Hercules Son of Zeus

{
  "game": {
    "name": "Hercules Son of Zeus",
    "provider": "Pragmatic Play",
    "studio": "Pragmatic Play (footer branding 'PRAGMATIC PLAY' on every game screen; no separate sub-studio mark observed)",
    "theme": "Ancient Greek mythology, the hero Hercules ('Son of Zeus'). Marble stone temple with tall fluted Ionic columns, a burning/glowing dusk-orange sky, and Greek key (meander) ornament borders throughout. Splash art shows a bronze shield, a crested Corinthian-style war helmet and a curved sword resting on stone rubble at the foot of the columns.",
    "release_era_note": "Older Pragmatic Play title (~2017-era build per task brief); UI/animation style consistent with early PP releases (flat toggle switches, simple green nav arrows, no bonus-buy panel).",
    "documentation_purpose": "Exhaustive accessibility documentation (blind/low-vision screen-reader users, deaf/hard-of-hearing, color-blind of all types, motor-impaired) built from 15 desktop screenshots (manifest shots) at 1280x800, plus OCR ground truth and zoomed paytable crops. Numbers taken verbatim from on-screen text; anything not clearly legible is listed in 'unreadable_or_uncertain' and not invented.",
    "language": "English"
  },

  "color_palette": {
    "splash_preview": "Warm dusk sky in deep orange/amber with pink-purple clouds behind two tall sandstone/ochre Ionic columns; a dark navy-blue rectangular info plaque with a gold/orange rim sits center; the game wordmark 'HERCULES' is rendered in gold/bronze 3D letters with an orange fire-ember particle effect bursting from the letters, 'SON OF ZEUS' subtitle in smaller gold letters below it.",
    "base_game_reels": "Reel cells observed in the base game are dark navy-blue/indigo, semi-transparent stone-like panels separated by thin vertical dividers; some captured frames instead show the reel backdrop in a dark red/maroon marbled tone (see 'anomalies' note below) with no other feature indicators present — likely a decorative ambient/skybox variant rather than a distinct game mode.",
    "outer_frame": "Warm terracotta/burnt-orange stone border with a repeating gold Greek-key (meander) pattern running along the top and bottom edges; tall reddish-brown fluted stone columns flank the reel window on both sides.",
    "wordmark": "'HERCULES' in bold gold/bronze 3D block letters with a dark red outline and orange fire/ember particles; 'SON OF ZEUS' subtitle in smaller flat gold letters directly beneath.",
    "buttons_and_icons": "Menu (hamburger), sound, and info buttons are white line-icons on dark brown/black translucent circles. Bet +/- and the central SPIN button (two white curved arrows forming a circle) are white glyphs on dark brown circles with a thin gold rim. AUTOPLAY button is a dark oval with white text and a small quick-spin icon.",
    "text_colors": "CREDIT and BET labels/values are rendered in gold/yellow on the dark bottom bar. In-game marketing banners scrolling along the top edge of the reel frame use gold/orange lettering (e.g. 'HIGHEST PAYING SYMBOL IS STACKED ON ALL REELS', '3X [ZEUS COIN ICON] AWARDS 6 FREE SPINS!', 'STACKED ... PAYS UP TO 40,000!', 'ADDITIONAL [WILD ICON] ADDED BEFORE EVERY SPIN IN FREE SPINS FEATURE', '+1 ADDITIONAL FREE SPIN FOR EVERY [ZEUS COIN ICON] IN FREE SPINS FEATURE') that appear to cycle/rotate continuously above the reels regardless of game state.",
    "info_booklet_panels": "Dark near-black semi-transparent panel with a thin gold rim, framed by the same terracotta stone columns as the base game; body text is white, positive/'legal' text (payline rules, malfunction clause) appears in bright green.",
    "settings_dialog": "Dark charcoal/near-black panel; toggle switches are green (ON) or grey/white (OFF); '+' bet button is green, '-' bet button is white/grey circle; 'SYSTEM SETTINGS' heading in gold-yellow text."
