Spinnin’ Records Into the Beat

Spinnin' Records Into the Beat: Slot Overview Ever put on a pair of those joke glasses with the fake nose and fake moustache and thought, aha, no one will ever know it is me? Moving this question over to the betting space, do studios in a similar manner ever think gamblers are none the wiser when they go and reskin an earlier slot? Maybe, maybe not, but some disguise and skin changes are more dramatic than others. We've got a fairly dramatic skin change here in the form of Play'n GO's Spinnin' Records Into the Beat, which is a nigh-on exact mechanical replica of Stepping Diamonds, except instead of shiny stones, it's got shining lights, big beats, and a free for all partying ethos.

Zap, bzzz, swoosh, are the words that open the game up, which seems kinda cheesy, but once the beat drops, Spinnin' Records Into the Beat, evokes a lively party atmosphere. Its soundtrack is absolutely instrumental in doing so, featuring hit tracks like Move Your Body (Öwnboss/Sevek) and Tsunami (DVBBS & Borgeous). The visuals bring to mind Hacksaw Gaming's Feel the Beat, with its vibrant energy and pixelated crowd that seems to be having the time of its life. They're grooving out in the open, transforming the street into a dance floor that feels like a mix of Times Square and Shibuya Crossing - only in a future where robots party just as hard as organics do. A 5-reel game grid is where the party plays out, with 3 symbols landing per reel and 20 ways to win. Underneath the new threads, the maths have stayed the same, so a medium volatility, 6 out of 10, math model is back, as well as a max RTP of 96.2%, with several lower configurations also floating around depending on the market. Stake selection can be done by clicking the right and left arrows below the reels to choose a bet as low as 10 c or as high as $/€50.

Hitting on the reels are J to A low pays and 4 musically minded character symbols, including a female, a male, a robot, and a monkey. Royal wins of 5 OAK pay 4 to 5 times the bet white premium symbol 5 OAKs are worth 25 to 50 times the bet. Wilds land on all reels. They substitute for all symbols except Records and have the same value as the monkey pay symbol.

Spinnin' Records Into the Beat: Slot Features The features Spinnin' Records Into the Beat lays out are a Step Up and a Lock 'n Spin round where Cash Pot Records may be won.

Step Up On each spin, the steps reel above the main reels stops on a number from 1 to 5. Landing a special Record symbol triggers the Step Up feature. When triggered, all Record symbols in view increase their value by the number of times shown on the Step Up reel before paying out. Values can be as low as 0.5x and they increase by 0.5x per step up to a total of 35x.

Lock 'N Spin Just below the steps reel is a record trail tracking the number of landed Record symbols. Landing 6 Record symbols award the Lock 'n Spin on a 5x3 grid, 7 Record symbols trigger it on a 5x4 grid, and 8 Record symbols trigger the feature on a 5x5 grid. Record symbols lock in place till the Lock 'n Spin feature ends, and landing new Records resets the respin count back to 3. The Step Up feature can trigger during the Lock 'n Spin.

Cash Pot Records Cash Pot Records can land anytime in the Lock 'n Spin, and they can be upgraded by the Step Up feature. The Cash Pot Record symbols are:

The Mini Cash Pot Record starts at 20x and increases by 2x up to 90x. The Minor Cash Pot Record starts at 50x and increases by 5x up to 200x. The Major Cash Pot Record starts at 100x and increases by 10x up to 350x. The Grand Cash Pot Record starts at 500x and increases by 50x up to 1,500x. If the grid fills up during the Lock 'n Spin, the Step Up awards the maximum 5 steps, so all Record values in view step 5 times, increasing all values on each step. Spinnin' Records Into the Beat: Slot Verdict While sparkly, Stepping Diamonds used about the most common imagery known to slots, that of the fruit, bells, horseshoes, sevens, and diamonds variety. Spinnin' Records Into the Beat, by contrast, has had one of those makeovers that involve nips, tucks, and Da Vinci porcelain veneers. As far as partying slots go, Spinnin' Records Into the Beat puts on a banger. Pop people can have fun picking out familiar parts of a soundtrack that switches gears hard and often while the hand-waving background crowd is getting right into it. Play'n GO has musically entertained players in numerous rock/metal-themed slots in the past, and Spinnin' Records Into the Beat shows the studio is just as good at hosting a fist-pumping street party.

So much for the theme. The gameplay is exactly as it was before, which wasn't great the first time around. It's not great a second time, either, but the energised presentation made sticking around to see what might happen a more attractive proposal. One issue is that the upper values on Record symbols are quite limited, even when fully stepped. Another is the lack of excitement generated by the local jackpot element. Sure, Cash Pot Record values can also be stepped, but in some ways, is this approach better than simply having them at full value without the need for stepping up? Admittedly, this method brings a touch of originality with it.

A max win of 4,000x the bet is what Spinnin' Records Into the Beat can drum up at the best of times, and while not huge, it feels like a fair number for what the game is packing. And so, an adrenalised skin switch gives Spinnin' Records Into the Beat a quicker pulse than the previous slot, but dig a bit deeper, and the same so-so features, the same so-so numbers can be made out beneath the disguise.