Play Cops 'n' Robbers Millionaires Row for Free

The first thing that’ll strike you about this game is its graphics. They’re...how to put this? Bold? Brash? Downright horrible? It’s not Novomatic’s finest moment, to be frank; the robbers in particular are grotesquely caricatured, but that’s the price they pay for choosing a life of crime. You, on the other hand, have chosen to amass your wealth through the far more honourable means of playing video slots for hours on end. You might not make enough to place a downpayment on Millionaires Row, but there’s still some respectable money to be made – especially if you can fill your loot sack to the brim before making off with the progressive jackpot.

Cops ‘n’ Robbers may not be winning any awards for design, but aesthetic sensibilities aside, there are plenty of reasons to give the 5-reeler a shot. For one thing, it’s a doddle to get to grips with: set your stake, hit the start button and off you go. From there, it’s basically a case of spinning those reels and waiting for the gods to bless you with three in a row. Twenty paylines allow you to bet anywhere from two to 500 credits per line, depending on how reckless you’re feeling. The resultant win will depend upon the bet you’ve placed on the winning line and the multiplier assigned to the winning symbols. Don’t worry too much about the maths; provided you can distinguish the symbols in order of ascending value, you’ll fare just fine.

Once you’ve notched a win, it’s over to Mazooma’s usual gamble feature, whereby you can guess the colour of the card – red or black. While guessing wrong will forfeit your cash, multiple correct guesses will see your cash multiply exponentially.

The basic playing symbols are assigned card values from 10 to ace, but the special symbols are where the lucre lies. In addition to the obligatory cop and robber (the latter forming the scatter symbol), there’s a safe, dynamite and a stack of gold bars. Pro tip: never try to dynamite your way into a safe full of gold bars in real life. The blast will wreck the ingots and alert the neighbours. Far better to make off with the entire safe and busy yourself with breaking into it back at base.

The wild symbol, which serves as a surrogate for all others except the scatter, comes in the form of a police dog. It has a number of uses; among the various features on Cops ‘N’ Robbers is one that will see the reels suddenly fill with additional wild symbols, scoring you a succession of wins. The other major feature to aim for is Street Bonus, which is achieved by notching up three scatters. Once you’re in, you’ll be presented with a very familiar-looking feature: yep, it’s that old chestnut, the robber race that sees you peg it around the board. Free spins and additional bonus features are up for grabs here, but make one wrong move and you’ll wind up in jail, because that’s life! The Street Bonus game is also where you’ll collect the keys that are integral to winning the jackpot. Grab five and you’ll land the progressive jackpot ; the keys can also be collected during free spins from time to time. This process of collecting keys from the feature board is another longstanding feature of Cops ‘N’ Robbers games. In this respect, Novomatic is maintaining a longstanding tradition, one that can either be deemed respectful or derivative, depending on your cynicism.

For once, Novomatic have made an effort to throw in some fresh features that differentiate Cops ‘N’ Robbers from the bulk of its 5-reel conversions. Additional features include Fast Forward and Rewind. When triggered, the former sees the reels start to spin before dropping in winning combos if your luck’s in. Rewind, meanwhile, sees the process reversed, with the reels spinning backwards before coming to a stop. This isn’t the prettiest video slot you’ll ever play, but its feature-rich layout will keep you coming back for more.