  },

  "symbols": {
    "note": "Payouts read directly from the in-game paytable (rules_p1.png, rules_p2.png) at the captured demo bet of $2.00 total. Payout values below are the dollar amounts shown on screen at that $2.00 bet; the basis (multiplier of total bet vs. per-line) is stated in game text as 'All wins are multiplied by bet per line' — see mechanics_summary note on basis ambiguity.",
    "high_value": [
      {
        "name": "Hercules (top symbol)",
        "appearance": "Portrait of a bearded man's face wearing a golden lion's-head headdress (the Nemean Lion pelt) with the lion's mane framing his face; blue eyes; set against a purple Greek-key-bordered card background.",
        "payouts": {"5": "$32.00", "4": "$8.00", "3": "$2.00", "2": "$0.40"},
        "rank": "highest-paying symbol",
        "special": "Stacked on every reel (banner on base_game.png: 'HIGHEST PAYING SYMBOL IS STACKED ON ALL REELS'); the captured base_game.png frame shows Hercules filling all 4 rows on reel 3 and all 4 rows on reel 5 simultaneously — a large win/near-max-win illustrative frame. Unusually pays from 2-of-a-kind (all other symbols pay from 3-of-a-kind)."
      },
      {
        "name": "Cerberus (three-headed dog / hound of the underworld)",
        "appearance": "Three reddish-brown dog heads with pointed golden-tipped ears, wearing a blue-and-gold collar with a Greek-key pattern, mounted on a gold pedestal with scroll-shaped ornaments.",
        "payouts": {"5": "$16.00", "4": "$4.80", "3": "$1.00"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Bull",
        "appearance": "Blue-toned bull's head with golden horns and a gold nose ring, on a gold pedestal.",
        "payouts": {"5": "$12.00", "4": "$3.20", "3": "$0.80"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Boar",
        "appearance": "Green-toned wild boar's head with large curved gold tusks, on a gold pedestal.",
        "payouts": {"5": "$12.00", "4": "$3.20", "3": "$0.80"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Ram",
        "appearance": "Brown/tan ram's head with large curled golden horns, on a gold pedestal.",
        "payouts": {"5": "$12.00", "4": "$3.20", "3": "$0.80"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Eagle",
        "appearance": "Purple/magenta eagle with wings spread, perched on a gold pedestal.",
        "payouts": {"5": "$6.00", "4": "$2.00", "3": "$0.40"}
      }
    ],
    "low_value_royals": [
      {"name": "A", "color": "gold/yellow lettering", "payouts": {"5": "$4.00", "4": "$1.00", "3": "$0.20"}},
      {"name": "K", "color": "gold/yellow lettering", "payouts": {"5": "$4.00", "4": "$1.00", "3": "$0.20"}},
      {"name": "Q", "color": "gold/yellow lettering", "payouts": {"5": "$2.00", "4": "$0.40", "3": "$0.08"}},
      {"name": "J", "color": "gold/yellow lettering", "payouts": {"5": "$2.00", "4": "$0.40", "3": "$0.08"}}
    ],
    "wild": {
      "name": "WILD",
      "appearance": "A Greek temple/shrine icon (small columned building with a triangular pediment roof) rendered in teal/turquoise and gold, with the word 'WILD' spelled out in bold gold-outlined turquoise letters across the base of the icon.",
      "rules": "Substitutes for all symbols except the SCATTER symbol (paytable text: 'This symbol is Wild and substitutes for all symbols except for Scatter').",
      "source": "paytable page 1/7 (rules_p1.png)"
    },
    "scatter": {
      "name": "SCATTER (Zeus coin medallion)",
      "appearance": "A round silver/blue coin bearing an embossed side-profile bust of a bearded man (Zeus) wearing a laurel-like head ornament with a gold lightning bolt across it; the word 'ZEUS' is embossed in gold letters at the bottom of the coin; a ring of raised gold rivets/dots runs around the coin's edge.",
      "rules": "Appears ONLY on reels 2, 3 and 4 (not on reels 1 or 5). 3 scatter symbols trigger 6 Free Spins. Pays 2x total bet for 3 scatters. Scatter wins are added to the payline win.",
      "source": "paytable page 1/7 (rules_p1.png); confirmed by rotating in-game banner '3X [ZEUS COIN] AWARDS 6 FREE SPINS!' seen behind the settings dialog (settings.png)."
