Take a trip down memory lane and enjoy the ever-popular 80’s cult classic with The Goonies Return. The Goonies fans are truly spoiled for choice with the best online slot games – Blueprint Gaming has created a second installment of the popular casino slot game The Goonies and it's got even more features than the original, plus a 50,000x max win potential!

The group of misfits are up to more shenanigans and this time you get to join their epic adventure in this sequel. Packed with 13 bonus features including free spins games, respins, reel modifiers, cascading symbols, multipliers, and much, much more. Prizes as large as the one available in this game usually only occur in high volatility slot games, which are more suitable for high rollers. However, this is a medium volatility slot, so players can expect more frequent and sizable wins, thanks to the 96% RTP (return to player). The action commentary is outstanding, the cut scenes and animations are excellent, and there are plenty of nostalgic moments that players get to relive when spinning the reels.

Discover all you need to know about The Goonies Return features and gameplay in our online slot review.

Theme and design

The graphics and design are similar to the original The Goonies online slot, both inspired by the 1985 film. The wooden reels are surrounded by coins and medallions and set against an old treasure map. Comic book-style imagery fills the reels, on which you’ll find the character symbols (Chunk, Data, Mikey, and Mouth), as well as J, Q, K, and A royal card symbols. The top paying symbol is the pirate flag (which appears in stacked formations), the medallion symbol is the wild, and the pirate is the scatter symbol.

The mischievous soundtrack playing in the background is ideal for and adventure! Gameplay

The Goonies Return is played across 5 reels, 3 rows, and 20 paylines. Your aim is to create winning combinations by landing 3, 4, or 5 matching symbols or wilds from left to right on any of the paylines, starting from the leftmost reel.

To get started, use the arrows on the left to set your bet level – this ranges from 10p to £100 per spin.

Be sure to review the paytable before you start the game to get familiar with the symbol values and bonus features. When you're ready to take off, simply click the Play button (a green medallion to the right of the reels) and have fun!

Fun features

The Goonies Return boasts 13 bonus features! These include 7 modifiers and 6 bonus rounds which we’ll take a closer look at below.

One-Eyed Willy Key of Plenty

One-Eyed Willy modifiers can trigger at random times during the base game and offer players the chance to choose one of three keys. These will award one of the following modifiers:

• Truffle Shuffle Wilds – This modifier will add wild symbols to random positions on the reels, some of which can be upgraded with a multiplier value.
• Hidden Riches – This adds a Mikey Wild to the middle reel, any Goony symbols that appear can then also be turned wild.
• W-Invention Reels – When Data punches the grid, up to 5 reels are synced to display the same symbol. He can also generate colossal symbols on up to 5 reels, and upgrade symbols for better wins.
• Lucky Coins – These add mystery symbols that turn into the same matching symbol, providing more opportunities to win. If the mystery symbols turn into cash coins, the cash coins feature will play out until no more cash coins land.
• Bonus Boost – This adds extra bonus symbols to the reels, which might help trigger the corresponding feature.
• Win Spin – Guarantees a big win from the spin that follows.
  

In addition, there are also some additional modifiers that may trigger on losing spins:

The scythe – Resets the reels to avoid the losing spin. Shooting spikes – Removes at least 1 column of symbols, which will generate a win. A dynamite – Lobbed onto the grid, this will upgrade a losing spin to a winning spin. A cave collapse – Removes symbols, causing a cascade of new symbols. Bonus Activation

• The scythe – Resets the reels to avoid the losing spin.
• Shooting spikes – Removes at least 1 column of symbols, which will generate a win.
• A dynamite – Lobbed onto the grid, this will upgrade a losing spin to a winning spin.
• A cave collapse – Removes symbols, causing a cascade of new symbols.

Bonus Activation

The One-Eyed Willy Bonus Wheel is triggered when players land 3 bonus scatters on any of the reels. Spin the wheel to land one of the following six features:

Booby Trap Bonus

A key will appear on the screen. Players must run the key left or right to reveal an outcome:

• CASH awards a cash amount based on the player's bet.
• COLLECT ends the feature.
• BONUS FEATURE reveals a bonus feature that is awarded to the player.

Waterslide to Wealth Bonus

When players land on this feature, they’ll move along a waterslide multiplier trail and collect gold doubloons to advance, which provide either a positive or negative outcome. Players can either hit ‘Collect’ to end the feature or make it all the way to the end to get the Big Money Bonus Round where they'll play for a big cash multiplier or another bonus feature.

Skeleton Organ Free Spins

This feature offers players 5 free spins, with the Skeleton Organ Symbols super stacked on the reels. These symbols are sticky, holding any others that appear on the reels during the spins in place. At the end of the spins, players get to choose a gold doubloon to reveal either extra spins or a different new bonus round, or ‘collect’ their winnings and go back to the base game.

Fratelli Free Spins

During this round, players will be awarded an initial 8 free spins. Should any Super Sloth Wilds appear during these spins, the positions they land on will be highlighted. A final spin will take place with all the highlighted positions, each of which will either feature a wild or cash symbol.

Five or more cash symbols will award the Momma Fratelli Money Spins round, where each reel position turns into a mini cash reel where the player has 3 respins to achieve more cash symbols. At the end of the spins, the player will be presented with a number of keys. They must choose one to reveal either extra spins, another bonus, or collect their winnings and return to the base game.

Final Voyage Free Spins

During each spin in this round, the inferno wild is active. Starting on the leftmost reel, it moves one reel to the right on each spin, turning Chunk, Data, Mikey, and Mouth symbols wild. By the fifth spin, all the characters are wild and players get to pick 1 of 5 doubloons to win extra spins, One-Eyed Willy Riches, or collect and go back to the base game.

One-Eyed Willy Riches Bonus

This is a hold-and-win style feature where players get an initial 3 spins. These can land on both cash and character symbols, both of which reset the tally to 3 again. Each symbol comes with the following modifiers:

• Cash symbols – These come with a random multiplier value.
• Mikey – Gives players an overall win multiplier.
• Data – Increases the number of spins by 1, so the tally resets to 4 instead of 3, and so forth.
• Chunk – Adds a random value to all symbols across the reel.
• Mouth – Adds all the current winning values on the reels to create a Super Money win.
• One-Eyed Willy – An extra column is added to the grid.
• Sloth – Revives the power of all other character symbols in view.

Players have a gamble feature during each bonus round, so they can either collect or gamble their winnings to increase the payout. Win at least 15x the stake to use the win to gamble for a bonus feature.

Our verdict

For a welcomed dose of nostalgia, The Goonies Return is a stellar game with plenty of action and great thematics. The win potential has been increased considerably since the original slot game, making the sequel a no-brainer for fans of The Goonies.

The huge variety of features means that there's excitement on every spin, and sets this online slot apart from the rest with dynamic gameplay.

If you enjoy tv- and movie-themed slots, be sure to check out Ted Jackpot King and Rick and Morty Megaways too!

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