The Goonies Slots
“Hey, you guys!" The famous line from Steven Spielberg’s movie The Goonies can now be heard on the reels of the latest slot creation from Blueprint Gaming. The plot follows a band of friends trying to defend their neighborhood, Goon Docks, against foreclosure and a property developer’s plans to replace it with a country club for the wealthy. After they discover a treasure map that once belonged to the fearless pirate One-Eyed Willy in an attic, they set out on a wild adventure to find the lost fortunes. Movie fans turned reel adventurers can now go on their very own treasure hunt as they spin the reels of this new slot that goes by the same title.
The Treasure Hunt Reels
How do you bring such an iconic movie to a set of slot reels and do its popularity justice? Blueprint is not new to such challenges, and its creative developers have not failed on The Goonies either. The acclaimed treasure map can be seen in the background of the game window with gold coins spread around it. Intricate pay symbols depicting typical pirate-themed objects and the image of One-Eyed Willy, coupled with a dramatic but catchy soundtrack, complete a well-designed game.
The Goonies has nine pay symbols, one wild symbol and one scatter symbol. The low-paying end consists of J, Q, K and A playing card icons. The premium symbols in ascending order of value are the gold scale, a skull, a shipwreck, a treasure chest with gold coins, and a pirate flag. The wild symbol is an old coin with the word “wild” across. Only the pirate flag symbol appears in superstacks. The scatter is an artistic picture of One-Eyed Willy with the word “bonus” below it.
The Pirate Stats and Numbers
The Goonies is a video slot with five reels, three reels and 20 fixed paylines. The slot has ample features to keep any player well entertained, namely eight random features in the base game and a One-Eyed Willy wheel with six different bonus games. The RTP of this medium-variance slot is set at a flat 96.00%. Like all slots from Blueprint Gaming, The Goonies is in the modern HTML5 format, making it available for play on tablet, mobile and desktop across all OS platforms. AutoPlay allows players to choose from 10 to 100 consecutive spins, with a range of options as to when the run should stop.
Players can join the treasure hunt for as little as 0.10 credits, while high rollers will be happy with the maximum bet of 200 coins. Pays for a five-of-a-kind range from 2.5x to 25x the bet, while the maximum win in a single spin is 1,000x the bet. However, the total win potential in a bonus round can be substantially higher.
One-Eyed Willy’s Riches
The slot has no fewer than six random reel modifiers named after the movie characters and triggerable at the start of any spin. Additionally, two modifiers can be randomly activated after a losing spin. In the world of pirates, that would be called a bucket load. The reels will start glowing at the start of a spin, after which players are presented with three keys. They can pick only one key to reveal which reel modifier will be applied to the spin.
Truffle Shuffle Wilds will overlay a random number of reel positions and turn them wild for the spin. Mikey’s Hidden Riches can turn any of the five reels into a wild reel, while Data’s Colossal Symbols can turn three reels into a colossal reel with synchronized symbols. Mouth’s Lucky Coins adds up to 15 gold coins to each reel – once they stop, all coins in view will reveal a common symbol. Sloth’s Win Spin guarantees a big win of minimum 10x the bet. Lastly, One-Eyed Willy’s Bonus Boost will add more scatters to the reels, increasing your chance to trigger the bonus wheel.
On top of all this, Blueprint has added two random modifiers that can be triggered after a losing spin. The appearance of a scythe or a cave collapse will reshuffle the reels to produce a winning combination.
One-Eyed Willy’s Treasure Bonus
The bonus game is triggered by a minimum of three scatters on a spin or via the One-Eyed Willy’s Bonus Boost. The slot will lead to a second screen with a ship’s wheel displaying six different bonus games. You get one spin of the wheel for a chance to win one of the features displayed on a ladder to the right of the wheel. In ascending order of average payout, these features are Fratelli Hideout, Skeleton Organ, Super Sloth Free Spins, Goonies Go Wild Free Spins, Inferno Free Spins, and One-Eyed Willy’s Treasure Bonus.
After the initial spin on the wheel, you can gamble the feature you’ve won to potentially upgrade it to a higher-value feature. The wheel changes, containing only two types of wedges – one with the feature that's one step higher on the bonus game value ladder, and mystery wedges. You can gamble the feature won repeatedly until you either win the One-Eyed Willy’s Treasure Bonus or the wheel stops on a mystery wedge. At any point, you can decide to collect and play the feature you have won. Landing on a mystery wedge will award a random coin win – usually around 10x the bet or less – and end the bonus round.
Fratelli Hideout is a pick-and-click bonus game where you pick a key to reveal coin wins, “collect” or a hidden tunnel. The ladder leads to the Hidden Tunnel sub-bonus, which gives you the opportunity to trigger any of the five other bonus games.
Skeleton Organ lets you select from a number of organ keys to reveal either a character that will award a coin win, or an upgrade symbol that will increase the coin wins for future picks. Unveiling three key symbols will unlock the door to an additional feature bonus. But watch out for the skulls and crossbones, as collecting three of them will end the bonus game.
Super Sloth Free Spins bring a new reel set featuring the Fratelli family into play. During any spin, if a Super Sloth wild lands in view, any Fratelli symbols on the reels will be turned into the top-paying symbol. At the end of the round, you get one more chance to win extra prizes. Pick one of three chests to reveal extra spins, a “collect” symbol, or the One-Eyed Willy's Treasure Bonus round.
Goonies Go Wild Free Spins will see one of the premium symbols turn into a wild symbol on every spin. Again, here you will have a chance to win extra prizes. You can pick from a number of Copperpot Doubloons to reveal either “collect”, extra spins or the One-Eyed Willy's Treasure. Up to five extra spins will be awarded with all the Goonies symbols turned wild.
Inferno Free Spins will unleash an inferno at the start of each spin that moves across the reels from right to left, turning between one to three consecutive reels wild. Yet again, more prizes can be won at the end of the round. Spinning the wheel will also reveal either “collect”, extra spins or the One-Eyed Willy's Treasure. If you reveal extra spins, the feature is retriggered.
One-Eyed Willy's Treasure Bonus is triggered by hitting five scatters in one spin. This is achieved via one of the extra prizes in the other bonus rounds, or by gambling all the way to the feature on the bonus wheel. Collect win multipliers until the booby trap hits the scales, at which point the round is over.
Other Treasure Hunt Reels
Pirate adventures and treasure hunts are always exciting experiences. Of course, that also applies when you play adventure-themed slot reels. To keep the adventure going, try a few spings of Loose Cannon from Microgaming, or opt for Piggy Pirates from Red Tiger Gaming.
The Goonies Verdict
Have you caught your breath yet after going through the myriad of features on The Goonies? One thing is for sure: this slot won’t bore you for a second. Blueprint Gaming has yet again delivered a feature-rich video slot that has good win potential. Most of all, it does justice to the cult film from the 80s. Ready for your treasure hunt?
