Tesla Power - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Introduction

You will find a plasma ball in just about any teenager’s bedroom these days. They are bought, played with and discarded almost as a rite of passage, without much thought behind the way they work. The entire concept is down to one man - Nikola Tesla. He also came up with the concept of the alternating current, which is used in every household as a matter of course. Although the latter is a much bigger achievement, it is the plasma ball that holds all the significance in this engrossing slots game.

Graphics & soundtrack

If you have played Casino Technology slots before, you will know that the games are designed to display perfectly across all sizes of screen. The symbols are nice and clear, with plenty of detail to make the game more engaging. The characters seem to bear very little resemblance to the real Nikola Tesla and his contemporaries; however, they are nicely drawn and look great. The game’s sounds are pretty generic but you can easily mute them and play along in silence - or to the accompaniment of your preferred playlist.

Tesla Power RTP & volatility

Tesla Power has a decent RTP of 96.6 per cent, but watch out for the volatility. This is a medium-variance game, so big wins are few and far between - and the frequent wins almost certainly won’t pay back the cost of the spin. Play the game for free before deciding whether to risk your own money.

How to play Tesla Power

1. Decide how many paylines you would like to play the game with. You can choose to play 20, 40, 60, 80 or all 100 paylines. Playing with all options active gives you the highest chance of achieving a win.

2. Next, decide how much to wager with every spin. Click the total bet window to call up a range of options; alternatively, you can head to the settings menu where you can change the paylines and set the autoplay counter.

3. Pressing the spin button will spin the reels a single time; alternatively, activate autoplay via the settings menu or press and hold the spin button for two seconds to activate the feature immediately. You can cancel autoplay by hitting the stop button, which appears in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen.

Bet sizes & paytable wins

You can spin the reels of Tesla Power from just 0.01 per payline; therefore, playing with the minimum of 20 paylines activated, a spin would cost you 0.20. This is not a bad price, but we always recommend including as many paylines as you can afford. Activate all 100 with every spin and you maximise your chances of winning, even though this will cost you 1.00 per spin. The maximum coin value is 0.06 per payline, giving a top wager of 6.00 - this isn’t a high-roller slot by any means!

Land three, four or five matching symbols across one of the active paylines to win the following cash prizes, which are shown as multiples of your bet:

- Ten = 0.1x, 0.5x, 2x
- Jack = 0.1x, 0.5x, 2x
- Queen = 0.1x, 0.5x, 2x
- King = 0.15x, 0.75x, 5x
- Ace = 0.15x, 0.75x, 5x
- Man with monocle = 0.2x, 1x, 7.5x
- Blonde-haired man = 0.2x, 1x, 7.5x
- Woman = 0.2x, 1x 7.5x
- Elderly professor = 0.5x, 1x, 10x
- Scatter = 1x, 10x, 200x

Max-win 1,000x

Volatility Medium

Top RTP 96.60%

Tesla Power bonus features & free spins

Tesla Power is a long way from being feature-packed; however, there are a couple of decent bonuses and reel modifiers to spice up gameplay. The first of these is the plasma ball symbol, which acts as the game’s wild and scatter.As a wild, it can stand in for any of the other symbols to create winning combinations that add cash to your total balance; as a scatter, the plasma ball comes with a generous bet multiplier for landing three, four or five anywhere on the reels.

Unlike the other symbols in the game, the scatter does not have to appear on an active payline - or indeed on any payline. If you find three or more in view, you have won a cash prize and free spins.

One of the characters from the game, aside from the top-paying professor, is selected to become an expanding wild throughout the feature round. This can generate some seriously impressive winning combinations. Plenty of risk-loving slots fans really enjoy an extra gamble feature. If this sounds like you, you will be delighted to learn that you have the option of gambling any win with a value lower than 10x your stake. Pick the colour of a playing card to double the win, or guess the suit correctly to quadruple it. If you get it wrong, the win is forfeited, so make sure you can afford to lose your winning amount before you gamble it!

Overall review

We don’t have anything bad to say about Tesla Power. It is an entertaining game with some decent payouts and we particularly liked the expanding wilds in the bonus round; however, it didn’t really do much justice to the subject matter, which is a shame. Take a look at the excellent Tesla Jolt slot or the equally enjoyable Nikola Tesla’s Incredible Machine to see what other developers have done with the theme. Tesla Power is worth a spin, but we think there are better games out there.

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