Funtastic Pets Slot
Cute pets have often been deployed in slot games, staring at us agog from their place on the reels, as if wondering how they came to be there. Funtastic Pets is another title to employ this cute animal theme. The 5-reel, non-progressive NeoGames slot first appeared in online and land-based casinos in 2013, and is still available to play in select locations.
The lighthearted, animal-themed game, which is bright and colourful and includes many fun, cartoonised symbols, has 25 paylines on which gamers can hope to find matching combinations. Funtastic Pets also boasts an attractive jackpot of 10,000x.
Getting Started
The action in Funtastic Pets takes place on a reel grid which appears against the backdrop of a rather old-fashioned room. Armchairs appear either side of the reels and picture frames hang on the frumpy wallpaper. Perhaps this house belongs to the owner of the funky pets appearing on the reels?
The reel grid itself is a simple square and sits above the control panel. The control panel is where you can set your maximum bet, bet-per-line and number of paylines. Though the game has 25 of the latter, you can choose to play on just one, if you prefer.
The control panel also includes two gamble buttons. After hitting line wins, the buttons will light up, offering you the chance to gamble either half or all your total bet. It’s nice to have that 50% option, as many slots simply offer you double-or-nothing, while others don’t provide a gamble function at all.
Players are permitted to bet between 0.10 and 10 for each of the 25 paylines. Thus, you can stake a maximum of 250 for each turn of the reels and a minimum of 2.50. In this respect, the game should appeal to low rollers as well as high.
Meet The Pets
Funtastic Pets includes symbols that are representative of many of our favourite household pets. Thus, there are adorable puppies, cats, rabbits and even a mouse. Yeah, fair point, mice aren’t typical pets, least of all this mouse, which is lime green in colour. Genetically modified, perhaps?
As well as character symbols, there are standard playing card icons, from Jack through to Ace. While the Jack pays a maximum of x40, for five in a row, the Ace pays x100. On the character food chain, the cat is on the lowermost rung. What, lower than the mouse? Yep, in Funtastic Friends, the cat is demoted to the minor leagues. Kitty pays x200 for five and x50 for four, while the mouse pays x400 for five and x100 for four.
The floppy-eared dog is next on the table, and this is where the pay-out really soars: x1,000 for five and x200 for two. The most lucrative character symbol is the big-eyed bunny, which is linked with a massive x5,000 pay-out for five and a handsome x500 for four.
There are more icons to uncover, though…
Funtastic Free Spins
Three or more bubble bath scatter icons will trigger an allocation of free spins. The allocation you receive depends on which bathtub you choose. The chosen bathtub will then overflow with bubbles to reveal the number. We’ll save you the suspense: 10, 20 or 30 free spins are up for grabs. You can also look forward to the presence of yet more wild and scatter symbols during the free games themselves.
As well as supplying free spins, the bubble bath icon grants x100 for five and x25 for four.
The green TV is the wild, and is able to replace all of the game’s other icons – except the scatter or bonus – to help you form winning combos. Wild by name, wild by nature: five of these bad boys pays the x10,000 jackpot, while four pays x1,000. This is a TV worth watching.
Wanna Gamble?
As stated, Funtastic Pets includes a gamble option, which will activate after all wins. Some players will be glad it’s there, others will never use it. It’s the usual gamble fare: a 50/50 guessing game to double up or lose the lot. Proceed with caution.
Bonus Game
The Funtastic Pets bonus game is triggered when you land bonus symbols on reels one and five during the base game. In the bonus round, you’ll be shown 21 flowerpots; simply guess which ones contain prizes and multipliers. Note, the bonus cannot be triggering during free games.
Pet Sounds
Funtastic Pets isn’t the most inventive or trailblazing game out there, but with wilds, free spins, a bonus round and a relatively high-paying pay-table, it’s certainly worth investigating and offers the same entertainment on other NeoGames slots such as Auto Show.
