The developer Ainsworth’s October 2018 video slot Big Thunder: Quad Shot thematizes the African jungle, royal card values, rainforest, tribal items, and wildlife.

It is in the diverse “Quad Shot” series, including: Jade Emperor (January 2017), Royal Swan (September 2020), Mega Choice, Soul Queen (December 2017), Emerald Dream (May 2018), Run with the Wolves (July 2018), Diamond Dreams, Congo King (October 2020), Mighty Panther (2016), Island Princess (October 2018), Pearl River (February 2018), Gold Zone (2016), and Golden Lion (2016).

Big Thunder: Quad Shot has: four progressive jackpots after a five-of-a-kind; bonus game; sixteen symbols; two sets of payouts; two win multipliers; eight total bets; 5X3 regular and 6X3 special grids; base game’s rightward combinations; bonus game’s two-way combinations; and 25 fixed winning ways.

Regular game’s payouts: twelve symbols (lightning, waterfall, drum, shield, serpent, mask, A, K, Q, J, 9, and 10) require three to five combinations, paying X0.20 to X20. Special feature’s payouts: one symbol (lightning) requires a two to six-of-a-kind, one symbol (gorilla) requires a two to five-of-a-kind, and five symbols (waterfall, drum, shield, serpent, and mask) require a three to five-of-a-kind whose payouts range from X0.20 to X200.

Big Thunder: Quad Shot Game Characteristics

The arrowroots-filled Congo Basin is in the background of the Big Thunder: Quad Shot’s brown-framed 5X3 grid, which has freestanding parchment yellow reels.

The Big Thunder: Quad Shot’s coin values: $0.05, $0.10, $0.20, $0.30, $0.40, $0.60, $0.80, and $1.00. Total bets: $1.25 (minimum), $2.50, $5.00, $7.50, $10.00, $15.00, $20.00, and $25.00 (maximum).

Big Thunder: Quad Shot has five special and eleven ordinary symbols. Special: substituting “wild” gorilla; “big thunder” lightning bolt (scatter); red-and-golden X3; purple-and-golden X5; and blue-and-brown “Quad Shot Bonus”.

Ordinaries: waterfall; djembe drum; golden cowhide shield; perched serpent; tribal mask; and vined purple A; orange K; yellow Q; blue J; green 9; and red 10.

Here are the Big Thunder: Quad Shot’s base payouts.
$1.25 bet: 9/10/J pay $0.25, $0.50, and $2.50; K/Q pay $0.25, $1.00, and $5.00; A pay $0.25, $2.00, and $5.00; masks pay $0.25, $2.50, and $7.50; serpents/shields pay $0.25, $3.75, and $10.00; drums pay $0.25, $5.00, and $10.00; waterfalls pay $0.25, $5.00, and $15.00; and lightning pay $6.25, $25.00, and $125.00.

$2.50 bet: 9/10/J pay $0.50, $1.00, and $5.00; K/Q pay $0.50, $2.00, and $10.00; A pay $0.50, $4.00, and $10.00; masks pay $0.50, $5.00, and $15.00; serpents/shields pay $0.50, $7.50, and $20.00; drums pay $0.50, $10.00, and $20.00; waterfalls pay $0.50, $10.00, and $30.00; and lightning pay $12.50, $50.00, and $250.00.

$5.00 bet: 9/10/J pay $1.00, $2.00, and $10.00; K/Q pay $1.00, $4.00, and $20.00; A pay $1.00, $8.00, and $20.00; masks pay $1.00, $10.00, and $30.00; serpents/shields pay $1.00, $15.00, and $40.00; drums pay $1.00, $20.00, and $40.00; waterfalls pay $1.00, $20.00, and $60.00; and lightning pay $25.00, $100.00, and $500.00.

$7.50 bet: 9/10/J pay $1.50, $3.00, and $15.00; K/Q pay $1.50, $6.00, and $30.00; A pay $1.50, $12.00, and $30.00; masks pay $1.50, $15.00, and $45.00; serpents/shields pay $1.50, $22.50, and $60.00; drums pay $1.50, $30.00, and $60.00; waterfalls pay $1.50, $30.00, and $90.00; and lightning pay $37.50, $150.00, and $750.00.

$10.00 bet: 9/10/J pay $2.00, $4.00, and $20.00; K/Q pay $2.00, $8.00, and $40.00; A pay $2.00, $16.00, and $40.00; masks pay $2.00, $20.00, and $60.00; serpents/shields pay $2.00, $30.00, and $80.00; drums pay $2.00, $40.00, and $80.00; waterfalls pay $2.00, $40.00, and $120.00; and lightning pay $50.00, $200.00, and $1000.00.

$15.00 bet: 9/10/J pay $3.00, $6.00, and $30.00; K/Q pay $3.00, $12.00, and $60.00; A pay $3.00, $24.00, and $60.00; masks pay $3.00, $30.00, and $90.00; serpents/shields pay $3.00, $45.00, and $120.00; drums pay $3.00, $60.00, and $120.00; waterfalls pay $3.00, $60.00, and $180.00; and lightning pay $75.00, $300.00, and $1500.00.

$20.00 bet: 9/10/J pay $4.00, $8.00, and $40.00; K/Q pay $4.00, $16.00, and $80.00; A pay $4.00, $32.00, and $80.00; masks pay $4.00, $40.00, and $120.00; serpents/shields pay $4.00, $60.00, and $160.00; drums pay $4.00, $80.00, and $160.00; waterfalls pay $4.00, $80.00, and $240.00; and lightning pay $100.00, $400.00, and $2000.00.

$25.00 bet: 9/10/J pay $5.00, $10.00, and $50.00; K/Q pay $5.00, $20.00, and $100.00; A pay $5.00, $40.00, and $100.00; masks pay $5.00, $50.00, and $150.00; serpents/shields pay $5.00, $75.00, and $200.00; drums pay $5.00, $100.00, and $200.00; waterfalls pay $5.00, $100.00, and $300.00; and lightning pay $125.00, $500.00, and $2500.00.

The feature’s payouts: masks pay X0.20, X2, and X6; serpents/shields/drums pay X0.20, X4, and X8; waterfalls pay X0.20, X4, and X12; gorillas pay X0.20, X4, X12, and X80; and lightning pay X2, X5, X25, X100, and X200.

A five-of-a-kind involving waterfalls/drums/serpents/shields/masks (and coinciding with a drawn “Quad Shot Bonus”): offer up to $10000.00 major jackpot; and its substituted alternative award up to $200.00 minor jackpot. A five-of-a-kind involving A/K/Q/J/10/9 prompts up to $1250.00 maxi jackpot, while its substituted alternative offers a maximum of $50.00 mini jackpot.

3+ “big thunder” prompt the bonus game whose 6X3 grid: awards 15 free rounds; has rightward and leftward combinations; excludes the lowly A/K/Q/J/9/10 values, which are hidden by the ape’s hands in the first to fifth green reels; and may draw the X3 and X5 win multipliers in the sixth red reel.

The HTML5 game Big Thunder: Quad Shot supports: desktops and mobile devices; and 10/25/50/75/100 auto spins, with $50000/85000/127500/170000/255000/340000/425000 single win limits. Sounds: ringing, growling, swishing, and drumming. The animated 3D graphics: flashing, lightning, and furious chest-thumping ape.

Luck in Big Thunder: Quad Shot

Big Thunder: Quad Shot—a game of luck—has a 94.39% RTP rate and a 5.61% house edge.