Game Details
- Game Format : 5 Reels with 9 Lines
- Coin Sizes : 1c to $1
- Min / Max Bet : 9 to 45 Coins
- Jackpot : 10,000 Credits
- Features : Free Spins / Gamble Option
- Software By : Microgaming
Thunderstruck Pokie Review
Thunderstruck was released by Microgaming in 2003 and was the first real Australian style pokie game to be available online. It has all of the features you would expect from a pokie machine with free spins, big jackpots and the option to gamble your wins.
The game has a Norse mythology theme with the main character being Thor. It’s a nine line game with the option to bet up to five credits per line. This gives you a maximum bet of 45 credits per game. When it comes to betting options, Thunderstruck has every budget covered with a minimum bet of just nine cents per game and a maximum of $90 per game for high rollers.
The Thor symbol is wild and doubles any win it is a part of. Like most pokies getting five wild symbols on any bet line pays the top jackpot which in this case is 10,000 credits or 50,000 credits if you are playing five credits per line. Apart from the top jackpot there are lots of other jackpots on offer with the other symbols such as the Ice Hammers, Staffs, Castles and Lightning.
The Ram symbols are scattered and award the feature when you get three or more anywhere on the screen. This pays 15 free spins with all wins tripled just like the feature on Queen of the Nile. The feature can be re-triggered an unlimited amount of times and the top jackpot grows to a big 150,000 credits for five wild symbols on the feature.
Like all Australian style pokies, Thunderstruck also has a gamble feature. At the end of any winning spin you can choose to try to double your win with red or black or go for quadruple wins with the suits (Spades, Clubs, Diamonds and Hearts).
While Thunderstruck was released in 2003 it is still one of the most popular online pokies. So much so that Microgaming have both released a sequel with Thunderstruck II and also released several other game titles based on the game including Ladies Nite, Summertime and Party Island.