“Ferris Bueller's Day Off” is a 1986 American coming-of-age comedy film written, produced and directed by John Hughes. The film follows high school senior Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick), who decides to skip school and spend the day in downtown Chicago. Accompanied by his girlfriend Sloane Peterson (Mia Sara) and his best friend Cameron Frye (Alan Ruck), he creatively avoids his school's Dean of Students Edward Rooney (Jeffrey Jones), his resentful sister Jeanie (Jennifer Grey), and his parents. During the film, Bueller frequently breaks the fourth wall by speaking directly to the camera to explain to the audience his thoughts and techniques. Released by Paramount Pictures on June 11, 1986, Ferris Bueller's Day Off became one of the top-grossing films of the year and was enthusiastically received by critics and audiences alike. Will a slot based on this great comedy film be equally successful?

“Ferris Bueller's Day Off” is a 5-reel, 25-payline slot from Cryptologic. The reels feature genuine photographs of characters from the film,  including Cameron, Sloane, Jeanie, Principle Rooney, Secretary Grace, the angry Rottweiler, Ferraris’s parents and the Ferrari. Each of these icons offers something different with each winning combination, some produce a short cut scene from the film whilst others display key messages which fans will love. The sound effects are also really nice, especially when a winning combination is formed. 

The designers of this game didn’t forget about special features and included Wilds, Scatters and two amazing Bonus games.

The game logo plays as the Wild symbol and can replace any symbol except the Scatter to make a winning combination which is also doubled. However, this symbol can only appear on reels 2, 3 and 4. 

The slot wouldn’t be complete without a Bonus round featuring the famous stolen Ferrari! The ‘Kick the car’ Bonus game is triggered the Ferrari appears on reel 2 and Cameron appears on reel 4 at the same time. During this awesome feature Cameron will kick the car, raising the rev multiplier up to 12x your line stake. 

The second Bonus round is called ‘Fake the Parents’ and  involves tricking the parents into believing you are sick. This feature is triggered by 3 or more Scatter symbols in shape of a badge. Choose different sound effects (provided by a retro synthesizer) to win Free Spins and a multiplier, different choices provide different levels of sympathy from the parents and prizes correlate to this too. If this feature is retriggered during Free Spins, the same number of Free Spins and the same multiplier will be awarded without repeating the feature.

“Ferris Bueller's Day Off” is also connected to Hollywood jackpot, which is awarded randomly. But remember that the bigger your bet is, the more chances of hitting the jackpot you have. When you enter the jackpot game, you will be allowed to make up to four selections to reveal film reels and move up the jackpot ladder. Gold, silver and bronze reels award 10, 5 and 3 points respectively, giving you a chance to win higher jackpots. You can win the following jackpots, starting from the smallest one: Smash, Epic, Classic, Acclaimed and Blockbuster.

Borrowed Ferrari, cutting school for mad capped adventures and 80s hairdo’s – “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” will quickly become one of tour favourite slots!  Fans of the film will love this colourful game, players new to it will also enjoy its entertaining special features and five progressive jackpots on offer from the slot. Give this slot a go and see yourself how fun it may be!