    }
  },

  "mechanics_summary": {
    "bet_mechanic": "lines",
    "bet_mechanic_value": 50,
    "grid": "5 reels x 4 visible rows (fixed grid; no ways/megaways/cluster mechanic)",
    "paylines": "50 fixed paylines, numbered 1-50 with small diagram icons shown on paytable page 2/7 (rules_p2.png). All symbols pay from left to right on adjacent reels starting from the leftmost reel. Only the highest win is paid per line; wins on multiple lines are summed.",
    "win_basis_text": "'All wins are multiplied by bet per line' (rules_p1.png header) — game text describes wins as a function of the per-line bet portion, while separately stating amounts as direct dollar values in the paytable at the demo's $2.00 total bet across 50 lines; the exact coin/line-bet arithmetic behind the displayed dollar payouts is not independently derivable from the captured screens, so payouts below are reported as the literal on-screen dollar amounts at $2.00 total bet, not converted to a multiplier.",
    "rtp_declared_in_game": "95.19% (paytable page 4/7, rules_p4.png: 'The theoretical RTP of this game is 95.19 %'; confirmed via OCR crop)",
    "volatility": "Medium-High (med_high) — NOT stated anywhere in the captured in-game screens; sourced externally (SlotCatalog / AskGamblers per task brief). Flagged as an external, non-in-game source.",
    "min_bet": "$0.50 (bet_min_check.png: bet field shows '$0.50' with the '-' decrease button visually greyed out/disabled, i.e. at the floor)",
    "max_bet": "$250.00 (bet_max_check.png: bet field shows '$250.00' with the '+' increase button visually greyed out/disabled, i.e. at the ceiling)",
    "demo_default_bet": "$2.00",
    "demo_credit": "$100,000.00",
    "max_win": {
      "value": "800x total bet",
      "derivation": "A full-screen 5-of-a-kind Hercules (the highest-paying, all-reel-stacked symbol) pays $32.00 per line at the captured $2.00 total bet, i.e. 16x total bet per line; with all 50 lines paying simultaneously on a full-Hercules screen, the theoretical cap is 16 x 50 = 800x total bet.",
      "in_game_coin_display_caveat": "The splash screen (preview_burst0.png: 'WIN UP TO 40,000!') and an in-game rotating banner on rules_p5.png ('STACKED...PAYS UP TO 40,000!') both advertise '40,000', but this is a COIN-denominated figure (the game's internal coin/credit display), NOT 40,000x the total bet. Per task brief and external verification, the true max win expressed as a multiplier of total bet is 800x. Both figures are recorded here to avoid ambiguity: on-screen coin figure = 40,000 coins; true bet-multiplier max win = 800x."
    },
    "wild": "Greek temple icon labelled WILD; substitutes for all symbols except SCATTER; can land on any reel in the base game.",
    "scatter": "Zeus coin medallion; appears only on reels 2, 3, 4; 3 scatters trigger 6 Free Spins and pay 2x total bet; scatter win is added to the payline win.",
    "free_spins_mechanic": "Before every Free Spins round spin (including the very first one), 1 additional WILD symbol is added to reels 2, 3 and 4. Those added WILD symbols remain on the reels for the entire duration of the Free Spins round (they accumulate/persist, spin after spin). During the Free Spins round, each additional Scatter symbol that lands awards one more Free Spin, with no stated limit ('You can win more free spins during free spins. No limits!'). Special (different) reel strips are used during the Free Spins round per the rules text ('special reels are in play').",
    "bonus_buy": "Not present. No purchase/buy-feature control was found on the base game bottom bar, in the AUTOPLAY dialog, or in SYSTEM SETTINGS.",
    "keyboard_shortcuts": "SPACE and ENTER start/stop the spin (rules_p4.png). Holding SPACE also triggers Turbo Spin per the in-game hint text 'HOLD SPACE FOR TURBO SPIN' shown continuously on the base game bottom bar.",
    "coins_cash_toggle": "Clicking the CREDIT or BET labels switches the display between coins view and cash view (rules_p5.png: 'Click on the labels to switch between coins view and cash view'). Not independently verified by a captured toggle screenshot; the captured base game screens are consistently in cash ($) view."
