Thunderstruck

Haven’t I already reviewed the Thunderstruck slot? Ah yes, but that’s because we have four games with Thor and Co. here at Wombat Casino.  This is the original game, Thunderstruck.

We also have the Thunderstruck II slot, Thunderstruck Wild Lightning and Thunderstruck Stormchaser.  The last two games are from Stormcraft Studios in partnership with Games Global.

This first slot now looks quite retro as you would expect, but then again, I enjoy playing these classic games – the Cashanova slot is another example, another excellent game.

If you like a clean and uncomplicated life, it’s right on the money. And it’s got those pleasing fruit-machine-like sound effects when you spin the reels (and what appears to be a jazz drummer doing his thing in the background, or are those Nordic war drums?)

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Thunderstruck Slot Game Play

This is a nine-pay-line game with five reels and three rows. You can select between one and five coins per line and the coins range from 0.01 to 1.00, so the maximum bet is 45.00 coins per spin.

Thor is the Wild symbol in this game (in the sequel it’s the Thunderstruck II logo). He looks like he’s been going to the same gym as the guy in SpinPlay Games’  Amazing Link Apollo slot.

And if he helps to make up wins across any of your activated pay-lines, the win is doubled and he will stand in for everything apart from the scatters,  pretty standard stuff. As we said earlier, this is a no-frills game that is easy to pick up. The Thor on this game has a more substantial beard than the wispy Fu Manchu effort that features in the sequel….we’re just saying!

If you’re very lucky, you could win some pretty tidy sums with the wilds. Five Thor symbols on an activated pay line will pay out 10,000 times your line bet.

Thunderstruck Free Spins

In this original Thunderstruck slot, the scatter symbols are the Rams rather than Thor’s hammer which is the highest paying symbol after the Wilds. You’ll need at least three to trigger the free bonus round which will give you fifteen Free Spins. All wins are tripled during Free Spins.

And the best bet? You can re-trigger them. Always our favourite feature!

All you need to do is get three more rams in the Free Spins and you’ll have fifteen more Free Spins. Plus you’ll win an initial amount for getting the Rams in the first place.

Two Rams win you 2 times your total bet (but you don’t get into the Free Spins), three Rams win you 5 times, four Rams 20 times and five Rams is the big one- you win 500 times your total bet (plus you will head into the Free Spins).

When two or more ram symbols land, they get struck by lightning and the machine pays out and hopefully puts you into the Free Spins round.

Gamble Feature

After a win, you can opt to gamble again if you like. It’s a simple punt. Guess the right colour to double your win or guess the right suit to quadruple it. There is a chart showing you the previous card draws.

The rest of the symbols are made up of other Viking-like symbols, such as Thor’s horn, his hammer (Mjölnir), a drinking horn and Útgarða castle, plus some lightning (Thor is the God of Thunder after all) plus the usual playing card symbols: ace through to 9.

This feature may not be available in all jurisdictions

Norse Legends

The Thunderstruck slot series is all loosely based on the Norse legends. Thor once tried to down all the contents of a drinking horn before he realised it was connected to the sea and his hammer Mjölnir was a pretty handy weapon (it could level mountains) and was forged by two dwarves: Sindri and Brokkr.

And the scatter rams? Microgaming (for it is they that designed the slot in ancient times before they became Games Global) has made a mistake here.

I am a pretty knowledgeable Wombat, especially when it comes to Norse mythology and I can reveal that Thor’s chariot was pulled by two old goats called Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr- let’s just call them Billy and Willy as old Norse is pretty hard to pronounce.

The ram thing with the golden fleece was happening further south in sunnier climes.

Expert Mode

The Thunderstruck slot has an expert mode as well- which is designed for those players who like to auto-spin. You can choose between five and ten spins. This feature may not be available in all jurisdictions.

Mobile Thunderstruck Slot

Thunderstruck has been souped up for mobiles and tablets too. There is a slight difference to the desktop game, in that you cannot select pay lines or your coin size, you just select your total bet and the game is set at the maximum nine pay lines. We prefer that to be honest.

Summary

A classic game that continues to be popular with players, like the original Tomb Raider slot machine. It’s got some big pay-out potential, it’s easy to play and it works well on mobiles and tablets. In short, it does what it says on the can!

Wombat Score: 4/5

We are going to smash our hammer down on the table and award this classic four points. It’s a classic. What can we say?