Gears of Time—formally titled Miles Bellhouse and the Gears of Time—is a time machine-oriented html5 video slot whose protagonist is a fictitious physicist called Miles Bellhouse who is modeled on the German-American physicist Albert Einstein. Developed by Betsoft Gaming and released on November 5, 2020; this non-payline game revolves around Bellhouse’s time travel experiment. Its prequel is titled Curious Machine (December 2012). Thematic elements: general relativity, theoretical physics, science fiction, retrofuturism, futurism, illusion, time warp, and space-time.

The Betsoft-owned A Christmas Carol (January 2019) has ghostly time travelling too. However, the other scientific experimental games from the developer are Mad Scientist (January 2011), Madder Scientist (December 2011), and Frankeinslot’s Monster (March 2016). Gears of Time’s rival games include Time Machine Creator (May 2018) from Capecod Gaming, Tales of Time Travel (June 2019) from Genii, and Time Voyagers (April 2014) from Genesis.

Seven symbols (scientist Bellhouse, robot, timepiece, time portal, golden cogwheel, silver cogwheel, and bronze cogwheel) require between three and 25 clustered combinations in golden cells that shift at random.

Gears of Time Game Characteristics
Gears of Time is set on a brick warehouse’s mild steel staircase, wherein its celled black 5X5 grid is embedded on an extensive time-bending golden piping system that is fitted with four cogwheels. There are eleven symbols, cascading symbols that form locked winning combinations, eleven total bets, 19 random win multipliers, free re-spins, three sets of free games, no side game, and pays from $0.01 to $10000.00.

Gears of Time has four special symbols and seven ordinary symbols. Special symbols: a shiny golden “<<” past time stream, featuring a heretofore Bellhouse; a shiny turquoise “>” present time stream, featuring a here-now Bellhouse; a shiny purple “>>”future time machine, featuring a hereafter Bellhouse; and the substituting wild is a whitish wormhole with electric bolts.

Ordinary symbols: lean youthful Albert Einstein-like physicist Bellhouse, wearing safety glasses; waving yellow-eyed reddish robot called Gizmo; bronze-and-golden clockwork of a timepiece, showing 9.00 o’clock; white-and-golden time portal, fitted with a bulb; golden cogwheel; silver cogwheel; and bronze cogwheel.

The Gears of Time’s bet sizes: $0.05 (minimum bet), $0.25, $0.75, $2.00, $3.50, $6.25, $9.00, $15.00, $20.00, $35.00, and $50.00 (maximum bet).

The $50.00 bet offers these self-adjusting Gears of Time’s payouts for three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25 clustered symbols. Scientist Bellhouse pays $100.00, $120.00, $140.00, $160.00, $180.00, $200.00, $250.00, $300.00, $350.00, $400.00, $500.00, $600.00, $700.00, $800.00, $1000.00, $1200.00, $1500.00, $2000.00, $2500.00, $3500.00, $5000.00, $7500.00, and $10000.00.

Robot pays $80.00, $100.00, $120.00, $140.00, $160.00, $180.00, $200.00, $250.00, $300.00, $350.00, $400.00, $500.00, $600.00, $700.00, $800.00, $1000.00, $1200.00, $1500.00, $2000.00, $2500.00, $3500.00, $5000.00, and $7500.00.

Timepiece pays $60.00, $80.00, $100.00, $120.00, $140.00, $160.00, $180.00, $200.00, $250.00, $300.00, $350.00, $400.00, $500.00, $600.00, $700.00, $800.00, $1000.00, $1200.00, $1500.00, $2000.00, $2500.00, $3500.00, and $5000.00.

Time portal pays $40.00, $60.00, $80.00, $100.00, $120.00, $140.00, $160.00, $180.00, $200.00, $250.00, $300.00, $350.00, $400.00, $500.00, $600.00, $700.00, $800.00, $1000.00, $1200.00, $1500.00, $2000.00, $2500.00, and $3500.00.

Golden cogwheel pays $30.00, $40.00, $60.00, $80.00, $100.00, $120.00, $140.00, $160.00, $180.00, $200.00, $250.00, $300.00, $350.00, $400.00, $500.00, $600.00, $700.00, $800.00, $1000.00, $1200.00, $1500.00, $2000.00, and $2500.00.

Silver cogwheel pays $20.00, $30.00, $40.00, $60.00, $80.00, $100.00, $120.00, $140.00, $160.00, $180.00, $200.00, $250.00, $300.00, $350.00, $400.00, $500.00, $600.00, $700.00, $800.00, $900.00, $1000.00, $1200.00, and $1500.00.

Bronze cogwheel pays $10.00, $20.00, $30.00, $40.00, $50.00, $60.00, $80.00, $100.00, $120.00, $140.00, $160.00, $180.00, $200.00, $250.00, $300.00, $350.00, $400.00, $450.00, $500.00, $600.00, $700.00, $800.00, and $1000.00.

Between three and 25 clustered winning symbols in the five shifting cells unlock twelve free games. Players are prompted to choose one out of three options: replaying twelve past free games (also offers five free re-spins if triggered in the regular game); ten present free games whose randomly-offered win multipliers range from X2 to X20; or six future free games whose grids fetch 10+ similar symbols. Gears of Time’s non-progressive jackpot is X1084.8, which (1084.8X50) is $54240.00.

The good Gears of Time software features: supports desktop, and iOS/Android mobile devices; quick spin; and 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, and 100 autospins. Sound effects: crackling, jingling, chinking, shutter sound, rewinding sound, popping, plasma sound, emotive characters, and whirring clockwork. The animated 3D graphics include screenshots, dramatic characters, electric charge, luminescence, wormholes, and plasma waves.

Luck in Gears of Time
A game of chance, Gears of Time’s RTP rate is 96.98% and the house edge is 3.02%.