Tesla: Spark of Genius is 5 reels and 243 pay-lines video slot powered by GameArt software provider. This slot is inspired with one of the greatest scientists of all times – Nikola Tesla. The game features a supercharged theme which has Tesla’s coil, plasma balls and other symbols. So if you are a science freak, you should give this slot a spin here for free or visit GameArt Casinos to play for real money.
Before you start experimenting with Tesla, you should set your betting range the way it suits your needs the best. By clicking on "Bet per Line" you will set the coin denomination which ranges from 0.01 to 0.50. By clicking on "Autoplay" the reels will turn without interruption for a chosen number of times, whereas "Spin" will set the reels in motion once. "Gamble" will start the gamble feature after the win, and "Take" will collect the win you have landed.
Glowing plasma ball is the Wild symbol in the game and it substitutes for all the symbols except for the scatters. This Wild appears on reels 2, 3 and 4 only.
Tesla’s Coil is the Scatter symbol and it can form scatter wins. Also, if you land 3 or more of these you will trigger the Bonus Free Spins feature. During this feature, if the lightbulb appears anywhere on the reels 1 and 5, it will pay an extra bonus prize of 2, 5, 10, 15 or 20 multiplied by the total bet. Bonus feature can be retriggered during the Free Spins.
There are 3 Free Spins feature options: Blue Sphere spins, Yellow Sphere spins, and Red Sphere spins. Blue Sphere will get you 25 spins and x2, x3 or x5 multiplier when substituting. Yellow Sphere will get you 15 spins with x5, x8 or x10 multiplier when substituting. Red Sphere will get you 10 spins with x10, x15 or x30 multiplier when substituting.
The game also has a gamble feature where you can try to double your wins after any winning combo. All you have to do is try and guess the color of the car that is to be drawn next. Correct guess will double your win, and the wrong one will take your win and you will be taken back to the base game.
Game Play:
Bet per Line: Set coins size.
Spin: Start the reels.
Gamble/Take Win: Start the gamble feature or collect winnings.
Autoplay: Set the reels in motion without interruption.
Tesla, the incredible inventor who was a genius, but was always taken for a ride by his scheming peers, so much so that he died in poverty! Such a pitiful ending for such a brilliant man! But his name shall always live forever, not always with successful results, as can be currently seen in the Tesla autonomous self-driven car, as well as this game from GameArt, as I later found out, hehehe.
You may be wondering why this game, Tesla, Spark Of Genius, cannot be that successful in my opinion? Well, let me briefly tell you my reasons. Firstly, the Wild symbol, the Orb, is a non-paying symbol, so it can only substitute for other wins. It doesn't double wins with it, neither does it expand into a full Wild Reel, and appears only on reels 2, 3 and 4, so it isn't that helpful at all in creating good wins. Secondly, the Alternator, the Scatter symbol, pays a lousy flat-rated win of only 2x total bet for getting 3, 4 or 5 of them, which to me, is simply ridiculous! I once got 5 Scatters in one of my base game spins, only to be absolutely disappointed with that 2x win!
Thirdly, getting 3 or more Scatters would award a Free Spins game, with 3 different choices to choose from - 25 free spins with 2x-5x multipliers, 15 free spins with 5x-10x multipliers, or 10 free spins with 10x-30x multipliers. Needless to say, these options are good options indeed, especially with that 30x multiplier, but getting good wins from any of the Free Spins games, regardless of which option is chosen, proved to be a totally different matter! I have taken the 10 free spins option on 2 occasions, but getting almost zero wins from each of them! Very disappointing, to say the least!
Then there is also that special feature when you get a Light Bulb on both reels 1 and 5, which pays a random win of 2x up to 50x total bet, but I always get less than 5x bet wins. But then again, any player would really need to be very lucky in this game to get better wins that what I had gotten. Where the paytable is concerned, the win values for all the regular symbols aren't that good, with Tesla himself paying only 33x total bet for getting 5 of him, so you need to get these symbols with good multipliers in order to get good wins. The indicated maximum possible win is 1000x total bet amount, which literally means that you need to get 5 Tesla symbols with a 30x multiplier!
I was hoping I could get some nice decent wins from this game, but after several separate plays on it, I could only manage one decent 102x win - all others were below 100x total bet wins, so that was rather disappointing for me. Getting 3 or more Scatters and getting paid 2x my bet amount is something that I simply cannot like either, not ever!