Slots Adventures

the pharaoh’s tomb slot machine is now live at many of the microgaming casinos online.  i decided to take some spins on this machine this morning over at All Jackpots Casino.  there is an overreview of Pharaoh’s Tomb game that i wrote when the game release was announced.

the machine is another 20 payline game that can be played for as little as a penny a line, or as much as $1 a line.  you can also wager up to 20 coins per line, so you’re looking at a lot of different ways to wager on a spin with this game.

in testing the slot i’m playing at $.02 a coin, one coin per line.  the machine is advanced enough to let me just click on the line number up by the reels to select the number of lines i want to activate.  this means i don’t have to push the “select lines” button 20 times.  yay.

there is a scatter symbol, the scarab, that comes to life when you land aenough of them to qualify for a winner.  and, since landing three or more scarabs unlocks the bonus screen, the slot makers have thrown in a bit of extra suspense.  after landing two scarabs, the machine goes into suspense mode with leading tone music and extended spin time on the remaining reels.  it’s as thought the machine is presenting a drum roll, and you’re waiting for the big crash.  i really like it, it’s a great touch.

microgaming is getting sooo good at making slots.  these new games like pharaoh’s tomb are sooo much better than most of the old machines.

another of the special symbols is the golden pharoah’s headcover, which i’m sure there’s a more poetic name for.  it looks like the King Tut mask of gold.  and it’s WILD. and it too comes to life when part of a winning combination. 

there’s an “expert mode” on the slot, a feature i probably should have noted on many of my recent slot machine test drive posts.  i’m hanging in there waiting to unlock the bonus screen, and in exert mode i can just hit the spin 10x button and sit back and watch, so i’m happy they have things like uatoplay built into the pharaoh’s tomb slot.

woo-hoo!  finally!  i hit the three scarabs

i had the chance to choose one of the three coffins, and found the key, which gave me a pass to the next level.  on that level i found the key as well, so i moved on to level three.  and that’s where my bonus game came to an end.  i did get a couple hundred in credits though for the effort.