Kung Fu Cash Slot

The Kung Fu film is a staple of modern entertainment. From the classic Bruce Lee chop-socky violence fests to the more nimble entertainments of Jackie Chan, a whole industry has been built in the Far East on this ancient Martial Art. Over the years, these delightfully violent films have become one of the more exotic imports of our western lands, so it's no surprise that developers have blended this cult movement with a slot machine, coming up with the excellent Kung Fu Cash.

Looking at the game, Kung Fu Cash is a solid, no frills affair. The reels are housed, quite literally within a pagoda, and the reel symbols are straight out of the Far East theme textbook. Audio is straight out of the Kung-Fu video bargain basement, but that's exactly what you'd expect (and want) on a game like this. The game features nine pay-lines spread across the five reels, which is a bit of a drop from the twenty lines slot players often get used to with the five reelers. However, as we often like to point out, when you don't have so many pay-lines, then you don't have so much to stake to make the slot game's max bet. Why is this so important? Because, like every good slot jockey knows, you've got to bet the max to win the max. The game is simple and has no wild or scatters to distract from the reel combination wins.

The best thing about Kung Fu Cash, in our opinion, is the superb bonus game. This sub game is unique, and in all our experience of slot games (and we've seen a lot of machines) we've never come across anything quite like it. Simply stop in three or more bonus symbols and you'll find yourself rickshaw'd over to a second bonus screen, where you'll be allocated a fighter. This isn’t your normal fight, as you’ve got to select the moves you’re going to pull in the battle before your fighter has even so much as actually set their digital eyes on their opponent. This is done in a manner similar to the classic game of Paper, Scissors, and Stone. Select three high, medium or low offensive moves, then select three similar defensive moves and then it's off to the main event. Watch as your fighter goes through the preset motions attacking and blocking the opponent. Every time your guy hits the enemy, a bar fills at the top of the screen, which is later converted into a multiplier that is in turn applied to your original stake. Should you be lucky enough to activate this bonus game with all five bonus symbols and then find your fighter brave enough to win the battle in a perfect fashion, then you'll end up winning Kung Fu Cash's great progressive jackpot.

Ultimately Kung Fu Cash lacks many of the vital components that the more experienced slot jockey requires from an online slot, and there are many better machines out there in the slot dojo. However, there is more than enough novelty value in the sub game to keep slot players old and new coming back time after time, looking to black belt the proverbial out of the bank, as the progressive jackpot on this slot machine seems so very, very achievable.