Who let the dogs out?
You will, when you get a burning itch to spin on easy to play IGT video slots.
Bad puns aside, we’re pretty sure we’ll be giving this new Firehouse Hound mobile slot a minimum of 4 stars when it comes out on the 30th of July.
We’ll tell you why in a minute.
And whilst it’s not quite as exciting as the new Family Guy slot coming in December 2015, seeing as we have 5 months to wait till that, we’ll take what we can and enjoy the IGT online slots as they come.
What’s Firehouse Hound slot about?
It’s about a bunch of hot dogs who use their hose to cool down the burning fire of your reels.
Or, more specifically, what would happen if man’s best friend decided to wear cute little firemen’s hats and boots and fight fires.
Why? What did you think it was about?
The firedog theme
As you might be able to imagine, this theme is more cute and cuddly ‘scratch behind the ears’ type, than hot blazing six pack men.
Perhaps it was our dirty imagination, but we were hoping for something a little more exciting.
Then again, it’s a light whimsical theme that has all the traditional firehouse objects you’d expect; hats, axes, hose, alarm bells and sevens. We always have lots of Sevens around when jumping to the rescue of lost kitties on trees.
What special bonus features can we expect?
This is actually a very simple mobile IGT slot game, with really only one big bonus feature.
The good news is that the slot wins come quick and often, rarely giving you the time to breath between wins.
Highlights include:
- 30 pay lines fixed on a 5×3 reel interface
- Line wins pay left to right and right to left
- The Wild Fire feature can turn reel 1, reel 5, or both, completely wild, randomly during any base game spin
- Three Bonus symbols anywhere on reels 2, 3, and 4 trigger and re-trigger the Wild Fire Free Spins Bonus
- Here you’ll select a fire pole to determine whether they’ve won 4, 5, or 6 free spins
- In the Wild Fire Free Spins Bonus, reels 1 and 5 are always wild
Wait a second… this sounds familiar…
Really? What gave it away?
As you might have guessed by now, the Firehouse Hounds slot game isn’t 100% original.
In fact it’s a copy of the incredibly popular Cashcoaster slot that came out as an online and mobile phone slot only in June 2015.
It, and Firehouse Hounds, are themselves fairly… let’s not say ‘old’ because that’s a negative, so let’s say… ‘classic’ IGT video slots.
Not to say that the graphics look dated, because actually both are light and fun Summer slots that are fairly timeless and well done, just that they’ve been tried and tested and well played by gamblers all over the world, at brick and mortar casinos.
And that’s no bad thing. Sometimes a copy of a video slot can simply mean you can jump from one to the other, depending on which is paying out more.
So why should we be excited?
Both Cash Coaster and Firehouse Hounds have a secret IGT weapon that won’t be obvious to most people.
It’s not that the RTP is any higher than in most other casino slots, ranging vastly from 91.99% to 96.06%, but actually, in IGT’s own words:
“The win frequency is among the highest of any of our titles”
What does that even mean? It means the wins come quick and often. And this being International Gaming Technologies, even ‘casual’ game play can lead to some serious wins.
Easy win, easy playing
That said, it won’t have the kind of wins you’ll see with the likes of Cleopatra or Kitty Glitter, but it won’t eat your budget as quickly, so you’ve got to love that.
Really, if you want to try it, it’s worth playing Cash Coaster, which you can play on any of the mobile and tablet casinos we’ve written below.
But if you love IGT games like Golden Goddess or Masques of San Marco, you’re going to love this.
Where can I play Firehouse Hounds?
At many great IGT casinos online.
Our favourite for this software, namely because they are usually the first to put the games as soon as they are released, is Mr Green casino.
What you get, other than a great gambling site, is:
- 10 free spins no deposit
- 1st deposit: 100% up to 100
- 100 free spins on your first deposit
- 2nd deposit: 50% up to 50
- 3rd deposit: 25% up to 100
- 4th deposit: 125% up to 100
Which is more than enough to get you started, try out Cash Coaster, and get ready for these fiery hounds to quench your slot fire.
We promise, that’s the last bad pun. We don’t want to get into a heated argument or anything.
