Beam Boys

Theme and Design

Instantly Recognisable As A Hacksaw Gaming Slot With It's Monochrome Color Mode

In terms of design, Beam Boys is a quintessential Hacksaw Gaming slot. It utilises a mix of monochrome and neon blue and orange. Comparing artwork, the closest games are RIP City, the retro cartoon game, and Hand of Anubis, Hacksaw’s most popular high variance slot. The premise for the theme is a weird one and I’ve never seen a slot before with bionic feral cats in it. But this is Hacksaw’s world we’re in! To the right of the reel set you’ll see the lead Beam Boy. The game crackles with life and has a certain charm that is typical of this studio’s output.

RTP and Variance

Beam Boys has 4 available RTP settings – 96.35%, 94.24%, 92.3% or 88.25%. The top setting of 96.35% is good but it will be at the discretion of your casino which rate you play the game at. I recommend you open the game info screen after loading up Beam Boys and checking the RTP rate before spending any money. In my experience the best option for Hacksaw slots is MrQ which always runs their games at the optimum RTP.

Beam Boys has a unique customizable maths model which means players can choose a volatility setting from normal (low) to extreme (high). Broadly speaking, at the normal level wins will be more frequent with a hit rate of 35.75%, though smaller in size. At the extreme level the game will be much more turbulent with less infrequent wins, with a hit rate of 33.11%, but the potential for some big, one-off payouts. If you choose to play at the higher setting, remember that the game can burn you quickly so you will need a large balance and to set your stake level sensibly.

Maximum Win

The maximum payout on one spin in Beam Boys is 12,500x. High variance slots from Hacksaw Gaming usually have a max win of 10,000x to 15,000x so this is about average.

Symbols and Paytable

The game plays out on a 6 reel and 4 row game area and uses a win ways engine. That means wins are triggered by landing 3 or more identical symbols on adjacent reels, regardless of their row position, from left to right, starting at the left most reel. There are 6,561 win ways in play on each spin.

You have 12 symbols in the paytable. Values are very low but remember this is a win ways game so it is easier to trigger payouts and there are also plenty of wilds, and more free spins that unsual, to help boost your wins.

At the low end are the cards, 10, Jack, Queen, King and Ace. These are valued at from 0.1x for 3 on a line up to 0.5x for 6 on a line. The premium symbols are a rat, a bird, a fish, a hare of a snake. These are valued at from 0.2x for 3 rats up to 1.2x for 6 snakes.

There is also a laser cat wild which will substitute for all pay symbols to complete win lines AND pay out 5x if 6 land, all on adjacent reels, on one spin.

Features and Gameplay

Beam Boys is a less complex slot than many others in the Hacksaw catalogue but it does have one really fun feature – the Laser Cats Wilds. These can land ANYWHERE on reels 1 to 6. When they do, they shoot a beam horizontally from their position through every row to the left most reel, turning ALL symbols on the line wild.

Remember, this is a win ways game, so when the Laser Cat Wild lands on reel 6 you are guaranteed a win of 5x.

The free spins feature in Beam Boys is notable for the high number of plays you can get. You need to land the FS scatter symbol to trigger the round. Here is what you get:

• 3 FS Scatters: 5 free spins
• 4 FS Scatters: 10 free spins
• 5 FS Scatters: 20 free spins
• 6 FS Scatters: 40 free spins

Unlike many other Hacksaw slots there are no multipliers in the free spins round. The only difference is you get better odds of landing the Laser Cat Wilds. And if you land 2 scatters on one spin during the bonus you get 2 more spins, or 4 more spins when you land 3 scatters.