Zeus 1000
The Zeus 1000 made by WMS is the 4th in the series made by this company, after Zeus 1, 2 and 3. This one is very similar in style to games like Spartacus and Lil Red, with the colossal reels style of play that is loved all over the world.
Zeus 1000 is a 10 reel game with 100 pay lines. There are two arrangements of reels. The primary 5 reels four images high on the left and a lot of 5 reels 12 images high on the right. The ‘Wild’ image is Wild and just shows up on the littler left handset of reels.
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Like all the other Colossal Reels games, Zeus features stacks wilds that transfer over from the regular reels to the elongated set on the right hand side of the screen.
This is one of the best features ever and it gets really exciting when you see 2, 3 or even 4 or those stacks of wilds appear on the first screen. The sense of anticipation and the adrenalin you get when that starts to happen is wonderful.
In major casinos, like the ones you get in Vegas, AC or Reno, you will see Zeus 1000 pretty much everywhere. It's not as popular as the other Zeus games, but you will still find it. There are no high limit slots rooms with the game, that I have seen, but I would not be surprised to see a 25c per line version somewhere.
- The secret to Zeus 1000’s success is in its Free Spins Bonus round, which is triggered by scooping three of more of the bonus symbol (which is the Hand of Zeus) on reels 1, 3 and 5 on either the main or Colossal reels. The number of freebies you win is determined as follows.
- The '1000' refers to how many Zeus symbols you can get added to the reels during a bonus spin. Sounds like a lot, but one always wonders just how many symbo.
- The Zeus 1000 slot machine is a popular take on the themed casino games featuring the Greek god of thunder.With both a regular reel and a colossal reel, WMS Gaming & Scientific Games have created an exciting game with the opportunity to win a max of 250,000.00 credits.
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The big thing about the bonus, is that Zeus symbols are added to the reels every time you hit a stack of the Zeus symbols. So, the more you play the more Zeus symbols there are and the bigger the wins.
If you are lucky enough to hit the 30 free spins, you should be expecting some pretty massive wins by the end of the game, as there will be absolutely loads of the zeus symbols on the colossal reels.
Bonus Game in Zeus 1000
As with all the other Colossal Reels games, the Zeus 1000 slot has a free spins bonus. You get a chance to win between 10 and 20 free spins, depending on how many of the bonus symbols you get and also, the winning chance per spin is much better in the bonus, than it is in regular play.
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The variance is still firmly in the medium-high region though, of course, as a land based slot the casinos have the ability to adjust that which is why it can feel tighter or looser at various different places. Online it seems pretty fixed across the board and most sites list the game with a very generous RTP of 96% whether in free play or cash spin mode. For some reason this is 0.04% different to the other games, I’m guessing they rounded the numbers up here rather than this being an actual different random number generator powering the game.
Much like the aforementioned slots, Zeus 1000, whilst very entertaining to play, can get a little streaky. With so many pay-lines on the go, it isn’t hard to hit wins, but what would be a big combination on a traditional 5x3 reel game often offers little reward on these multiple reel games. The reason for this is the overall bet per line, minimum bet is just 0.50 credits for all lines, which essentially makes it a penny a line slot. That isn’t to say you can’t hit some big multipliers, you certainly can, but your bet size does need to be larger than usual for the wins to feel substantial.
Aside from the theme the biggest difference Zeus has is in the spins bonus round and it’s mechanics. The base game play is largely the same as the other titles with stacked wilds transferring from the main 5x3 game to the side 5x12 colossal reel set. The spins number on the other hand, is different, with 10-30 available for 3-6 scatters. The larger number of scatters is not confined to adding extra spins either, they come with an increasing multiplier, the max being x25. The minimum offered on the base 10 free spin award is a multiplier of just x2. This means that even with re-triggers a low initial spins number is generally far less valuable than a higher one.
The game name refers to the Zeus stacked symbols allocation, in the free spins game any Zeus symbol appearing stacked on reel one adds up to 1000x high paying Zeus icons to the reels. This seems a huge amount and it does invariably lead to big combinations however, as I touched on earlier, your bet per line will largely determine how rewarding that is from a cash perspective.
Overall Zeus 1000 is an excellent slot, the other colossal reel games were massively popular and this new title seems to have followed on from that. Careful bankroll management is required but it’s hard to think of another slot which offers both a high variance level and decent entertainment value in the way that these games do. Big branded titles like the Hitman slot from Microgaming take a good stab at it, but with the license expense the RTP often suffers. See the table above for a variety of sites which stock Zeus 1000 as a cash slot, all of which I have tested myself.