Retro Tapes

{
  "game": {
    "name": "Retro Tapes",
    "in_game_wordmark_note": "The splash screen and in-game logo print 'RETRO TAPES' in large stacked letters with a smaller sub-badge 'Cluster Link™' underneath (this is Push Gaming's cluster-mechanic brand name, not a second game name). Catalogue/demo-URL name and the wordmark agree on 'Retro Tapes'.",
    "provider": "Push Gaming",
    "provider_ref": "retrotapes-01",
    "theme": "1980s/90s retro synthwave and cassette-tape/mixtape nostalgia. All paying symbols are anthropomorphic cassette tapes with cartoon faces (the reel spools double as eyes). No human/animal characters, no explorer or narrative theme.",
    "art_style": "Flat 2D vector cartoon with thick dark outlines and glossy cel-shaded highlights on rounded, toy-like cassette-tape symbols (soft plastic look, not photoreal). Background and UI use a neon synthwave palette (deep navy/purple night sky with pink-purple-cyan gradient wave lines and vertical neon light strips), i.e. a stylised night/nightclub setting rather than daylight. Overall mood is upbeat, playful, mobile-casual (kawaii-styled pink symbol, googly-eyed faces) rather than dark or cinematic. View is a flat frontal top-down grid (no 3D perspective, no isometric angle).",
    "game_kind": "video slot, cluster-pays (no paylines, no ways-to-win value)",
    "documentation_purpose": "Exhaustive accessibility documentation (blind/low-vision screen-reader users, deaf/hard-of-hearing, color-blind of all types, motor-impaired) built from 48 desktop screenshots (1280x800), OCR ground truth and zoomed crops of the paytable/rules booklet.",
    "method_notes": "Every paytable and rules page (12 + 9) was opened and read; ambiguous numbers were re-confirmed with scripts/zoom.py crops at 3x-4x. Numbers are taken verbatim from on-screen text. Items that remained unclear are listed in 'unreadable_or_uncertain' and not invented.",
    "language": "English"
  },

  "color_palette": {
    "base_game_background": "Deep navy-blue to purple gradient 'night sky' with thin pink/purple/cyan wavy neon line-art (sound-wave motif) crossing the scene; the reel grid is flanked by tall vertical neon-blue light strips (like an equalizer/cassette-spool edge) on both sides.",
    "reel_cells": "Each cell is a dark semi-transparent square with a faint blue outline; no visible grid dividers beyond the cell border.",
    "logo_wordmark": "'RETRO' and 'TAPES' in large chunky 3D block letters: 'RETRO' rendered in a purple-to-magenta gradient with a cyan outline, 'TAPES' in an orange-to-yellow gradient, both set at a slight upward angle on a dark diamond/banner shape with thin cyan corner accents; the sub-badge 'Cluster Link™' sits in a small dark rounded rectangle beneath.",
    "preview_prize_banners": "Diagonal magenta-to-purple ribbon banners with yellow/gold outlined text ('PRIZE MULTIPLIERS', 'MAGNET FEATURE', 'TOP CHARTS FEATURE') over the same synthwave background; pink lightning-bolt accents next to the Magnet Feature icon.",
    "ui_bar": "Bottom bar is a dark, mostly transparent strip; 'Balance' and numeric values are bold white text bottom-left, 'Total Bet' bold white text bottom-right (during free spins a 'Free Spins: N / M' white counter appears centered, and a 'WIN: X fun' white/large counter appears bottom-center during wins).",
    "buttons": "Right-side vertical control column: a red circular badge with a white star icon (Bonus Buy), a plain dark-grey circular icon with a white play/triangle glyph (Autoplay), a dark-grey circular icon with a stacked-disc glyph (Bet Select), and a large light-grey circular Spin button with a white double-arrow refresh glyph. Top-right corner: a white speaker icon (mute) and a white hamburger-menu icon (3 horizontal lines).",
    "panel_style": "Side panels (paytable/rules/settings/info/bonus buy/autoplay) are near-black rounded panels sliding in from the right, with white headings, a thin red vertical accent bar next to each section title, white body text, and a white 'X' close icon top-right. A fixed bottom nav strip under every panel shows 4 icons: a grid icon (paytable), a '?' in a circle (rules/info), a gear (settings), and a shield (unlabelled on captured frames).",
    "win_screens": "Deep blue-to-purple/magenta gradient background with faint neon sound-wave line art; a glowing neon-outline boombox/cassette-deck icon at the top; 'CONGRATULATIONS' and 'YOU HAVE WON' in yellow/cream bold caps with a thin outline; the amount itself is rendered as large chrome/silver 3D numerals with a red inner shadow; 'DURING FREE SPINS' in yellow caps below; 'CLICK TO CONTINUE' in small white caps at the bottom.",
    "symbol_colors_by_tier": "Six distinct paying-symbol colors: red (top tier), orange (2nd tier), pink and green (tied 3rd tier), light-blue and grey (tied lowest tier) — see 'symbols' below for full appearance descriptions and payouts.",
    "special_symbol_colors": "Wild Tape: gold/yellow tape body with a rainbow horizontal-stripe label (green/yellow/pink/purple/blue) and a neon-green outline glow, word 'WILD' in bold yellow 3D letters. Wild Multiplier: a gold 5-pointed star badge with a pink/purple gradient border. Instant Prize: circular coins in bronze/copper, silver and gold finishes plus a gold rectangular 'vault' tile for the 1000x value. Magnet: a purple-to-pink gradient stylised 'C'-shaped magnet with gold pole caps and a cyan electric glow/outline. Extra Spin: a light-blue rectangular tile with bold white '+1' or '+2' text."
