Big Time Gaming may have revolutionized slots when they rolled out the MEGAWAYS™ mechanic back in 2011, but they’ve never been a company to rest on their laurels, preferring to remain at the sharp-end of emerging online casino software development. It’s only natural, then, that they’ve teamed up with Light & Wonder, one of the world’s leading cross-platform games companies, at the forefront of creating new and immersive worlds for players in online casinos, in order to launch the new Megadozer mechanism via the long awaited Bonanza Falls slot.
Megadozer Arrives
Megaways changed the world of slot games forever, and is now widely used across the online casino industry. It made slots a more engaging experience, using a dynamic reel system that can change the number of symbols that appear on each reel with every spin, creating a variable number of ways to win — to save you working it out yourself that’s 117,649 ways to win on each spin.
This is reflected by the amount of Big Time Gaming titles rated as the best slots to play, with high RTP ratios — including Bonanza, the game that changed everything.
Now, alongside Light & Wonder the launch of the Megadozer mechanic looks to take that dynamic and immersive gameplay to the next level, with an array of in-game wilds, multipliers, and teetering coins ready to cascade down as you play, taking inspiration from old-school coin pusher games.
Bonanza
The first slot to really popularize the Megways mechanic, Bonanza was an instant hit when it launched, combining the exciting dynamic system with the backdrop of a scenic gold mining landscape, with coins, gemstones, and other objects. As you go along you break down the rocky entrance to the mine and once you hit the bonuses you’ll find yourself in the red cave.
There’s a free spins feature, triggered by landing four scatter symbols spelling out the word “GOLD.” During the free spins round, an unlimited win multiplier is applied, increasing with each cascade.
All these features, plus the great graphics and fast-paced gameplay have made Bonanza a firm favorite with online casino players, and only whetted the appetite for a sequel.
Bonanza Falls
Hoping to emulate the enduring success of its predecessor, Bonanza Falls keeps the same mining backdrop, but relies on its new Megadozer mechanic to bring an extra dimension to the action.
Backed by Light & Wonder’s iGaming ecosystem, the game brings in a new element in the coin-push emulation, which cascades new goodies onto the screen, and although this can make it potentially harder to build as big a win multiplier, but players also have multiplier wilds and multi-instance symbols.
This greatly increases the winning potential, so while the game might have a similar look and many of the same features that made the original such a classic, when it comes to the action it’s a different beast entirely.
Since Bonanza burst onto the scene with its revolutionary Megaways mechanism, the world of slots looked to emulate its success. But staying ahead of the curve, Big Time Gaming’s partnership with Light & Wonder has once again raised the bar.