  },

  "screens": {
    "preview_page1": {
      "type": "preview",
      "file": "preview_burst0.png",
      "content": "Splash screen 1 of 2. Top: gold 3D 'HERCULES' wordmark with orange ember-burst effect and 'SON OF ZEUS' subtitle, flanked by two stone Ionic columns against a warm orange/pink dusk sky with clouds. Center: a dark navy plaque with gold rim split into a left text panel and a right image panel. Left text (gold/orange): '2 OR MORE HERCULES SYMBOLS PAY!' and 'WIN UP TO 40,000!'. Right image panel: a full-screen mock reel entirely filled with the Hercules face symbol (5 columns x 4 rows), overlaid with a red 3D 'SENSATIONAL!' banner and a white outlined number '40000' below it. Below the plaque: two small circular page-indicator dots (left dot filled/gold = current page 1 of 2, right dot outlined/empty). Bottom center: a round dark brown 'replay/enter' icon (two curved white arrows forming a circle inside a gold laurel-wreath ring) with text 'TO START PLAYING!' beneath it. Bottom right: an empty gold-outlined checkbox labelled 'DON'T SHOW AGAIN'. Bottom-left foreground: a broken stone column, a round bronze/silver shield, and a crested war helmet resting on rubble; bottom-right foreground mirrors with another helmet and a sword.",
      "purpose": "Entry/marketing screen shown before the base game loads; clicking the round enter icon starts play.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Page indicator uses fill (filled dot vs outlined dot) as well as color, so distinguishable without color. The large numeral '40000' is white-outlined for high contrast against the dark plaque."
    },
    "preview_page2": {
      "type": "preview",
      "file": "preview_burst2.png",
      "content": "Splash screen 2 of 2, same wordmark/column/sky framing as page 1. Left text panel (gold): 'FREE SPINS ROUND', 'EXTRA WILDS ARE ADDED AT EVERY SPIN', 'UNLIMITED FREE SPINS'. Right image panel: a mock reel showing the WILD temple icon stacked on reels 2 and 4 (each cell reads 'WILD'), with royal-letter symbols (A, J, Q) and the Hercules face symbol on reels 1, 3 and 5, and a small lightning-bolt VFX streak crossing the top of reel 2. Page-indicator dots now show the RIGHT dot filled/gold (page 2 of 2) and the left dot outlined/empty. Same round enter icon, 'TO START PLAYING!' text, and 'DON'T SHOW AGAIN' checkbox as page 1.",
      "purpose": "Second marketing/teaser screen describing the Free Spins feature before entering the base game.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Same non-color page-indicator convention (filled vs outlined dot) as page 1."
    },
    "base_game": {
      "type": "base_game",
      "file": "base_game.png",
      "top_banner": "A rotating gold-on-dark marketing strip runs along the very top of the reel frame; the captured frame reads 'HIGHEST PAYING SYMBOL IS STACKED ON ALL REELS' with a small Hercules-face icon at the left end of the text.",
      "overall_layout": "5-reel x 4-row grid filling the center of the screen, flanked by two tall terracotta/orange fluted stone Ionic columns; the whole frame sits inside a warm-orange dusk-sky backdrop with clouds visible at the very top corners.",
      "reel_cells": "Dark navy-blue/indigo semi-transparent panels in this frame; captured symbol layout (a transient random snapshot, not a fixed property, so not enumerated as a game rule): reel 1 shows J, Ram, Bull, Boar (top to bottom); reel 2 shows Eagle, the WILD-substitutable Greek-letter 'A' card-like glyph, Zeus scatter coin, Eagle again (bottom); reel 3 shows Hercules stacked in all 4 rows (illustrative near-max frame); reel 4 shows Q, Bull, Boar; reel 5 shows Hercules stacked in all 4 rows.",
      "bottom_bar": {
        "far_left": "Round hamburger MENU button ('≡' three horizontal lines, white on dark circle) opens System Settings; a round SOUND button (speaker icon) is stacked directly below it; a round 'i' INFORMATION button is to the right of those two, opening the paytable/rules booklet.",
        "balance_labels": "Gold/yellow text left-of-center: 'CREDIT $100,000.00' above 'BET $2.00'.",
        "center_hint": "'HOLD SPACE FOR TURBO SPIN' in white bold text, permanently displayed center-bottom in the base game.",
        "right_controls": "Large round SPIN button (two white curved arrows forming a circle, dark-brown fill, thin gold rim) center-right; a smaller round '-' (decrease bet) button to its left and a round '+' (increase bet) button to its right; an oval 'AUTOPLAY' button (dark fill, white text, small icon) directly below the SPIN button.",
        "branding": "'PRAGMATIC PLAY' in small grey text, bottom-left corner."
