Funk Master Slot Machine – Free Play & Review

The disco era is a time that many still pine for, either because it was a time in their lives when they were young and free, or because they simple love the music and aesthetic of the 70s and 80s. It’s been a common enough choice for the graphics of various slot machines, and NetEnt’s Funk Master has the same inspiration.

A Disco Ball is seen in most symbols that are present on the 8 reels of Funk Master. It’s the base color that varies, as there are variants in Orange (top), Yellow, Green, Pink, Teal, Purple, and Blue. There is also a multi-colored Dancing Wild, along with Multiplier Wild Bombs.

Developer

One of the most experienced developers still around these days, NetEnt has created slot machines for the online market for over two decades now. Not only do they have a large collection of games for you to pick from, but you will also find that the average quality for them is fairly high.

How To Play It

A very long list of bet values is listed once you click on the right button. It starts from a $0.20 minimum, and it ends up at a max bet of $200.

8×8 reels will give the player 64 symbols total, and a chance to get paid via a Cluster Pays engine. 6 or more matching symbols will form a cluster, provided that there is a connection between those symbols. For its top wins, you need to get at least 20 matching symbols in a cluster.

Special Features

Avalanches are triggered after any winning cluster gets formed. It removes the winning symbols from the current game area, though that’s only true of regular symbols, not wilds.

One of the important special features which were added in, is the Dancing Wild. It’s a substitute, and it also moves to a random adjacent position when it is part of a win, before the Avalanche has a chance to trigger. You keep using the same Dancing Wild for the duration of the entire spin, and it’s only removed once the round is over.

As each round begins, there is a Hotspot added, marking 2×2 positions on the reels. It’s going up for the free spins, to 3×3 positions. These areas become unlocked when they’re included in winning clusters. Unlock all positions, and you get a Dancing Wild there.

Multiplier Symbols take the form of bombs, with values on them ranging from 2x to 10x. They apply to all wins of the round, and they get added up if several are present at the same time.

If you can get 3+ Dancing Wilds to appear at the same time, you will claim 6 free games from them. The triggering Dancing Wilds are sticky, and the Hotspot area is increased to 3×3. The game area has 8 reels with 9 symbols each, for this mode. It expands up to 12 rows/symbols per reel, by unlocking all positions from Hotspots.

Maximum Payouts

As volatile as the game appears to be, the top payouts it can deliver are nowhere near as impressive as you’d expect. 3,337x the stake is the most that Funk Master will pay in one round, which is fairly low as far as top jackpots are concerned.

RTP can be as high as 96.04%, but the range includes lower settings as well, so you need to watch out for it.

Summary

Funk Master looks like a proper NetEnt release, with both graphics and features being attractive and fun to experience. It’s not a typical slot machine, but that’s a plus these days.