Beetle Mania Deluxe Slot

Since the heady days when the Fab Four were Toppermost of the Poppermost, the sacred capitalist pavements of Oxford Street have staged some biggest scenes in the music industry's history. As those long-haired boys from Liverpool started the trend, they named the trend after them; Beatlemania. What this has to do with a slot machine game is quite frankly beyond us, but let us say it satisfied the funny bone in some junior casino developer's ribcage, and isn't that one of the reasons we love our slots? They're the only casino game to carry home that bit of humour all us jockeys so love to ride. Possibly, though to not only avoid trademark infringement, those naughty developers have tied the name of this machine in with everyone's favour arthropod, and they've gone and called the game Beetlemania.

So, now we're finished with the master-class in punnery, let's get down to chloroforming this insect based slot machine, then watching it squirm as we stick it on a pin. The game is a 5 reel set up as you'd expect, with a perhaps less than generous ten pay-lines, however this game makes up for it in the gamble, as you'll see later. The graphics are some of the best blooms in the slot machine garden with nice 3-D reel symbols that smile and frown at you as they stop in. The game features waspish wilds with the cool king of sting looking at you from behind dark glasses. However in a sensational move the Beetlemania slot has another wild on the middle reel in the form of a beetle that blinks at you every time he stops in the wild with a click sound that starts to slowly build anticipation as this particular wild pays double.

Any win you get in Beetlemania can be gambled. The gamble game is a fair game of red or black, so if you like your roulette strategies then you might find this one fun, although the colours are displayed to you on playing cards. Double your money up to five times on this death or glory bet as any failure to guess correctly will see your winnings voided and you'll be rushed back by the fairies to the main slot game.

Scatter wins are awarded on reels 1, 2 and 3 giving you access to this slots bonus game. 10 free spins are awarded without nested activation, so this is all you get from the bonus. But wait, every-time you drop in your blinking friend, the beetle, Beetlemania plays on the win meter and you double it up. This makes this a prize winning rose of a sub-game that with have you even more anxious to see your six legged friend.

So is the mania justified, or is this just the lesser of two weevils? Well, in terms of the experienced slot collector you've got enough special features to make the main game pay, and then you've got your 'wings out' gamble in the double or nothing round. Amateurs will find the game engrossing and immersive as one of the best designed slots on the market.