The Big Bopper by RTG

The Big Bopper by RTG takes players back to the golden age of 1950s rock and roll. The game celebrates J.P. Richardson, better known as The Big Bopper, with retro symbols, music and original footage.

The game uses a 6-reel, 3-row layout with 729 Ways to Win. This gives you plenty of chances to create winning combinations across the reels. Matching symbols must appear consecutively from the left or right to form a win.

The symbols fit the theme perfectly. You will find guitars, radios, telephones, musical notes, microphones, record players, jukeboxes and records. The top-paying regular symbol is the White Lightnin' Record, while The Big Bopper himself appears as the Wild.

The Big Bopper Wild can appear on reels 2 through 5. It substitutes for regular symbols but cannot replace the BOPPER Scatter. Most importantly, a Wild included in a winning combination triples the prize.

The BOPPER symbols are central to the game's bonus features. These symbols spell out B-O-P-P-E-R across the reels and can trigger several different features.

BOPPER Re-Spins

Landing three, four or five BOPPER symbols from left to right or right to left triggers the Re-Spin feature.

The reels containing BOPPER symbols are held in place. The remaining reels then spin again, giving you another chance to add more BOPPER symbols.

If another BOPPER appears, you receive an additional re-spin. This continues until there is no improvement or all six BOPPER symbols have been collected.

The BOPPER symbols then pay according to how many have been collected. Therefore, completing all six letters can produce a particularly useful win.

Chantilly Lace Free Games

The Chantilly Lace Free Games feature provides another route to a bigger bonus.

Once activated, The Big Bopper starts singing and awards free games together with a multiplier. If he keeps singing, additional free games are added.

The feature can award up to 45 free games with a multiplier of up to 10x. This makes it one of the most exciting features in the game, especially when the higher multiplier levels are reached.

White Lightnin' Free Games

The White Lightnin' Free Games feature works differently.

Here, the free games continue for as long as The Big Bopper keeps singing. Once the music stops, the feature ends.

During this feature, a special White Lightnin' symbol replaces the BOPPER symbols on the reels. This is the game's highest-paying regular symbol, creating some excellent opportunities for larger wins.

Big Bopper Instant Win

There is also an Instant Win feature, which can award prizes without requiring a conventional reel combination.

The Big Bopper begins singing Chantilly Lace and awards an instant prize of up to 20x the bet. If he continues singing, further prizes can increase to 50x, 100x and finally 250x the bet.

This gives the game another way to produce a decent payout between the regular spins and free games.

Overall, The Big Bopper is an entertaining RTG slot that combines a memorable 1950s theme with plenty of bonus action. The 729 Ways format keeps the base game busy, while the Wild multiplier and several BOPPER features provide plenty of potential excitement.