Original Release: Bally, 2012
A member of Bally’s Alpha 2 Pro series of slots (the first to introduce the large curved screen design), Golden Banjo may have remained one of the more obscure entries due to its kinda odd theme or due to being a little too friendly to players
The Golden Banjo (Bally, 2012)
Review by: C. M0use
I gave this one a spin just based on how weird it looked, but it turned out to be a kinda volatile but generous slot that has a bonus round that usually gives you pretty big hits.
Though released just a few years ago, the graphics look like something you’d see in a 90s CD-ROM game, with the green-screened actors clumsily inserted on static backgrounds that have no animation at all. The narration is kinda mumbly but seems to spin the tale of Moonshine Jeb who finds the Golden Banjy and takes it on a quest for riches.
It’s kinda weirdly charming in its janky presentation, and helped along by the bonus round popping reasonably often and doing a lot to make up for the game’s volatility. Maybe it was a little too generous, as I’ve never actually seen this in a live casino, and had to look up videos to verify it was ever on casino floors!
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