Gonzo’s Gold

Theme and Design

New Temple Setting Lacks The Style Of The Original 

Gonzo’s Gold production is not as impressive as the original Gonzo’s Quest or the Megaways follow-up. We are taken out of the jungle setting and into a temple with a basic backdrop of stone walls imprinted with a kind of Aztec-pattern motif. The grid is a simple 5x5 one with the Gonzo’s Gold logo displayed at the top. There is quite a pleasing jungle drum soundtrack and the animations are slick, but overall this game is not on a par with the original.

RTP and Variance

Gonzo’s Gold has an RTP of 96.1% which is average for a video slot and a bit over the original game’s RTP of 95.97%. Meanwhile, the medium volatility and 10p minimum bet makes this easy to play for everyone. You can expect a reasonable number of payouts of a decent size in relation to your bets.

Maximum Win

The top payout in Gonzo’s Gold is 5,000x which is good for a medium variance slot though it falls well short of the 37,500x max win available in the original Gonzo’s Quest, admittedly a more volatile game in comparison.

Symbols and Paytable

Gonzo’s Gold plays out on a 5x5 grid. The objective is to build clusters of symbols on each spin. A symbol is part of a cluster when it sits vertically or horizontally adjacent to another identical symbol. Interestingly, the paytable here is divided into high pays and low pays and you need just 3 or more high pays to form a cluster, or 4 or more low pays.

The fun part about games like this is that you can build super-sized clusters of up to 25 symbols in size for absolutely huge payouts!

The low pay symbols are the 10, Jack, Queen, King and Ace. These are valued at from 0.5x for 4 10s up to 300x for 25 Aces. Premiums are the 3 masks and Gonzo himself. They are valued at from 1x for 3 green masks up to the maximum 5,000x for 25 of Gonzo.

There is also a Temple Scatter symbol, which acts as a Wild to substitute for others to complete clusters, AND triggers the Free Spins bonus round when 3 or more land on the grid on the same spin.

Features and Gameplay

Gonzo’s Gold is surprisingly light on features.

The best part about the game is the Free Spins round. You’ll need to land 3 or more of those Temple Scatters to trigger the Free Spins round. You get 10 free plays, along with a payout of 2x, 20x or 200x your bet for 3, 4 or 5 scatters.

And, if you hit 3 more Scatters during the Free Spins, you’ll trigger another 10 Free Spins.

Before you start the Free Spins round, you need to play a mini game where you select 1 of 9 Question Mark symbols. This will reveal which symbol will have the power to become an Expanding Symbol. When 2 or more of these symbols appear in adjacent positions on any of your free spins then they expand to cover the entire reel or row they appear on, automatically creating a new cluster.