  },

  "symbols": {
    "note": "All six regular paying symbols are cassette-tape characters, cluster-pays only (no paylines). Payouts are printed in the paytable directly in currency ('fun'), valid for the current bet of 0.50 fun (paytable_bet_anchor). Multiplier-of-total-bet values below were computed by dividing the printed currency value by the 0.50 anchor; the anchor bet equals the total bet, so this is equivalent to a multiplier of total bet. Cluster tiers: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10-11, 12-13, 14-16, 17-19, 20+ matching adjacent symbols (paytable_p1/p2).",
    "paying_symbols": [
      {
        "name": "Red cassette (top-paying symbol)",
        "appearance": "Bright red/crimson cassette-tape character with two chrome-silver circular reel wheels forming a grumpy-cool 'face', pointed red tab 'ears' at the top corners, orange/yellow triangular highlight accents near the bottom, and a loose silver film ribbon draped behind it.",
        "payouts_fun_at_0.50_anchor": {"5": 1.00, "6": 1.25, "7": 1.50, "8": 1.75, "9": 2.50, "10-11": 5.00, "12-13": 12.50, "14-16": 50.00, "17-19": 100.00, "20+": 500.00},
        "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"5": "2x", "6": "2.5x", "7": "3x", "8": "3.5x", "9": "5x", "10-11": "10x", "12-13": "25x", "14-16": "100x", "17-19": "200x", "20+": "1000x"},
        "tier": "highest"
      },
      {
        "name": "Orange cassette",
        "appearance": "Orange/amber cassette with a cream-white label window revealing dark reel wheels, an orange ribbon draped diagonally across the body; cheerful, slightly rounded shape.",
        "payouts_fun_at_0.50_anchor": {"5": 0.50, "6": 0.60, "7": 0.75, "8": 0.85, "9": 1.25, "10-11": 2.50, "12-13": 6.25, "14-16": 25.00, "17-19": 50.00, "20+": 250.00},
        "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"5": "1x", "6": "1.2x", "7": "1.5x", "8": "1.7x", "9": "2.5x", "10-11": "5x", "12-13": "12.5x", "14-16": "50x", "17-19": "100x", "20+": "500x"},
        "tier": "2nd"
      },
      {
        "name": "Pink cassette (kawaii face)",
        "appearance": "Bright pink/magenta cassette with a large-eyed, closed-mouth 'kawaii' smiling face, small pink/purple stars decorating the label area, rounded bunny-ear-like tabs at the top corners.",
        "payouts_fun_at_0.50_anchor": {"5": 0.25, "6": 0.30, "7": 0.40, "8": 0.50, "9": 0.75, "10-11": 1.25, "12-13": 2.50, "14-16": 3.75, "17-19": 7.50, "20+": 12.50},
        "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"5": "0.5x", "6": "0.6x", "7": "0.8x", "8": "1x", "9": "1.5x", "10-11": "2.5x", "12-13": "5x", "14-16": "7.5x", "17-19": "15x", "20+": "25x"},
        "tier": "3rd (tied with green)"
      },
      {
        "name": "Green cassette",
        "appearance": "Green cassette with a lightning-bolt/zigzag stripe motif on the label window, googly-eyed reel wheels, slightly jagged/punk-styled bottom edge.",
        "payouts_fun_at_0.50_anchor": {"5": 0.25, "6": 0.30, "7": 0.40, "8": 0.50, "9": 0.75, "10-11": 1.25, "12-13": 2.50, "14-16": 3.75, "17-19": 7.50, "20+": 12.50},
        "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"5": "0.5x", "6": "0.6x", "7": "0.8x", "8": "1x", "9": "1.5x", "10-11": "2.5x", "12-13": "5x", "14-16": "7.5x", "17-19": "15x", "20+": "25x"},
        "tier": "3rd (tied with pink) — payouts printed identical to pink cassette on paytable_p1/p2"
      },
      {
        "name": "Light-blue cassette",
        "appearance": "Sky-blue/cyan cassette with a friendly cartoon 'robot' face: two round black reel-wheel 'eyes' with white highlight dots, smoothly rounded plastic body.",
        "payouts_fun_at_0.50_anchor": {"5": 0.05, "6": 0.10, "7": 0.15, "8": 0.25, "9": 0.30, "10-11": 0.40, "12-13": 0.50, "14-16": 1.00, "17-19": 1.50, "20+": 2.50},
        "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"5": "0.1x", "6": "0.2x", "7": "0.3x", "8": "0.5x", "9": "0.6x", "10-11": "0.8x", "12-13": "1x", "14-16": "2x", "17-19": "3x", "20+": "5x"},
        "tier": "lowest (tied with grey)"
      },
      {
        "name": "Grey cassette",
        "appearance": "Plain pale grey/silver cassette with an unadorned reel-window (two plain grey circles, no facial decoration) — the most minimalist/basic-looking symbol.",
        "payouts_fun_at_0.50_anchor": {"5": 0.05, "6": 0.10, "7": 0.15, "8": 0.25, "9": 0.30, "10-11": 0.40, "12-13": 0.50, "14-16": 1.00, "17-19": 1.50, "20+": 2.50},
        "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"5": "0.1x", "6": "0.2x", "7": "0.3x", "8": "0.5x", "9": "0.6x", "10-11": "0.8x", "12-13": "1x", "14-16": "2x", "17-19": "3x", "20+": "5x"},
        "tier": "lowest (tied with light-blue) — payouts printed identical to light-blue cassette on paytable_p2"
      }
    ],
    "special_symbols": [
      {
        "name": "Wild Tape Symbol",
        "appearance": "Gold/yellow cassette-shaped tile with a rainbow horizontal-stripe label (green/yellow/pink/purple/blue bands), two gold star 'eyes', a neon-green glowing outline, and the word 'WILD' in bold yellow 3D letters with black outline across the top; a growing multiplier value ('1,2,3...x') is printed under the word WILD on the paytable icon, and the live multiplier (e.g. 'x1', 'x3', 'x4') is shown as a small badge on the symbol in-game.",
