90’s Mania Megaways Slot

Item: 90’s Mania Megaways
Rating: 3.9
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Published Date · Oct. 12, 2023 · Last Updated · Feb. 22, 2024

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90’s Mania Megaways Slot Review

90’s Mania Megaways Slot Overview

90’s Mania Megaways sees top online slot developer Blueprint Gaming step back a few decades to the era of VHS, Sega Megadrive, Britpop, and Grunge for a retrospective reels experience. Children of the 90s or even the 80s are in for a nostalgic gaming experience, but even if you are not quite THAT old, you will likely appreciate the bright and breezy visuals on offer. Should you don your slot’s shell suit, you will find a game offering Megaways, Wilds, Mystery Symbols, and a Free Spins Bonus complete with a Progressive Multiplier. Solve this slot’s Rubik’s Cube, and you may return to the present day clutching a 50,000x max win!

90’s Mania Megaways Slot Details
Paylines	324 - 117,649
RTP	96.43%
Volatility	High
Jackpot	x
Minimum Bet	£0.2
Maximum Bet	£10
Maximum Win	50,000 x
Software Provider	Blueprint Gaming
Themes	Retro
Design and Layout	Scatter Symbols Slots, 6 Reel Slots, Wild Symbol, Megaways
Features	Bonus Round, Free Spins, Multiplier

As children of the 90s, we were looking forward to this one, but as far as the theme and presentation go, were left just a little disappointed. There’s nothing wrong with the quality on offer, but a little more effort with the audio and visual choices would have enhanced the nostalgic appeal. Of course, looks and theme aren’t everything, and it's tough to be too hard on a slot which offers excellent value and delivers in the gameplay department. Those Mystery Symbols do just enough to keep the base game interesting, whilst the generous free spins totals and Progressive Multiplier deliver all the thrills you would expect.

3.9/5

Pros

Mystery Symbols

Free Spins Bonus with Progressive Multiplier

50,000x Max Win

Cons

Theme a little off

Low Max Bet

How To Play 90’s Mania Megaways Slot

90s mania winning combination — Winning combination

Min Bet	Max Bet	Max Win (x stake)
£0.20	£10	50,000x

90’s Mania Megaways Basic Rules

The retro-reel action unfolds on a six reel Megaways layout, featuring a horizontal tracker reel above reels two to five
Each reel contains two to seven symbols, meaning the total of winning ways ranges from 324 to 117,649!
Payouts are produced by landing matching symbols on adjacent reels, beginning at reel one

90’s Mania Megaways Slot Paytable & Symbols

Here's a guide to all the symbols and payouts you'll find in 90's Mania Megaways:

Name	2 Symbols	3 Symbols	4 Symbols	5 Symbols	6 Symbols
9		0.1x	0.2x	0.4x	0.8x
10		0.15x	0.25x	0.5x	0.9x
J		0.15x	0.25x	0.5x	1x
Q		0.2x	0.25x	0.6x	1x
K		0.2x	0.4x	0.6x	1.75x
A		0.2x	0.4x	0.6x	1.75x
Rubix Cube		0.25x	0.5x	0.75x	2x
Tamagochi		0.25x	1x	1.5x	2x
Gameboy		1x	2x	2.5x	7.5x
Boombox	2x	5x	10x	25x	50x

90’s Mania Megaways Slot Features

Cascading Wins

Any time you hit a win, all winning symbols zap out of view and are replaced by new icons falling from above. This process repeats for every winning combination, creating the possibility of exciting chain-reaction wins!

Mixtape Wilds

These appear only on the tracker reel and substitute for all standard symbols to help create winning combinations.

Mystery Symbols

Whenever these TV Screen icons spin into view, they all transform into the same pay symbol or Wild – increasing your chances of bagging a payout!

90’s Mania Megaways Slot Bonus Features

90s mania free spins unlocked — Free spins unlocked

Free Spins Bonus

Star Bonus Scatters can show up on any reel and may send you shooting off into the Free Spins Bonus.

