Rolling Reels In New Microgaming Online Slot

September 12, 2016

Jungle Jim El Dorado video slot was released last week at Microgaming powered Canada online casinos like Platinum Play, Royal Vegas and 7 Sultans. It disappoints in one small way. Jungle Jim the hunter is reduced to a 3D image outside the reels occasionally scratching his head or giving a thumbs-up sign. However, the El Dorado aspect is well taken care of. The reels are set in a tropical rain forest, once thought to be the location of the lost city of gold. The high paying symbols are Aztec artefacts like idol and flute and the low paying symbols are precious stones of different colours. The game logo is the wild symbol.

It seems that the only essence of Jungle Jim El Dorado video slot is the Rolling Reels feature. Microgaming has used this feature in quite a few of its other high profile online slots, but in El Dorado it is truly something else. In order to start this feature you have to first hit a winning combination in any spin. All the accruing payouts are made with a 1x multiplier. Then the symbols in the winning combinations explode and disappear. New symbols fall down and fill up the empty spaces left by the vanishing symbols. This is described as the first roll in Jungle Jim. The winning combinations in the first roll, if any, are paid with a 2x multiplier applied to the payout table values. The process keeps repeating if new winning combinations are formed in subsequent rolls. The second roll has a 3x multiplier, the third roll has a 4x multiplier and all rolls thereafter are paid with a 5x multiplier. All this happens without the player staking any extra amount. When there are no new wins in any roll the next spin can be activated with the payout multiplier again at 1x.

Three or more scatter symbols on the reels at the same time award 10 free spins. You will want this to happen as often as possible because the payouts are humongous. The first win in any free spin is paid with a 3x multiplier. In the rolls the multipliers are 6x, 9x, 12x and 15x. The free spins can be retriggered.

Jungle Jim El Dorado is a 25 fixed paylines slot game. The maximum bet per spin is CA$125, which will attract high roller online casino players. The top line payout is 3000 times the line bet, which is great given the Rolling Reels feature. Players will have some exciting times with Jungle Jim El Dorado.