Starlight Princess 1000: Slot Overview

If you’ve been keeping an eye on Play’n GO, you’ll know it has rolled out a run of ‘100’ titles—revamped versions of earlier releases like Moon Princess / Moon Princess 100. Rival developer Pragmatic Play has taken a similar route, but instead of stopping at 100, it’s pushed the idea a step further with Starlight Princess 1000. Much like Play’n GO’s concept, Starlight Princess 1000 revisits the original Starlight Princess slot, only this time with a few fresh additions layered in.

For much of the experience, it feels very familiar—so familiar that large parts could be lifted straight from the earlier review. You’re still spinning in the same cloudy setting during the base game, with the same upbeat soundtrack in the background. The princess herself has been updated, though. In Starlight Princess 1000, she’s dressed in a more detailed outfit, and the staff she carries looks noticeably grander. Beyond that, it’s largely the same routine.

That familiarity carries over to Starlight Princess 1000’s core stats as well, since most of the key figures remain unchanged. The default RTP stays the same at 96.5% whether you’re playing normally or using the ante bet, although this time there’s also a bonus buy option with a return of 96.49%. With high volatility, players can choose stakes from 20 p/c to $/€100 per spin, and enabling the ante bet means stakes increase by 25% while doubling the chance of triggering free spins.

Gameplay takes place on a 6-reel, 5-row grid and uses a scatter pays setup for wins. In practice, whenever 8 or more identical symbols appear anywhere on the grid, a payout is awarded and the tumble mechanic kicks in. Winning symbols disappear and new ones drop in from above to continue the chain. Low-paying symbols are 5 different gemstones, while the higher pays include a star, a moon, a heart, and sun-marked icons. An 8-9 scatter win pays 0.25 to 10 times the bet, increasing to 2 to 50 times the bet for a 12+ scatter win.

Starlight Princess 1000: Slot Features

Among the most important symbols in Starlight Princess 1000 are the multipliers. These can appear on any reel and may drop in during spins or tumbles, both in the base game and throughout free spins. When a multiplier lands, it receives a random value of x2-x6, x8, x10, x12, x15, x20, x25, x50, x100, x250, x500, or x1,000. Once a tumble chain finishes, every multiplier showing is summed together and applied to the total win.

Free Spins

The bonus round awards 15 free spins when 4, 5, or 6 scatter symbols land, along with 3x, 5x, or 100x the bet, respectively. During free spins, if a multiplier symbol lands and the spin produces a win, that multiplier amount is added to the global multiplier. Each time another multiplier lands and results in a win, the current global multiplier is then used to multiply the payout. Hitting 3 or more scatter symbols during the feature grants +5 free spins.

Buy Free Spins

If the ante bet feature is disabled, players can purchase the free spins feature for 100 times the bet.

Starlight Princess 1000: Slot Verdict

That’s the gist of it: in many respects it’s not far removed from the original Starlight Princess, yet in a couple of areas it’s dramatically upgraded. It’s comparable to fitting a car with a new nitrous setup—visually, not much changes, but the performance gets a noticeable boost. In Starlight Princess 1000, that boost comes from the new maximum x1,000 multiplier symbol, up from the previous game’s x500 ceiling. How often it actually shows up is another question, but the mere possibility may be enough to lure players away from the original—or to pull in fans of the broader Starlight Princess/Gates of Olympus style of slots for a spin.

The other major headline is the much larger max win. While the earlier title was limited by a 5,000x win cap, Starlight Princess 1000 increases that threefold to 15,000x the bet. It’s a sensible improvement too, since an x1,000 multiplier is enormous, and pairing it with a modest max win would have felt a bit off.

Overall, the tweaks introduced in Starlight Princess 1000 mostly work in players’ favour—especially for anyone wanting a scatter wins slot with more punch than Pragmatic Play’s usual output. With Play’n GO already producing multiple ‘100’ remakes and Pragmatic Play known for releasing games at a rapid pace, it wouldn’t be surprising if we see one, two, or even more titles receive the ‘1000’ makeover.