Mountain Of Zeus - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Mountain of Zeus Slot Review

Calling Mountain of Zeus a video slot may be pushing it a bit. It’s not like other Booming Games slots. For one thing, there are no reels. For another, there are no paylines. The playing area of Mountain of Zeus consists of 2400 dots, and the winning mechanism is called megapixel pays. It does have some more normal-sounding features, like free games, but you’ll need to read our full Mountain of Zeus slot review if you want a complete explanation.

On Top of Olympus

If you know your Greek mythology, then there’s only one mountain that could be referenced with a title like “Mountain of Zeus”. That’s Olympus, the legendary home of the gods. There is something divine about Mountain of Zeus’s setting. It’s all shimmery and delicate with lots of white marble. That’s the sort of thing we expect in slots inspired by Ancient Greece. The mountains and temples make the perfect home for the King of the Gods.

Symbols of Greece

You can’t see any symbols when you first load the Mountain of Zeus slot. The dot matrix is bare, and you can just see the gazebo-type structure standing behind it. Once you start playing, symbols fall into view. There are olives and ancient pottery and lyres - the things that Greek-themed slots like to highlight. 

Some of the symbols are explicitly mythological, like Pegasus the winged horse, Hercules with the Nemean lion, snake-haired Medusa and three-headed Cerberus. Zeus is there, of course, with his beard and his lighting. What you won’t find are generic card symbols. They’re themed all the way.

Mountain of Zeus RTP and Variance

The RTP of the Mountain of Zeus slot is 96%. The variance is high.

How to Play Mountain of Zeus

We can’t say this is like other slots, but there are similarities:

1. Your current bet is in the bottom corner, and you can either use the arrows or click the display to adjust it to your preference.


2. It’s the + in the top corner that you need if you want the volume slider, or the link to the paytable.


3. There’s a spin button, but you’re not exactly spinning. Symbols briefly come into view and either turn into winning symbols or disappear. It’s about whether they overlap the dots.


4. The game may timeout automatically if you leave it for too long, or some casinos let you set up self-exclusion, so there are ways to make extra sure you stick to your limits.


5. Have fun and be responsible.

How to Win at Mountain of Zeus

This is where things get more complicated compared to other slots. Without reels and paylines it may be unclear what you’re meant to do. When you spin, some symbols will pass the dot matrix; some will land on it. A partial overlap will charge the underlying dots. The more symbols land, or the higher the value of the symbol, the greater the charge. Charged dots may upgrade from a level one up as high as level seven. A spin without an overlap will downgrade the dots again. Only fully overlapped dots pay.

Top Wins

• There are two aspects of payout potential of which to be aware. One is the point multiplier (as opposed to a win multiplier) of each symbol; the other is the number of points per dot.


• Level three dots are only worth one point, whilst level seven comes with 100 points.


• Your total win is points from the dots overlapped by a symbol divided by 100 and multiplied by your bet.


• Gems have a x1 point multiplier; Zeus has a x25 point multiplier. 


• Of course, each symbol is a different size and therefore also charges a different number of dots - between 50 for the leaf and 755 for the wreath.

Mountain of Zeus Bonuses 

You might be wondering how bonus features can work when Mountain of Zeus is so different to other slots. Well, it can still have free games.

Free Games

It’s hard to have a scatter symbol when you don’t have any reels or paylines. There is, however, a gold disk that when it appears, fully overlapped, three times on one base game turn can trigger free games.

• 3 symbols = 12 free games.


• 4 symbols = 16 free games.


• 5 symbols = 20 free games.

All dots start free games at level one, but they won’t be reset during the round. Upgrades last for the duration of the feature. There are no retriggers.

Nudge

Nudge symbols appear in both the base game and free games. You only need one to enter a special mode where all partially overlaid symbols are nudged to become fully overlaid. This can last between two and five spins or up to three turns in free games.

Upgrade

Zeus’s lightning bolt is the upgrade symbol. It can randomly cause dots to upgrade as many as five or six levels.

Max-win 2,400x

Volatility Medium

Top RTP 96%

Mountain of Zeus Review - Summary 

This is an unusual one as slots go, and that means it may take a while to get your head around the megapixel pays. They mean that even bonuses that sound familiar, like free spins and the nudge feature, work a little bit differently. For those of you who like your Greek mythology, the high-quality graphics and thematically relevant imagery may appeal even if you’re not sure about the gameplay. There are plenty of other slots out there if you’d prefer something more conventional but still with a feature or two.

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