Slots Adventures

the new microgaming slot machines went live, i think at the end of last week.  i was gone for the weekend, so this morning is the first chance i got to test drive the new games. 

the first of the new slots i sat down to play is the dogfather slot game.  this slot is a 20 line video slot that i’m testing out at All Jackpots Casino.  the coin size goes down to a penny at All Jackpots, so you can get full payline spins in for $.20 a spin.  it also goes up to $.50 a payline, so you can wager quite a bit more if you’d like, and of course you can stop anywhere in between if that’s your comfort zone.

the thing i noticed in playing the game is that the graphics are remarkably crisp.  i don’t know exactly why the symbols on this particular machine catch my eye, but they do.  and, like the most recent slots from microgaming, several of the symbols spring to life when you land them.

in fact, on my very first spin on the slot, i landed that fire hydrant bonus, and they spring to life spewing out geysers of cash.  here’s a screenshot of the event . . .

the slot tells you what you have left in “coins” as opposed to real money totals, which is fine.  it kindof helps when you’re running your bankroll down because you can easily see that you don’t have much in the line of coins left if you keep the current size.  lower the coin size, see the credits rise.  it’s just a little tweak from the older microgaming slots, but it’s a recent enough tweak that when i see it, it makes me do a quick double-take.

the sounds of this slot are right to my liking.  the background music is this “Jazz club” diddy, and when you land certain symbols they’ll have certain sounds associated with them.  when i hit the fire hydrants a little burst of sound came out at me, in stereo.  it was enough, along with the cash gushing out of the symbols on the screen, to make me go “whoa”.  it was cool. 

they took enough time to tweak the little things and make for a neat little, remarkable, experience.  i loved it. two thumbs up.

as for the play of the slot.  i’m finding myself holding on, waiting for the bonus screens/free spins (where the winners are tripled, by the way) in order to get my credits up.  the regular winners on the screen just haven’t been large enough to keep the credits up there.  instead, it’s like i’m holding on until i hit the bonus screen, and that’s where i’ll find the big rewards.

i did hit both the bonus screens in my session, the extra spins released by “itchy da flea” character, and the fire hydrant “pick’em game”. 

overall, it gets a thumbs up.  if you’re into the pick’em bonus games or free spin cycles, then this slot is worth a test drive of your own.