Roller Derby is exactly what you imagine it is, a slot machine themed around the popular sport with the same name. It involves lots of tough chicks on roller blades, it’s a team sport and it can be a lot of fun to watch. If you haven’t seen a match before, perhaps you saw one of the movies with this topic. Microgaming developed this particular game and I believe it has a unique theme, which you will not find anywhere else.
This unusual slot has a very common layout, using the standard 5 reels with 25 paylines on them. There are free spins that can be triggered, scatter symbols and wilds. $10,000 is the most you can win by playing this game.
Features of Roller Derby
The Roller Derby features are a bit simpler than I would’ve liked, but even so you will get a wild symbol, a scatter and a round with free spins from it.
First, the Roller Skate Wild, the symbol which you can rely on to get great prizes and help in creating other paying combinations. Whenever this wild appears in the position where it’s needed, it will substitute for another symbol, being part of whatever new combo gets formed this way. It can also form combos of its own, but for that to happen you need between 2 and 5 symbols on the same payline. Up to 1,000x is offered by a combo of up to five wilds.
Next, the Roller Derby Logo, the scatter symbol of this game. The name “scatter” comes from the symbol’s power to appear scattered on the reels, and yet still be capable of doing its job. In this case, its job is twofold. It can offer its own prizes, whenever 2 to 5 Logos are scattered around, and it can also offer free spins. The prizes vary between 2x and 50x the triggering bet.
Lets Talk Derby Free Spins
With help from the scattered Logo symbols you can trigger the free spins feature, called Lets Talk Derby. You need 3 to 5 Logos, which have to appear in any position on the first three reels.
You get an initial 5 free spins, during which the Derby Girl symbols become wild. You can retrigger this feature, and you get another 5 spins for free.
Betting options and jackpots
It’s a cheap game if you set it up that way, but it can also reach maximum values of $250 per bet. You can use coins worth between $0.01 and $1, up to 10 of them for each active line, so the line bet can go as high as $10.
With a bit of luck, the most you can win is a prize worth 1,000 times the line wager, which is very low. It means 10,000 coins, or $10,000.
Design and symbols
There are some very tough chicks among the ones that have roles in this slot. With helmets on their heads, they look like they’re in the middle of a fight. The skating ring, with spectators all around it, can be guessed behind the reels. These have a bit of a grungy look to them, using various shades of gray as colors. Playing cards are part of the experience as well, but they’re a bit more themed than in other slots.
Symbols: Purple Roller Skates (wild, 1,000x), Roller Derby Logo (50x bet, scatter), Red Player (500x), Green Player (400x), Black Player (400x), Referee (300x), Ace (250x), King (150x), Queen (150x), Jack (150x), 10 (100x) and 9 (100x).
Is It Worth Playing?
It’s a game that you will not find anywhere else, meaning something similar theme wise. The features and the payouts are not that great, but if you’re interested in this sport you should give the slot a chance.
You will find Roller Derby at any online casino which chooses to use software from Microgaming, playable either for free or for real money.
