Static Nightmare Abyssways is a horror-themed online slot from Play’n GO with a retro 80s vibe. It is played on an expanding 6x3 reel set with between 729 and 46,656 paylines running left to right on adjacent reels.
The game graphics are a mix of spooky imagery, neon colours, and old-school 80s technology. It offers medium variance gameplay, a retriggerable free spins bonus, win potential up to 30,000x, and walking wilds with minds of their own.
To start playing, log in to your talkSPORT account and tap on the game tile to launch the title. It begins with an opening sequence showing the two young protagonists inserting a retro floppy disc into the computer, which triggers the nightmare.
The digital-looking six-reel game arena is set against a haunted house in a spooky green hue. The game controls are standard design for Play’n GO, with quick links to the most common bets, and plus and minus buttons to toggle through the rest of your wagering options. Start by choosing your bet size, then hit the green spin button to play.
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The reel symbols are neon royals and premium-paying retro items, including Walkmans, computers, the girl, and the boy. The scatter symbol is a psychedelic eye that transforms into a golden floppy disc once it triggers a reel expansion. And the wild symbol is the possessed PC from the opening sequence, which comes to life whenever it lands on the reels.
The paytable below shows payouts awarded for matching three or more identical pay symbols on consecutive reels along a payline:
Symbol | Match 3 | Match 4 | Match 5 | Match 6 |
10 | 0.20 | 0.40 | 0.60 | 1.00 |
Jack | 0.20 | 0.40 | 0.60 | 1.00 |
Queen | 0.20 | 0.40 | 0.60 | 1.00 |
King | 0.30 | 0.60 | 0.80 | 1.40 |
Ace | 0.30 | 0.60 | 0.80 | 1.40 |
Walkman | 0.50 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 4.00 |
Computer | 0.50 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 4.00 |
Girl | 0.80 | 1.60 | 3.00 | 6.00 |
Boy | 0.80 | 1.60 | 3.00 | 6.00 |
WILD | 1.50 | 4.00 | 8.00 | 20.00 |
There are three main elements to the bonus features: grid expansions and wilds in the base game, and a free spins bonus round where it all comes together in a frenzy of win potential.
Whenever a scatter symbol lands in the base game, the reels will expand, adding up to six more random symbol positions above the reels.
The wild symbol resembles a computer robot character with ‘WILD’ written on the screens that make up the potentially four-row high symbol—the possessed PC. It can substitute for regular pay symbols to help you create winning combos and score payouts.
Whenever a scatter lands, all wilds present on the reels will expand by one symbol. At the end of each spin, if no scatter is on the reel, each wild has an independent chance of expanding. The maximum a wild can expand is to four positions high.
Landing three scatters in the base game will trigger eight free spins in the bonus. During free spins, reel expansion adds new symbol positions to the bottom of the reel instead. All added positions are marked for falling. Three scatters in the bonus will add eight more free spins, up to a maximum of 40 free spins in the bonus.
During the free spins bonus, all wilds are sticky and between one and three wilds are added to the reels on the first spin. If a wild expands during the bonus, then it expands downwards instead of upwards.
At the end of each spin, before marked symbols fall off the bottom, all wilds will shrink back down to one symbol tall if they were expanded, and then attempt to move horizontally. Wilds can’t cross gaps and can’t move to a position occupied by another wild. If no horizontal move is available for a wild, it will attempt to move one step upwards instead.
Wilds will try to avoid falling positions as much as possible when moving. Extra reel positions created by wild expansions are also marked for falling.
At the start of each free spin, a random number of symbols on the bottom of the reel will become marked for falling, and then at the end of each free spin, all marked symbols will fall from the reel, reducing the total reel size. Between each spin, a new full row is added on top of the reel, increasing the grid size, for a constantly changing bonus arena.
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