      },
      "color_blind_notes": "All primary controls are white glyph icons on dark circles distinguished by icon shape/position, not color. CREDIT/BET labels are gold text on a dark bar, high-contrast."
    },
    "paytable_p1": {
      "type": "paytable",
      "page": "1 of 7",
      "file": "rules_p1.png",
      "content": "Header: gold 'HERCULES SON OF ZEUS' wordmark, 'GAME RULES' subheading, and the line 'All wins are multiplied by bet per line.' Row of 6 paying symbol icons with payouts beneath each (Hercules, Cerberus, Bull, Boar, Ram, Eagle — see 'symbols'). Below-left: the WILD temple icon with explanatory text. Below-center: the Zeus SCATTER coin icon with explanatory text about reels 2-3-4 only, 3-scatter trigger = 6 Free Spins, 2x total bet pay, scatter wins added to payline win. Footer (green text): 'All symbols pay from left to right.' and 'Malfunction voids all pays and plays.'",
      "navigation": "Bottom-left: three green nav icons — ◄ (previous page), X (close, center), ► (next page). Page indicator 'Page 1/7' bottom-right. A separate white 'X' close button sits at the top-right of the whole booklet overlay.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Nav icons differentiated by arrow-triangle shape vs. cross shape, not color alone (all three happen to be green here)."
    },
    "paytable_p2": {
      "type": "paytable",
      "page": "2 of 7",
      "file": "rules_p2.png",
      "content": "Left: four gold royal-letter symbols A, K, Q, J with payouts beneath (see 'symbols.low_value_royals'). Right: a numbered grid (1 through 50) of small payline diagrams, each a 5x4 mini-grid with certain cells highlighted in a distinct color per line, illustrating the 50 fixed paylines' zig-zag/geometric shapes. Middle text: 'All symbols pay from left to right on adjacent reels starting from the leftmost reel.' / 'Free Spin winnings are added to the payline win. All wins are multiplied by bet per line.' / 'Only the highest win is paid per line.' / 'When winning on multiple paylines, all wins are added to the total win.' Footer (green): 'Malfunction voids all pays and plays.'",
      "navigation": "Same ◄ X ► green nav, 'Page 2/7' bottom-right.",
      "color_blind_notes": "The 50 mini payline diagrams use many different highlight colors purely to visually separate one line's path from another; the LINE NUMBER printed above each diagram (1-50) is the accessible identifier, not the color."
    },
    "rules_p3_free_spins": {
      "type": "rules",
      "page": "3 of 7",
      "file": "rules_p3.png",
      "content": "'GAME RULES' heading. Text: 'During the Free Spins round special reels are in play.' / 'During the Free Spins Round, before every spin including the first, 1 WILD symbol is added to reels 2, 3 and 4. Those symbols remain on the reels for the whole duration of the Free Spins round.' / 'During the FREE SPINS round each Scatter symbol awards one more free spin.' / 'You can win more free spins during free spins. No limits!' Below: an illustrative reel-strip image on a warm red/amber night-jungle background, showing WILD temple icons stacked across reels 2 and 4 alongside Ram, Cerberus, Hercules, J and Q symbols.",
      "navigation": "Same ◄ X ► green nav, 'Page 3/7'.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Purely textual rule explanation; no color-coded information."
    },
    "rules_p4_rtp": {
      "type": "rules",
      "page": "4 of 7",
      "file": "rules_p4.png",
      "content": "'GAME RULES' heading. Text: 'SPACE and ENTER buttons on the keyboard can be used to start and stop the spin.' / 'The theoretical RTP of this game is 95.19 %' (confirmed via OCR crop) / 'Malfunction voids all pays and plays'. Faint dimmed paytable symbols (royals, Bull, Boar, Zeus coin, Eagle) are visible ghosted behind the dark overlay panel. Top marketing banner behind the panel reads 'HIGHEST PAYING SYMBOL...STACKED ON ALL REELS'.",
      "navigation": "Same ◄ X ► green nav, 'Page 4/7'.",
      "color_blind_notes": "n/a — plain white text on dark panel."
