Jimi Hendrix Slot Review

The Jimi Hendrix slot machine serves up a familiar 5x3 symbol grid structure. Not exactly pushing the boundaries of casino gaming, but handy enough for blurry-eyed rock’n’roll fans. It’s also a standard video slot featuring the basic 5 reels and a mere 20 paylines, not something that you’d equate with a wild thing like Hendrix himself.

Other sensible features include the simple ways that you can set the coin value between 0.01 to 1.00 by tapping the Coin Value arrows. Plus, you can set the number of coins per line through the level tab, or even hit Max Bet to push your luck to the limits in a way that Hendrix would probably approve of.

The Jimi Hendrix slot game also has an autoplay feature that allows you to automatically spin the reels for a set number of times so that you can put in a little more guitar practice.

Jimi Hendrix was known for his guitar playing virtuosity rather than his casino knowhow. So it’s something of a surprise to find that the Jimi Hendrix slot RTP is 96.9%. This is an excellent return-to-player ratio, and it seems that the guitar hero isn’t just liberal in his outlook to mind-altering substances.

What’s best is that this RTP is way better than other licensed slot games like the Game of Thrones slot that had a fairly miserly RTP of 95%. However, it’s worth noting that the Jimi Hendrix online slot has a low-medium volatility. This isn’t what you’d expect from a game named after somebody who set their guitar on fire at the Monterey Pop Festival.

Most slot gaming fans will have probably driven themselves insane by now through playing other slots that feature mind-numbing monotonous music. This isn’t an accusation that you can level at the Jimi Hendrix slot.

Instead you get a greatest hits set of the guitar god’s songs as you chase after the bonus games. Just don’t go expecting a three-hour unreleased live bootleg of Band of Gypsies-era Hendrix.

It’s something that NetEnt have also tried to do with the game’s graphics. Sadly their attempt at psychedelia tends to make it look more like a Scooby Doo slot game rather than something Jimi Hendrix would enjoy. 

Despite this, we’re glad to report that our Jimi Hendrix slot review found the graphics to be crisp and clear, and without any of the nasty pixelations that can blight lesser slots games.

This can be seen through the hippy-themed slots symbols that feature flowers, hearts, planets and CND logos. Plus, there was also impressive attention to detail with a nice cartoon symbol of the guitar hero, and even Hendrix’s guitar was an upside-down, right-handed Stratocaster. A nice touch that just shows why NetEnt is still one of the leading casino games providers.

The Jimi Hendrix slot offers gameplay that’s roughly similar to what you’d expect from other NetEnt casino games. There are the standard low-playing 10, J, Q, K and A symbols, and a host of special symbols to keep things interesting.

The wild symbol is represented by a picture of Jimi Hendrix himself. If you manage to line up five of these on one of the 20 paylines, then you’ll get 400 coins. But getting this wild also gives you the chance of substituting all other symbols except for the scatter symbol that is represented by Hendrix playing his beloved guitar.

There’s also a purple haze symbol that can do some decent tricks. By getting this to land on the first reel, you’ll see all low-ranking symbols transformed into the wild symbol.

The red guitar symbol is also well worth keeping an eye on. Getting four of these anywhere in the game will trigger the respin feature. You can keep doing this until no more red guitars appear on the reels.

Both the purple haze and red guitar symbols are nice features that can give you a little more to play for with very little extra effort. While they might not be the most exciting features, they can serve to help you make some potentially substantial winnings.

The scatter symbol appears on the final three reels and it unlocks the special bonus feature. This is called the Pick and Click bonus, and it serves up four different bonuses as described below:

• Little Wing free spins - Between 6 and 12 extra spins, plus between 3 and 5 wilds randomly appearing on each spin.
• Crosstown Traffic free spins - 6 extra spins and wild symbol appears on following 5 spins going from 5th to 1st reel.
• Purple Haze free spins - Between 6 and 12 extra spins. 10, J, Q, K and A all transformed into wilds.
• Gold coins - Collect 3 gold coins to win a random multiplier between x8 and x30.

You’ll only get these prizes by tapping on the loudspeaker icons, and you have to get three of the same icon in order to get the relevant prize.

Getting a maximum of 12 free spins might seem a little stingy, but it’s a good way to keep things interesting. We’ve seen other slot games that can serve up over double this amount of free spins, and so we’re feeling a little shortchanged by this bonus feature. Despite this, it’s nice to find that all of these bonus games give us chance to listen to yet more of Jimi Hendrix’s timeless music.

We’ve seen no end of slot games that use the likeness of rock’n’roll stars. Thankfully, the Jimi Hendrix slot is one of the better music-themed slots games. While the KISS slot game had a fair RTP, it was marred by the band’s terrible music which isn’t something that you could level at the Jimi Hendrix slot.

Despite this, we couldn’t help feeling that this slot game could have been a little more exciting. The bonus games were fairly unremarkable, and even the payouts weren’t likely to attract too many rockers to the NetEnt slot.