        "rules": "Substitutes for all symbols except the Magnet Symbol and the Wild Multiplier Symbol. When it contributes to a Cluster Win it sticks in place. Starts at a 1x multiplier; every cluster win it participates in raises its own multiplier by 1. It 'spins off' (is removed) once there are no more cluster wins involving it. It is also a scatter symbol: 3 or more Wild Tape Symbols landing anywhere trigger the Top Charts Feature (see features).",
        "source": "paytable_p4/p5, rules_p2/p3"
      },
      {
        "name": "Wild Multiplier Symbol",
        "appearance": "Gold 5-pointed star badge with a pink/purple gradient rainbow border, showing a bold 'X' and a number (1, 2, 3 or 5) in dark outlined text.",
        "rules": "Available during the Base Game and the Top Charts Feature. Possible values: 1x, 2x, 3x, 5x. When it appears it distributes its own multiplier value to every Wild Tape Symbol currently in view, and after distributing, itself transforms into an Instant Prize Symbol of a random value.",
        "source": "paytable_p4/p5, rules_p3/p4"
      },
      {
        "name": "Instant Prize Symbol",
        "appearance": "A circular coin (bronze/copper, silver, or gold finish depending on value) or, for the top value, a gold rectangular 'vault' tile; the numeric value is printed boldly on the face (observed: 1, 2, 5, 10, 100, 1000 on captured frames).",
        "rules": "A bet multiplier symbol (not a currency amount). When an Instant Prize Symbol lands as part of a cluster of at least 5 Instant Prize Symbols, it pays out. Possible values: 1x, 2x, 5x, 10x, 25x, 50x, 100x, 250x, 500x, 1000x. During the Top Charts Feature, each Instant Prize that lands stays fixed in its position; all Instant Prize clusters are evaluated together at the end of the feature.",
        "source": "paytable_p6/p7, rules_p4"
      },
      {
        "name": "Magnet Symbol",
        "appearance": "A stylised purple-to-pink gradient 'C'-shaped magnet with gold pole-tip caps and a cyan electric-glow outline, shown attracting surrounding cassette symbols with visible lightning-bolt/energy lines on the paytable diagram.",
        "rules": "Picks random Paying symbols of one kind from the whole grid and attracts them around its own position, creating a cluster win. Can attract Instant Prize symbols if at least 4 of them are in view, to create a cluster of Instant Prizes. After the cluster resolves, the Magnet Symbol itself transforms into the paying symbol it attracted, or into an Instant Prize symbol of a random value.",
        "source": "paytable_p7/p8, rules_p5"
      },
      {
        "name": "Extra Spin Symbol",
        "appearance": "Light-blue rectangular cassette-shaped tile with bold white '+1' or '+2' text (both values observed on captured frames).",
        "rules": "Awards 1 or 2 additional Free Spins to the Top Charts Feature round when it lands; once awarded, the symbol itself transforms into an Instant Prize Symbol of a random value.",
        "source": "rules_p5"
      },
      {
        "name": "Blank Tape Symbol",
        "appearance": "Not individually isolated on a captured icon crop; per the rules text it is one of the six symbol types that can fill an empty position during the Top Charts Feature.",
        "rules": "Blank Tape symbols do not pay and will not stick (they are removed/replaced on subsequent fills).",
        "source": "rules_p5 (text only — no dedicated icon crop captured, see unreadable_or_uncertain)"
      }
    ]
  },

  "mechanic": {
    "grid": "6 columns x 9 rows (54 cells total), confirmed both by the printed rule 'Retro Tapes is a 9-row, 6-column matching symbol game' (rules_p1) and by counting cells on base_game.png.",
    "win_type": "Cluster Pays. Cluster Wins are achieved by matching 5 or more of the same symbol adjacent horizontally or vertically (not diagonally). Symbols can contribute to multiple Cluster Wins; the highest cluster win value is always awarded in a single cluster (rules_p1).",
    "cascade": "Cascading and Collapsing: at the start of a game round all positions spin through and land a symbol. When Cluster Wins occur, the winning symbols are removed, remaining symbols collapse downward, and new symbols drop in from the top to refill the board (rules_p2). This repeats until no further clusters form.",
    "no_paylines": "There is no ways/lines value for this game (cluster mechanic has none printed); paytable_p11/p12 do not contain a payline or ways diagram — they continue the Top Charts Feature description instead.",
    "cluster_link_branding": "'Cluster Link™' is Push Gaming's name for this cluster/instant-prize mechanic family (shown as a sub-badge under the game logo). In-game text: 'Cluster Links triggers instant wins when a specified number of instant prizes cluster together on the reels. Chain clusters together with enhancements to build huge value wins!' (paytable_p8/p9)."
