The Goonies Return Slot Review

Our review of The Goonies Return slot from Blueprint Gaming details a wealth of features, and plenty of exciting gameplay! (Images from blueprintgaming.com)

As we teased in yesterday’s October Week 1 New Games report, Blueprint Gaming has kicked off October by saying, ‘Hey you guys!’, as the slot provider announced the release of the follow-up slot, The Goonies Return slot! This 5×3 title hits your gaming screens full of feature-rich action. There’s an RTP of 95.50%, 20 pay lines, and a 50,000x your stake max win, all for a min-max bet of 0.10-10.00 per spin! Witness all of your favourite characters from the 80’s cult classic, as Mikey, Chunk, Mouth and Data, land on the reel set to deliver some crazy wins. But that is not all – by far! This Blueprint title offers so much that you could play for hours and still not see everything it has to offer! There are 6 base game modifiers, 4 losing spin modifiers, 3 epic free spins features and 2 bonus games!

Adventure is the key to success, as The Goonies Returns offers a tremendous top prize of 50,000x your stake. The game has 6 big-paying feature games for you to get stuck into, so you can expect some waterslide fun, some scary booby traps, and plenty more! The Goonies Returns is a follow-up edition to the popular Blueprint Gaming development, The Goonies. That title was similar to this in the way it offered a load of features, but this time, Blueprint Gaming has gone one step further by offering an even bigger top prize. The original had a very decent 10,000x max win, but the 50,000x on offer in the Goonies Returns is a whole new ball game.

Highlights: Blueprint Gaming’s Goonies themed video slot, The Goonies Return, has a 5×3 reel set and a theoretical RTP of 95.50%. There are 20 pay lines, a max win of 50,000x your stake, and with each spin costing min-max 0.10-10.00 per turn. Highlights include, Free Spins, Re-spins, Scatters, Wild, Additional Wilds, Mystery Symbol, Gamble Feature and Bonus Game, Bonus Wheel, Bonus Symbols, Symbol Swap, and Pick Objects. Yuu can test out this fantastic game for free by playing the entertaining demo version.

The Goonies Return Gameplay & Features – The Goonies Have Plenty of Adventures!

The 20 pay lines that make up this 5×3 video slot are only a small part of what this title has to offer. Yes, you can get some decent returns through playing the base game, but there is much more to be enjoyed (and won) when you trigger any of the game’s features.

All Features on Bluprint Gaming’s The Goonies Return

There are plenty of ways to make good money on The Goonies Return, but for the biggest rewards, the key is to trigger the main features by landing 3 Pirate Skull Bonus Symbols anywhere on the reels.

Here are all the features you can look forward to in The Goonies Return:

  • Wild Symbol: This can substitute for all symbols except Scatter or Bonus Symbols. They also carry a payout value.
  • One-Eyed Will Key of Plenty: This can be triggered at random during any spin, where you can win 1 of 6 features.
  • Truffle Shuffle Wilds: Wilds can overlay the reels, which will turn a position into Wild Chunk, will also be able to turn the wild into multiplying wilds, while also having the ability to award a truffle reshuffle, which can lead to a second win.
  • Hidden Treasure: A stone pillar will drop down and strike the centre reel. This will put a Mikey Wild on the centre position of the middle reel. When the reels stop, any Goonie character symbol in view will be changed to a Wild.
  • W-Invention Reels: Data will appear and use his Punch-Out glove to hit the reels, this will cause 2+ consecutive reels to have the same outcome, up to 5 reels. Data can also create a colossal symbol on up to five reels, as well as being able to upgrade any symbol in view or move them to a better position.
  • Lucky Coins: Gold Coins will choose a random symbol to be displayed on its inside. On any given spin where a gold coin lands, a symbol is chosen, which will be displayed in every coin in view. Cash symbols could also be revealed. Any cash symbols are held, and the reels will re-spin until no more cash symbols are in view.
  • Bonus Boost: additional bonus symbols will be added to the reels.
  • Win Spin: Guaranteed a big winning spin to land.
  • Shooting Spikes: Can remove columns of symbols to create wins.
  • Dynamite: This can be thrown at the reel set to upgrade a win,
  • Collapsing Reels: Each symbol will be removed with a new cascading set of winning symbols replacing them.
  • Scythe Reset: A scythe will turn a losing spin into a winning one.
  • Pirate Skull Bonus Scatter Symbol: Landing 3 of these during the base game will trigger the Bonus Wheel where 1 of 6 features will be awarded.

