Mad Scientist, which Betsoft Gaming launched in January 2011, is a scientific html5 video slot adaptation of—and named after—an insane experimenter. Although contextually named Dr. Walter Prescott, the crazed spectacled scientist in white is modeled on Serbian-American engineer Nikola Tesla. Mad Scientist’s sequel is titled Madder Scientist (December 2011). Themes: experimentation, chemical formula, atomic structure, laboratory glassware, chemistry, electrical induction, transmutation, and alchemy.

Similar Betsoft-owned games: Frankenslot’s Monster (March 2016), Curious Machine (December 2012), Alkemor’s Tower (November 2015), and Gears of Time (November 2020). Examples of Mad Scientist’s rival games: Crazy Scientist (January 2020) from NetGame, Dr. Enlarg-O (March 2016) from Greentube, and Maniac Millions (November 2016) from NextGen.

Eight symbols (plasma globe, electrical safety sign, wattmeter, atomic structure, Tesla coil, lever switch, microscope, and conical flask) require three, four, or five winning combinations.

Mad Scientist Game Characteristics
Mad Scientist is set in a spacious laboratory, wherein its partitioned 5X3 grid is contained in a blue-framed piping system. There are 20 two-way adjustable paylines (eleven options), fourteen symbols, one coin value, five bet levels, two scatters, 55 total bets, bonus game, click-and-reveal game, transformed wilds, no side game, and regularly pays from $1.00 to $5000.00.

Mad Scientist has nine special symbols and five ordinary symbols. Special symbols: the substituting wild is a brown-framed blackboard showing a chemical formula; the bonus game-triggering scatter a set of three green-and-yellow test tubes; the second scatter is an off-white lever switch; the click-and-reveal game-triggering feature is a black-and-yellow radioactive trefoil; the symbol-transforming feature is a green-and-white Tesla coil; and four transmutation-related objects—brown-and-yellow book, five lead bars, lead goblet; and yellow microscope.

Ordinary symbols: purple plasma globe; red-and-white “danger high voltage” electrical safety sign; cream-and-golden wattmeter pinpointing 100 gigawatts; blue-and-orange atomic structure; and conical flask with yellow content.

There can only be coin 1. Payline options: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, and 20. Bet level 1’s bet sizes: $1.00 (minimum bet), $3.00, $5.00, $7.00, $9.00, $11.00, $13.00, $15.00, $17.00, $19.00, and $20.00. Bet level 2: $2.00, $6.00, $10.00, $14.00, $18.00, $22.00, $26.00, $30.00, $34.00, $38.00, and $40.00.
Bet level 3: $3.00, $9.00, $15.00, $21.00, $27.00, $33.00, $39.00, $45.00, $51.00, $57.00, and $60.00. Bet level 4: $4.00, $12.00, $20.00, $28.00, $36.00, $44.00, $52.00, $60.00, $68.00, $76.00, and $80.00. Bet level 5: $5.00, $15.00, $25.00, $35.00, $45.00, $55.00, $65.00, $75.00, $85.00, $95.00, and $100.00 (maximum bet).

The $100.00 bet offers these Mad Scientist payouts for three, four, and five winning combinations. Plasma globe pays $1000.00, $2500.00, and $5000.00. Electrical safety sign pays $125.00, $250.00, and $500.00. Wattmeter pays $5.00, $25.00, and $50.00.

Atomic structure pays $500.00, $1000.00, and $2500.00. Tesla coil pays $50.00, $125.00, and $250.00. Lever switch pays $250.00, $500.00, and $1250.00. Microscope pays $250.00, $500.00, and $1000.00. Conical flask pays $25.00, $50.00, and $125.00.

Three sets of scattered test tubes prompt the transmutation bonus game, which is set on a laboratory bench. The players choose the four objects at the top right (book, lead bars, goblet, and microscope); scientist Prescott then pours the green solution onto the selected object, thereby turning the object into a credit-offering silver or golden equivalent. 3+ radioactive trefoils prompt the click-and-reveal “pick-me” game that offers credits, while the Tesla coil transforms a reel’s symbols into wild reels. Mad Scientist’s non-progressive jackpot is $125275.00.

Mad Scientist has good software; its icons are set on beakers and voltage regulators. There are 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, and 100 autospins. Unfortunately, there is no mobile version and the turbo play is disabled. Moreover, the desktop version is unavailable in most online casinos. Sound effects: crackling and white noise. The animated 3D graphics include: dramatic scientist Prescott, combustion, spinning trefoils, electromagnetism, and rotating electrons.

Luck in Mad Scientist
A game of chance, the RTP rate of Mad Scientist is 96.00% and the house edge is 4.00%.