    },
    "rules_p5_how_to_play": {
      "type": "rules",
      "page": "5 of 7",
      "file": "rules_p5.png",
      "content": "'HOW TO PLAY' heading. Step text: 'Click the [+] or [-] buttons to change the bet value and open the bet menu.' / 'Select the bet you want to use in the game.' / 'Press the SPIN button to play.' Then 'MAIN GAME INTERFACE' subheading with icon-by-icon explanations: hamburger-menu icon opens SETTINGS; a triple-arrow icon cycles spin speed (normal/quick/turbo); speaker icon toggles sound and music; 'i' icon opens the Information page; CREDIT/BET labels (click to toggle coins/cash view); '+'/'-' icons change bet and open bet menu with denominations; the circular-arrows SPIN icon starts the game; an 'AUTOPLAY' pill button opens the autoplay menu (click again to stop). Background banner text visible behind the panel: 'STACKED...PAYS UP TO 40,000!'.",
      "navigation": "Same ◄ X ► green nav, 'Page 5/7'.",
      "color_blind_notes": "All UI references are by icon shape/glyph, not by color."
    },
    "rules_p6_settings_menu": {
      "type": "rules",
      "page": "6 of 7",
      "file": "rules_p6.png",
      "content": "'SETTINGS MENU' heading. 'INTRO SCREEN - toggles the introductory screen on and off' / 'AMBIENT - toggles the ambient sound and music in the game on and off' / 'SOUND FX - toggles the game's sound effects on and off' / 'GAME HISTORY - opens the game history page'. 'INFORMATION SCREEN' subheading: '◄ and ► scroll between information pages', 'X closes the information screen'. 'BET MENU' subheading: 'The bet menu shows the number of lines available in the game, and the current total bet in both coins and cash.' / 'Use the + and - buttons in the COINS PER LINE and COIN VALUE fields to change the values.' Background banner visible: '3X [Zeus coin icon] AWARDS 6 FREE SPINS!'.",
      "navigation": "Same ◄ X ► green nav, 'Page 6/7'.",
      "color_blind_notes": "n/a — plain white/gold text on dark panel."
    },
    "rules_p7_autoplay": {
      "type": "rules",
      "page": "7 of 7",
      "file": "rules_p7.png",
      "content": "'AUTOPLAY' heading. Text: 'Click on the buttons showing the number of possible auto-spins to start Autoplay' / 'SKIP SCREENS option auto-skips the feature introduction and end screens after a short period of time.' Background banner visible: 'ADDITIONAL [WILD icon] ADDED BEFORE EVERY SPIN IN FREE SPINS FEATURE'.",
      "navigation": "Same ◄ X ► green nav (this is the last page: 'Page 7/7'; the right ► arrow likely loops back to page 1, not independently verified).",
      "color_blind_notes": "n/a."
    },
    "settings": {
      "type": "settings",
      "file": "settings.png",
      "title": "SYSTEM SETTINGS (gold-yellow heading, top-center of the dialog)",
      "layout": "Dark charcoal dialog box centered over the dimmed base game; white 'X' close icon at the top-right of the dialog.",
      "left_side": "'GAME HISTORY' label (greyed out, with a small external-link square-arrow icon) and a 'TOTAL BET' control below it: a round white/grey '-' button, the value '$2.00' in a dark bordered field, and a round green '+' button.",
      "right_side_toggles": "Four labeled toggle switches, top to bottom: 'BATTERY SAVER' ('Save battery life by reducing animation speed') shown OFF (switch to the left, white/grey); 'AMBIENT MUSIC' ('Turn on or off the game music') shown ON (switch to the right, green); 'SOUND FX' ('Turn on or off the game sounds') shown ON (green); 'INTRO SCREEN' ('Show the intro screen before starting the game') shown ON (green).",
      "background_banner": "Rotating marketing banner visible above the dialog: '3X [Zeus coin icon] AWARDS 6 FREE SPINS!'",
      "color_blind_notes": "Each toggle's state is also conveyed by the physical LEFT/RIGHT position of the switch handle and a small pause/bar glyph on the handle itself, not by color alone."
