Are Arcade-Style Casino Games More Fun to Play Than Online Slots South Africa?
Crash games, catch games, casual games and instant win variations of pinball machines are reputedly giving online slots South Africa a serious run for their money. These are the arcade-style games landing at Thunderbolt, and they are shaking up the casino. Or are they? What we do know for sure is the key to all this riotously good stuff is the CASH component!
Yeah, Bolters! Money, and lots of it, is the fuel in the arcade gaming engine, and it is revving things up. The question out there is… which category of games is the best? Is it arcade-style casino games or online slots South Africa?
Well, that is a loaded question. Truth be told, it is pretty much like comparing steak and chops or tennis and pickleball or Laura Wolfaardt and Dewald Brevis. They are ALL good and they share more lekker traits than not.
Plinko: Elements of Pinball and Online Slots South Africa
For a snapshot of arcade-style money games, and how they are hybridised versions of classic games, let’s take a look at Plinko or, more specifically, Fu Long Plinko. That is the fresh new title that has recently dropped at Thunderbolt instant play casino.
In some respects, Plinko emulates a pinball machine but without the interactive elements like bumpers, flippers and slingshots. Here is what you need to know about a betting game that is based on TV’s longest-running game show, The Price is Right.
Machine versus Gaming Software
Load Plinko in your browser and the first thing you’ll notice is the ‘playfield’ isn’t encased in a splinky glass cabinet like pinball. Rather, it is a vertically structured gameboard consisting of multiple rows of pins. In our version of the game, pins are arranged in the shape of a pyramid.
As with pinball, a ball (or up to 100 balls) is released from the top of the grid and pings and bounces it way to the bottom. The only difference is the ball is not physically launched by a plunger. A SpinLogic software algorithm does that!
In essence, Plinko is futuristic fun time over 1970s sweat!
That, Bolters, is the pinball element inherent in Plinko. Where our arcade-style game kills it is in terms of money. Sure, you have to feed bucks into both the games but it is what you can get out that counts.
Plinko or Pinball: What’s It Going to Be?
Play plinko online at Thunderbolt Casino and you can win R5,400 or more in cash. That happens when the ball lands in one of the paying slots at the bottom of the grid. Prizes are represented by bet multipliers that typically reach double or even treble figures as they extend towards the board’s edges.
Choose pinball as your ‘money game’ instead, and you’ll first have to find a machine with a gambling component. That means shlepping to a B&M casino that is typically located far away from where you live. What’s more, in South Africa, even casinos with large entertainment centres seldom feature paying pinball machines.
Bonus Drops to Boost the Payday
It is not only the multipliers in Plinko that can boost your bottom line. Fu Long Plinko has randomly activated bonus drops. These cool features are designed to keep the coins tumbling off the board and into your casino account.
Guess what, Bolts? Multipliers and random features are what makes online slots South Africa so hot. Here is something to store away for future reference. Virtually all arcade-style games at Thunderbolt have something extra special to push up the payout rate!
Banana Jones: Collect Symbols for Cash Prizes… Like Slots
Take Banana Jones as another example of arcade-style games. It is a Snakes and Ladders-inspired betting opportunity listed under the Speciality category. In this game, you can bank bet multipliers ranging from 0.5 x to 40 x the stake.
How do you win bucks playing Snakes and Ladders online? By collecting special symbols as the intrepid adventurer navigates the terrain between the bottom of the board and the top – and occasionally down again. The number of steps he takes is determined by a virtual throw of the dice.
Multipliers and Bonus Features
Accumulating like symbols is not the only obvs similarity between this type of arcade-style game and online slots South Africa. Banana Jones has a randomly activated bonus wheel where you spin to win up to 50 x the total bet. There is even a Crystal Banana Quest bonus game that has 10,000 x the stake as a prize!
When you play this little beauty at Thunderbolt, you can win up to 2,565 x the bet. It is a princely sum that converts to R64,125 in Mzansi currency… but only when the maximum R25 stake is in play. Coolio, we say!
All told, that is essentially how the best online slots South Africa roll. You match, rather than collect, symbols on the reels for posted payouts. All the other paying elements described above are represented by the in-game bonus features.
How about crash games? How do they weigh up against SpinLogic Gaming slot machines?
Crash Games: Extreme Gaming at Its Best… But Little Else
Crash games like Ripcord Rush, Under Pressure and Galaxy Blast are causing quite a stir. The reason for the soaring popularity? The simple rules, structure and game play.
As with plinko, Banana Jones and online slots South Africa, crash games are games of fortune. There are no complex rules to memorise or strategies to deploy. All you have to do is bet and cash out before the sub implodes, rocket explodes or chute opens.
Game play is limited to just one, adrenalin-pumping, super-quick act! If you bale out in time, you get paid the bet multiplier on the board. If not, you lose your bet and the next round starts.
Bale and Bank Up to R10k
In this genre, multipliers max out at 5,000 x. Take the R1 to R25 betting range into account and it is possible to saunter off with lots of loot. Up to R10,000 per round, to be exact.
That basically means potential payouts are similar to what you can win playing the best online slots South Africa… with two exceptions. Slots can pay out more and they offer plenty of bonus features. You need only glance at the games featured under the Progressive tab to get what we mean!
Slot Machines: Booming Bonus Features
If you are a slots aficionado, you’ll know bonus features typically include the likes of:
- bet and prize multipliers
- wild symbols
- scatter pays
- free games
- hold and win rounds
- prize wheels
- cascading wins
That is arguably what makes online slots South Africa a nominally better bet. The expansive game structure of the genre allows for the integration of greater number and variety of features and special effects.
Unleash the best online slots on your laptop or phone and there is a higher probability of winning bucks… for free. That, Mzansi, is one factor that elevates the slots genre ever so slightly above arcade-style games. There is more on the go, more of the time!
Leverage the Extra Ways to Win
You don’t have to take our word for it. We’ll show you exactly why online slots South Africa are hot. In this context, we are not talking about themes and aesthetics. We are referring to the extra ways to win that are common in all the games.
To illustrate our point, here is a breakdown of the key features in a few of our standout online slots South Africa…
Standout Slots at Thunderbolt Casino
Gemstone Keys: The Arcane Unlocked is a high volatility game with 243 pay ways and a top prize of R1,250 in the base game. Activate the hold and win bonus round and it’s possible to win one of five jackpots. They range from R400 through to R250,000 in value. Now that is a lot!
Spicy Reels Fiesta is another slots sizzler... but that is not due to the jalapeno chilli theme. It has more to do with stacked wilds, scatters that pay up to 500 x the base bet, and cascading payline wins with incrementally increasing prize multipliers!
Spirit of the Inca is one of the highest paying online slots South Africa. It has a maximum win of 50,000 x the bet per line. That, folks, is up to R80,000 in cash. Plus, there are five network-linked progressive jackpots with a total value of over R2 million potentially in play!
Throw in 25 free games with increasing multipliers, a wild reel or extra wilds, and high-paying symbols that offer prizes for two and up, and this game has the potential to make your day!
The Verdict? Online Slots South Africa at Springbok Casino!
When it comes right down to it, there is not much separating arcade-style games from slots. That said, the bonus features in the reel-based genre are typically greater in number. For that reason alone, we rate online slots South Africa tops!