Marvel super heroes first entered the world of online slot games through Cryptologic branded slots based on the Marvel Comics. A few years later another software provider, Playtech, entered into an agreement with Marvel Movies to develop online slot games based on the super heroes that had featured in their movies. The super hero movies released by Marvel are extremely popular and new ones are produced and screened every year. Accordingly the number of super hero slot games in the portfolio of Playtech keeps on increasing. Some of the super heroes featuring in the Playtech series are Hulk, Fantastic Four, Blade, X-Men, Elektra, Daredevil, Thor, Avengers, Captain America, Ghost Rider and Punisher. Iron Man is special because there are three different online slot games based on him. These branded Marvel super hero slots are live at all Playtech online casinos like Bet365 and Omni Casino.
There are several reasons why the Playtech Marvel Movies super hero online slot games are extremely popular. For the fans of these super heroes Playtech includes intricate details from the sagas such as depicting their alter egos, enemies, favorite weapons and source of super powers as symbols on the reels. The graphical representations are of the highest order. Because of the agreement with Marvel Movies, Playtech can use actual likenesses of the characters from the movies and also play out scenes from the movies. The exploits of the super heroes are included in the win animations and bonus features.
Not every player at Playtech online casinos is a Marvel super heroes fan. Therefore Playtech has incorporated enough attraction in the gaming features to lure the normal player as well. The regular features like wilds symbols, free spins and bonus games on the second screen are obviously there. Different Marvel slot games have different unique features. The split symbol feature in the slot game Blade is out of this world. When the special Blade split symbol appears on reel 5 this feature is activated. In this feature the last symbol in any winning combination is split in two and counts as two symbols. This way the combination pays out for a higher number of symbols in the payline and in the extreme case can pay out for even six symbols. The visual representation of this process is also attractive. Blade appears on the symbol that is to be split and uses his sword to slice the symbol vertically into two.
The most exciting feature of the Playtech Marvel super hero slots is the Marvel Mystery Jackpot. Each and every slot game in this series is linked to this progressive jackpot. The progressive jackpot has four levels, which are Power, Extra Power, Super Power and Ultimate Power. The progressive jackpot is hit through a Jackpot Game, which may be randomly triggered after any spin and guarantees that the player will win one of the four jackpots. There is no minimum wager requirement, but higher wagers increase the chance of the Jackpot Game being triggered. In the Jackpot Game the player is presented with a grid of 20 squares that conceal the symbols for the different jackpot levels. The player has to reveal the symbols one by one. As soon as three symbols of any jackpot level are revealed, the progressive jackpot of that level is hit.
