Casper’s Mystery Mirror Slots
Casper was first seen in children’s books in the 1930’s and later as part of cartoons and an animated series. Casper is a friendly ghost, who instead of haunting people would much rather make friends with them, although being a ghost he would never find it particularly easy. He was also something of an outcast with fellow ghosts, not conforming to the usual ghost persona – these ideas making the books and comics particularly popular. He would eventually make it to the big screen in 1995, a live action movie, where Casper and his wicked uncles (Stinkie, Fatso and Stretch) would be computer animated. Now Casper finally has his own slot, this developed by Blueprint, which sees Casper himself appear as the wild at the slot, this slot based upon the movie depiction of the character. The slot has a slightly different look to many; this due to each of the five reels showing four symbols as opposed to the usual three. The Mystery Mirror comes into play during the free spins round.
As you might expect at a slot featuring a series of ghosts, the game has a slightly spooky air. The reels are set against the backdrop of a forest at night and the soundtrack has something of a horror movie air about it – the piano music building up the atmosphere. The four ghost characters on the reels are drawn in a cartoon style and feature some nice animation when gaining a win – these being joined by the playing card symbols from 9 to Ace, all of these in suitably dark colouring.
Setup and Play for Casper’s Mystery Mirror
The larger than usual five reels means that the slot has more win lines than found at the majority of Blueprint slots – this game having a total of 40. However, you can choose to play just 10, 20 or 30 as well as having the option of playing just a single line. You’ll also choose the coin value; this multiplied by the number of win lines in play giving you your total stake for the spin.
You’ll win when landing three or more consecutive symbols from left to right on a win line. The top paying symbol is Casper who pays 500 coins for landing 5 in a row, although you’ll find it just as valuable as the wild, where it will substitute for any other symbol (apart from the feature symbols). This symbol is stacked, leading to many situations where you’ll gain multiple wins, especially when it appears stacked on more than one reel.
The three wicked uncles will pay 400, 300 and 200 coins respectively for a full house and the candelabra also pays out 200 coins. The lowest paying symbols are the playing card ones.
The auto play button will allow you to set the slot to run without interruption for 10, 20, 30, 40 or 50 spins.
The Casper Mystery Mirror Feature Round
The bonus feature symbol also features Casper, this time with him floating in the air next to a mirror. You’ll activate the feature of the slot when this symbol appears three or more times across the reels – as well as gaining an immediate award of your total stake back.
You’ll gain five free spins but these spins differ due to the added Mystery Mirror symbol. This can appear a great many times across the reels and each of the Mystery Mirror symbols will now show the same random symbol from the slot, leading to potentially a great number of wins. This is especially the case when the stacked Casper wild symbol appears as well. During this round, the free spins can be re-activated.
You might think that five free spins is a small amount in comparison to some other slots, but with all of the extra wins possible, you’ll find that the round is as profitable, if not better, than many other free spins rounds available elsewhere.
Casper’s Mystery Mirror Slot Conclusion
Converting a popular movie or comic book character into the subject of a slot can be a difficult job, but Blueprint has done well here. The game has the same slightly spooky but friendly air of the movie and the animation on the reels is particularly good. However, a slot needs to be playable too and this one certainly is. The win amounts are smaller than at other slots, but you’ll find yourself gaining wins in large clusters – never more so than in the free spins feature round. This is a fun slot which will appeal to all.
