one of the new microgaming slots that came out on the first of the month, and managed to get in under my radar, is the Summertime slot machine.  it’s a 9 payline video slot, so it’s a bit of a throwback since all of the new video slot games coming out seem to be 20+ paylines.

here’s a shot of the slot . . .

it does have some features to it.  there is a Free Spins session that you can unlock by landing 3 or more scatter symbols.  the value of the winning combos during the free spins session is tripled.

and there’s another multiplier on the machine.  the WILD Summertime symbol functions as a doubling WILD, so if you land a winning combo using the WILD, you can rack up some nice wins.

you can move the coin sizes down to a penny, or up to a buck.  the game lets you wager up to five coins per line, so a little creative button pushing lets you wager practically any amount of money per line.

you can see from the payouts screen that there are a lot of fruit symbols on this slot, but i won’t be calling it a fruit machine.  that might confuse it with the british fruit machines, and this is certainly not one of those games.

the summertime slot also has a gamble feature on it, so at the end of a winning spin you can risk your win in the double-or-nothing game.  actually, it’s a doulbe or quadruple or nothing, depending on what you choose.

instead of the gamble game being something super-simple like a high/low game, it’s just one step more involved.  there’s a deck of cards in the center of the screen.  the player decides to guess either the color of the next card, or, if they’re braver, the suit of the next card.  the payouts are different for the different choices, so you’ll be rewarded more for taking the gamble on the suit than you would on simply the color of the upcoming card.

the slot has the look of some of the newer microgamings, with the custom buttons for things like stats and expert mode.  it also has some symbols that spring into action when they are part of a winning combo, like the scatter and wild symbols.

i hit a cold spell on this game when playing, so i decided to play off the rest of my credits at All Jackpots, which is where i’ve been playing my microgamings for eek, probably two months at least. 

i’ll get test drives for the other new releases up later this week.