  },

  "features": {
    "top_charts_feature": {
      "trigger": "3 or more Wild Tape Symbols landing anywhere on the reels (Wild Tape also functions as a scatter for this purpose).",
      "spins_awarded_by_trigger_count": {"3_wild_tape": 6, "4_wild_tape": 8, "5_wild_tape": 10, "6_wild_tape": 12},
      "carry_over": "The triggering Wild Tape Symbols and any Instant Prizes present from the Base Game stick in the same position and carry over into the Top Charts Feature.",
      "fill_mechanic": "During the feature, each empty position on the grid spins through and lands one of six symbol types: Wild Tape Symbol, Wild Multiplier Symbol, Instant Prize Symbols, Magnet Symbol, Extra Spin Symbol, or Blank Tape Symbol.",
      "extra_spins": "Any new Wild Tape Symbol that lands during the Top Charts Feature awards 2 additional Free Spins. An Extra Spin Symbol awards 1 or 2 additional Free Spins directly (then converts to a random-value Instant Prize).",
      "resolution": "Each Instant Prize Symbol that lands remains fixed in position for the rest of the feature; all Instant Prize clusters are evaluated together only at the end of the feature. The feature round auto-completes once there are no more empty positions available to land a symbol.",
      "source": "rules_p3/p4/p5, paytable_p8/p9/p10"
    },
    "bonus_buy": {
      "how_to_open": "Star-icon badge in the bottom corner of the screen (bonus_dialog.png shows the two purchasable options together).",
      "options": [
        {
          "name": "Free Spins (also called 'Singles Feature' in the rules booklet)",
          "price_fun": 50.00,
          "price_multiplier_of_base_bet": "100x",
          "description": "Possibility to land up to 6 Wild Tape Symbols converted for 100x your base bet.",
          "rtp_percent": 96.71,
          "captured": "Purchased, played to completion. Triggered 6 Free Spins (free_spins_trigger.png), total round win 3.50 fun (win_screen_1.png)."
        },
        {
          "name": "Super Free Spins (also called 'Hits Feature' in the rules booklet)",
          "price_fun": 200.00,
          "price_multiplier_of_base_bet": "400x",
          "description": "Possibility to land up to 6 Wild Tape Symbols, and a Wild Multiplier Symbol of a random value guaranteed, converted for 400x your base bet.",
          "rtp_percent": 96.71,
          "captured": "Purchased, played to completion. Triggered 6 Free Spins, grew to 7 via an Extra Spin symbol (free_spins_trigger_2.png / free_spins_12.png), total round win 10.00 fun (win_screen_2.png)."
        }
      ],
      "note": "Both bonus-buy variants are priced and described relative to 'your base bet' (rules_p6/p7); the price panel itself (bonus_dialog.png) shows 'Base Bet: 0.50 fun' next to the fun-currency price, so the multiplier can be cross-checked directly: 50.00/0.50 = 100x and 200.00/0.50 = 400x, matching the printed multipliers exactly.",
      "rtp_identical_confirmed": "Both bonus-buy options print an identical RTP of 96.71% in the rules booklet (rules_p6 and rules_p7). This was re-checked by zooming both pages; it is not an OCR or transcription error — the two different features share one printed RTP value."
    }
  },

  "max_win": {
    "value": 10000,
    "value_kind": "multiplier",
    "printed_in_three_places_with_three_different_wordings": [
      {
        "location": "paytable, 'MAX WIN' section (paytable_p3.png)",
        "quote": "The maximum payout per game round is 10,000x the current Base Bet amount."
      },
      {
        "location": "rules booklet, 'Win Cap' section, near the start (rules_p2.png)",
        "quote": "This game has a win cap of 10,000x the current bet amount per game round."
