Beverly Hills 90210 Slot Machine
Beverly Hills 90210 first hit our screens in 1990, a series chronicling the lives of a group of friends at the West Beverly Hills High School. The series would run for ten years, seeing the characters make the move into adulthood and addressing many social issues of the time. Beverly Hills 90210 would make stars of many its cast including Shannen Doherty, Luke Perry and Jason Priestley. The series was rebooted in 2008 with a new cast and called ‘90210’ but this slot is based around the original series.
Fans of the series will immediately recognise the five prominent symbols in the game, these being Kelly Taylor, Steve Sanders, David Silver, Donna Martin and Brandon Walsh from the show. Gaining a win with any of these will activate a small animation featuring the character. These symbols are joined by the playing card characters from nine to Ace, these framed in Beverly Hills style sidewalk stars. The soundtrack to the series plays throughout and is joined by the clunking of the reels throughout each spin.
Setup and Play for Beverly Hills 90210
This slot, like the majority of online slots, has five reels. Unlike many others has 243 ways to win. To win you’ll need to land at least three consecutive symbols from left to right, the 243 ways to win meaning that the symbols can appear in any position on the reels from left (starting on the leftmost reel) to right to guarantee a win. The top paying symbol is Brandon Walsh (Jason Priestley) and pays 500 coins for five in a row. Kelly Taylor (Jennie Garth) comes next at 300 and is joined by David Silver (Brian Austin Green), Donna Martin (Tori Spelling) and Steve Sanders (Ian Ziering) at 100, 60 and 50 coins respectively. The playing card symbols pay out between 30 and 15 coins for five in a row.
Occasionally you’ll also find a spin that pays from both left to right and from right to left, giving you even more ways to win.
The win amounts may seem somewhat small in comparison to many other slots, but you have to consider that you’ll win much more often having 243 ways to win, and the cost of these lines is only 50 credits. There is an auto-play option where the slot will run automatically for up to 50 spins without interruption.
Sometimes you will randomly enter ‘left to right transformer mode’ where a number of symbols will be changed to the same symbol as the ‘transformer’ symbol, which can lead to some very big wins.
Wild symbols in this game are the red sports car and this will substitute for any other symbol apart from the scatter. The scatter is the title symbol of the slot which activates the free spin round if appearing three or more times across the reels.
Beverly Hills 90210 Feature Round
The free spins round starts with a clip from the series, the cast frolicking around on a beach. You’ll now be asked to choose between the boys and the girls – each giving a very different free spins round. Choosing the girls will give you a round where each and every spin will see up to five symbols on the reels being kissed by the girl’s lips, turning them wild. Choosing the boys sees a football turning up to 3 complete reels wild at any of the spins.
The number of free spins you’ll actually have will depend on the number of scatters landed to activate the feature. You’ll receive eight spins if you land the minimum three scatters, but four or five will see you gain 15 or 25 free spins respectively. You’ll also gain immediate wins of 5x, 15x or 30x your total bet based upon the number of scatters landed.
Beverly Hills 90210 Slot Conclusion
This slot by iSoftbet is certainly a playable one. The game has a good mix of features with the transformer, the 243 ways to win and the free spins round. This free games feature is perhaps the best of all, giving the player some input as to how you want to proceed. Graphically the game is good, but not quite up to the standard of some of the more modern slots which have a more cinematic feel.
This slot will appeal to a wide range of players, although fans of the series will obviously be more inclined to play. This isn’t a slot that would win any awards, but the features will make for the occasional fun session.