    },
    "bet_min_check": {
      "type": "settings",
      "file": "bet_min_check.png",
      "content": "Same SYSTEM SETTINGS dialog as above, captured after repeatedly pressing the bet-decrease control. 'TOTAL BET' field reads '$0.50'; the round '-' (decrease) button is rendered darker/greyed to indicate it is disabled at the floor value. Background banner: normal wordmark banner (no rotating text banner visible in this frame).",
      "purpose": "Confirms the game's minimum total bet is $0.50."
    },
    "bet_max_check": {
      "type": "settings",
      "file": "bet_max_check.png",
      "content": "Same dialog, captured after repeatedly pressing the bet-increase control. 'TOTAL BET' field reads '$250.00'; the '+' (increase) button area appears greyed/disabled at the ceiling value (the round '+' button glyph on the base-game bottom bar behind the dialog is also rendered faded). Background banner visible: 'ADDITIONAL [WILD icon] ADDED BEFORE EVERY SPIN IN FREE SPINS FEATURE'.",
      "purpose": "Confirms the game's maximum total bet is $250.00."
    },
    "autoplay": {
      "type": "autoplay",
      "file": "autoplay.png",
      "title": "AUTOPLAY SETTINGS (gold-yellow heading)",
      "layout": "Dark dialog centered over the dimmed base game (Hercules wordmark and reels visible behind); white 'X' close icon top-right.",
      "options_row": "Three square checkboxes in a row: 'TURBO SPIN' (unchecked), 'QUICK SPIN' (unchecked), 'SKIP SCREENS' (CHECKED, green fill with a white checkmark).",
      "autospins_selector": "'NUMBER OF AUTOSPINS' label above a horizontal slider; green filled track from the left up to a round white handle roughly two-thirds of the way across; the numeric value '100' displayed to the right of the slider.",
      "action_button": "Large green pill button spanning the dialog width: 'START AUTOPLAY (100)' in white bold text.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Checked vs. unchecked checkboxes are distinguished by the presence of a white checkmark glyph, not color alone. The primary action button carries explicit text, not just color."
    },
    "win_screen_base": {
      "type": "win_screen",
      "file": "win_screen_base.png",
      "content": "A base-game win result frame. Top rotating banner: '+1 ADDITIONAL FREE SPIN FOR EVERY [Zeus coin icon] IN FREE SPINS FEATURE' with a small lightning-bolt VFX flickering above reel 2. Reel background in this particular captured frame is a dark red/maroon marbled tone (see 'anomalies'). Visible symbols include K, Bull, Boar, Ram on reel 1; J, Q, Bull, Boar on reels 2 and 3; the Zeus SCATTER coin and an Eagle on reel 4 (only ONE scatter present, so this is a below-trigger scatter appearance, not a Free Spins trigger); Hercules stacked (2 of 4 rows visible in the captured crop) on reel 5; J, Q, Bull, Boar on reel 5's neighbor. Bottom bar: 'CREDIT $99,925.60' (reduced from the $100,000.00 starting demo balance, consistent with prior spins having been played), 'WIN $9.20' in large gold-outlined white text center-bottom, 'BET $2.00'. The SPIN button area shows a small red-highlighted square icon overlay (likely a UI highlight/cursor indicator from the capture process, not a native game element).",
      "purpose": "Illustrates a standard (non-feature) win result readout in the base game.",
      "color_blind_notes": "WIN amount is large, high-contrast text (gold/white on dark), legible without color discrimination."
    }
  },

  "free_spins_feature": {
    "captured": false,
    "reason": "A natural Free Spins trigger (3+ Zeus scatter coins landing on reels 2, 3 and 4 simultaneously) did not occur across roughly 200 synchronous spins (task-defined hard cap for this slot); the game has no bonus-buy control anywhere in the UI (checked: base game bottom bar, AUTOPLAY dialog, SYSTEM SETTINGS dialog — none present), so the feature could not be purchased either.",
    "mechanic_documented_from_rules_text": "Trigger: 3 Zeus scatter coins (reels 2/3/4 only) award 6 Free Spins and pay 2x total bet as a scatter win added to the payline win (rules_p1.png). During the Free Spins round, before every spin including the first, 1 additional WILD (Greek temple icon) is added to reels 2, 3 and 4; these added WILDs persist on the reels for the entire round. Each additional scatter that lands during Free Spins awards +1 more Free Spin, uncapped ('No limits!'). Special/alternate reel strips are used during the Free Spins round (rules_p3.png)."
