Before diving into the mayhem of a Nitropolis 3 max win, let’s mull over a few thoughts inspired by the writings of John Higgs. If we rewind the clock a few decades, visions of the future were largely optimistic. During the space race of the 50s/60s/70s, when people thought of the future, it was often a Jetsons-like vision of flying cars, robot servants, bases on the moon, and technological answers to all our earthly problems. Now, when the future is represented in books, films, or tv, sheesh, it’s all one big dystopic, nuclear winter wasteland, where only the wiliest survivors eke out an existence by running, hiding, and pumping zombies full of lead. Somewhere along the way, we seem to have swapped glowing optimism for a gloomy vision of humanities’ inevitable demise.
Or, as in the case of the Nitropolis series from ELK Studios, something in between, sort of. Okay, in this world, nuclear disaster appears to have wiped out the human population, but the animals which survived are thriving. They’ve also divided themselves into clans and are desperately competing to acquire Nitro to power their vehicles.
Stepping boldly into the post-apocalyptic world of Nitropolis 3 is one lucky British player who whacked coins into the machine to see what would happen. What unfolds is a bonus round that unloads much of Nitropolis 3’s considerable bag of tricks to deliver the game’s max win over the course of several free spins.
The bonus round is triggered when 6 zeppelin scatters naturally land to award 20 free spins, played out on the full 8-row high game grid. Spin number one goes okay; there’s a bit of activity occurring over the first few reels that tees the round up. However, on the next spin, N3 goes ballistic, thanks in part to several sticky Nitro Reels, to produce a 20,000x+ result which appears to use nearly every symbol on the board at one point. Spin 3 sort of breezes by before the game hits its max win capacity on spin 4, shutting down when the total win reaches 50,000 times the bet. It makes you wonder, with 16 more spins left in the can, where the bonus game could have theoretically ended up.
On that note, and since we’re bandying about big numbers, here’s a little thought experiment. Let’s say an 8-row high game grid was someway, somehow completely filled with 12 symbol Nitro Reels. Breaking out the calculator, we’re talking about 48 ways per reel, multiplied 6 times, which comes out at 12,230,590,464 ways to win. That’s a lot of ways. No wonder the game sheet vaguely describes Nitropolis 3’s paylines as ‘4096 up to millions ways to win.’
It’s worth reiterating that this result was produced not from bonus buy but a natural base game trigger, meaning no debate over the 50,000 xbet figure. It also represents the pinnacle of ELK’s max win creep over the last few years, which has seen them grow from the relatively modest values of their earlier releases to games like Nitropolis or the Gold series, with their ability to stack reels, rows, and ways. Now 50,000x is in the bag; what’s next? A trillion ways in Nitropolis 4 perhaps…?
