Video Slots Guide: If you’re new to playing slots online or offline, one of the best ways to learn is to actually play. Unfortunately, you can’t do this in land-based casinos without spending any money. Online, however, it’s a different story. All good online casinos offer a guest game mode where you can play for free.
Getting Started
To get the most out of this interactive guide, you’ll need to launch your game console. The game uses Flash, so you’ll need to have flash installed on your computer. It’s more than likely that you will, but if not, just follow the instructions and you’ll be ready to go in a matter of minutes.
The Game
Once you’ve launched the game, you’ll see a five-reel slot with a range of buttons located below the reels. Below we describe what all the buttons do. We suggest you try the buttons yourself as you read to get the full idea. + and -: The plus and minus buttons control the size of the coin. In this case, it can go down to a penny and up to a dollar. You’ll also see that there are quite a few options in between. It’s important to note that this is not your total bet.
Select Lines: By pressing this button, you can select how many of the nine lines you want to bet. We recommend playing maximum lines, but you can play less if you wish. Each active line must have a bet. Select Coins: This is where you decide how much you will bet per line. In this case, you can choose from one to five. You can’t choose the lines individually, so each coin will go to each line.
Bet Max: If you want to jump right into the action, then the bet max button is the one you need to hit. It automatically plays all nine lines and plays the maximum of five coins per line. This gives you a total bet of 45 coins. The size of the coin you selected will determine the total cost of the spin. Spin – If you choose to play with a bet lower than the maximum bet, this is the button you need to press to get the reels to start spinning. To keep betting the same amount, simply press spin again, you don’t have to choose the lines and coins on each spin.
Start the FREE Spins – This button is not visible until you hit three or more ram symbols on the reels. Once the bonus game is activated, press this button to start the bonus spins.
Gamble – At the end of each spin, a gamble button appears below the reels. If you want to try your luck, you can try to double or quadruple your wins by choosing red or black or choosing one of the four suits.
Where is the paytable?
The paytable is accessed by clicking on the “View Payouts” text that appears to the right and left of the Thunderstruck logo. To return to the reels of the paytable, simply click on the same area.
