Cherry Bomber

Cherry Bomber Slot Review

Palm trunks frame both edges of the screen, surf foams over a sandy shoreline, and the reels sit inside a wooden bamboo frame with green leaf sprigs tucked into the corners. Cherry Bomber is set on a hand-drawn tropical cove, grey-brown rock outcrops rising to the right of a pale blue sea, and it looks for all the world like a gentle fruit slot. It isn’t. The wins here are built almost entirely on the multiplier wilds fired by the cannons standing beneath the reels, not on anything the fruit itself does.

Stakelogic have built the game around those cannons and what they fire, and the idea gets more room to breathe here than it does in the studio’s busier builds like Hot Chilliways or Candyways Bonanza 2 Megaways. Underneath the palms it’s a 5×5 grid, high volatility, an RTP of 96.01%, and payouts up to 10,000x the bet. The beach looks calm. The reels won’t stay that way.

Slingshots and Multiplier Wilds

The Slingshot feature can trigger at random on any spin where the free games don’t. Between one and five cannons activate, each of any level, and every one fires a single wild onto any position on the reel grid. The target isn’t restricted to the cannon’s own reel, so a shot from the cannon at the far left can land a wild on the reel at the far right.

When two or more cannons are involved they fire from left to right, and the same order holds when a single cannon is firing multiple shots. With up to five cannons each able to place a wild anywhere, a fully loaded trigger can rewrite a spin after the reels have already stopped.

Every cannon has eight levels, and the level fixes the multiplier its wild carries:

• Level 1: a wild with no multiplier
• Level 2: 2x
• Level 3: 4x
• Level 4: 8x
• Level 5: 16x
• Level 6: 32x
• Level 7: 64x
• Level 8: 128x

When multiple Wild Multiplier symbols land together, their values are added rather than multiplied, so two high-level wilds on the same win combine into one much larger boost. The wild substitutes for every symbol except the Bonus and Super Bonus symbols, and it doubles as the richest symbol on the board:

• 3 wilds: 2.5x the total bet
• 4 wilds: 12.5x the total bet
• 5 wilds: 100x the total bet

On the controls side, the game keeps things standard. A total bet stepper adjusts the stake with the minus and plus buttons, auto spin comes with its own settings menu, and the spin button can also be started from the space bar.

Turbo spin is off by default and speeds the reels up when it’s switched on. Sounds can be muted from the general settings menu, which also holds the rest of the game’s options.

Free Spins Bonus

Free Spins Bonus symbols scatter anywhere on the reels, and the count sets the award:

• 3 Bonus symbols: 10 free spins
• 4 Bonus symbols: 15 free spins
• 5 Bonus symbols: 20 free spins

Retriggers work on a smaller scale than the trigger itself:

• 3 Bonus symbols: +3 extra spins
• 4 Bonus symbols: +4 extra spins
• 5 Bonus symbols: +5 extra spins

The round also rewires the cannons. Landing a Bonus symbol on a reel during free spins activates that reel’s slingshot, and each further Bonus symbol on the same reel enhances it, shooting wilds with higher multiplier values. Since a cannon has eight levels to climb, a long round can keep upgrading the same reel well past where a random base-game shot would land it.

That upgrade loop is the round’s real engine. Every Bonus symbol that lands is doing two jobs at once: nudging the retrigger count and pushing a specific cannon up the ladder. A spin that doesn’t pay can still leave the round stronger than it found it.

Free games run at the bet of the game that triggered them, so any cannon upgrades earned carry the stake you went in on. Interruptions are handled the usual way: an unfinished game is terminated after 90 days, and a malfunction voids all plays and payments during the malfunction.

Super Free Spins

The Super Bonus symbol lands on reel five only, and it doesn’t work alone: two or more Bonus symbols plus one Super Bonus in view grants the Super Free Spins round. The awards follow a familiar ladder:

• 2 Bonus + Super Bonus: 10 Super Free Spins
• 3 Bonus + Super Bonus: 15 Super Free Spins
• 4 Bonus + Super Bonus: 20 Super Free Spins

The difference is firepower. In the standard round each cannon fires one wild; here each can fire one, two or three at random, every one carrying multipliers according to its level. Where a standard round’s five cannons produce five wilds at most, a super round’s can produce up to fifteen in a single spin, with their values adding wherever they combine on a win.

The entry math shapes how often you’ll see it: the Super Bonus only occupies reel five, and it needs at least two Bonus symbols on the other reels to mean anything. The regular trigger is the cheaper door; the super version is the one the game saves its biggest shots for.

Super Stake

Super Stake is a toggle that costs 1.5x the base game bet to switch on. While it’s active, more scatter symbols are placed on the reels, which doubles the chance of triggering the Free Spins round.

The pay table doesn’t change, so the premium buys speed and nothing else: the same wins, the same symbol values, reached through the bonus door more often. The same goes for the buy button on the reels, which skips the waiting altogether for players who’d rather pay up front.

Our Honest Verdict

Overall Rating: 7.7/10

Most of Cherry Bomber is spent waiting on that beach. The cannons pop off now and then in the base game, but the spins between scatters don’t give you much, and the fruit certainly won’t carry you through them. What the game is for is the moment the sand finally produces three Bonus symbols and the reels start taking the artillery seriously.

The multiplier ladder is the best thing here, because it makes progress readable: a cannon that’s climbed to level 7 is worth something concrete, and adding a second high-level wild to a win is arithmetic you can feel. The weakness is that everything outside that ladder is underfed. The fruit pays nothing you’d notice, and the base game leans on the slingshots to stay awake.

It’s a good pick for players who enjoy a patient build towards one loud payoff, on a volatility level that suits a bigger bankroll. Players who want steady action between bonuses should look down the beach. For the ones who stay, the cannons rarely leave you wondering why you did.

Cherry Bomber FAQs

• What is the RTP of Cherry Bomber?

  96.01%.
• Is Cherry Bomber high volatility?

  Yes, Cherry Bomber is a high volatility slot.
• What is the grid size of Cherry Bomber?

  Cherry Bomber plays on a 5×5 grid.
• How do you trigger free spins in Cherry Bomber?

  Free Spins Bonus symbols scatter anywhere on the reels. Three Bonus symbols award 10 free spins, four award 15, and five award 20. Retriggers are possible, with 3, 4 and 5 Bonus symbols adding 3, 4 and 5 extra spins respectively.
• What is the Super Bonus symbol in Cherry Bomber?

  The Super Bonus symbol lands on reel five only. Two or more Bonus symbols plus one Super Bonus in view grants the Super Free Spins round, where each cannon can fire 1, 2 or 3 wilds with multipliers according to their levels.
• What does Super Stake do in Cherry Bomber?

  Super Stake costs 1.5x the base game bet and doubles your chance of triggering the Free Spins round by placing more scatter symbols on the reels. The pay table doesn’t change.
• How do the slingshots work during free spins in Cherry Bomber?

  Landing a Bonus symbol on a reel during free spins activates that reel’s slingshot, and each further Bonus symbol on the same reel enhances it, shooting wilds with higher multiplier values.
• Can you buy the bonus on Cherry Bomber?

  Yes, there’s a buy button on the reels that takes you straight to the feature. Payouts run up to 10,000x the bet.