Astro Cat Slot

The 'Astro Cat' video slot comes with an Asian theme, from Lightning Box provider, upon 1296 Ways to Win. The slot uses the Reelfecta System, where two 2x3 reels sit next to a 16 Position grid-reel in the centre.

There are No paylines to select while the minimum bet starts from 0.50 c/per spin, which i find too expensive. In my one and only session didn't impressed me much. After a lot of dead spinning, the feature landed with low wins etc.
In overall, proceed with caution.

Astro Cat is an 8 reel, 1,296 ways to win slot from Lightning Box Games. It comes with a bonus feature that awards up to a dozen free spins complete with locked wilds and prizes paid up to 16 times thanks to the Reelfecta game engine.


The set up in Astro Cat is a little unusual than your normal slots and you win often during base game even though its smaller wins. This alone says it is good for wagering. Also lighting box design great slots, but don't get excited as most of their slots are not designed for monstrous hits like x500 or x100 wins.


The middle 4 reels form the Reelfecta engine with each symbol only able to be used in 1 winning combination. First time I played on a slot with this design to be honest. The cat symbol is wild and you will see it often. It has some other Asian related symbols which pay lower.


The fireworks symbol is the bonus, appearing on the outer reels of the Reelfecta only. Landing 5 or more of these on the same spin will trigger the Free Spins feature where you can look forward to up to 12 free spins.


Once the free spins start, keep a close eye on the Reelfecta. Starting in the outer top left position, a +1 wild cat or a poison symbol will appear. If you land the +1 wild cat, you'll receive an extra free spin and the wild will be frozen in place. Up to 12 extra free spins can be awarded here with the Reelfecta being full of wilds and big wins can occur.


You have the option to land a giant 16 symbol full stacked wild, then receive 1 Mega Spin with all extra wilds in place. Feature ends when poison appear but the poison will not appear for at least first 3 spins.


The slot is fun and entertaining, great for wagering but not big wins for walking away. Average wins for me was x20 – 80 my stake and once over 100x.

As soon as I saw this game the first thing that came to my mind was the image of a video slot called “Druidess Gold,” which is one of the first videos created by “Lightning Box” where the “Reelfecta” feature was used, and it became very popular at that time not only for its novel aspect but also because for a time this game was quite generous with many players, even I could get some profit at first with it.

“Astro Cat” on the other hand, seems to have inherited in part the generosity of its predecessor mainly due to the power of Reelfecta feature and its 1296 ways to win.

In this slot, the 4x4 grid located in the middle serves as reel 3 with the advantage of providing 16 instead of 3 squares, so that you have more chances to get one or more symbols to match symbols of the 2 first and 2 last columns.

Within this central grid is also where it takes place the activation of the round of up to 12 free spins integrated into this slot, which, more specifically, it’s triggered by the appearance of 5+ scatters.

During each free spin it can appear either a sticky wild that entitles us to a new free spin, or a poison symbol that ends abruptly with this round; personally, during my first session with this video slot, I got a poison symbol only during 2 of my 4 rounds of free spins, so that in the 2 remaining rounds I managed to get to the end where an extra spin is awarded, and it is called “Mega Spin” because the whole grid of 4 x 4 is covered only with wild symbols, although I admit that until now I could not get 2 matching symbols on the reels 1 and 2 that would allow me to experience the power of this extra spin.

In “Astro Cat” you must pay 50 credits for each spin and for that same reason, a long streak of no-winning spins can quickly get you into trouble. On the other hand, prices stipulated in the paytable do not seem to be very high; however, the reel of 16 symbols located in the center of the slot usually allows you to balance the odds by allowing the formation of lines massively.

My best wins during free spin rounds have been between 30 and 38 times my total bet; the average of payouts during the base game are quite acceptable in my opinion, and ultimately, I have to admit that this slot has a good winning potential that can be achieved both through its free spins and through its base game in case of achieving 5 of a kind lines with the best icons of the game also getting many of these same icons or wilds within the central grid.

In short, I think “Astro Cat” is a pretty entertaining slot with the ability to keep you glued to your display for a long time, and on the other hand, it also has the ability to put some money into your account if things go well. It's an interesting video slot in my opinion.

I hadn't seen a lightning box game before when I spotted a screenshot of a huge win on this game recently. It's not quite what it looks like though - although there appears to be eight reels laid out from left to right, the center 4x4 block is best thought of as being a single, 16-high reel. It's still an innovative design, but just much easier to understand if you think about it this way. Turns out that Lightning Box are pretty new to the online slots world too, making the fantastic presentation of this game really impressive.

The scatter symbols appear only on the middle four reels, you need five or more to trigger the feature but up to sixteen can theoretically land on a single spin, and you receive an additional cash prize of up to 500x your stake if you do land more than five of them at once. The bonus mode is exciting, but can be a little frustrating as sometimes it finishes much earlier than you would like. Your supposed to receive twelve free spins with sticky wilds, but in reality you are only guaranteed three spins as if a poison bottle lands on the reels after this the bonus finishes immediately. If you do manage to complete all twelve free spins the central area fills completely with wilds and the game awards you a final "Mega Spin" that pretty much guarantees you a huge win.

I did enjoy this game and definitely recommend it, but the bonus round could have been executed better. More than once now I've ended up being booted out far too quickly without hitting anything good, and I've not even got half way to filling the center square with wilds just yet. I am going to keep trying as I know this game is capable of some breathtaking wins, bit I hope there's a sequel that fixes some of its issues at some stage!