Code 243-0

In Code 243-0, Spinmatic provides a taste of a gritty, highly stylized, technologically rich future. In the year 2430, a cyborg named Code 243-0 leads players on a trek through this future world, with 243 ways to win and up to 20 free spins at a time, with added win multipliers.

Theme

Spinmatic’s take on the future is quite a vision indeed! There are flying cars, endless vice parlors, and neon galore, with the five reels of this title floating above it all. Gaming symbols include the a designer with an astonishing mustache, a hooded cyborg, a one-eyed thug, a purple and silver sentinel, and a robo-geisha, as well as the playing card symbols ace through ten. The rather comely android Code 243-0 acts as a stacked wild, while a 1980s style robot acts as scatter. Adventuresome, techno-drivel music enhances the gaming atmosphere.

Betting Options and Functions

The Ancient Egyptians were famed architects – how else could the magnificent pyramids have been designed and built, and still stand today? This sense of structure and attention to detail has inspired the Spinmatic design team to some of its finest work here.

Wins are awarded not according to any traditional paylines, but whenever the same symbol appears on three or more consecutive reels starting with the leftmost: this yields 243 overall ways to win. Bet level is set simply from 0.25–10.00 times the betting currency per spin. Autoplay is available for up to 100 spins, or without limit, with optional loss limits available on a separate screen. Player options, payline information, game rules, quick spin, and more are available via an expanding menu at the upper right corner of the game screen. The overall theoretical return to player ratio is well below average at 93.5%

Features

The future and the present have a least this much in common: the most lucrative element of online slot gaming is found in free spins, which are triggered in this game by the appearance of three or more scatter symbols on the reels. 10, 15, or 20 free spins will be awarded. During the bonus feature, a random win multiplier between 2-5x is applied to every spin. The feature cannot be re-triggered.

Our Take

As a game designer, Spinmatic has a curious tendency: they build beautiful, original games with much to recommend them, but then sometimes neglect to build in any kind of acceptable odds to players. In this case, there’s simply no good reason for any player to spend time or money on a slot with RTP below 94% The future may be visually appealing, but with odds this poor, the present is preferable.