A Timeless Retro-Themed Casino Slot
"Crossy Road" is a popular arcade-style video slot game developed by Freeplaytech (a subsidiary of Aristocrat) in collaboration with Hipster Whale, an Australian mobile gaming studio best known for their hit iOS app "Crossy Road". The Crossy Road slot has gained immense popularity among online casino gamers worldwide since its release. It’s available at numerous reputable online casinos and can be played directly from desktop or mobile devices.
Retro-Inspired Design
At first glance, the game’s visually striking design sets it apart from more traditional slots. Inspired by classic arcade games like Frogger and Pac-Man, "Crossy Road" features pixelated graphics and a vibrant color palette reminiscent of early gaming consoles. The game has an engaging 5×3 grid with a simple but immersive gameplay experience.
Symbols
The slot’s symbols are inspired by the original mobile game, featuring animals such as frogs, dogs, cats, raccoons, bears, pandas, kangaroos, and even birds like penguins and ducks. Each animal is represented in its corresponding colored box or cage (or on a white background). Players can also find high-value coins of 1×2 sizes and rare car tokens – more on these symbols later.
Payouts
In "Crossy Road", the payout values are clearly displayed for all regular symbols, ranging from approximately $0.10 to $200 per combination (with an upper limit determined by the user’s chosen bet). Players can earn higher payouts with more identical matching symbol combinations across adjacent grid positions, or landing a rare set of five high-value cars together.
WILDS & SCATTERS
Highly prized are two special symbols: WILD and CAR tokens. When combined, these unique icons trigger Free Spins (FS) bonus features which can provide massive wins in the game – we will explore this further below.
- The Wilds : Represented by a car with white wheels or on any road (red-colored); they appear as an extra symbol that helps complete combinations and also triggers free spins whenever multiple symbols are collected together.
- Rare, scattered CAR tokens have five color variants corresponding to the respective colors of high-paying coins – red ($200), blue ($150), yellow ($100) purple ($50) or green ($30).
BONUSES FEATURES
Now, let’s talk more about these Wilds & Scatters and their impact on gameplay.
Wilds: Additional Symbol Functionality
Highly prized in the game is a single WILD symbol appearing anywhere during play that adds flexibility when completing combinations across adjacent grid positions; hence boosting potential payouts further depending upon bet size – we’ll come back to betting details shortly.