  },

  "accessibility_observations": {
    "screen_reader": "Control positions are stable across all captured screens: menu (hamburger) and sound icons stacked at the far-left, a separate 'i' info icon just to their right, bet -/+ flanking the large central SPIN button, AUTOPLAY directly beneath SPIN. The 7-page info/rules booklet is a strictly linear sequence navigated with ◄/► and closed with the center X or the top-right X.",
    "motor": "All interactive targets are large round buttons; the central SPIN target is the largest single control. SPACE and ENTER keys can start/stop a spin (keyboard alternative to clicking), and holding SPACE engages Turbo Spin. AUTOPLAY (up to 100 consecutive spins per the slider) reduces the number of required manual actions.",
    "color_blind": "Most state/affordance information is conveyed redundantly by shape, icon glyph, text label, or switch position rather than color alone: toggle switches (settings.png) use LEFT/RIGHT handle position plus a small bar glyph; the AUTOPLAY checkbox states (autoplay.png) use a white checkmark glyph; navigation arrows in the info booklet are distinguished by triangle-vs-cross shape. Residual risk: the 50 payline diagrams on paytable page 2/7 use many distinct highlight colors to differentiate lines from one another, but each diagram is also labeled with its own printed line NUMBER (1-50), so the color is not the sole identifier.",
    "deaf_hard_of_hearing": "No information observed to be conveyed by audio alone; AMBIENT MUSIC and SOUND FX are both independently toggleable off in SYSTEM SETTINGS, and all game state (credit, bet, win amount, marketing/feature banners) is presented as on-screen text/graphics."
  },

  "anomalies": [
    "The reel background artwork differs between captured frames: base_game.png shows a cool dark navy-blue/indigo backdrop behind the reel cells, while win_screen_base.png (also base-game, not a Free Spins frame — only 1 scatter visible, no WILD stacking or 'FREE SPINS LEFT' counter present) shows a dark red/maroon marbled backdrop instead. No feature-state indicator differs between the two frames. Most likely explanation: a decorative ambient/skybox background that cycles or varies between spins, independent of game mode. Flagged rather than silently normalized, since it was not possible to confirm the cause from the captured frames alone.",
    "A rotating marketing banner strip runs along the top edge of the reel frame at all times in the base game and behind every info-booklet dialog, cycling through several different promotional messages (stacked-symbol callout, scatter/free-spins callout, max-win callout, free-spins-mechanic callouts). This is decorative/informational, not a distinct screen type, and has been noted per-screen above rather than treated as its own section."
  ],

  "unreadable_or_uncertain": [
    "Exact conversion basis between the paytable's displayed dollar payouts and the game's internal 'multiplied by bet per line' wording could not be independently derived from the captured screens (i.e. whether the printed $ values are already the full per-line-bet-multiplied payout or need further scaling) — reported verbatim as shown on screen.",
    "Volatility rating (medium-high / med_high) is NOT stated anywhere in the captured in-game screens; it is sourced externally per the task brief (SlotCatalog/AskGamblers), not from these screenshots.",
    "Whether clicking the CREDIT/BET labels actually switches to a coins view was not captured in a dedicated screenshot; only the rules text (rules_p5.png) describing this behavior was captured, and all base-game screenshots remain in cash ($) view throughout.",
    "The precise cause of the two different reel-background color variants (navy-blue vs. red/maroon) across captured base-game frames is not confirmed from the available screens (see 'anomalies').",
    "Whether the right ► arrow on info-booklet page 7/7 loops back to page 1/7 or is disabled at the end was not verified (only a static frame of page 7 was captured).",
    "Free Spins round gameplay, trigger screen, in-round win readout and end-of-round summary screen were not captured (see 'free_spins_feature' — no natural trigger within the spin budget and no bonus-buy option exists in this game)."
  ]
}