Theme
Alley Cats is an online video slot machine game from Microgaming that has been released in May 2008. This online video slot game has 5 reels and 9 pay lines. The theme of Alley Cats somewhat resembles the Hanna-Barbera prime time animated TV series “Top Cat” (1961-1962), with a twist of bowling.
The name Alley Cats may have different derivations in this game. It can be that the cat characters are from the alley and they happen to love the sport of bowling; or it can also mean that there is a bowling alley included in the bonus round of this slot machine game.
Microgaming online slot games are accessible to players in 2 formats – download and no-download. Most people typically prefer to download software because they can enjoy Microgaming’s entire list of online slot games in one download only, while there are those who would like to play instantly so that they can find out if a certain slot game is fun and exciting enough to spend their precious time and real money with. Whether you like to download their software first or you prefer to play instantly without the need to download, then Microgaming surely has slot games to cater to your specific slot gaming standards. Alley Cats belongs to the download category of Microgaming slot games, which means you must download first before you are able to play this particular slot game.
Alley Cats features scatter symbols that can randomly activate either the Mystery Prize Bonus Feature game, or the Free Spin Bonus Feature game (with a 2x multiplier for all winning combinations), a maximum cash jackpot of 50,000, and a maximum coin jackpot of 100,000! This particular game attracts those who like to play bowling as well as cat lovers. If you happen to be a bowling fanatic or you simply just love cats, then give this slot game a spin and you will surely fall in love with this one! Most people love to play this particular slot game because of its cute symbols and two Bonus Feature games that can be activated randomly by just obtaining 3 or more scatter symbols.
Graphics & Sound
When it comes to downloadable software from Microgaming, your game play is guaranteed to be fun and exciting as they provide stunning graphics, a wide selection of games, and most of all, it is absolutely user-friendly. In Alley Cats, they have really done an outstanding job of bringing together a group of frisky felines who love to play bowling with some trash in the alley. The symbols are drawn in a cartoonish manner and it really resembles the drawings in the animated TV series of Top Cat. The overall graphic design of Alley Cats mainly shows the back alley where the cats are frequently playing their bowling games (complete with hanging clothes and even underwear) under a starry night. The colors are vibrant but will not hurt your eyes.
Jazzy background music is the constant music you will hear while playing the Alley Cats online slot machine. When you manage to hit winning combinations, varying cat sounds such as meowing and purring will be heard.
Game Symbols
There are no card deck symbols available in the Alley Cats online video slot game. The regular symbols that you will find in Alley Cats are the Bowling Cat, White Cat, Gray Cat, Brown Cat, Black Cat, Dog, Catnip, Trash, Tray of Food Scraps, Trophy, and the Alley Cats Logo.
There is no Wild Symbol in the Alley Cats online video slot game.
The Scatter Symbol is the Strike symbol. Scatter symbols mean that they do not need to appear in a line (on an enabled pay line) for you to win. Winning combinations with Strike scatter symbols pay out from left to right, as long as there are 3 or more scatter symbols that show up on the adjacent reels as well as at least 1 of the symbols show up on the 1st reel. Your winnings are calculated by multiplying Strike scatter symbol combination payout (refer to the Payout table) by the total number of coins you’ve bet. If you manage to hit 3 or more Strike scatter symbols (scattered on the adjacent reels with the first symbol displayed on the 1st reel), you will randomly trigger either the Free Spin Bonus Feature game or the Mystery Prize Bonus Feature game.
Please take note that if you get a scatter win and a regular, then you are paid out for both of these wins, because the Strike scatter symbol is not required to come out on an enabled pay line for you to win. The scatter win is included to the pay line win.
Gamble Feature
There is no Gamble Feature in this game.
Bonus Feature
Alley Cats offer its players two exciting Bonus Feature games:
• Alley Cats Free Spin Bonus Feature Game
Alley Cats Free Spin Bonus Feature Game – If you manage to get 3 or more Strike scatter symbols scattered on the adjacent reels with the first symbol displayed on the 1st reel, you will either activate the Free Spins Bonus Feature game, or the Mystery Prize Bonus Feature game.
You will begin playing the Alley Cats Free Spin Bonus Feature game with 20 Free Spins, and all your winning combination payouts in these Free Spins are doubled!
While playing the Alley Cats Free Spin Bonus Feature game, you cannot re-activate the Free Spin Bonus Feature game even if you get another 3 or more Strike scatter symbols.
Please take note that the Mystery Prize Bonus Feature game cannot be activated while playing the Free Spin Bonus Feature game.
Your winnings are calculated by multiplying the Strike scatter symbol combination payout (refer to the Payout table) by the total number of coins you’ve bet.
You can win up to 100,000 coins in the Free Spin Bonus Feature game!
Once the Alley Cats Free Spin Bonus Feature game is over, you will be then taken back to the main Alley Cats online slot game, and your winnings from the Free Spin games will be included to your overall balance.
• Mystery Prize Bonus Feature Game
Mystery Prize Bonus Feature Game – If you manage to get 3 or more Strike scatter symbols scattered on the adjacent reels with the first symbol displayed anywhere on the 1st reel, you will either activate the Free Spins Bonus Feature game, or the Mystery Prize Bonus Feature game.
If the Mystery Prize Bonus Feature game is activated, you select objects to unveil random bonus prize amounts. You need to choose 3 out of 6 objects presented to you, and when you do, the Orange Cat will bowl over it.
The random bonus prize amounts that you will get in the Mystery Prize Bonus Feature game are already multiplied by your total bet amount.
Your winnings are calculated by multiplying the Strike scatter symbol combination payout (refer to the Payout table) by the total number of coins you’ve bet.
You can win up to 10,800 coins in the Mystery Prize Bonus Feature game!
Once the Mystery Prize Bonus Feature game is over, you will be then taken back to the main Alley Cats online slot game, and your winnings from the bonus game will be included to your overall balance.
Betting Options
Alley Cats has 5 reels where you may bet on 9 pay lines. The minimum bet is 0.01 and the maximum bet is 0.25 per pay line. You can wager from 1 up to 20 coins per pay line bet. Therefore, the maximum bet amount is 45.00 per spin.
Please take note that the amounts mentioned are in Pounds, but they will remain the same if you choose to play in US dollars, Euros, or Canadian dollars. Also, for every coin that you wager, you will enable another pay line. You will be paid out for winning combinations on enabled pay lines only. The maximum payout in the regular Alley Cats online video slot game is 10,000 coins per line bet (or 50,000 in all 5 reels).
People who frequently play online casino games typically love to stay longer on online slot games that have an Autoplay function. Good thing that Alley Cats is equipped with one! In Microgaming online slot games, they have 2 game modes – Regular mode and Expert mode. You can have the game spin automatically for you with the Autoplay function that can be found by clicking the Expert button (located at the lower left portion of the game screen).
In the “Expert” mode of game play, you can click on the following 2 buttons:
• Spin 5x button – 5 consecutive spins will be automatically done for you.
• Spin 10x button – 10 consecutive spins will be automatically done for you.
Spins box – displays the number of games that have played according to your Autoplay settings.
If you want to have more customized settings, simply click on the “Autoplay” button itself. Here you will see the:
Spin Settings – number of spins to play (choose from 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500).
Spin Stop Settings – you can choose to Stop: when all spins are complete, or if win exceeds or equals to an amount you specify.
After putting in your preferences, just click on the Start button, and the game will automatically spin for you while you just sit back and enjoy playing this quirky mix of felines-plus-bowling online video slot game!
