Jimi Hendirx (Netent) Slot Demo & Review

Game Overview

There was a phase a while back when NetEnt began snapping up licenses to both the names and music of several major rock’n’roll artists to create new online slots. Jimi Hendrix was one such title, alongside acts such as Guns’n’Roses and Motorhead. Jimi Hendrix Slot is a 20 payline game and seems to be the lowest variance of that trio, with a maximum win of just 400x your stake. On the plus side, the RTP of 96.90% is amongst the highest of any online slot.

Yes this may be a low variance game with an even lower maximum win of just 400x, but there is plenty to keep you interested in terms of mods and features at the same time. The red guitar feature is a similar re-spin type feature to that offered by Starburst, but there is also a Purple Haze feature that transforms low-value symbols into wilds and a free spin feature with three different modes too.

If you’re a fan of Jimi’s music, then you have a top-notch soundtrack to listen to whilst you play as well; check out the free demo slot of Jimi Hendrix right here and see for yourself!

NetEnt is a great slot developer, but they do have their fair share of hits and misses. It would be interesting to know why they stopped pursuing their music-themed slots; I mean, we had Guns N’ Roses, so why not add Led Zeppelin, Def Leppard, Meat Loaf, or Bon Jovi to the stable? Perhaps they will in the future? They certainly proved themselves with games like Jimi Hendrix. The graphics suit the artist perfectly – 1960s peace and love style artwork adorns every corner of this game, and famous songs such as “Purple Haze”, “Crosstown Traffic”, “Little Wing”, and “Foxy Lady” were perfect picks in the audio department too.

Let’s be honest about the paytable – Jimi and his decorated guitar both pay 20x your bet for a full line of five, but it does feel a little disappointing that NetEnt couldn’t push the max win just a little bit higher. The opportunity of winning 1,000x your stake in one of the bonus features would have been just enough to make the Jimi Hendrix slot game somewhere on par with the excellent Guns’n’Roses. Even a little win for the scatter symbols would have been nice to see, but sadly, it just wasn’t to be.

Typically, for NetEnt, the 20 paylines are fixed, and the minimum bet is set at a penny a line. With the low variance, it’s somewhat surprising that the maximum bet tops out at only €20.00, or €1 per pay line. Keep that 96.90% RTP in mind, though – it’s possible that a higher maximum bet would have made it a little too easy for players to bet big and walk away with a 50x hit more often than many casinos would prefer.

As mentioned in the first section, Jimi Hendrix is packed with special features, modifiers, bonuses, and free spins rounds. The information section of the game stretches to a massive 13 pages long, so we’ll try to keep our breakdown of each a little more concise. Here we go!

Purple Haze Feature

A special purple haze symbol appears on the first reel only. When this lands, all non-picture symbols (10, J, Q, K, A) will transform into wild symbols during the current spin. The purple haze symbol itself is also wild too, making it possible to hit several nice combinations simultaneously as a result of this simple feature.

Red Guitar Re-spins

The red guitar pays identically to the Jimi Hendrix symbol – 20x stake for five-of-a-kind or 5x for four. The difference is that should you hit four of these symbols during a single spin, you will also be awarded a free respin. Each time at least one more red guitar is added to the reels, you will receive a further free respin. It’s possible to fill the whole screen this way, winning the game’s maximum payout of 400x your stake.

Pick & Click Feature

The Pick & Click feature is activated when three scatter symbols land on a single spin. There are only three scatters in total, which isn’t so unusual – lots of games have their bonus symbols on reels 1, 3, and 5 only. In Jimi Hendrix Video Slot, the scatters are located on reels 3, 4, and 5 instead.

Sometimes, you can wait a long time to see the scatters land at all, so it can be very disheartening when they only win you a pick & click feature that has the possibility of winning some free spins, rather than a guarantee of them. Fortunately, three of the four outcomes of this particular pick & click feature award some free spins – just be aware that you will be disappointed roughly one time out of four.

Coin Win Feature

This is the fourth outcome that can result from the pick and click feature. If you choose three coins before matching three of the same free spin bonus symbols, you will receive a prize of between 8x and 30x your stake instead. Any bonus that pays 8x your stake is a definite disappointment, and 30x is unlikely to be much better unless you are betting the maximum.

The Pick and Click feature will usually award you one of three different sets of free spins. The Purple Haze spins are probably the best of the bunch, although the Little Wing spins can also have a lot of potential, should you be awarded the maximum 12 spins with lots of overlay wilds on each spin. The Crosstown Traffic spins are a bit of a booby prize, to be honest – but I suspect I’m not alone in preferring even these to a tiny 8x coin win!

Crosstown Traffic Free Spins

The first of the free spin modes which can be won from the Pick & Click feature is the Cross Town Traffic spins. Wild reels appear in different locations for each of the six free spins you are awarded in a way that is clearly intended to tie in with the crosstown traffic theme.

The format is as follows:

• Spin 1 – Reel five is wild
• Spin 2 – Reel’s four and five are wild
• Spin 3 – Reel’s three and four are wild
• Spin 4 – Reel’s two and three are wild
• Spin 5 – Reel’s one and two are wild
• Spin 6 – Reel one is wild

Purple Haze Free Spins

This will probably be the preference of most Jimi Hendrix slot game players, as not only do you receive a full 12 free spins – twice as many as Crosstown Traffic – but all low-paying symbols are replaced by wilds for the entire duration of the bonus.

Whilst the maximum win from a single spin is set at 400x your stake, as previously mentioned, the Purple Haze Free Spins have the potential to score much higher than this if you get especially lucky. A YouTube video shows a player hitting well over 1,000x his stake for a full set of 12 Purple Haze Free Spins, and this included four dead spins, too. Could 2,000x be possible with enough good luck?

Little Wing Free Spins

Somewhere in the middle of the pack sit the Little Wing Free Spins, which can award anywhere between six and twelve free spins. Between three and five overlay wilds will appear randomly on the reels at the beginning of each spin, so this mode appears to have a huge range of possible outcomes.