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Slot Review: So 80’s

What do break dancing, big hair, neon legwarmers, and Madonna all have in common? This is an easy one – they are all products of the 1980s. One of the brashest, crassest decades in the annals of American history has been immortalized in an equally ugly online slot game by Rival. The Fifties had New Age grace and delightful Atomic Age kitsch. The Sixties had love beads and the British Invasions. The Seventies had bell bottoms and peace protests. The Eighties had… well, Ronald Reagan and boom boxes. Those who survived… err, lived through this decade may get a kick out of the nostalgia, but we didn’t love this slot title.

So 80’s is a five-reel, fifteen-payline online slot game. Coin sizes go as low as a penny, and as high as a quarter. Max coins is set at seventy-five. The jackpot is a measly five thousand coin prize, or twelve hundred fifty dollars when the wager is maxed out.

The paylines are demarcated by colored cassette tapes alongside the reels, which are set on a checkered background. Rock ‘n roll hairstyles fill the reels, along with fashion items and the smiley-face jackpot symbol. The letters and numbers filling out the reels look digital. The music used in this game is appropriate to the era, and contributes to the retro “feel” of the game. There are wild and scatter symbols, as well as the opportunity to win fifteen free spins. There is also a free practice mode, just in case you don’t want to risk your bankroll just to try this one out.

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