Push Gaming · 2022
Retro Tapes is a high volatility video slot by Push Gaming on a 6x9 Cluster Link grid. This page explains how it pays and what the features cost.
The demo runs for nothing. The real game needs an account and the legal age of 18+.
On the 6x9 grid, five or more cassettes of one colour that touch each other form a win. Winning cassettes pay, then vanish, and the symbols above fall into the gaps, so one spin can chain several wins. Music and neon set the look, and six cassette colours carry the payouts: red, orange, pink, green, light-blue and grey. Five is the fewest matching symbols that pay, so a pair or trio counts for nothing.
Three or more Wild Tape Symbols landing anywhere start the Top Charts Feature, with 6, 8, 10 or 12 free spins. Carried-over Wild Tape and Instant Prize symbols stick as the grid fills. The Free Spins and Super Free Spins modes convert up to six Wild Tape Symbols, and Super Free Spins always adds a Wild Multiplier Symbol with a random value.
Seven numbers
Most players worry that RTP predicts their next session. It describes the long run only.
| Why does it count? | Current value? |
|---|---|
| Provider | Push Gaming |
| Return to player | 96.47% / 96.71% |
| Volatility | High |
| Grid layout | 6x9 |
| Maximum win multiple | x10,000 |
| Maximum win in money | A$1,000,000 |
| Release date | 23/11/2022 |
Mid-round look
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Four modes to read
Read this before your first spin, or when a bonus starts to see what changes.
Landing 3+ Wild Tape Symbols anywhere on the reels starts the Top Charts Feature. The award is 6/8/10/12 Free Spins for 3/4/5/6 symbols. Carried-over Wild Tape and Instant Prize symbols stick, the grid fills every empty position until none remain, then the round auto-completes.
Base game spinsFree Spins
Up to 6 Wild Tape Symbols can land and convert on the reels in this mode. The mode carries an RTP of 96.71%, against 96.47% in the base game.
Base game playConverted Wild Tape
On the reels, up to 6 Wild Tape Symbols convert here, plus a guaranteed random-value Wild Multiplier Symbol. This mode runs at an RTP of 96.71%.
Base game gridWild Multiplier Symbol
5+ adjacent same-symbol wins cascade and collapse on the 6 columns x 9 rows Cluster Link grid. The base game runs at an RTP of 96.47%, and the win cap is 10,000x the current bet.
Any normal spinCluster wins
Know your money
The payouts below are in A$ at the example bet of A$0.40, and more symbols in a cluster pay more.
| Pay value | 12+ | 14+ | 17+ | 20+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Red cassette | A$10 | A$40 | A$80 | A$400 |
 Orange cassette | A$5 | A$20 | A$40 | A$200 |
 Pink cassette | A$2 | A$3 | A$6 | A$10 |
 Green cassette | A$2 | A$3 | A$6 | A$10 |
 Light-blue cassette | A$0.40 | A$0.80 | A$1.20 | A$2 |
 Grey cassette | A$0.40 | A$0.80 | A$1.20 | A$2 |
Five steps, in order
This settles the order of a round, from choosing the bet to ending the session.
The reels stay still until you set a bet from A$0.10 up to A$100. The stake you choose sets the win cap, 10,000x that bet.
Five or more adjacent symbols of one kind form a win on the 6x9 Cluster Link grid. The cluster collapses and the grid cascades into new symbols.
Winning clusters vanish from the 6x9 grid and new symbols fall in. The base game also lists Wild, Scatter, Sticky Wild, Magnetic Symbol, Retrigger and Wild Multiplier as features.
Three or more Wild Tape Symbols landing anywhere on the reels start free spins. Three symbols give 6 free spins, four give 8, five give 10 and six give 12.
Each spin takes its stake from your balance, so set the most you can lose before the first spin. No result of a session can be known in advance.
The Free Spins buy costs 100 times the bet and the Super Free Spins buy 400 times, which is A$1,000 and A$4,000 at a A$10 bet.
| Bonus buy | Entry fee | RTP |
|---|---|---|
| Free Spins Singles Feature | x100 · A$1,000 | – |
| Super Free Spins Hits Feature | x400 · A$4,000 | – |
Each spin on the 6x9 grid pays back part of every stake. The RTP shows the average return per A$100 staked over a very long run, and the game rules show which version this lobby runs.
| RTP figure | RTP | Run by default |
|---|---|---|
| Variant 1 | 96.71% | No |
| Variant 2 | 96.47% | Yes |
The reels of Retro Tapes may bring the bonus round on any spin, and no one can say in advance how often that happens. The gap between two rounds has no fixed length. The result of one session is random whatever the RTP, because RTP describes returns across very many rounds rather than the outcome of a single visit.
Each spin on the reels pays out under one RTP version, and that version is shown only in the game rules. The page lists both versions for reference, yet the rules inside the game are the place to check which one is running before you play.
The reels can pay up to the win cap of the bet, but that ceiling is reached very rarely and cannot be planned for. A large win on one visit says nothing about the next. The National Gambling Helpline on 1800 858 858 is there if play stops being fun.
Two Ways In
Whether you can try the game first, and what changes once you bet real money.
On the reels, the demo needs no money and pays nothing. The real game needs a Rollbit Casino account and legal age (18+).
Start playingRetro Tapes alternatives
You will have seen how five other slots differ from Retro Tapes before you pick one.
Deciding whether to play
Read this before choosing a bet, a version, or a first spin on the reels.
Results on the reels swing widely because Retro Tapes has high volatility. Long stretches without a win can happen, and the largest wins are far bigger than the stake. How often the free spins come cannot be known in advance.
The base game returns 96.47% over a long run. The Free Spins and Super Free Spins features return 96.71%, so Retro Tapes has two RTP versions. RTP describes the long-run return only and says nothing about what a single session will pay.
Each spin on the reels starts at A$0.10 and can go up to A$100, the highest bet allowed here. The paytable shows payouts for an A$0.40 bet, and the examples on this page use A$2 and A$10.
A round pays at most 10,000 times the current bet. At A$10, that cap equals A$100,000, and at the A$100 maximum bet it equals A$1,000,000. Reaching the cap is possible, but no one can predict when it will happen.
Three or more Wild Tape Symbols that land anywhere on the grid trigger the Top Charts Feature. Three symbols award 6 Free Spins, four give 8, five give 10 and six give 12.
Retro Tapes can be tried in demo mode, where play money replaces A$ stakes. Use it to see how the Cluster Link grid and its cassette symbols behave before placing any A$ stake. Demo results do not show what a real session will pay.
Play is for people aged 18+. For help in Australia, call the National Gambling Helpline on 1800 858 858, or register with BetStop, the national self-exclusion register.
Every spin on the reels costs the stake, so set a budget before you start. Only play with an amount you can afford to lose.
A big win on the reels can tempt one more round, so decide your stop point before the first spin. The same point applies after a loss.
A losing run on the reels can empty a balance, so use the deposit and loss limits on your account.
The reels keep turning, so take a pause as soon as the game stops being fun. If you cannot stop, self-exclude through BetStop.
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