Astro Newts Megaways

Embark on a hilarious space voyage for a mission to reach Uranus on the slot from Iron Dog Studios. Astro Newts Megaways will see you joining a gang of daring astronauts ready to travel all the way to the planet known as the Ice Giant.

Your volatile journey across six dynamic reels comes with cascading symbols, reactive wins, wild substitutions, expanding wilds, two random Pig on the Moon modifiers and a fuel collection meter that will trigger the free spins. Enter the bonus feature and progress from the Moon to Uranus to pick up extra modifiers and multipliers for wins of up to an estimated 20,000 times your bet.

Slot Details

Astro Newts Megaways is a cascading video slot with six dynamic reels, two to seven rows and up to 117,649 ways to win in the base game. During the Free Spins, the pay-both-ways mechanic can be activated which will increase the number of bet ways up to 235,298. Wins are awarded for two to six matching symbols landing on adjacent reels from left to right in the base game and initially in free spins.

You can voyage to Uranus on desktop, tablet or mobile devices from 0.10 to 20 credits per spin. The game has high volatility with an estimated RTP of 95.90%. Using the Bonus Buy will slightly increase the value to 96.30%.

The game window is set in the midst of the bridge of the space voyager that is taking you and the daring pigs on a long journey that will eventually end on Uranus, the level in the free spins with the most win potential. One of the pigs is lazing around on the controls and will awaken at times to trigger a modifier while the fuel meter on the right will serve as an indicator for your feature trigger.

Remains only for you to gaze into the infinite space beyond the reel set and enjoy the quirky reel adventure, all to a soundtrack that could come straight from the latest cartoon movie.

The pay symbols start at the low end with coloured card royals from 10 through to A, awarding 0.4x to 0.5x your bet for a single six of a kind. They are followed by a green asteroid piece, a laser gun, a rocket backpack and two smiling astronauts in green and purple colours. Hit six across the reels to win 1x to 5x your stake.

A cartoon rocket marked with the word itself is the wild symbol, appearing on reels two to six only. The green W is the expanding wild which can land on reels two to five. There are no scatters on this slot, instead, you have fuel containers and Alien Super Fuel symbols that will increase the meter for the feature trigger or retrigger.

Astro Newts Megaways Slot Features

After taking us to the Emerald Isle on Rainbow Wilds Megaways, we are off into deep space on this latest Megaways creation from Iron Dog Studios. While it looks funky with a comical touch, the cartoonish design might not be everyone’s cup of tea. Still, there is plenty to explore on this voyage to the Ice Giant. As usual, we will try our best to put it all into chronological order.

We’ll begin with the Megaways mechanic that many players will know by now. At the start of every spin sequence, a random number between 2 and 7 symbols will drop from the top onto each of the six reels, creating anything from 64 to 117,649 bet ways. Any win will set off a chain reaction, which will see the winning symbols explode and new ones cascading into empty spaces. The process is repeated as long as a new win occurs after a cascade. All wins are accumulated and paid once a spin sequence ends.

And there is more. While we have seen just about any possible modifier or feature on the meanwhile well over 100 Megaways slots from various providers, Iron Dog has managed to include a new twist called Mega Fission. In science, fission describes the process when a neutron slams into a larger atom, forcing it to split into two atoms.

On this occasion, single winning symbols that are removed from reels with a height of just 2 or 3 symbols will be replaced by two symbols, thus increasing the number of bet ways and providing more potential to score another win. In our sample screenshot above, the fission happened on reels 1, 2, 3 and 4.

While watching the symbol fission, keep an eye on the dozing pig astronaut lazing on the control board. It can wake up at any time in the base game or free spins, be that at the start of a spin or between cascade and trigger one of two Wild modifiers that can be applied on reels two to six only, on average 1:21 spins:

• Single Wild: The pig will add up to four wilds to random reel positions
• Expanding Wild: The pig wild turn one or two reels into expanded wilds

The expanded wild will count as a multi-wild based on the number of symbol positions on the respective reel. All extra wilds will stay on screen until they are part of a winning combination. Any unused random wilds will be removed once the spin sequence ends.

Golden Fuel Containers can land on any reel at any time and will be collected in the Fuel Tank on the right of the game window until the end of the spin sequence(desktop). It will reset between spins in the base game. Accumulating six Fuel within a spin sequence is sufficient to get you to the Moon and 8 Free Spins.

Any further Fuel Container is stored for the next part of your journey to the final destination. The bonus feature has multiple levels that will see you progressing towards Uranus via a number of other planets, each awarding extra spins and modifiers.

• Start of the feature – The Moon: You will have the initial 8 free spins to collect sufficient fuel for the next part of the journey. The extras for this part is the progressive multiplier, which will start at x1 and increase by x1 after every winning cascade, no limits. The multiplier will keep increasing throughout the entire feature including all other parts of the journey.
• Collect 4 Fuels – Mars: Reaching Mars will award 1-4 extra free spins and the Alien Super Fuel. Landing the symbol will add 2 instead of 1 Fuel to the tank, thus getting you faster to the next destination. Alien Super Fuel will not appear on any of the other levels.
• Collect 4 more Fuels – Jupiter: Reaching Jupiter will award 1-4 extra free spins and activate the Reel Lock. Any time a reel has 7 symbols on a free spin, it will lock at the full height for all remaining free spins.
• Collect 4 more Fuels – Saturn: Reaching Saturn will award 1-4 extra free spins and increase the win multiplier increments from x1 to x2.
• Collect a final 4 Fuels – Uranus: Awards again 1-4 extra free spins. Wins are evaluated and paid both ways for all remaining free spins, thus doubling the potential maximum number of bet ways from 117,649 to 235,298. No more fuel symbols will appear once you reach Uranus.

The Fuel collection does not reset between free spins. You will progress instantly to the next destination once four fuels have been collected while the extra free spins are added to the current balance.

Lastly, Iron Dog Studios included a Buy Free Spins option that has become the norm on Megaways slots, although it will not be available in restricted countries. Clicking on the button will lead you to a new screen, displaying the total price for the purchasing a feature at the current bet. It will cost you 86x your stake for a bonus round with 8 Free Spins.

Final Verdict

Astro Newts Megaways might be too cartoonish for some but other than that it provides solid Megaways action with a comical touch, new modifiers and decent win potential. The low symbols pays may have a slight impact in the base game but the extras in the Free Spins should balance that in most cases.

Astro Newts Megaways – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

1. How can I trigger Free Spins on Astro Newts Megaways?

Watch out for the golden Fuel Containers landing on the reels at any time. They will be collected in the tank on the right (desktop) and accumulating minimum six will trigger 8 Free Spins.

2. Where can I play Astro Newts Megaways?

Slots from Iron Dog and its parent company 1x2 Gaming can be found at an extensive range of gaming sites. Feel free to browse through our list of tested online casinos that also offer a generous welcome package to boost your starting balance.

3. Why is the Bonus Buy button not showing when I load Astro Newts Megaways?

The Bonus Buy button will be only visible in jurisdictions where feature buys are not allowed. The button is simply removed in countries where regulations restrict Bonus Buys.

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