Overview of Chicken Run Slot
Chicken Run is a video slot game developed by Microgaming, a well-established casino software provider known for its high-quality games. The game’s theme revolves around the classic British stop-motion animated film "Chicken Run" (2000), directed by Nick Park and Peter Lord. Released in 2017, Chicken Run Chicken Run has gained popularity among players worldwide, offering an engaging combination of animation, music, and gameplay.
Game Theme
The slot is set on a farm, complete with rolling hills, fields, and pastures teeming with chickens. The game features colorful graphics, inspired by the stop-motion animation style used in the film. Players are transported to a world where hens aim to escape from their captors, symbolized by Farmer Feathers’ nefarious plans.
Game Design
Chicken Run slot has five reels, arranged vertically on the screen with 25 adjustable paylines available for winning combinations. The symbols include regular paying icons of farm animals like cows, pigs, and chickens, along with high-value characters from the movie such as Ginger, Babs, and Fowler. A Wild symbol is represented by Farmer Feathers’ egg-laying machine.
Symbols
The payout structure offers a standard layout, where basic symbols award lower payouts for matching combinations:
- Low-value icons:
- Cow (Ace)
- Pig
- Chicken
- Medium-value icons:
- Ginger (King)
- Babs
- Fowler (Queen)
- High-value icon: Farmer Feathers
Payouts
The base game’s payout structure can be described as follows:
- For 5x of low-value symbols, the maximum win is £/€/$20.
- Medium-value symbols pay out up to £/€/$50 for a combination of five matching icons.
- High-paying characters have payouts ranging from £/€/$100 (Ginger and Babs) up to £/€/$500 (Fowler).
- The Wild, represented by the egg-laying machine, offers variable wins: 10x times any payline win or x25 a single line for matching five icons.
Wilds
As mentioned previously, the farmer’s contraption doubles as the game’s Wild symbol. Whenever it appears in the base game and creates a winning combination with one of the high-paying symbols, its payout multiplies up to 50x any payline win.
Scatters
While Chicken Run doesn’t feature explicit Scatter symbols, landing certain icons on reels two and five (without matching any other symbol) triggers the Bonus Feature.
Bonus Features
There are several bonus features in this game that add excitement:
- Free Spins : Landing Ginger’s egg-laying machine anywhere within a win line unlocks three free spins per ten consecutive wins.
- The "Chicken Frenzy" feature can randomly be awarded; if active during any spin, all farm animal symbols become sticky Wilds. Reels re-spin until another chicken symbol is landed, which ends the round.
Free Spins
Similar to other games with identical features, this slot has no fixed number of free spins but rather awards up to 48 extra rounds by way of an ongoing feature where more and additional Free Spins can be gained on each bonus trigger. This dynamic system may reward between two and eight new plays following a round of the first win in "Chicken Frenzy" mode.
RTP
Microgaming’s average Return-to-Player rate for Chicken Run slot hovers around 95%, allowing a house edge to remain under control while ensuring an engaging, thrilling experience for players.