      },
      {
        "location": "rules booklet, 'Additional Information' section, near the end (rules_p8.png / rules_p9.png)",
        "quote": "Due to the complexity of the potential outcomes of this game, some hypothetically possible results have been prevented in order to create a well-balanced and enjoyable payout structure within the specified RTP. As a result, the maximum payout per game round is 10,000x the current bet amount. It is possible that the operator has configured a win cap which differs from the 10,000x win cap. If this is the case, it will not be possible to reach the 10,000x win cap. Please contact the operator for further information."
      }
    ],
    "wording_discrepancy_note": "Two of the three printed locations say 'the current bet amount' while the paytable's MAX WIN section says 'the current Base Bet amount'. This mirrors a known discrepancy on a sister Push Gaming title ('Retro Sweets'). For THIS game the distinction has no numeric effect: the rules booklet explicitly defines Base Bet as equal to Total Bet ('Base Bet: The base bet is the total bet selected for each new spin or game round.', rules_p8.png) and there is no separate ante/Push Bet mechanic observed anywhere in the capture that would make Base Bet and current bet diverge. The wording difference is recorded here verbatim as requested, not resolved by assumption.",
    "showcase_tile_note": "The provider's storefront tile is out of scope for this documentation pass (not one of the captured frames); per playbook P-U11 that tile prints 'HIGHEST OBSERVED WIN' rather than a structural maximum and must never be substituted into this field."
  },

  "rtp": [
    {"variant": "default", "value_percent": 96.47, "source": "rules_p8/p9 'Additional Information' and info.png 'KNOW THE GAME' panel: 'The theoretical average return to player (RTP) is 96.47%.'"},
    {"variant": "bonus_buy", "name": "Free Spins / Singles Feature (100x base bet)", "value_percent": 96.71, "source": "rules_p6.png"},
    {"variant": "bonus_buy", "name": "Super Free Spins / Hits Feature (400x base bet)", "value_percent": 96.71, "source": "rules_p7.png, identical value confirmed to the Singles Feature RTP, not a duplication error"}
  ],

  "bet_range": {
    "min_bet_fun": 0.10,
    "max_bet_fun": 100.00,
    "evidence": "bet_select_min.png (top of the BET SELECT list, 0.10 fun) and bet_select_max.png (bottom of the list, scrolled to the end, 100.00 fun highlighted/reachable); no special/ante bet mechanic (e.g. Push Bet) was observed anywhere in this game's captured frames or booklet."
  },

  "payout_basis": {
    "value": "total_bet (equivalently base_bet, since the two are defined as identical for this game)",
    "paytable_bet_anchor_fun": 0.50,
    "paytable_bet_anchor_note": "Paytable header states verbatim: 'All wins shown are in fun and valid for the current bet of 0.50 fun' (paytable_p1.png). All symbol payout tables above were converted to a multiplier by dividing the printed currency value by 0.50.",
    "primary_evidence_instant_prize": {
      "frame": "free_spins_13.png / win_screen_2.png",
      "description": "In the final spin of the Super Free Spins round, a cluster of 6 Instant Prize symbols with printed values 1x+2x+10x+1x+5x+1x = 20x is visible on the board (free_spins_13.png). 20 x 0.50 fun total bet = 10.00 fun, which matches exactly the round total printed on the win screen ('CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON 10.00 DURING FREE SPINS', win_screen_2.png).",
      "caveat": "Instant Prize is explicitly described in the rules as 'a bet multiplier' (rules_p4), so this evidence directly confirms multiplier-of-bet scaling, but it does not by itself test the SEPARATE currency-denominated regular paytable (which is anchored at a fixed bet of 0.50 and requires dividing by that anchor) — see the second, independent check below, requested explicitly for this wave."
    },
    "secondary_check_regular_symbol_result": "SEE 'unreadable_or_uncertain' AND 'basis_recheck_report' BELOW — a plausible but not fully certain second confirmation was found (free_spins_8.png, light-blue cassette cluster, floating win amount 0.40 fun), reported honestly with its caveats rather than presented as settled proof."
  },

  "basis_recheck_report": {
    "task": "Find a regular (non-Instant-Prize) paying-symbol cluster win where both the win amount and the symbol composition are visible, to test the anchor-0.50 regular paytable independently of the Instant Prize multiplier symbols.",
    "outcome": "No fully clean/settled example was found. The closest candidate is free_spins_8.png: during the Super Free Spins fill-through phase, a cluster of light-blue ('robot face') cassette symbols is highlighted with a glowing win outline, and a floating counter reads '0,40' (i.e. 0.40 fun) hovering over the cluster.",
    "why_it_is_not_treated_as_confirmed": "Counting the clearly visible glowing cells in this cluster (scripts/zoom.py crops at 3x) gives 8 symbols, whose paytable tier for the light-blue/grey symbol pays 0.25 fun, not 0.40 fun. Two more cells directly behind the animating '40' digits are occluded and could not be verified either way — if both are also part of the cluster the count would reach 10, whose tier does pay exactly 0.40 fun, which would match. In addition, this game's win counters are known to animate/count up rather than always display the settled final value (see project memory 'win-counters-animate-frame-may-be-midcount'), so a passing mid-count number matching a paytable value could be coincidental rather than proof.",
    "verdict": "Recorded as a suggestive, not conclusive, second data point. It is consistent with (does not contradict) the total_bet/0.50-anchor basis already established by the Instant Prize evidence, but is not strong enough on its own to be called independent confirmation. No base-game (non-purchased) organic spin was captured in this session — all free-spins frames come from the two purchased bonus-buy rounds — so a cleaner example could not be sought further within the supplied frame set.",
    "frame": "free_spins_8.png",
    "recommendation_for_tl": "Treat the payout basis as ESTABLISHED (total bet / base bet, they are identical for this game) on the strength of the Instant Prize evidence and the explicit paytable header quote; treat the blue-cluster figure as a footnote only, not as a second independent proof."
