After Bonanza made the Megaways engine famous, Extra Chilli from Big Time Gaming is one of the games that built on that formula to become one of the most popular Megaways titles out there.
Theme and layout
The theme is a vibrant Mexican market, with chilli peppers, spices, and fruit as symbols. It runs the Megaways engine, where the number of rows on each reel changes randomly every spin, giving up to 117,649 ways to win.
The mechanic that made it stand out
The game uses a tumbling reels mechanic, where winning symbols disappear and new ones drop in to chain further wins within a single spin. Free spins trigger from chilli scatter symbols, and there's a multiplier trail that climbs every time a multiplier lands during free spins. The longer a free spins round runs, the higher the accumulated multiplier gets, so every multiplier collected along the way matters to the round's final payout.
Who this suits
This suits players who like a Megaways engine with ways to win that shift every spin, and who enjoy a stacking multiplier system that rewards a long free spins run. Volatility runs high, so patience for the multiplier to build pays off.
Summary
Extra Chilli is a strong example of pairing the Megaways engine with a stacking free-spins multiplier, a formula many later Megaways titles have carried forward. See more on the game page or explore other titles from Big Time Gaming, the creator of the Megaways engine.