When it comes to pushing the boundaries of Online Slots entertainment Red Tiger, part of the ever-expanding Evolution Group, are always willing to jump in feet first.

The launch of the world’s first NFT-based online and mobile slot game, NFT Megaways, is further proof of their commitment to staying at the forefront of the latest technologies and having a little tongue-in-cheek fun at the same time.

Evolution Get Into The Art Business

Earlier this year Evolution Gaming purchased four unique CryptoPunks digital artworks. These characters are part of a library of 10,000 custom characters which were designed by Larva Labs and given away for free to anyone who owned an Ethereum wallet.

Now that these one-of-a-kind CryptoPunks have all been claimed the only way to get one is to buy it from its current owner. With each artworks proof of ownership being stored on the Ethereum blockchain allows these non-fungible tokens to be sold or traded with the owner being able to prove ownership of a digital product in the same way one would prove ownership of a traditional piece of art.

This ability to prove ownership has the digital collectables industry blossom, something we discuss in detail in our study of the unexpected 2021 NFT boom. We delve into the history of NFTs, what caused it to rise in popularity and whether it is sustainable or just the latest media hype machine.

 Rolling the Reels of NFT Megaways

Not happy to simply own 4 tiny slices of history the award-winning game developer has put its Crypto Punks to work on the reels of an exceptionally entertaining new slot, NFT Megaways.

Todd Haushalter, Evolution’s Chief Product Officer, said:

“NFT Megaways is a game that’s taken this crypto trend and transformed it into a form of entertainment – and it’s the first of its kind. Players have the chance to be a part of history in the making. As a game, it’s going to appeal to lovers of slot games everywhere, as well as bringing in those crypto fans who want to see a new way of using this CryptoPunk artwork.”

At first glance it might seem like a bit of a chaotic mess with four random character heads rotating on the hold screen either smoking cigarettes, throwing up speech bubbles or having their heads erupt into rainbows. All we can say is click ‘Play’ the game it is worth it!

In keeping with the pixel art aesthetic of the central CryptoPunks characters, the entire slot has been given the same treatment. The four CryptoPunks are worth between 12x to 29x your bet when they land on the reels, and they also act as the slot machines Wild symbols adding win multipliers of up to 30x to any winning game.

The mid-value symbols comprise a selection of instantly recognisable hat tips to popular culture and cryptocurrency memes including a “thug life” Mona Lisa, a Dogecoin symbol and a DeLorean symbol.

In a cheeky commentary on the crazy value cryptocurrencies the four symbols bearing the logos for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and Dogecoin are the slots lowest valued symbols with payouts ranging from 0.4x up to only 0.7x bet.

• Reels:  6x7
• Paylines: up to 200,704 Megaways
• Volatility: High
• RTP:  95.66%
• Stakes: 0.20 – 10.00
• Max Win: 10,499x bet

As we’ve seen in many Megaways slots the game grid consists of 6 vertical reels and one horizontal reel that contains four symbols. This reel layout combined with the ability to build wins based on symbols landing in adjacent reels gives the player more than 200,000 ways to win on any given spin.

Red Tiger has ensured that playing NFT Megaways is not just visually entertaining but also include engaging features. To this end completing winning paylines by using the CryptoPunks Wilds you stand to add win multipliers of up to 30x to your payout total.

Landing three or more Scatters symbols on the reels will trigger the Crypto Spins feature where you are awarded 10 or more Free Spins. During the Crypto Spins all CryptoPunks symbols add their win multipliers to your total, with the cumulative value of these multipliers only resetting at the end of the round. Free spins can be retriggered in this bonus game with Scatters adding up to 5 free games each round.

Landing the correct combination of win multipliers and bonus free spins could see you winning as much as 10,499.6 times your original bet.