The Goonies Return Slot Review

Introduction to The Goonies Return

As someone who spent a lot of time on the first Goonies slot, The Goonies Return felt like catching up with old friends for another mad treasure hunt. Blueprint has packed this sequel with seven base game modifiers, a wheel full of bonuses and a hold and win style feature, so there is nearly always something bubbling away. Underneath all the extras it stays a straightforward five reel, twenty line slot that is easy to pick up.

Graphics and Theme in The Goonies Return

The Goonies Return sticks close to the look of the original, which I like. The reels sit on that familiar treasure map, scattered with doubloons and trinkets, while Mikey, Chunk, Mouth and Data turn up as bold, comic style symbols. Short cut scenes play when features kick in, and there is plenty of character animation, so the whole thing feels more alive without losing that slightly scruffy eighties charm.

Audio wise, Blueprint leans hard on the film. You get the chase theme, catchphrases barked out during wins and a lot of chatter when the modifiers fire. It can be a bit loud on headphones, yet for me it ties the package together and makes the bonus rounds feel like little set pieces. If you grew up with the film, it really does feel like dropping back into that world between spins.

The Goonies Return RTP and Variance

From a numbers angle The Goonies Return sits in a sweet spot for regular play. The RTP is set at 96 percent and volatility leans medium to medium high in my experience, with frequent smaller hits dotted between chunkier feature payouts. Stakes run from 10 pence up to 100 pounds per spin, and the game advertises win potential of up to 50,000 times stake, capped at around two hundred and fifty grand.

How to Win on The Goonies Return

Base game play on The Goonies Return is very straightforward. You have five reels, three rows and twenty fixed paylines, paying left to right. Wins come from lining up three to five matching symbols on a line, with the betting interface kept simple enough that I could set my stake and get spinning straight away. All the extra complexity really sits in the modifiers and bonuses, not in the way the lines themselves pay.

The paytable is packed with characters. J to A card ranks sit at the bottom, then Mikey, Chunk, Mouth and Data make up the mid tier, paying around ten to fifteen times your bet for five of a kind. The skull and crossbones is the top symbol, worth twenty five times your stake for a full line. The doubloon wild can land on any reel, substitutes for everything standard and matches that skull payout.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	Wild
	5	x25
	4	x5
	3	x2
	2	x0.1
	Special
	5	x25
	4	x5
	3	x2
	2	x0.1
	5	x15
	4	x4
	3	x1
	5	x15
	4	x4
	3	x1
	5	x10
	4	x3
	3	x0.5
	5	x10
	4	x3
	3	x0.5
	5	x5
	4	x2
	3	x0.4
	5	x5
	4	x2
	3	x0.4
	5	x2.5
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.2
	5	x2.5
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.2
	Special
	Scatter
	Wild

Game Modifiers in The Goonies Return

The real fun in The Goonies Return for me comes from the One Eyed Willy modifiers that can land on any spin. When the screen shakes you pick from three keys and get one of several extras. Truffle Shuffle Wilds splatter overlay wilds all over the reels, sometimes with multipliers and a reshuffle, while Hidden Riches drops a Mikey wild in the centre and can turn every other Goonie on screen into a wild as well.

W Invention Reels is the classic Data moment, punching the grid so that up to five reels sync to show the same symbol or form huge colossal blocks that upgrade for bigger wins. Lucky Coins sprinkle mystery coins that flip into matching symbols or cash amounts, sometimes leading into a streak of respins. Bonus Boost simply adds more bonus symbols, and Win Spin does exactly what it sounds like by setting up a strong hit.

On top of all that you have extra touches that only come in to rescue losing spins. A scythe can slice through the screen and reset the reels into a win, spikes can shoot up to wipe columns, dynamite can blow up low paying positions for an upgrade and a cave in can clear the grid so new symbols tumble in. It makes the base game feel busy even when the main bonuses are being shy.

Bonus Games in The Goonies Return

Landing three bonus symbols fires up the One Eyed Willy bonus wheel in The Goonies Return, and this is where things get layered. The wheel can drop you into Booby Trap, a simple pick feature where a turn of the key gives cash, another bonus or a collect, or into Waterslide to Wealth, which is a prize trail that can push you towards a Big Money style round if you keep dodging those collect panels.

The other slices hold the free spins modes. Skeleton Organ spins give five goes with stacked sticky organ symbols that take on whatever icon you pick, while Fratelli spins use Super Sloth wilds to mark hot spots that later fill with wilds or cash. Hit enough cash here and you move into Momma Fratelli style money spins with sticky values and respins. Final Voyage spins march an Inferno wild across the reels, turning each Goonie symbol wild in turn.

One-Eyed Willy Riches Bonus in The Goonies Return

The last piece of the puzzle is One Eyed Willy Riches in The Goonies Return, which you can reach from the wheel or by collecting enough bonus symbols. It plays as a hold and win round with three lives that reset whenever a new symbol lands. Plain cash symbols lock with multipliers, while character coins bring twists such as extra lives, win multipliers, grid expansions or collecting and powering up all the values already on screen.

As a regular slot player this is the feature that kept me coming back. It ties together the characters nicely and has proper hit potential when the multipliers stack up, without feeling impossibly rare. Combined with the medium volatility and steady trigger rate on the smaller modifiers, The Goonies Return ends up as a very playable branded slot for long sessions, especially if you have a soft spot for the film and its chaotic gang.

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