Fire Joker 100

Fire Joker 100: Slot Overview

Fruit and jokers form two of the bedrocks that modern slots have been built upon, appearing in games from back in the dark ages of online gambling up to the present moment. Developer Play'n GO has (and continues to do so) helped contribute to the longevity of both in part through its long-running Joker Slots Series, which features the Ice Joker, the Chronos Joker, the Free Reelin' Joker and more. The harlequin chap we're bumping into today is the Fire Joker, who appeared in one of the series' earliest entries, released in 2016, and who has received a '100' remake to reemerge in the upgraded version Fire Joker 100.

Play'n GO has upgraded the graphics, too, but not drastically, so the two games do look quite alike. Put it this way, it's obvious from a glance that the two slots are related and share the same roots. For clarity's sake, the '100' in the title above the 3x3 gaming area is one clue as to which version of Fire Joker a gambler might be playing. The rest, well, there are jokers on the reels, a pleasant diamond-patterned background ranging through darker reds to lighter tones as if a fire is burning behind glass, and another odd but kinda cool backing track returns.

Since there are only 3 reels, only wins of 3 OAK are possible, and there are 5 paylines evaluating symbol combinations. Bet choices are 5 c to $/€100 per game round, and they can be made by clicking the plus or minus buttons beneath the reels. Smouldering in the dark is Fire Joker 100's medium volatile math model, generating an RTP of 96.21% at the most, with four lower return configurations also possible.

Starting at the bottom of the paytable and moving up, we find X's, cherries, lemons, grapes, plums, Bars, stars, and sevens as the regular paying symbols. Hitting winning combinations of 3 OAK awards players 0.4 to 5 times their bet. The Fire Joker is a wild symbol that lands on all reels. It substitutes for all other symbols to help complete winning combinations. It also pays 10x the stake for hitting a 3-of-a-kind all-wild combination.

Fire Joker 100: Slot Features

Fire Joker 100 keeps it simple with a Multiplier Wheel feature to increase certain wins and a Respin of Fire when symbols land stacked on two reels only with no win in sight.

Multiplier Wheel

All symbols in Fire Joker 100 may appear stacked on any reel. Landing matching stacked symbols (including wilds) on all three reels triggers the Wheel of Fire bonus, which awards a multiplier from the Multiplier Wheel. The value of the awarded multiplier could be x2, x3, x5, x10, x20, or x100, and it is used to multiply the winnings on the spin that triggered the feature.

Respin of Fire

Should a non-winning spin land two reels stacked with matching symbols (including wilds), a Respin of Fire is triggered. This respins the non-stacked reel for a second chance to win, while the two stacked reels remain in position. If two different stacked reels qualify for the feature, then the reel with the highest value symbol remains while the reel with the lower value symbol respins.

Fire Joker 100: Slot Verdict

Play'n GO's '100' concept is a rather clever way of squeezing extra mileage out of older games, and they do generally end up being bigger, more exciting, and arguably more enticing to a modern audience. Other remakes have included Rise of Olympus 100, Honey Rush 100, and Sweet Alchemy 100, so Fire Joker 100 finds itself among esteemed company. What unites these games is some sort of tweak incorporating the number one hundred. In Fire Joker 100, this obviously relates to the new top multiplier available from the Multiplier Wheel. Previously, the biggest figure that the original Fire Joker could muster was x10, so there is a big difference there. As you might expect, this has made a drastic change to winning potential as well, increasing from the original slot's 800x to the current advertised max win figure of 5,000x the bet.

Apart from the larger multipliers on the wheel, though, the rest of Fire Joker 100 is about the same as it was before. Basic, few frills, fast-paced 3-reel action, as if the past has come back to entertain. Or haunt us. Other than that, there isn't a whole lot else to say about Fire Joker 100. It's a case of repeatedly slamming the spin button, crossing fingers that stacked symbols land across the reels, and hopefully popping a decent multiplier on the win. Followers of the Joker Slots Series, and there must be a large enough number of them to keep the range going for so long, should be intrigued, though for just how long might be interesting given how basic the game is.