Duel Of The Dead Megaways Slot Review

Duel of the Dead Megaways Slot Information

Duel of the Dead Megaways drops you into a deserted Wild West town on one side and a gloomy graveyard on the other, with six reels showing between 2 and 7 symbols each, apart from the last reel which is capped at four positions. With a maximum of 84035 ways to win, bets from 0.20 to 50 per spin, RTP around 96.2% and extreme volatility, this slot can be pretty punishing but thrilling.

The lower-paying symbols are the familiar royals 10, J, Q, K and A on dark grey tiles, paying between 0.8x and 1x your bet for six of a kind. Premiums are three women and two men that strongly resemble film stars, worth 2x to 3x for six matching symbols. The sheriff, who only lands on reel one, tops the paytable with 10x for six, while wilds and scatters drive the main features.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	6	x5
	5	x1.5
	4	x1
	3	x0.5
	2	x0.25
	6	x1.5
	5	x0.75
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.25
	6	x1.5
	5	x0.75
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.25
	6	x1
	5	x0.5
	4	x0.25
	3	x0.2
	6	x1
	5	x0.5
	4	x0.25
	3	x0.2
	6	x0.5
	5	x0.25
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	6	x0.5
	5	x0.25
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	6	x0.5
	5	x0.25
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	6	x0.4
	5	x0.2
	4	x0.1
	3	x0.05
	6	x0.4
	5	x0.2
	4	x0.1
	3	x0.05
	Scatter
	Wild

Duel of the Dead Megaways Slot Features

Duel of the Dead Megaways is stacked with feature names you keep seeing on the info screen, such as Wild Symbol, Zombies Go Wild, Duel, Free Spins and Bonus Buy. The wild is a zombie hand that only arrives during the special modes on reels two to five, substituting all regular pay symbols. What makes it stand out is that wilds can carry multipliers, effectively counting as several positions in a winning combination when created by zombies.

In the base game, things feel quiet until the sheriff symbol lands on the first reel and wakes the whole grid. That hit launches an attack where every position on reels two to five, apart from scatters, turns into a potential zombie, and a bullet counter appears above the reels. The interaction between the sheriff and those zombies powers most of the interesting moments, especially when Deadeye Bob decides to join the gunfight.

The free spins round sits on top of this foundation, triggered by three bonus star scatters, and you start with five spins before any retriggers. During free spins, the stored bullets mechanic can become very handy, as a high value from a previous Zombies Go Wild trigger will stay active and raise the floor for future shots. In many markets, a Bonus Buy menu lets you jump straight to various free spins setups.

Zombies Go Wild in Duel of the Dead Megaways

When the sheriff appears on reel one in Duel of the Dead Megaways, the Zombies Go Wild feature takes over. All symbols on reels two to five, except scatters, temporarily change into zombie versions, and the sheriff starts firing her shotgun. Each bullet that connects gives the targeted zombie a 1x multiplier, and shooting the same target again pushes that multiplier higher, which later translates into much stronger wild positions on the reels.

Once the sheriff stops blasting, every zombie that collected a multiplier turns into a wild symbol, keeping its value, while the untouched ones revert to the original characters. Because those multiplier wilds can represent several matching symbols in a single spot, connecting them across four or five reels can send the Megaways maths into overdrive. When the bullets counter ends up higher than the number of wilds created, that higher value can be stored for free spins.

Duel Feature in Duel of the Dead Megaways

When Deadeye Bob bursts from his cage on the sixth reel during Zombies Go Wild in Duel of the Dead Megaways, the Duel feature kicks in. Now the gunfight becomes one-on-one, with each shot from the sheriff adding up to three fresh multipliers to random zombies. The sequence only ends once Bob manages to hit her back, at which point he also turns into a wild, often completing some outrageous combinations across the grid.

Free Spins and Bonus Buy in Duel of the Dead Megaways

In Duel of the Dead Megaways, three sheriff star scatters trigger the free spins feature, starting you on five spins. Any additional scatter that lands during the round simply adds one more spin, so runs can extend nicely when the stars keep dropping. The key extra during free spins is that the bullets counter from Zombies Go Wild never resets below its highest value, giving a safety net of minimum shots whenever the sheriff appears.

Because Zombies Go Wild can trigger in the bonus round just like in the base game, and Deadeye Bob is still able to leap into action, these free spins can snowball very fast. Strings of multiplier wilds across several spins combine with rising bullets values, and long dry spells can suddenly flip into huge screens of zombies. With the right set-up, the maths model allows wins up to 20000x your stake from a single feature.

The Bonus Buy section in Duel of the Dead Megaways offers three flavours of action where available. For 77x your bet you get five free spins with Zombies Go Wild active, at roughly 96.2% RTP. Paying 183x grants five spins with both Zombies Go Wild and a guaranteed Duel at around 96.81% RTP, while a 98x option mixes the two features with an 80/20 chance and a stated RTP near 96.68%.

The 200 Spins Duel Of The Dead Megaways Slot Experience

I ran a 200 spins session on Duel Of The Dead Megaways to get a feel for how often the guns come out. Most of the base game was fairly uneventful, with the odd sheriff trigger paying small to medium hits, until I triggered the top Zombies Go Wild bonus with a guaranteed Duel. Extra spins came in, bullets climbed, and one crazy sequence of multiplier wilds finally produced a screen worth shouting about.

Review Summary - Duel Of The Dead Megaways

From a design point of view, Duel Of The Dead Megaways is classic Kalamba, mixing a burnt-out frontier street on the left with a ruined church and graveyard on the right. Characters modelled on well-known film actors give the grid plenty of personality, especially the laid-back gunslinger and the grim sheriff. The soundtrack leans into creepy Western vibes, and the whole package feels like a haunted spaghetti western rather than a standard zombie slot.

In play, it is very much a high risk, high reward Megaways slot, where long stretches of tumbleweed are the price you pay for chasing that 20000x potential. The Zombies Go Wild and Duel combo gives it a different flavour compared with other Wild West or horror games, and the multipliers can stack in spectacular fashion. I do watch out for adjustable RTP settings at casinos, but on a good version this one feels worth a shot.

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