Four Scatters = eight free spins
Five Scatters = 12 free spins
Six Scatters = 16 free spins
Seven Scatters = 20 free spins
Eight Scatters = 24 free spins
Nine Scatters = 30 free spins

Scatters appear only on the tracker reel during free spins, and hitting three or four will add five or 10 spins to your tally.

Before the round begins, you can gamble to win additional free spins – up to the 30 max – via the Gamble Wheel. Spin into green, and you win additional spins but spin into red, and you may lose it all.

Free Spins take place on the same 6x7 Megaways layout as the base game but receive a hefty winnings boost via a Progressive Multiplier. Beginning at x1, this multiplier will increase by one for every Cascading win during the round and does not reset between spins!

Bonus Buy

Bonus Buy is available if you can’t wait for those Star Scatters to light up the reels. Known as Mania Bet in this game, selecting this option will take you straight into Free Spins Bonus at a cost of 50x the total bet. The features is unavailable to UK players.

Our Verdict: There’s nothing particularly new or original on offer in this straightforward Progressive Multiplier Round, but there's a good reason this type of feature is so popular. Escalating multipliers never fail to build the big win anticipation, and this round does it as well as any.

Play 90’s Mania Megaways Demo for Free

Take the opportunity to try out the 90s Mania Megaways slot demo for free first without staking real money. Developers use free play online slot demos as a vehicle to get players excited for real-money gameplay. Think of slot demos as your proving ground to learn exactly how a slot works before you stake real money.

90’s Mania Megaways Slot RTP & Volatility

RTP	Variable RTP	Volatility
96.43%	No	High

The fixed return to player (RTP) percentage of 96.43% is a nostalgic nudge above the industry average RTP of 96%.

Those taking a trip in this slot time machine may be in for a bumpy ride, as 90’s Mania Megaways sits in the high volatility category. Games of this type tend to feature their fair share of ups and downs but, on the plus side, provide a better chance of landing a rewarding payout in a short session than low-medium-volatility releases.

Our Verdict Top marks to Blueprint Gaming for the excellent 96.43% RTP, which represents rock-solid value to the player. We don’t recall the 90s being a particularly volatile era, but the rating has more to do with the bonus round-heavy gameplay than the light theme.

90’s Mania Megaways Slot Graphics & Audio

Graphics

Purple is the colour of choice in the backdrop, with various shades of plum, violet, lavender, etc., spun into an 8-bit blocky visage recalling the video games of the era, whilst unidentified swirling orbs create an otherworldly feel. The playing card values do what playing card values do but benefit from a distinctly 90's font and metallic sheen. The higher pays are nicely illustrated and fit the theme well, although the Rubik’s Cube and Boombox do appear to have strolled into town from the 80s.

90s Mania Megaways (Blueprint Gaming) 1 — Free spins in action

90s Mania Megaways (Blueprint Gaming) 2 — 3x multiplier in effect

90s Mania Megaways (Blueprint Gaming) 3 — Bonus symbols on the reels

90s Mania Megaways (Blueprint Gaming) 4 — Base game spins

Audio

Quite how 90's this soundtrack is probably depends on your particular musical memories of the era. Having been more into the indie scene, we must have missed the pan-pipe, vinyl-scratching, random female warbling, Jazzy Jeff “Ah-Yeah’s”’ genre. Still, we can’t rule out that there may have been a market for this type of thing back then, and it all passes by pleasantly enough.

Our Verdict 90’s Mania Megaways is a good-looking slot, with the slightly dumbed-down detailing doing a nice job of creating an outdated vibe befitting the theme. If we are to be picky, the soundtrack didn’t really hit the mark for us, whilst a couple of the symbol choices are a little dubious.

90’s Mania Megaways Slot on Mobile

Despite what the kids of today may believe, mobile phones were around in the 90s – albeit incapable of supporting a slot such as this – with Snake (remember that?) being about as advanced as mobile gaming got. Nevertheless, modern slot fans can enjoy the charms of 90's Mania Megaways on their small-screen devices..