Baywatch

They’re hot, they’re tanned, they’re heroes of the beach - they’re Baywatch rescue team, which filled our screens back in the 90s, and made us laugh, sigh, and cry for their ordeals. If you’ve missed them, you need not be sad anymore, ‘cause they’re back! Only, this time we won’t be watching them on our TV sets, but rather on our desktops, laptops and mobiles in Playtech’s brand new title with the same name and characters you’ll surely recognize - it’s “Baywatch” time!

“Baywatch” Characteristics

Some of our favorite characters are there (CJ Parker, Caroline Holden, Matt Brody and Neely Capshaw), and some are not (sorry ladies, no Buchannon magic this time); but one thing’s for sure: this blast from the past stands great chances at becoming players’ favorite, both thanks to great, colorful graphics and sounds, as well as to fantastic special features, which fill it with extra action that players are bound to enjoy!

It’s these that make the play worthwhile - whatever type of player you are, you stand a great chance at winning in base game thanks to CJ Parker wilds, or in special features such as free games with in-feature bonuses and a Rescue Bonus feature which also offers two mini bonus options. The maximum base game win is brought by five wilds, and amounts to 3000 coins.

Special Features

This great 5-reel, 20-payline slot is pretty good at giving, just like its characters, who gave us a lot of joy over the years when the series was on. And its special features are a crucial element in this generosity - here’s why:

Among the many features you may score regularly in this title, the most frequent one is the CJ Parker wild, which appears stacked and replaces all regular symbols.

The next one in terms of frequency is the Rescue Bonus feature, which is triggered when the Rescue symbol appears on reel 5. When this happens, you’ll be offered a choice of two sub-features - a CJ Parker Respin feature in which reels will respin with 2, 3, or 4 wilds randomly distributed on them; or the Lifeguard Mini Bonus, in which 15 lifeguard symbols will be hidden below sand, each awarding a certain cash prize - your task will be to reveal three of a kind in order to get one of the prizes.

Now, the real treat. Although it appears more rarely than other features, free spins, triggered by three or more Baywatch logo symbols are something worth waiting for. What they do is give you 12 free spins, during which one of the three lifeguards (Caroline, Matt or Neely) may appear on the whole third reel. If this happens, you’ll get an in-feature bonus related to the characters.

So, Caroline will give you 6 extra spins with all prizes tripled, and her symbol will appear more frequently, while those of Matt and Neely won’t appear at all; Matt’s feature will bring you 6 extra spins with the Matt symbol functioning as an extra wild, appearing on reels 1, 3 and 5 before the first, fourth and the sixth spin and remaining there until the end of the feature; and finally, Neely will award one total bet, plus 6 free spins, plus increasing multipliers whenever her character appears on the reels during the 6 spins.

Conclusion

One could say that “Baywatch” knows a recipe to success - both on TV and in online slots. This smashing hit TV series has been transferred to the world of online gambling so successfully that we believe it’s going to become one of Playtech’s blockbusters in no time!