Ritchie Valens: La Bamba Slots Demo

Music is often the source of inspiration for many things. Over the years, there have been some excellent slots from the genre. And RTG moves towards the rock scene for this January 2018 release.

In the 1950s, Ritchie Valens was the main man where rock is concerned and is regarded as a pioneer by many. So, what better way to honour the American than in a slot game.

RTG take this retro for Ritchie Valens: La Bamba. We say retro, but it’s not strictly traditional, which is surprising. Instead of using the standard five reels, Realtime include six. The game pays in both directions, rather than just one, creating more opportunities to win. There is also a host of epic features, and this adds to the excitement.

Design & Theme

If you head back to the 1950s, you will learn that Ritchie Valens was an incredibly popular musician hailing from America who operated in the rock and roll genre. He made history despite being young but unfortunately died aged 17 in an aeroplane crash.

His La Bamba song is what he’s known for, and it’s this and other musical related imagery that make up the design and theme of this game. Another visually impressive title from RTG pushes the theme brilliantly, doing the late Valens proud in the process.

Bonus Features

The slot has Ritchie Valens in the title. And, the game takes inspiration from him. So, he’s going to play a part in the features as you will expect. In Ritchie Valens: La Bamba, the rock icon picks up the role of not only a wild but one that expands, taking up three spaces on the reels.

It will enable forming winning combos to happen more regularly as the wild acts as a substitute, the wins involving an expanding wild double, and if three appear on each reel, the ways to win will triple!

RTG couple the expanding wild offering with scatters. They come in the shape of La Bamba icons, and punters will need to see four as a minimum in view simultaneously anywhere on the reels to pick up twenty free spins. Multipliers of up to 3x will apply, too.

If a player grabs more scatters, expanding wilds will be present on reels 2, 3, 4 and 5, and possibly all six. The re-spins are re-triggerable as well.