Blast off the planet to meet beings from other worlds in an online slot from Pragmatic Play and associates Wild Streak Gaming. The slot is called Cosmic Cash and is an oddball adventure through the ether, offering less oddball features such as free spins with stacked wilds and a streak respins bonus round with mid-range cash prizes. So, if you're ready for a journey through the quirky and the commonplace, strap in.
The first game, or games, which came to mind after glimpsing Cosmic Cash was the Hypernova range from ReelPlay. Not just because we're out amidst the wonders of the universe, floating around with planets, stars, and galactic dust clouds, but because Cosmic Cash has a similar, for want of a better word, plasticky look to its reel and symbol set-up. In Cosmic Cash, that's not so much of an issue, though, as the whole game has a slightly comical vibe, as evidenced by the green Paul-like alien throwing up a peace sign in the top left corner. It would be kind of funny if, in the alien world, the two-finger gesture actually meant they are here to harvest planet earth and consume its inhabitants. Then again, the other extra-terrestrial symbols look happily benign, so they probably did come in peace.
Now, to check out what sort of engine's boosting this thing through the stars, we come across a highly volatile math model, rated 4.5 out of 5, and a maximum return value of 96.56% when playing normally, or 96.58% when buying respins. Available on any device, Cosmic Cash offers a wide range of betting options, from 40 p/c to $/€200 per spin.
Played on a 5x4 game panel with 40 fixed paylines, players collect a win when at least three matching symbols land left to right on adjacent reels, starting from the leftmost side. 9-A card royals make up the low pays, worth 1.25x the bet for five of a kind, then come ray guns, space ships, tentacled aliens, adorable canine-ish aliens, pink hair astronauts, and green aliens as the high pays. A five of a kind winning line of high pay symbols is worth 1.875-5x the bet. Wild symbols land on any reels to substitute for any regular symbol and are worth up to 12.5x for landing a line of five wilds.
Moving out of the base game occurs when 6 or more Money symbols land, triggering the Cosmic Respins feature. During this bonus round, only Money symbols or blanks may land - 3 respins are awarded, with the triggering Money symbols stuck to the grid. New Money symbols remain on the grid, as well, and reset the spin count back to 3.
Next to the reels during the Cosmic Respin feature are various rewards that can also be won. These are:
When the reel next to one of these prizes is filled with Money symbols, then it is awarded.
One other symbol to look out for is the Cosmic Cash scatter. It appears in the base game and free spins, where landing 3, 4, or 5 of them awards 2x, 10x, or 100x the bet plus 10, 20 or 50 free spins, respectively. The other way of entering free spins is by winning them from the Cosmic Respins round. Free spins can be retriggered by landing 3, 4, or 5 scatters for an extra 10, 20, or 50 free spins. Also, free spins have more stacked wilds on reels 2, 3, and 4.
You know, there is a whole lot of stuff in the universe, much of it quite valuable. Take the moon, for instance. Back in 2019, European scientists announced plans to put a device on the moon to process regolith for, amongst other things, the isotope helium 3, which might be used in the future to power fusion reactors. It's estimated a million tonnes of helium-3 resides on the moon with a monetary value of $5 billion per tonne. That's a lot of billions, and we're talking about just one lunar resource. Factoring in other planets, asteroids, and resources we haven't even discovered and put price tags on yet, means there is plenty of potential cash floating around space for the entrepreneurial-minded to get their mitts on, or try to anyway.
Back on planet earth, there isn't quite so much dough up for grabs in Cosmic Cash. The Grand prize is pretty middle of the range, and you can't win much more than that due to a win cap coming into force if the game ever reaches 2,650x the bet. Hit this in the base or bonus rounds, and the round immediately ends. Until this does or does not happen, Cosmic Cash goes about business in a comically unusual way. It's nice to see a bit of humour, the peace sign alien is good for one or two chuckles, and the Cosmic Respins feature has a couple of extras to flesh out the action. We're not talking about Money Train 3 level of extras, but the free spins, cash rewards, and multipliers brighten what might have been a more run of the mill streak respin feature otherwise.
Cosmic Cash is unlikely to dominate the streak respin sector of the market, despite the unusual way it goes about awarding additional rewards. However, its cheeky attitude is quite amusing and gives Cosmic Cash a personality which might appeal to players looking for a new mid-level hold 'n win game to give a spin.
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