Push Gaming · 2022
Retro Tapes by Push Gaming is a high volatility video slot on a 6x9 cluster grid. This page sets out its figures before the first spin.
Know before spinning
This table settles what each figure means for you before the first spin.
| What it measures | Reads as |
|---|---|
| Game provider | Push Gaming |
| Return to player | 96.47% / 96.71% |
| Volatility | High |
| Grid size | 6x9 |
| Max win multiple | x10,000 |
| Max win in money | A$1,000,000 |
| Release date | 23/11/2022 |
Five or more matching cassettes that touch side by side make a cluster win, and five is the fewest symbols that pay. The grid has 6 columns and 9 rows, a Cluster Link layout with a music and neon look. When a cluster pays, its symbols collapse and new ones drop into the gaps, so one spin can cascade more than once.
Wild Tape Symbols that land anywhere on the grid start the Top Charts Feature, where empty positions fill until none remain. The Free Spins / Singles Feature converts up to 6 Wild Tape Symbols, while the Super Free Spins / Hits Feature adds a Wild Multiplier Symbol with a random value. Scatter and Retrigger add rules, and the feature set is what sets it apart.
Retro Tapes paytable
The payouts below are in money at the A$0.40 example bet, and more symbols in a winning group pay more.
| Pays A$ | 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 |
Retro Tapes rounds
Casino Kings lays out each step of a round before you stake any money.
The reels turn once you pick a stake from A$0.10 up to A$100. Examples on this page use A$0.40 and A$0.50, so you can compare wins at those stakes.
Five or more matching symbols that touch on the 6x9 grid form a cluster. Winning symbols collapse, and new ones tumble in to start the next cascade.
Three or more Wild Tape Symbols landing anywhere start the Top Charts Feature. Carried-over Wild Tape and Instant Prize symbols stick while the grid fills.
Up to six Wild Tape Symbols can land and convert during Free Spins. You start the feature by buying it for 100 times the base bet.
The last cascade closes the round. Set your limit before the first spin, and call the National Gambling Helpline on 1800 858 858 if play stops being fun.
Four modes
After this section you will know which symbols drive each bonus and what changes inside it.
3+ Wild Tape Symbols landing anywhere start the Top Charts Feature: 6 Free Spins for 3 symbols, 8 for 4, 10 for 5 and 12 for 6. Carried-over Wild Tape and Instant Prize symbols stick. The grid fills every empty position until none remain, and the round auto-completes.
Base GameFree Spins
Up to 6 Wild Tape Symbols can land and convert in this feature. The mode runs at an RTP of 96.71%, against 96.47% in the Base Game.
Base GameConverted Wilds
Wild Tape Symbols that land convert, up to 6 of them, and a guaranteed random-value Wild Multiplier Symbol converts with them. This mode runs at an RTP of 96.71%.
Base GameWild Multiplier
5+ adjacent same-symbol wins cascade and collapse on the 6 columns x 9 rows Cluster Link grid. The win cap is 10,000x current bet, and the RTP for this mode is 96.47%.
Bet placedCluster wins
Instead of waiting on the reels, the bonus can be bought for a fixed multiple of the bet: A$50 and A$200 at the A$0.50 bet.
| Buy option | Price | RTP |
|---|---|---|
| Free Spins (Singles Feature) | x100 · A$50 | – |
| Super Free Spins (Hits Feature) | x400 · A$200 | – |
Spins on the reels return a share of each stake over a long run. That figure is the RTP, counted per A$100 staked. The version run on Casino Kings is shown in the game rules.
| RTP value | RTP | Push default |
|---|---|---|
| Edition 1 | 96.71% | No |
| Edition 2 | 96.47% | Supported |
Retro Tapes screens
These frames settle how the cassette grid and bonus screens look before you bet.
Learn the reels free
It settles what the demo shows you and what only a real stake can show.
Spins in the demo cost no money and pay nothing, while the real game needs a Casino Kings account and the legal age of 18+.
Play for moneySpins on the reels land cassettes at random, and nothing on the grid signals when the bonus round will start. How often it comes is not known in advance. The result of one session is random too, whatever the RTP version a player sees.
Every spin on the reels runs under one RTP version, and that version sets the long-run return. Which version this site runs is shown only in the game rules, so read that section before the first spin.
A cluster of matching cassettes on the reels can stack toward the win cap of x10,000 the current bet. That ceiling is reached very rarely, and no session can be planned around it. Hitting it depends on chance alone, and no single spin reveals how close a session is to it.
Choosing your next game
Read these once the first session is over and you want a second slot to compare.
Clear facts
The short answers on RTP, volatility, the bonus and the series before you place a bet.
Each round on the 6x9 grid returns 96.47% of the stake over the long run in the base game. The two bonus buy versions run at 96.71%. RTP is an average over very many rounds, so one session can finish well above or below it.
Large clusters of five or more matching cassettes pay unevenly, with long dry spells between big wins. Retro Tapes has high volatility. Its maximum win is x10,000 the bet, which is A$1,000,000 at the A$100 bet.
The reels of Retro Tapes return 96.47% over the long run, between RetroVerse at 96.24% and Retro Sweets at 96.49%. All three versions share the x10,000 maximum win, so the return rate is what sets them apart.
Three or more Wild Tape Symbols on the reels trigger the bonus naturally, but the purchase skips that wait. Free Spins cost 100 times the bet, which is A$50 at the A$0.50 example bet. Super Free Spins cost 400 times the bet, which is A$200 at the same bet.
Three Wild Tape Symbols landing anywhere on the grid trigger the free spins. Three, four, five or six symbols award 6, 8, 10 or 12 free spins. Carried-over symbols stick, and the grid fills until no empty position remains.
Each spin starts at A$0.10, the lowest bet in the game, so a first session costs little. The paytable uses an A$0.40 bet, so each payout reads in money at that stake.
Players must be 18+. Help is available from the National Gambling Helpline on 1800 858 858. To self-exclude, register with BetStop, the national self-exclusion register.
Each spin on the reels is random, so set a session budget before the first spin and keep to it.
Large cluster wins can tempt you to keep going. Decide the stopping point before you start, and hold to it after a win too.
Every losing spin lowers the balance. Set deposit and loss limits on your account before the first session.
Spins on the reels do not owe you a win after a losing run. When the game stops being fun, take a break or self-exclude.
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