Peek-a-Boo 5 Reels

I came across this game quite some time ago, maybe about a year back, and I had played it with some free spins given by a casino to try it out. Nope, nothing much won from those free spins. Later on, I played it again with a deposit and bonus money, and that went dismally, to say the least! I couldn't even get any Free Spins game after several hundred of spins, and I quit playing it before my balance ran out. I did not liked the game, even though those Stacked Wilds could in fact give some good wins. Recently, I gave it another go, after so many months of not playing on it, to see if the game could actually be better for me this time around.

I must say that the ghostly cartoon characters are quite interesting to look at, reminding me of the TV cartoon series 'Casper', which I liked a lot during my younger days. And that ghostbuster kid, with his buster gun, looks cute and nice too. Hmm, a ghostbuster kid? The things that game designers can think of! But that's good, and it's fun, even for grown up kids like us, hahaha. This Peek-a-Boo game plays with 40 paylines in the base game, but changes into a 1024 ways-to-win game, which is good for getting lots of small wins. Big wins are harder to get of course. It also plays with 5 reels and 4 rows, which I don't quite like, but it's still acceptable for this game. It doesn't appear cluttered at all, and that's good.

The logo 'Peek-a-Boo' is the Wild symbol, 5 of which pays only 25x the total bet amount, which is very low. The Wilds are stacked in the base game but become Super Stacked Wilds on reels 4 and 5 during the Free Spins game. There aren't any Scatter symbols in this game, so some of the winning chances are thereby removed. Nonetheless, a Free Spins game is awarded when that Ghost Meter gets filled up to the top, awarding 10 up to 13 free spins, but without any multiplier. Oh shucks! More better winning chances are gone. Whenever that Boy Ghostbuster appears anywhere on reel 3, he can zap one ghost on each reel and collect them into the ghost Meter. Each ghost collected is one free spin collected, with up to 13 ghosts that can be collected. The Free Spins game cannot be retriggered. Damn!

5 of that Boy Ghostbuster pays 12.5x the total bet amount, whilst all the other symbols pay from 7.5x down to 1x the total bet amount, for 5 of each kind. Overall, a very low paytable that certainly needs getting those Super Stacked Wilds during the free spins to give good decent payouts, maybe some good ones too. In the base game, whenever 3 or 4 matching symbols appear on the reels left to right, one respin is awarded, to try and get a better and bigger win. This respin cannot be retriggered, so only one respin can be awarded at any one time. So, there you go. There is only one Respin and one Free Spins feature game available in Peek-a-Boo, but that is fair enough.

Compared to my earlier plays on this game, my most recent play went quite well, even though it didn't give me any win. Not surprising at all for me, because it's a Microgaming game, which rarely do me any good. Nonetheless, this time around, I managed to get 2 Free Spins game and each one paid well, above the 50x bet amount, but it wasn't enough to keep me going for long, or to give me a nice win to withdraw. Hmm, I really wonder when a time can come when a Microgaming game can pay me a really big nice withdrawal win! Maybe, may not ever, who knows.

Peek-a-Boo is a game played primarily with a child. In the game, one player hides his or her face, pops back into the view of the other, and says “Peekaboo!”, sometimes followed by “I see you!” There are many variations - for example, where trees are involved, "Hiding behind that tree!" is sometimes added. Another variation involves saying "Where's the baby?" while the face is covered and "There's the baby!" when uncovering the face. Peekaboo uses the fundamental structure of all good jokes - surprise, balanced with expectation. Too many times I hear I should grow up and face reality, sometimes I act as a child because I don’t like this reality of adults and it’s easier to dream. I liked Peek-a-Boo by Microgaming at first sight. Cheerful, colourful, with animated ghosts and characters all over around your screen. I don’t like some Microgaming video slots for a long time, but Peek-a-Boo stole my heart.

This is a 5-reels 40-paylines video slot which you can play from 0.40 cents. Zap ghosts to fill up the ghost-meter, once it’s full, you’ll get 10 up to 13 free spins. During the free spins, there are 1024 ways to win, which means in this particular game, there are more chances to win in the Bonus feature game. Plus, there is also a ‘Spooky Re-spin’ feature. The paytable doesn’t seem to be generous, but still there are many chances to make smaller wins, and there are many ways it could be done in this really funny game. I had only one chance to give it a try, but I am sure I will play it again, as I like this game very much. If people can put their money into Starburst, I can put some into my sweet Peek-a-Boo video slot, especially knowing the fact that so many latest releases from Microgaming are not worth mentioning.

This is the version of 5 reels of the slot “Peek-a-Boo” previously made under the structure of 3 reels; this one was launched by “Microgaming” during last January 2016 and we can say it is an action-packed game that has a theme based on the adventures of a quirky kid which is a ghost hunter armed with a ray gun that uses for zapping them; the theme looks great and background music and other sound effects fully meet the task of keeping you alert and lively while waiting for the kid to appear on reel 3 to do his work.

Although story of the game is quite fun, the most exciting thing of this game is to see how the ghost meter is filled with every catch made by the boy which can be up to 4 ghosts in each raid every time the kid appears on any position on the central reel; when the meter is full you receive a round of free spins, one spin by each ghost and it is possible to get up to 13 free games if the number of ghosts collected exceeds 10 after the last raid.

As for the free spins round, it is actually more interesting than it seems at first glance; first, and considering that this is a video slot of 4 rows, we pass from a set of 40 pay lines to one of 1024 ways to win and this greatly multiplies our chances of hitting a greater number of combinations. Second, the “Spooky Respin” feature is really useful to grant us a respin on reels 4 and 5 if we have matching symbols on the first three reels that allow the formation of lines of 4 or 5 of a kind. Finally, and perhaps one of the most interesting aspects of this round, is that hits during free spins are paid to the value of the bet right at the moment of triggering the feature, not at any average of bets while the meter was filling; this latter gives us the opportunity to use small bets while this ghost meter is half empty and then we can dramatically increase bets when the meter is about to be filled in order to enhance the potential winnings during the coming round.

In my opinion, this is one of the most interesting games created by Microgaming during this year so far since it is a fun slot and, thanks to its special features, it is a slot with the potential to grant real Big Wins. On the other hand, you should be aware that it is a slot of high variance, so it is advisable to have a good capital that allows you to make the most of the aforementioned features.