The Chicken Run slot machine is a popular online casino game developed by Microgaming, one of the leading software providers in the gaming industry. Released in 2017, this entertaining and engaging game has captured the attention of players worldwide with its unique theme and features.
The Theme
As the name suggests, Chicken Run takes inspiration from the 2000 animated film of the same name, a parody of the classic World War II film The Great Escape. Players are transported to a farm where chickens plan their escape from Farmer Giles’ tyrannical rule. This theme is skillfully Chicken Run incorporated into every aspect of the game, creating an immersive experience for players.
Design and Graphics
Visually, Chicken Run offers impressive graphics with crisp, high-quality images that bring the farm to life. The reels are set against a colorful background featuring rolling hills, trees, and farmland animals. Each symbol on the reels is carefully designed to match the game’s theme, including chickens, hens, roosters, eggs, and other farming-related icons.
Symbols
The slot features 25 paylines across its five-reel setup, which can be expanded up to 243 possible winning combinations. The symbols are categorized into two main types:
- High-paying symbols : These include the scatter (Chicken Run), wilds (Farmer Giles’ Chicken Catcher’s Helmet), hens and roosters.
- Low-paying symbols : Eggs, farming tools, farm animals.
The game also includes a special bonus symbol, the Scatter Icon "Cluck Norris" which triggers free spins. Players will note that while there is no traditional low to high pay structure on these slots as you may find in online poker games, it does bring more excitement and variety with every spin!
Payouts
Payouts are made based on the standard slot machine payout table where each winning combination’s value depends on both its position (left-to-right) along the payline & also what it is. For those of you who have never played online slots before – this means if any given win appears to be triggered from a high-paying symbol like a rooster in say position 1 and 3 across all five reels for example then your total earnings would amount up till that specific point (the winning combination).
The maximum possible payout on Chicken Run slot machine is 2,000 times the bet per line, which can reach up to $20000 if you use one of those smaller bets of 0.01 coins.
Wilds
One important feature in this game are wild symbols – Farmer Giles’ Chicken Catcher’s Helmet – They act as substitutes for other icons (apart from bonus ones). A full row of five reels set with either the Wild (Chicken Catcher), two scatters, or one Scatter Cluck Norris can trigger a special bonus round and some pretty neat in-game freebies.