit icons coming in last.

Developer

It’s a big developer, which you can trust with a brand like this, they will know how to do it justice. Hundreds of other games have been launched by Play n GO over the years, most with great graphics and an interesting mix of special features.

How To Play It

Whenever we’re playing one of these Play n Go slots, the wagers required tend to be the same. $0.20 to $100 is the range that you can choose from here as well.

In exchange, you’re going to have 5×4 reels spinning for you, with a total of 1024 ways to win. As long as there are 3 matching symbols landing on consecutive reels, and from left to right, you will form one or more winning combinations, and get paid.

Special Features

Two types of wilds are going to be available, but they can’t land at the same time, so you get one or the other. Both will pay the same amount though, anywhere from 1x to 7.5x the stake per combo formed by them alone.

Legs Wilds are going to expand and take over entire reels, provided that this results in new winning combinations forming.

Gimme Wilds are going to apply multipliers of up to 3x to wins they contribute to. This goes up to 5x during free games.

And then, there is the ZZ scatter, which is used to give you access to the free spins. 3+ scatters will be required, to get you the feature. Here, you have to pick one of the two versions available:

• Legs Free Spins: uses Legs Wilds that are also Walking Wilds.
• Gimme Free Spins: relies on 5x multiplier wilds to give you a boost to wins.

Maximum Payouts

ZZ Top: Roadside Riches offers a lot of potential, and especially so once the multiplier wilds are used. Get the right combinations, on enough ways to win and with multipliers helping out, and you could get up to 40,000x the stake paid in a single round (free spins included).

It’s a lot to go after, but that’s what a high volatility game can deliver, to some of its players in the long run. Of course, plenty of others will suffer, without managing to land big jackpots.

RTP should be fine, it’s at 96.20% at its highest setting. Operators can choose lower settings in Play n GO slots though, so make sure that’s not the case here.

Summary

ZZ Top: Roadside Riches does a good job, being one of the few branded slot machines that will also come with a good RTP, and some of the best top prizes we’ve seen in this crowded industry. Highly risky though, I wouldn’t try it out as a casual, it’s more of a game for experienced players.