  },

  "screens": {
    "preview": {
      "type": "preview",
      "step_1_enable_sounds": "First screen on demo load: a plain dark modal titled 'Enable Sounds' with the question 'Would you like to enable sounds?', two grey rectangular buttons 'YES' / 'NO', a headphones icon and the text 'For the ultimate experience use headphones' (preview.png).",
      "step_2_brand_splash": "After answering, a second full-screen splash appears (preview_2.png) on a purple/blue synthwave background: the 'RETRO TAPES / Cluster Link™' logo at the top-center; three diagonal magenta ribbon banners listing features — 'PRIZE MULTIPLIERS' (showing the Wild Tape icon and a gold 'x5' star), 'MAGNET FEATURE' (showing the purple magnet icon with pink lightning bolts), and 'TOP CHARTS FEATURE' (showing 5 icons: a bronze '5' coin, a silver '10' coin, the Wild Tape icon, a gold '100' coin, a bronze '5' coin); 'CLICK TO CONTINUE' in white caps at the bottom.",
      "color_blind_notes": "All feature names and values are printed as text/numbers, not conveyed by color alone."
    },
    "base_game": {
      "type": "base_game",
      "overall_layout": "6 columns x 9 rows of square symbol cells, centered-right of the screen, on the neon synthwave background described above.",
      "logo_placement": "Semi-transparent 'RETRO TAPES / Cluster Link™' logo sits at the left, partly overlapping the background artwork, behind the reel grid.",
      "top_bar": "Small 'Retro Tapes' text top-left and a clock/time readout top-right (this is the browser page header, not part of the game's own UI chrome) plus, within the game canvas, a white speaker (mute) icon and white hamburger-menu icon at the top-right of the play area.",
      "right_controls": "Vertically stacked from top: red circular Bonus Buy badge (white star icon), grey circular Autoplay icon (play/triangle glyph), grey circular Bet Select icon (stacked-disc glyph), and the large light-grey circular SPIN button (double-arrow refresh glyph) at the bottom of the stack.",
      "bottom_bar": "'Balance: X fun' in bold white bottom-left; 'Total Bet: X fun' in bold white bottom-right.",
      "color_blind_notes": "The 6 paying symbols are differentiated primarily by COLOR (red/orange/pink/green/light-blue/grey) but each also has a distinct face/pattern (grumpy chrome-eyed face, plain label window, kawaii starred face, lightning-bolt zigzag, robot round eyes, plain unlabelled reels respectively) so shape/iconography also distinguishes them for color-blind users; special symbols (Wild Tape, Wild Multiplier, Instant Prize, Magnet, Extra Spin) are additionally labelled with text/numbers (WILD, x-values, prize numbers, +1/+2) so they do not rely on color alone."
    },
    "paytable": {
      "type": "paytable",
      "pages": "12 pages total, reached via the bottom-nav grid icon; no sub-sections/tabs inside (scroll_panels.paytable.sections.total = 1).",
      "page_1_2": "Symbol payout grid for all six paying symbols with the 10-tier count table (5 through 20+); header states 'All wins shown are in fun and valid for the current bet of 0.50 fun'.",
      "page_3": "'MAX WIN' feature card: a large graphic of a gold Wild Tape cassette lit up with '10000X' beneath it, and the sentence 'The maximum payout per game round is 10,000x the current Base Bet amount.'",
      "page_4_5": "'Wild Tape Symbol' and 'Wild Multiplier Symbol' descriptions with icon art (see 'symbols' above).",
      "page_6_7": "'Instant Prize Symbols' full value list (1x-1000x) and start of 'Magnet Feature' description.",
      "page_8_9": "End of Magnet Feature description; 'Cluster Link' tagline; start of 'Top Charts Feature' description with a 5-Wild-Tape hero illustration; the full 'RETRO TAPES / Cluster Link™' logo artwork also appears here as a section illustration (NOT used as a logo reference — see logo_refs.json note).",
      "page_10_12": "Continuation of Top Charts Feature: trigger table (3/4/5/6 Wild Tape Symbols -> 6/8/10/12 free spins), the 6 possible fill-in symbol types, and closing notes (each Instant Prize sticks and is evaluated at feature end; Extra Spin awards 1-2 spins then converts; Magnet covers part of the grid; Blank Tape does not pay/stick; feature auto-completes when the grid is full).",
      "color_blind_notes": "All payout tiers and feature numbers are printed as text/numbers next to the icons, not color-coded."
