Reviewed on December 14, 2016
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John Travolta had his fun nite out in Saturday Night Fever, the ladies had their wild time too in the game Ladies Nite, so now it's time for Spike to go out and have some wild fun out playing poker with his friends. Only thing is, Spike is a dog. So, like it or not, you have to imagine some dogs having a poker game amongst friends. One bark would mean 'call', two barks would mean 'I'm out', a twist or two of the hoof would mean '1 card' or '2 cards', and so on. Some wild winks at the Chihuahua waitress would mean 'how about a date, darling?', or something like that. Hmm, the dogs are playing poker and my mind is going way yonder, hahaha.
The logo 'Spike's Nite Out' is the Wild symbol, paying a marvelous 15,000x the line bet for 5 of them. Woof! Woof! That means 'get them!' The Wild symbol substitutes for all symbols, but doesn't double any wins with it, doesn't become stacked or expanded, and is therefore a dumb Wild symbol nonetheless. 'Doggy Time' is the Scatter symbol, 5 of which pays the usual 100x total bet amount, and getting 3 or more adjacent Scatter symbols trigger the Bonus Feature game. As for the other symbols, the Banker pays 5000x, the Chihuahua Waitress pays 3000x, combination of Banker + Waitress pays 2500x, and the others pay from 2000x to 60x, all per line bet for 5 of each kind. Wow, a very nice very good paytable, for once.
In the Bonus Feature game, there are 6 dogs at the poker table, and you get up to 6 picks to win cash prizes. A card with an 'Extra Pick' awards one more pick. A card with only a cash prize amount ends the game. The maximum possible win is 6750 coins, or 450x the total bet amount, which is not bad at all for a bonus game. Other bonus games tend to pay within the range of 20x to 50x the total bet amount, but there's always the Free Spins game to get additional wins from. Not in Spike's Nite Out. There aren't any free spins in the game, which is a sore point for me. The best possible win has to come from getting 5 Wild symbols, for a 1000x total bet win, and that's about it.
The logo 'Spike's Nite Out' is the Wild symbol, paying a marvelous 15,000x the line bet for 5 of them. Woof! Woof! That means 'get them!' The Wild symbol substitutes for all symbols, but doesn't double any wins with it, doesn't become stacked or expanded, and is therefore a dumb Wild symbol nonetheless. 'Doggy Time' is the Scatter symbol, 5 of which pays the usual 100x total bet amount, and getting 3 or more adjacent Scatter symbols trigger the Bonus Feature game. As for the other symbols, the Banker pays 5000x, the Chihuahua Waitress pays 3000x, combination of Banker + Waitress pays 2500x, and the others pay from 2000x to 60x, all per line bet for 5 of each kind. Wow, a very nice very good paytable, for once.
In the Bonus Feature game, there are 6 dogs at the poker table, and you get up to 6 picks to win cash prizes. A card with an 'Extra Pick' awards one more pick. A card with only a cash prize amount ends the game. The maximum possible win is 6750 coins, or 450x the total bet amount, which is not bad at all for a bonus game. Other bonus games tend to pay within the range of 20x to 50x the total bet amount, but there's always the Free Spins game to get additional wins from. Not in Spike's Nite Out. There aren't any free spins in the game, which is a sore point for me. The best possible win has to come from getting 5 Wild symbols, for a 1000x total bet win, and that's about it.
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What is disappointing to me is the fact that a game with a very good paytable, such as this Spike's Nite Out game, cannot produce or create much bigger wins than just 1000x the total bet amount. Had there been a Free Spins game provision, that could break this barrier, for at least a 2000x or a 3000x the total bet amount win, but I guess Microgaming just doesn't want this to happen. My best win so far was only 53x my bet amount, damn far less than the 450x possible. What the argh!
