Free slot: Toshi Video Club

How Toshi Video Club works

The success of Hacksaw Gaming's Pocketz series of slots is well known. These slot machines with their minimalist format and operation are among the best that this provider has to offer.

Immerse yourself in the world of video games and more particularly in the era of its birth and explosion in Japan. With a theme almost entirely in black and white and touches of orange on the premium symbols as well as the multipliers and wilds, Toshi Video club offers an excellent visual contrast. Toshi Video Club is the work of the up-and-coming provider Hacksaw Gaming. This slot machine is available at a large number of online casinos since August 5th 2021. With a payout ratio (RTP) of 96.17%, Toshi Video Club ranks in the upper mid-range of slot machines. Its volatility is very high and its maximum winning potential can allow you to win up to 10,000 times your initial bet. The starting grid is in 5x5 format with 5 columns or reels of 5 symbols. Connections are made on paylines and used symbols are removed from the grid to trigger cascading new symbol drops and potentially string together multiple connections. In addition to the free spins bonus, a multiplier system is active in base game with the Daruma symbol. Indeed, as soon as a Daruma symbol appears and a connection is validated somewhere on the grid, the Daruma increases the win multiplier placed under the slot title by adding its own value:

• A small Daruma reveals a x1, x2 or x5 multiplier;

• A medium Daruma reveals a x10, x15 or x20 multiplier;

• A big Daruma reveals a x25, x50 or x100 multiplier;

• Unlike the others, the Green Daruma multiplies the value already displayed under the title by its own value, which can be x2, x3, x4 or x5.

The win multiplier is reset to zero at the end of each paying round. After displaying its value, each Daruma disappears from the grid.

Toshi Video Club's symbols

You will find 10 pay symbols reminiscent of the Japanese and video game world in Toshi Video Club, in addition to a Wild and a Scatter. The common symbols appear more often and make it easier to get paid connections, but they pay little. They are recognizable by the black and white design. On the other side of the value spectrum, the so-called premium symbols are the rarest symbols. They pay much more and are easily recognizable: an orange color is present in each of these symbols. Below are the potential payouts for each symbol in relation to a €1 bet.

The different connections in Toshi Video Club

To make winning connections in this slot, you need to get identical symbols on predefined paylines. There are 15 paylines in Toshi Video Club. You need to line up at least 3 identical symbols on any of these 15 paylines, from left to right. The more the connection extends across the grid, the higher the payout. The image below shows the 15 different predefined paylines in this slot machine.

How the Toshi Video Club bonus works

Getting 3 or more Scatter symbols represented by the Free Spins symbol on a single pay spin triggers the Toshi Video Club bonus. You will be awarded 10 free spins. All 15 paylines remain active during the bonus while the slot's operation remains the same. The difference is mainly in the win multiplier, which becomes progressive. This means that its value will not be reset at the end of each free spin. This allows the value of the multiplier to grow over the course of the free spins until it reaches a high multiplier that can potentially trigger big wins.

It seems that the famous multiplier-enhancing Daruma appear more easily during the bonus. For the impatient, it is possible to buy the free spins directly with the bonus purchase function. This will cost you 120 times your original bet. It is interesting to note that the RTP when purchasing the bonus is 96.24% compared to the 96.17% player payout rate on this slot machine in general.

Our review of Toshi Video Club

Hacksaw Gaming once again delivers what it does best: a simple, effective slot machine reminiscent of the mini arcade games that players love so much. The minimalist style used in the Pocketz series of slots is very popular with the community, and the Japanese video game world fits perfectly with this theme. The visuals are excellent, the simplistic graphics are of high quality and the animations are fluid. The music and sound effects fully immerse us in the atmosphere, while the contrast between black and white and orange dots brings an artistic side to this slot machine. Despite the fact that few features are available in this slot, its recipe is effective and its success is totally logical!