Additional bonus games are the biggest draw cards of video slot machines. These games are full of entertainment with a new way to win huge prize money. Well, there is several different slot machine games are available but there are only a handful of different types of bonus. Here we have summarized most common and clarifying what happens when you hit the features.
Bonus Games Types
There are two kinds of bonuses, so very first differentiate them into ‘On the Reels’ and ‘Off the Reels’. First type of bonus will takes place on the five spinning reels where another one takes place on a separate bonus screen or even a different part of the machine.
Reel Based Bonus
The free spin bonus is the commonly found reel based bonus game with above 50% of video slots games. All you have to hit certain amount of scatters to win a set amount of free spins. In most cases, a win multiplier of between 2 and 6 multiplies wins on the bonus. Aristocrat's Super Bucks III and IGT's Cleopatra are the instances of games with free spins.
Where as ‘Hold and Spin’ is another kind of free spin bonus style. You can hit on a predefined combination and those reels are held at the same time as the new reels re-spin, in such games. Re-spin is another chance at this different kind of bonus.
As you would expect, free spins are the type of reel based bonus but wild multipliers, cascade, randomly changing symbols, features as well. Where wins get apart and additional symbols drop into their place.
Non Reel Based Bonus
As early as you stop the reels, the game designers’ limits the amount of different bonus games styles. After that, there are still some different principals. Where "Pick a Box" style bonus game is one of the most famous games and you have a number of options to select for winning.
These bonus games comes in different variety e.g. on WMS Gaming’s Jackpot Party, here you get options to pick boxes unless you received the Pooper symbol. Usually it is known as a "Pick until Pop" game. Multi leveled games are also included in other styles, where you have to pick up the proper item then it offers you a turn at the coming prizes level also in a progressive jackpot in some cases like in IGT's Million Dollar Pyramid.
You hit a certain combination to activate Wheel of fortune category, bonus games; this is very popular in between the players. You win is dependent of the stops of the wheel, it stops on your desired number then you win the game. Moreover, you can have some more different types of wheel bonuses by being the original IGT formed Wheel of Fortune Video Slot machine.