    },
    "rules": {
      "type": "rules (labelled 'GAME INFO' in-game)",
      "pages": "9 pages, reached via the bottom-nav '?' icon; no sub-sections (scroll_panels.rules.sections.total = 1).",
      "page_1": "Opening statement 'Retro Tapes is a 9-row, 6-column matching symbol game.' followed by How to Play, Autoplay, Quick Play and the start of Payout Rules (5+ adjacent symbols, symbols can contribute to multiple cluster wins, highest single-cluster value always awarded).",
      "page_2": "Cascading and Collapsing description; 'Win Cap' section ('This game has a win cap of 10,000x the current bet amount per game round.'); start of Wild Tape Symbol description.",
      "page_3_5": "Full Wild Tape / Wild Multiplier / Instant Prize / Magnet Feature / Cluster Link / Top Charts Feature descriptions (same content as paytable pages 4-10, in prose form) including the 3/4/5/6-Wild-Tape free-spin award table and the list of 6 fill-in symbol types.",
      "page_6_7": "'Base Bet' definition ('The base bet is the total bet selected for each new spin or game round.'); 'Paytable' note ('The paytable reflects the current bet configuration, based on the total bet.'); full 'Bonus Buy' section with both purchase options, prices and RTPs.",
      "page_8_9": "'Additional Information': incomplete-game handling (48-hour auto-resolve), 'MALFUNCTION VOIDS ALL PAYS AND PLAYS', base RTP 96.47%, the max-win/win-cap paragraph (see max_win above), and Server/Client version numbers.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Body text is plain white on dark; section headers use a red accent bar (shape/position cue, not the only cue)."
    },
    "settings": {
      "type": "settings",
      "title": "SETTINGS",
      "content": "Three rows only: 'All Sounds', 'Sound Effects', 'Music', each with a speaker-mute toggle icon on the right. No graphics-quality, battery-saver or intro-screen toggles were observed (unlike some other titles).",
      "color_blind_notes": "Mute state is shown by icon glyph (speaker with/without cross), not color."
    },
    "info": {
      "type": "info",
      "title": "KNOW THE GAME",
      "content": "A condensed one-page summary combining: 'MALFUNCTION VOIDS ALL PAYS AND PLAYS', the RTP sentence (96.47%), the max-win/win-cap paragraph (10,000x the current bet amount), and both Bonus Buy options with their prices and RTPs — i.e. a digest of rules pages 8-9 plus 6-7 in one screen, useful as a quick single-screen source for RTP and bonus-buy numbers.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Plain white text on dark, red accent bars for section titles."
    },
    "autoplay": {
      "type": "autoplay",
      "title": "AUTOPLAYS",
      "options": "A vertical list of buttons: Off (selected/highlighted white), 10, 20, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000, followed by a red 'OK' button.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Selected option is shown by a solid white fill plus bold black text (shape/fill cue, not hue)."
    },
    "bonus_buy_dialog": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "title": "BONUS BUY",
      "content": "Two side-by-side cards: 'Free Spins' at 50.00 fun with a red 'BUY' button and a hero image of 5 Wild Tape symbols radiating from a center Wild Tape; 'Super Free Spins' at 200.00 fun with a red 'BUY' button and a hero image of 5 Wild Tape symbols radiating from a center gold question-mark star ('X?'). A 'BASE BET' stepper (-/+, showing 0.50 fun) sits at the bottom, letting the player change the base bet (and thus the fun-currency price) before buying.",
      "confirm_dialog": "Clicking BUY opens a confirmation screen showing the feature name, an info '(i)' icon, the same hero art, 'Base Bet: 0.50 fun', the total price in fun, and 'OK' / 'CANCEL' buttons (bonus_dialog_2.png).",
      "color_blind_notes": "The two options are distinguished by text labels and different artwork, not by color alone (though one panel image is on a magenta background and the other on a gold background, this is decorative, not the primary distinguishing cue)."
    },
    "free_spins_trigger": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "content": "Full-screen announcement on a deep blue/purple starry background: 'CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE' in white/cyan glowing caps, a large glowing cassette-tape graphic with the awarded number in the center (observed: '6'), 'FREE SPINS' in glowing caps below, lightning-bolt accents either side of the cassette, 'CLICK TO CONTINUE' at the bottom. Shown identically at the start of both purchased features (free_spins_trigger.png = 6 spins from the 100x purchase; free_spins_trigger_2.png = 6 spins from the 400x purchase, later growing to 7 via an Extra Spin symbol).",
      "color_blind_notes": "The awarded spin count is a large printed number, not color-coded."
