Being a classic slot game with a modern-day twist, Sidewinder does not come with a wealth of game features. However, Microgaming have done enough – together with Just For The Win – to fill it with a couple of feature that add an extra spice to it.
Three Types of Wilds – Sidewinder slot comes with not one, or two Wild symbols – but the total of three. What you will find here are Regular Wild, Top Wild and Bottom, the latter two of which both have an arrow on them pointing up and down, respectively. Regular Wild will appear on horizontal reels only, whereas the Top Wild will only be available on reel 2 and on the bottom horizontal reel. As for the Bottom Wild, it appears on reel 4 and the top horizontal reel.
Sidewinder Feature – is all about the Wilds. Once they appear on the reels – the Top Wild and Bottom Wild will both launch this bonus which is all about expanding the reel grid and boosting the winning ways. A Top Wild symbol will activate the top horizontal reel – a bottom Wild symbol will activate the bottom horizontal reel, each of which pushes the winning ways number to 576. If it happens that you get both types of Wilds at the same time on the reels, the grid will be fully expanded with winning ways increasing to 1,125.
Free Spins – as usual, this feature is triggered once a player lands a designated number of Scatters in certain positions on the reel. In this particular case it is all about landing 3 or 4 Scatters on reels 2, 4 and the horizontal reels. There will be six or 10 free spins to benefit from, depending on the number of the triggering Scatters. If a Wild stops on both horizontal reels, these will connect to create an expanding wild which then boosts your winning possibilities. And just to spice it all up in the end, there will be a complimentary spin rewarded each time you land a Sidewinder Scatter on the horizontal reels during the Free Spins Feature.
