Play Popping Potions for Free

There are 25 paylines crossing from the left side of the reels, and you collect wins in the tried-and-trusted way by landing three, four, or five of the same symbol across a line. Classic J and Q playing card symbols each pay out 5x, 10x, or 40x the line stake, while the K and A are both worth up to 64x. Blue toadstools pay out a high limit of 80x While a sad-looking frog (well, who can blame him?) is worth up to 120x. Floating eyeballs return prizes of up to 160x your line bet and the spider is the most valuable standard symbol, worth 25x, 50x, or 200x the amount staked per line.

A couple of bonus symbols are worth the same as the spider, but they take on extra duties as well. A red jewel and nugget of gold are both wild symbols which can substitute for others if they are in the right places, helping you collect extra prizes – or even higher-value prizes if they extend winning combinations further across the reels.

In any spin, you could land a multicolored vial of potion on reels one, three or five. These are not worth anything right away, but they are the key to the main feature of this game. The right side of the fireplace supports a burner that’s heating up a test tube. Each time you pick up a vial on the reels, it’s collected here. Once you have enough of them, the real magic begins to work.

Collected vials can be mixed in a unique free spins feature. There’s Each Way Pays, Random Wilds, Lucky Reels as well as Win and Respin bottles, although you will need to have a different number of vials collected to trigger the features or mix them together. If you collect a single vial, you can click the Mix Free Spins button below the reels and use it to purchase one free spin. Here wins can come from the left or right sides in the Each Way Pays feature. If you have three vials, these can be swapped for a single free spin where the Lucky Reels feature will see lower-value symbols removed from the mix. But if you have four vials collected, you can start mixing potions and have a free spin with both these features in play. A single Random Wilds spin cost four vials, while a Win and Respin – which triggers an extra spin on each win – costs six vials. Clearly, if you can wait for a bit and collect as many as possible, you will be able to mix and match at will, claiming more free games with as many of these features in effect throughout them.

Occasionally, the Professor will walk to the side of the reels and throw extra vials into the cauldron, helping you towards the goal of entering the free spins round. He’s even got a special Gold Rush potion that turns all 15 spots on the reels into golden wilds for some huge payouts. It’s a unique concept and one that we really enjoyed, although it can be tempting to start mixing potions early. Wait for as long as you can to be able to enjoy a more rewarding free spins feature.

Endemol Games have simple control buttons that make it easy to choose your ideal bet size. Just click on a value and you’re away, with only 0.50 needed to get started. This can be raised to a maximum of 500.00 per spin, and the only other decision needed is whether to click the autoplay button. This gets the reels spinning for up to 100 times without needing any input, although you can stop it whenever you want. While you can’t win any real cash in free play mode, free Popping Potions video slots are provided for practice spins. What’s also worth knowing is that this is a mobile-optimized game that works across all the main platforms such as iPhones, iPads, Windows and Android smartphones or tablets.

Potions, microscopes and dangerous-looking experiments are seen in the Madder Scientist video slot from Betsoft. It’s presented with stunning 3D graphics, and other symbols include the Einstein-like scientist along with his beautiful assistant. Bonus rounds in this five-reel, 30-line game include a pick-me feature where you win prizes hidden in beakers; wild reels; and a potion-mixing game where you test the resulting concoction on an unfortunate carrot to see what prizes have been cooked up.

Gold Lab is another slot game where a cartoon scientist is overseeing symbols of jewels and chemicals as they appear across five reels and 25 paylines. When the scatter symbol lands in any three or more places, the reels respin four times, with any beaker symbols turning into extra wilds that stick around until the end of the feature. By the time the fourth respin takes place, you could have plenty of wilds in view for some generous coin payouts at the end.

From the colorful cartoon style to the exciting way that you collect vials and use them towards free games and features, this is a slot machine that has everything going for it. It’s at this point that we usually highlight a couple of negatives about a game – because no slot is perfect. But there’s very little criticism that can be leveled against Popping Potions.

One potential issue is that while you would expect the lower-value symbols to create the majority of winning combinations, they seemed to appear far more often than higher-paying picture symbols. However, many gamblers prefer to collect frequent wins rather than wait around for a payout, even if it’s for a higher amount. Pop in at online and mobile-optimized casinos that feature Endemol Games slots, and try it out for yourself.