Microgaming is a software provider that offers unique pairs of slot games. One is a three reels classic slot and the other is a video slot. One such popular pair is 108 Heroes. It was originally released as a video slot and later a classic version was added. You can play both games at Microgaming online casinos like All Slots, Spin Palace and Gaming Club.

108 Heroes is taken from a Chinese epic whose title is Water Margin. In this legend the 108 characters were evil lords that were banished by the Taoist sage Shangdi. They repented for their misdeeds and were reborn as the 108 Stars of Destiny. Then they united to promote justice and fight evil and corruption.

In the 108 Heroes video slot recreates the epic nature of the legend through ornate artwork and martial music in the background. Five of the 108 heroes have been selected as the high paying symbols on the reels. You can see them in action in the win animations. The low paying symbols are the usual playing card icons. The game logo is the wild symbol and it also awards the top line payouts. Five symbols pay 15,000 times the line bet. The next line payout is only 500 coins. 108 Heroes video slot has very high variance. The treasure chest symbol triggers the King’s Treasure bonus game on the second screen. 12 treasure chests are displayed and you select up to 5 of them for bonus payouts. The scatter symbols awards payouts multiplied by the total bet and trigger 10 free spins with tripled payouts.

The classic slots version is titled 108 Heroes Multiplier Fortunes, based on the model introduced in another 3 reels slot machine. Four of the heroes appear as multiplier wild symbols. The multiplier values range from 2x to 5x. The other symbols are common classic slots icons like red 7, blue 7, triple bar, double bar and single bar. The Wild Multiplier Re-Spin Bonus is triggered by landing two or more wild multipliers on reel 2. This reel is fixed and the other two reels respin once. Payouts are again made, but at doubled their normal value. The largest line payout is 10,000 times the line bet for heroes with 2x, 5x, 2x multipliers. Other combinations of symbols pay lower amounts. Io8 Heroes Multiplier Fortunes also has high variance. The slot machine has 9 fixed paylines with the total bet being 15 times the line bet.