    },
    "free_spins_gameplay": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "content": "Same 6x9 grid as the base game, now inside the Top Charts Feature: previously-triggering Wild Tape symbols (with visible multiplier badges, e.g. 'x1', 'x3', 'x4') and any carried-over Instant Prize symbols sit fixed in place while remaining empty cells progressively fill in with more Wild Tape / Wild Multiplier / Instant Prize / Magnet / Extra Spin / Blank Tape symbols as spins are used.",
      "counter": "Bottom-center 'Free Spins: N / M' counter (observed values 0/6 through 7/7, and 2/6-3/7 reflecting an awarded Extra Spin mid-round); bottom-left 'Balance', bottom-right 'Total Bet' persist; a 'WIN: X fun' readout appears bottom-center once a cluster resolves.",
      "highlighted_clusters": "Symbols that are part of a resolving cluster get a light-colored glow/halo outline distinct from the plain dark cell background of not-yet-landed positions.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Feature state is conveyed by BOTH the counter text ('Free Spins: N / M') and the visual fill/collapse animation, not by color alone; winning clusters are marked by a glow outline (brightness/shape cue) in addition to whatever color the symbol itself is."
    },
    "win_screen": {
      "type": "win_screen",
      "content": "Full-screen round-end summary on a blue-to-purple/magenta gradient background with a glowing neon boombox icon at the top; 'CONGRATULATIONS' and 'YOU HAVE WON' in yellow caps; the win amount in large chrome/silver 3D numerals with red inner shadow; 'DURING FREE SPINS' in yellow caps; 'CLICK TO CONTINUE' at the bottom. Observed: 3.50 fun (Free Spins / 100x purchase) and 10.00 fun (Super Free Spins / 400x purchase).",
      "color_blind_notes": "Win amount is large high-contrast numerals, legible without color discrimination."
    }
  },

  "version": {
    "server": "2.7.0",
    "client": "6.28.12 01-07-2026",
    "frame": "rules_p9.png",
    "note": "Both values are printed together at the very end of the rules booklet ('Additional Information' section)."
  },

  "accessibility_observations": {
    "screen_reader": "Stable control layout: mute + hamburger menu top-right of the play area; a fixed vertical stack on the right (Bonus Buy star / Autoplay / Bet Select / Spin); Balance bottom-left, Total Bet bottom-right. All info panels (paytable/rules/settings/info) share one fixed bottom nav bar (grid / '?' / gear / shield icons) and a top-right 'X' close button, and are single continuous scrollable sheets rather than multi-tab layouts, easing linear navigation.",
    "motor": "Large circular Spin button is the biggest target on screen; Autoplay (with a fixed preset list of spin counts) reduces the number of required clicks; 'Quick Play' lets the player skip certain animations by clicking/pressing Space anywhere on screen (rules_p1.png).",
    "color_blind": "The six paying symbols are colour-coded but each also carries a distinct facial/pattern design (see base_game color_blind_notes), so identity does not rely on hue alone. All feature/bonus numeric values (multipliers, prize amounts, spin counts, RTP, prices) are printed as text/numbers. The one residual risk is the tier system, where color families ARE paired to payout rank (pink+green share a tier, light-blue+grey share a tier) — a colour-blind player distinguishing pink from red, or light-blue from grey, still has the distinct face/pattern as a secondary cue.",
    "deaf_hard_of_hearing": "No audio-only information was observed; all game state (balance, bet, free-spins count, win amount, feature triggers) is conveyed as on-screen text. Sound settings (All Sounds / Sound Effects / Music) are independently toggleable and purely decorative to gameplay comprehension."
  },

  "unreadable_or_uncertain": [
    "Blank Tape Symbol has no dedicated icon crop in the captured frames; its appearance is inferred only from the rules text ('Blank Tape symbols do not pay and will not stick'). If a clean icon frame exists it was not among the 48 captured screenshots.",
    "Volatility rating is not printed anywhere in the captured build (base_game/paytable x12/rules x9/settings/info/autoplay/bonus dialogs all checked) — consistent with this provider's pattern (P-U05) of only publishing volatility on the storefront tile, which is out of scope for this frame-based documentation pass.",
    "The second-source check for the regular (non-Instant-Prize) paytable requested for this wave did not produce a fully certain confirmation: see 'basis_recheck_report' above for the candidate frame (free_spins_8.png), the counted cluster size (8 clearly visible cells vs. the 10-11 tier implied by the displayed 0.40 fun), and why it is not treated as proof.",
    "No organic (non-purchased) base-game spin or regular-symbol cluster win was captured in this session; both Free Spins rounds came from bonus buys, so the base game grid seen (base_game.png) is a static, freshly-loaded, un-spun snapshot rather than a resolved spin result.",
    "The 'shield' icon in the panels' bottom navigation bar (alongside the paytable-grid, rules-'?' and settings-gear icons) was never clicked/captured, so its function (likely responsible-gaming or license information) is not confirmed from the frames themselves.",
    "Exact pixel-for-pixel cluster shape/count for in-round wins is not enumerated for any frame beyond the ones explicitly discussed above, since board contents are randomized per spin and not a fixed game property."
  ]
}