Jimi Hendrix Pokies
People searching high and low, or even All Along The Watchtower for a casino pokie based on rock music will want to try out the Jimi Hendrix video pokie from Net Ent. They won’t need to brave any Crosstown Traffic however, as the game is available at the many online sites that use software from this popular Swedish company and can be played at home, and because it’s fully mobile-optimised, it can be enjoyed on smartphones and tablet computers from just about anywhere.
Net Ent are the experts at rock-themed online pokies, having already brought us Guns N’ Roses and Motorhead games, so we have high hopes that Jimi Hendrix will continue the trend, and it does so in many ways and it starts off promisingly with a nice introductory video that sees him playing his signature tunes as the game loads. Like many Net Ent games, it’s absolutely packed full of bonus features including extra wilds, re-spins, a pick and click mini-game that leads to coin wins and free spins.
It’s a 5-reel game that features 20 paylines, and where standard wins come from landing 3 or more of the same symbol across a line on adjacent reels from the left side. All lines are active which makes the minimum stake 0.20, while the high limit is 200.00 per spin, and as usual with Net Ent games, players will be able to test things out via free Jimi Hendrix video pokies before using real cash.
Playing Jimi Hendrix
Playing card symbols that range on value from the 10, which pays 5, 20 or 50x the line bet, to an A that’s worth 5, 30 or 75x will create the lower-value winning combinations. Various items related to Jimi and hippy culture in general make up the middle section of the pay table, starting with an eye that pays out 7, 35 or 80x the line bet when it stops on 3, 4 or 5 reels across any payline. Like all symbols, it’s in a fairly simple cartoon style, and next up we see a flower, then a record, followed by a heart and the peace sign is worth 10, 70 or 150x.
A white guitar pays 15, 85 or 200x when it’s on 3, 4 or 5 reels, but moving up in value, the red guitar only needs to be on 2 reels across a line to return a small win of 2x, while 3, 4 or 5 of them pay out 20, 100 or 400x respectively. Jimi Hendrix himself finally enters the stage, returning the same wins as the red guitar, but also doubling up as a wild symbol, so he can act as any of the lower-value ones to bridge any gaps in a line, extend a win across extra reels, or do both at once.
Jimi Hendrix
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Bonus Features
When the Purple Haze symbol of Jimi on guitar appears on the left-side reel, players are treated to a single re-spin, during which the playing card symbols turn into extra wilds along with the Purple Haze symbol being wild on reel 1 for a good chance of some big wins.
Any time 4 red guitars appear, the reels re-spin once, but if new red guitars land, another re-spin is awarded and this goes on until no more appear. The main feature is a special Pick and Click game that’s triggered by Jimi playing a white guitar and any time 3 or more appear at once, loudspeaker symbols will be shown.
Players click on them until 3 of a kind have been found to reveal a bonus round which could be a simple coin win of between 8x and 30x the total bet, or 6 bonus games in the Crosstown Traffic free spins round. A Purple Haze free games round can also be triggered, but instead of the single re-spin, players get between 6 and 12 of them, while the other Pick and Click prize is the Little Wings spins, where 4 or 5 extra wilds appear at random during 6 to 12 bonus games.
The Verdict
Like most Net Ent pokies, a great design and theme is complimented by some impressive bonus features, and this one has even more than most. If we have any complaints, it’s the fairly minor issue that everything is in a cartoon style and there’s no real images of Hendrix himself, although the pictures we have are still pretty realistic, especially in the impressive opening sequence.
Other than this, the Jimi Hendrix video pokie is another top-quality release from Net Ent that should have more than enough winning spins and extra bonus rounds to keep fans of the man and those punters who just want to enjoy some good returns more than happy.