Bullseye Slot

Bullseye is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. A psychopathic assassin, Bullseye, uses the opportunities afforded by his line of work to exercise his homicidal tendencies and to work out his own personal vendetta against Daredevil. Microgaming decided to come out with new video slot based on very famous serial all over the globe. What matter the most is player satisfaction and I wouldn’t quit until I make a really good game which might take over and pick the throne. Rather than see negative comments, which are very common nowadays, knowing the fact that software game providers more and more are taking famous singers, stars and movie themes. Unfortunately, the paytable is nothing new, not exciting and with no super features, completely absent of anything unique.

Let’s see what’s to expect in this epic video slot. It’s a 5-reels 243-paylines video slot with a very well-known theme and super funny symbols. The minimum starting bet is 0.30 cents per spin. The paytable looks decent, with two bonus rounds to be triggered. The Free Spins Bonus round with 15 free spins x multiplier could boost your balance up to 75x your bet size. More free spins can be re-triggered. The Bullseye symbol itself is stacked during the base game as well as during free spins, bringing you more winning chances. You may end up winning the maximum coins of 1,215,000 in this game, if you get lucky, and if playing with the maximum bets. Bullseye is also the Wild symbol and it awards you with 500x your stake if you manage to collect 5 of them. The Bonus symbols award you with 400x your bet size if you collect 5 of them. To me, the paytable looks completely fine and I wouldn’t mind a single thing here. You should be aware of the fact that you are playing a 243-ways video slot, and according to my personal experience, you should have a nice starting balance if you are chasing big wins here. This game is fun to play but could eat your balance really fast.

I'm not sure how well known Bullseye actually is outside of the UK, but here the tv show was something of a sensation back in the 1980s which just happens to be the same time I was a child and would watch the show on a weekend whilst eating a takeaway - a time I have extremely happy memories of, so I couldn't help but smile when I found out Microgaming had created a new slot game based on the show.

The graphics are everything I'd hoped for and many of the reel symbols represent the somewhat interesting array of prizes handed out on the show including a Nissan Micra, a caravan and a speedboat! The bullseye logo is the top paying symbol which is perhaps the standard choice by slot machine conventions although I personally would most certainly have chosen the bully figurine which languishes sadly towards the bottom of the paytable!

Apart from the theme Bullseye is a fairly bog standard 243 ways slot game. Two bonuses are offered including a dart throwing bonus round (of course!) which awards between 10x and 75x the triggering bet plus a typical 15 free spins round with a 2x multiplier. Scatter wins range up to a maximum of 100x stake and the rest of the prizes are fairly standard for a 243 ways game. I was pleased to see the wilds are staked on the reels making it possible to win on a large number of ways simultaneously up to the maximum jackpot hit of 1,215,000 coins for those with the bankroll to play max bet!

I think Microgaming did a good job of utilizing the Bullseye license but I would have liked the dart throwing round to have a little more in the way of winnings potential - it's essentially just a re-styled pick me bonus and surely it wouldn't have hurt to add a 50x or even 100x prize? It's a fun game and one I will gladly play from time to time, but it's not one that makes me want to return to it every session.

During my pub visiting days, ooh, centuries ago, I used to enjoy some drinks and a game of darts with my friends. You know, the usual 301 points, or something like that. Never a good dart player myself, maybe I was always distracted by the lovely waitress in the pub. Typical me hah? Hahaha. Well, where dart game was concerned, I used to follow the UK Darts Championships, but I can't even remember now who that favourite guy's name was. Oh yeah, the Snooker Championships too. Steve Davis, my favourite guy in those days. Ah well, never mind. Doesn't really matter now anyway.

Now, in this 21st Century that we are living in, anything and everything can happen. So, how about a bull playing darts? Hmm, I told you anything is possible right? This bull's name is Bullseye, because that's exactly what he's got, certainly ain't man's eyes those. And he is Microgaming's Bull Darts Champion, believe it or not. But I haven't seen any bull capable of throwing a dart with its hoof before! Hehehe. Whatever!

Bullseye is the Wild symbol, but 5 of him pays only 500x the line bet, as opposed to the usual total bet. Don't ask me why. This is a bull story! Hahaha. He is Stacked in the base game and in the Free Spins game too, but doesn't double any wins with it. Well, can't expect a bull to be any smarter than that, can we now? The Dartboard is the Bonus symbol, getting them anywhere on reels 1 and 5 award a Bully Prize Board Bonus game. You are given 5 darts to throw at the bull, oops, I mean at the dartboard, each throw awarding a cash prize of up to 15x the total bet, so the maximum you can win is 75x the total bet. If you want to win more, go play darts yourself! Hehehe. 5 of those Dartboards pay 400x the line bet. Other symbols pay from 300x down to 60x the line bet.

The Dartboard is also the Free Spins Scatter symbol. Must be a very smart dartboard this, capable of being both a Bonus and a Free Spins symbol at the same time, with the wording 'Bonus' or 'Free Spins' appearing on them as necessary too! Definitely smarter than that bull, I must say! Hahaha. 5 of Free Spins Scatters pay 100x the total bet, and 3, 4 or 5 of which award 15 free spins with a 2x multiplier. Yep, can be retriggered too, if you can get it! I couldn't, I didn't, and most probably I wouldn't too! Sheesh! How's the Free Spins games payout so far? Well, one thing is for sure - more than 60% of the spins were blanks, only a few gave small wins, and the Free Spins games I had all sucks! Both the games paid me less than 10x my bet, but the Board Bonus game fared a little better with wins up to 25x my bet. Not a lot is it? You bet!

The thing I dislike most is how my credits simply went down and down and down, without ever going up back to my starting balance. The Free Spins games were very disappointing, with 60% - 80% being non-paying spins, and the Board Bonus games not helping much at all. With such a very low paytable in the first place, winning on this game can only be by absolute chance!

Bullseye video slot offers you 243 ways to win which is a lie because I did not see even 1 way to win when you play this game. I started playing with a 20 and the game just took my money in front of my eyes. I do not think that I had a win bigger than 0.40. That is a shame. It did not give me time to play the game and see what it has to offer.

Many people like the theme of this game because it is based on a famous show. This is a 5 reel slot with a bonus feature and a free spins round. Some of the symbols include a caravan, a speedboat, a small car which are all the prizes that were won on the real show. There is also a set of darts, a flight, the Bullseye tankard, the Bully figure and of course the Jim Bowen`s glasses. The wild in this game is the Bullseye logo and it appears in the base game and during the free spins. The free spins feature is triggered by having 3 or more scatter symbols anywhere on the screen and you will get 15 free spins and all your wins will be doubled. The free spins feature can be retriggered and even the bonus game can be activated during the free spins.

The bonus round can be triggered if the bonus symbols appears anywhere on the first and the fifth reel. Then, a glowing ball appears and you have 5 darts which will help you to earn some multipliers. I do not know the show this game is based on so I am for that reason not a fan of the slot either. This game does not have the same potential like other 243 ways to win slots. I believe it is just a bad copy and I leave it up to you to decide whether you're gonna try this game or not.