Weird Science Introduction
Weird Science is an online pokie from Habanero that is available to play on browsers and mobile or tablet devices. This game has a novel, lighthearted feel with a cartoon style and a theme that revolves around mad scientists (a popular theme with free pokies!)and mysterious experiments.
Despite the potentially dark subject matter, the overall tone is goofy with a cast of colourful characters such as mysterious substances, smiley lab animals and radioactive waste. Graphics are clean and modern, with little touches like winning combination animations and a nicely organised game screen.
This game is a five-reel free pokies game with up to 25 paylines for you to select, and prizes are awarded for successful two, three, four and five-of-a-kind symbol matches. There is a whole host of regular prizes just waiting to be discovered, in addition to bonus functionality such as scatters, a progressive jackpot, free games and the chance to triple your winnings.
Weird Prizes
At the top of the prize table is the picture of the nerdy kid in glasses, which is the most valuable regular symbol. Finding five of these in a winning configuration - that is to say, on an active payline - will award you with a maximum prize of 5,000 coins. Next up is the trio of test tubes, which are worth a top prize of 1,000 coins. At the opposite end of the scale, there are four different symbols that award the same lowest normal maximum prize.
The radioactive waste, microscope, magnifying glass and poisonous jar symbols all award a top prize of 100 coins for five reel matches. However, with 25 paylines and bonus features like free spins and a 3x multiplier, even these smaller prizes can soon add up to big winnings! The mad scientist is a multipurpose substitute symbol that is the key to unlocking some of the game’s biggest wins.
Appearing grouped only on reels one and five, this can be used as a substitute for any normal symbol as part of a winning combination. Any win that uses one or more mad scientists as substitutes is tripled.
Bonus Features
In addition, a free spins mode can be triggered by finding at least one mad scientist symbol on both reels one and five as part of a winning combination. If you are successful, you will receive four free spins for each substitute symbol to begin with, and you can retrigger this feature indefinitely. All prizes won during free spins are tripled, and the spins themselves are played using the total bet and selected paylines of the game that triggered them.
The glowing orb is the scatter symbol and awards prizes for instances of two to five symbols in any configuration regardless of paylines. Finding five will award a prize of 100 coins, with all scatter wins added to the line and multiplied by the total bet.
Buzzing
A progressive jackpot can be won at the end of any game. This jackpot is triggered at random, and winnings are added to the other wins.
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