Introduction
The full title of this pokie is Golden Genie and the Walking Wilds, and if you’re a fan of substitution symbols you’ll love this five-reel, 20-payline game with an Aladdin theme.
The walking wilds turn up in the Genie Parade free spins that only end when there’s no longer a genie on the reels.
There are 11 paying symbols, including five lower-value royals. Line up Aladdin to the left of his magic lamp and you’ll trigger the Genie Wishes wilds to complete more wins with multiplier prizes.
In fact, this game is packed with features, including wild reels and random multipliers, so there’s plenty of potential and ways to win. And if it sound like there’s a lot going on, then you can play Nolimit City free pokies, including Golden Genie, at Online Pokies 4U to get to grips with the gameplay.
The reel layout lends itself to portrait or landscape mobile play, and this browser-based pokie plays seamlessly on any compatible device thanks to the streamlined player interface and game controls.
Theme, Graphics & Soundtrack
Most of us know the tale of Aladdin through the classic Disney cartoon, but it turns out he wasn’t an Arab boy at all but Chinese. And he wasn’t an orphan: he lived at home with his mother.
Tracing the tale even further back, it turns out not to have been part of the original 1001 Nights at all, even though it’s now one of the most famous tales. Instead it was discovered in the 1700s by a Frenchman, who added it to his translation.
Whatever the origin of Aladdin, it’s the genie of the lamp who has become the real star of the show thanks to Robin Williams’ incredible performance. Both the Genie and Aladdin are a lot more rugged in this interpretation, where dangers stalk the reels in the form of a cheetah and a cobra.
While the major protagonists are well realised, the design of the reels is underwhelming - not helped by the prominence of the royals. The plain blue background of the reels merges into the midnight blue of the starry sky with the occasional cloud floating by. It doesn’t quite capture the fairytale.
The soundtrack is excellent, though, helping to build the atmosphere of stealth and danger as Aladdin tries to outwit his enemies and win the princess.
RTP & Volatility
This is a high-volatility pokie with a 96.39% RTP, which will appeal principally to the risk takers out there.
How to Play Golden Genie
The player interface is a little scattered in this pokie, but this handy guide should get you up and running fast:
1. Let’s start with the paytable, which you can access by tapping the three dots at the bottom left of the screen. Click i for game info, the clock for history and the gear for game settings, including sounds.
2. You can also mute and unmute sounds by using the Speaker icon in the game screen.
3. The dollar symbol opens the Bet menu, where you can select your total stake in a single click.
4. If you’re tired of waiting for the free spins feature to land, tap the Gold Star to buy the feature for 80x your stake.
5. If you want to speed up your spins, tap the Lightning icon at the bottom right.
6. When you’re ready to play either hit the Spin button to the right of the reels or click the arrow icon to set your Autoplay options between 10 and 1000 games.
To enjoy your spins on Golden Genie responsibly, make sure you stay in control by setting a session budget and frequent timeouts.
Bet Sizes & Paytable Wins
With stakes between 0.20 and 100.00 per spin there’s something for every style of player in Golden Genie.
Beware the volatility here, as the top win of 9583x your stake is tricky to land.
The maximum five of a kind paytable payouts are:
- Genie pays 25x your stake
- Princess pays 25x your stake
- Aladdin pays 20x your stake
- Lamp pays 12.5x your stake
- Cobra pays 9x your stake
- Cheetah pays 7.5x your stake
- A & K pay 6.25x your stake
- 10, J, Q pay 5x your stake
Bonus Features
Golden Genie is packed with wilds and multipliers in three potential packed features. Here’s what we discovered:
Genie Wishes
Watch out for Aladdin and his lamp to unleash this feature. Land them side by side with Aladdin to the left of the magic lamp and both symbols turn wild.
Any wins in this feature are boosted by a random multiplier of 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x or 10x.
Genie Lamps
This feature can trigger during any spin in the base game, and reels 2 and 4 will be covered with the lamp wild. While the feature is activated all wins pay both ways.
Genie Parade
Landing three or more genie symbols will trigger the Genie Parade, where one symbol is chosen as the Golden Genie.
On every spin the Golden Genie will move one reel left and increase its multiplier by one until it leaves the reels. The multiplier then transfers its multiplier to the next Genie on the reels.
During this feature all Aladdin and Lamp symbols transform into Genie symbols.
Overall Review: Our Verdict
If you like fairytale spins with plenty of wild and multiplier action, then Golden Genie is a great choice. We also recommend the Genie Jackpots Megaways pokie.
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