As you can see, that is a ton of special features to look forward to when testing out this slot at the best online casinos!

Bonus Features

Landing 3 Pirate Bonus Symbols will trigger the feature game wheel. Spin the wheel to reveal which feature you will play. There is the option to gamble to try for a different feature.

Here are the 6 Bonus Features in The Goonies Return:

Game Features
Truffle Shuffle
  • Booby Trap

Here you will have a key that you turn left or right. In doing this, you will reveal one of three things, either a cash prize, ‘collect’, which will end the feature, or ‘bonus feature’ which will award one of the other bonus features.

  • Waterslide to Wealth Bonus

Here, you move along a waterslide multiplier trail. As you slide around, you will collect prizes on your way, which will become bigger the further you travel. Land on ‘collect’ to end the feature, but if you make it to the end, you will be awarded the Big Money bonus round.

  • Skeleton Organ Bonus

5 free spins will be awarded the Skeleton Organ bonus. Skeleton Organ Super Stacks on the reels, which also behave as sticky for the entire feature. You have to choose a key, which will reveal a symbol that will cover the Skeleton Organ symbols. At the end of the feature, you will pick a golden doubloon, which could reveal extra spins, ‘collect’, which will take you back to the base game or a new bonus round.

  • Fratelli Bonus Round

Fratelli Free Spins awards you 10 Free Spins to start the bonus round. In this bonus, you will see Super Sloths Wilds which highlight the position they are in. On the last spin of the round, there could be Wilds which show in the highlighted positions or cash symbols. Land 5 cash symbols to unlock the Mama Fratelli money spins round. Here you will have three spins to start the round and it works as a streak re-spin style with cash symbols becoming sticky. They reset the reset count every time they land. Again, you have the ‘key pick’ feature, which could award, additional spins, ‘collect’ or a new bonus.

  • Final Voyage Free Spins

This feature sees reel 1 having a full reel Inferno Wild at the beginning. After each spin, it will move one reel to the right. Every Free Spin a Goonie character symbol will turn Wild, one by one, after each of the first four spins, until you get to the fifth spin, where you will benefit from every character symbol as a Wild.

You will pick one doubloon from five, which will give extra spins, advance you to One-Eyed Willie Riches, or it will ‘collect’ and send you back to the base game with your winnings.

  • One-Eyed Willy Riches

This is the biggest paying feature and is played in a hold and win style. You’ll start with three re-spins. You will try and land symbols in each of the positions. If a symbol lands on a spin, then the re-spin count will be reset back to three. There are several modifiers to look out for during this feature, they are:

  • Mikey – Gives you an overall win multiplier.
  • Mouth – Collects all values in view.
  • Data – Will increase the re-spin count maximum by +1
  • Chunk – Adds his own value to every symbol in view.
  • One-Eyed Willy – Will put on an extra column.
  • Sloth – Brings all other character symbols in view back to life.
  • Cash symbols – Come with a random value.

This feature will end when there are no more re-spins remaining. Your prizes are added up and paid to your balance immediately.

Symbols & Payouts

The Goonies Return has 8 regular paying symbols, and 2 non-regular. The minimum combination is 3 for the regular symbols, and 2 for the non-regular (Pirate Flag, Wild) and the maximum combination is 5 for all symbols. The game works out the payout by dividing the total bet by the number of pay lines (20) and multiplying by the symbol values. For example, 5 Chunk symbols on a pay line at a 10.00 stake, would equal, 0.50 x 500= 250.

Symbol Payout
Pirate Flag Min 0.10x / Max 25x
Medallion Wild Max 25x
Mikey / Chunk Min 1x / Max 15x
Mouth / Data Min 0.5x / Max 10x
Ace / King Min 0.4x / Max 5x
Queen / Jack Min 0.2x / Max 2.5x
Rounding Up The Goonies Return – Feature Mad Action from the Follow-up title!

It’s difficult to know where to begin with this slot, and because there is so much going on, different players will enjoy different parts of this game. There is something for everybody here, the base game can surprise you with random mini-features. There are many main features, with each feature offering something different. It was always going to be a tough task bettering the previous title, but Blueprint Gaming have smashed it, and especially by increasing the max win to 50,000x!

A Busy Month Ahead: As we mentioned in our weekly new games report, September brought us 26 new casino games. We’re expecting something similar this month too. So, keep your eyes peeled on our news section as we provide reviews of many of the best new casino games as they’re launched!

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