Return of Kong Megways is one of the latest megaways slots released by Blueprint Gaming. Kong the gorilla returns for another slot adventure packed with golden barrels, flying bananas and huge wins. Read our full Return of Kong Megaways slot review below to reveal all the new additions to King Kong Cash.
Where to Play Return of Kong
In 2016, Blueprint Gaming launched King Kong Cash, which is still very popular today at online and land-based casinos. Return of Kong is basically an upgraded version also called King Kong Cash Megaways. But you can only play Return of Kong at a few online casinos. Many online casinos offer a wide selection of megaways slots. Yet, some online casinos have exclusive deals with Blueprint Gaming for certain megaways slots. For example, Legacy of Ra Megaways launched exclusively at an online casino before being fully launched. But we expect more online casinos to offer this great game too, in the future.
Return of Kong Megaways Slot Details
- Number of reels: 6
- Megaways: up to 117,649 pay lines
- Minimum bet: £/€ 0.10
- Maximum bet: £/€ 100.00
- RTP: 96.03% in regular game mode
- Max win: 50,000x your betting stake, but capped at £/€250,000
- Bonus Features: Mystery Kong gold barrels, Kong free spins, Win Multipliers
- Feature Buy: Yes, regular mode (100x your bet), mystery wheel mode (150x your bet)
How to Play King Kong Cash Megaways
Return of Kong Megaways is a typical megaways slot. Therefore, you have 10 regular symbols and extra value symbols. King Kong Megaways slot plays from left to right. So, you will need to
land at least 3 of the same symbols adjacent to each other on a pay line. Every time you hit a win, then your winning tiles cascade to reveal new tiles. If a new win is formed, then they will cascade again and so on. Unlike King Kong Cash, here you can generate a lot of wins on just one spin.
Card symbols (9, 10, J, Q, K, A) carry low value, whereas animals pay out higher. Parrots, tigers, rhinos and Kong himself pay out more for landing a 6 of a kind. If you land 6 Kongs, then you will receive 50x your betting stake.
Wilds, golden barrels and scatter symbols offer extra value. Wilds can replace all symbols except for scatters. So, if your wilds connect to a 6 of a kind, then you’re in for a big win. Scatter symbols are similar to Bonanza, because you need to spell out the word KONG, by landing K, O, N and G. When this happens, you’ll enter the special Return of Kong Free Spins game.
Mystery Kong Feature
Mystery symbols appear in the form of golden barrels. They can appear randomly on the reels and will turn into one of the 10 regular game symbols. Like in Temple of Treasure Megaways, mystery symbols can add a lot of extra value, especially if they land on all 6 reels. From time to time, Kong will rise up and throw down a golden barrel. This will then kick off the Mystery Kong feature. Basically, up to 100 golden barrels are added to spinning reels to reveal mystery wins.
Return of Kong Megaways Free Spins
As we mentioned earlier, in order to trigger the free spins, you need to collect all four KONG letters. This is similar to other megaways slots, Tiki Treasures and Extra Chilli. Landing K, O, N and G rewards you with 12 free spins. In addition to the four scatter letters you also have Kong scatter symbols which add 5 extra spins each. You can also enter the free spins round via the feature buy option on the left of your screen.
When you start playing your free spins, you start off with a win multiplier of x1. Win multipliers increase by one after each reaction. So, the higher your multipliers, the higher your wins. This is very common in almost all megaways slots. If you find golden monkeys, then you can upgrade your free spins to more megaways.
Free spin scatters appear on the top reel. If you land 3 or 4 free spin scatters, then you get 5 or 10 extra spins, respectively.
Golden Kong Monkeys
In Return of Kongs Megways free spins, you need to find 3 golden monkeys to upgrade your reels. Moreover, every upgrade awards 2 extra spins and a minimum amount of starting megaways. There are 7 possible upgrades. So that means you can trigger 14 extra spins and up to 117,649 megaways. Hit the right combinations on high multipliers and you may just reach the max pay out of £/€250,000!
Golden Monkeys order of upgrades:
- 1,000 megaways and 2 spins – Level 2
- 2,000 megaways and 2 spins – Level3
- 5,000 megaways and 2 spins – Level 4
- 10,000 megaways and 2 spins – Level 5
- 20,000 megaways and 2 spins – Level 6
- 50,000 megaways and 2 spins – Level 7
- 117,649 megaways and 2 spins – Level 8
Kong Feature Buy Options
If you want to play the free spins round right from the get go, then you can do so via the feature buy option. Unlike Rainbow Riches Megaways and Fishing Frenzy, Return of Kong Megaways has a unique feature. You can either buy the free spins for 100x your bet or you can buy the mystery wheel feature for 150x your bet. The mystery wheel feature is similar to Buffalo Rising and Temple of Treasure, because the wheel can land on a random amount of free spins and minimum starting amount of megaways.
King Kong Cash Vs. Return of Kong Megaways
King Kong Cash is one of the most successful slots from Blueprint Gaming. It’s loaded with many different bonus features in both regular game and free spins mode. So, it’s no wonder that when they acquired a license from Big Time Gaming, they would create megaways slots versions of their best casino games.
On the surface both slot games look very similar. You have almost the same regular game symbols and their payouts are alike. They also have the same funky King Kong gorilla and funny sounds and animations. But Return of Kong lacks many bonus features.
How they compare:
Return of Kong Megaways Slot Review Verdict
We are big fans of King Kong Cash. So, we were excited to hear that they made King Kong Cash Megaways. We love the funny graphics and animations and megaways give a nice twist to the original game. When you compare Return of Kong to King Kong Cash it looks like just an ordinary game. However, it is a lot better than most megaways slots. So, it’s really worth while playing. Our only issue is that the max winnings are capped. So, we recommend playing with medium sized bets, around £/€2 – £/€10. Overall, based purely on a megaways slot judgement, we rate this slot 8.5/10.
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