Bonkers (bŏng'kərz), adj (slang, chiefly Brit) - mad; crazy. The name of the slot explains itself – play it for long enough, and with a bit of luck, you’ll go bonkers!

Sometimes, after hours and days of playing video slots and i-slots, with all their flashiness and hi-tech graphics, it’s really refreshing to turn to classic slots. Bonkers! is one of those old-timers that bring back some good memories.

Bonkers! is a 3-reel, one-payline classic slot, issued by Realtime Gaming (RTG). Everything about it is classical – the sounds, the look, all the usual symbols like Red Sevens, Red Bars, Yellow Bars, Purple Bars, and Bonkers symbol, which can award you with some free spins.

The bet amount can go from $0.05 to $15, depending on how many coins you plan to bet on. The coin values can be set to $0.05, $0.25, $0.50, $1 and $5. This gives you a range of choices in terms of how much you’d like to spend. However, if you plan to win the jackpot, you can only do that if you play with three coins.

As for the game rules, it’s quite simple. Choose the coin amount, decide whether you want to play with one, two or three coins, and click on the chip you’d like to put into the machine and turn into coins (you have $5, $25 and $100 chips at your disposal). After that, it’s all up to your good karma.

Free spins:

If you’d like to get any of those, you’ll need to try hard and hit two or three Bonkers symbols. Two will get you three free spins, and with three Bonkers, you’ll enjoy 10 free spins. During the free spins, you have a guaranteed winning. Unfortunately, this feature cannot be retriggered, and the free spins will also stop if you strike three Red Sevens. But hey – in that case, you’ll be a jackpot winner!

Finally, a couple of likes and dislikes:

it’s a very good classic slot, with nice graphics, a couple of great features and some cool sounds. However, those sounds can become irritating if you are playing for a long time. And besides, if someone’s prone to developing a conspiracy theory, they may wonder – if they managed to set up guaranteed-winning spins during the free games, what else could they have set up?

From my own experience, I can tell you this – I tried Bonkers!, neither won nor lost much money, and I had a lovely evening at home. So, I’d say it’s definitely worth it.

- reviewed by Latest Casino Bonuses, last updated 2011-06-08