Jurassic Park Gold

Who doesn't look at ripples coursing through a glass of water and think of a t-rex? Be that as it is, you now might also see ripples in a glass of water and think of massive cash wins thanks to Jurassic Park Gold. Online casino games don't come quite as thick and fast as they once did carrying themes based on movies and popular entertainment, but thanks to Stormcraft Studios, we have our first in quite some time. With up to 8,000x your bet plus four different features, there isn't just a relaxed look and feel reverberating through the online slots scene once you trigger the bonus. Join us in Jurassic Park Gold for a guided tour.

This title has been released under the studio name of Stormcraft Studios, although this is a sub-studio of Microgaming. The latter is one of the biggest in the business, having struck many a licensing agreement to release online slot machines in the UK based on series and movies. Jurassic Park Gold is actually a sequel of Jurassic Park Remastered and uses a very similar set of visuals. All your favourite characters from the 1993 classic can be seen on the reels. There's nothing overly complicated on the five reels and 40 paylines, although you can unlock more rows to expand the reels at points.

Players have a very accommodating wagering window in which to stake their desired bets. You can wager anything from 0.20 – 30.00 per spin, so both high rollers, as well as players preferring to take things easy, should feel right at home. Regardless of what levels you place bets at, the most you'll be able to win is 8,000x your bet, which isn't the highest we've ever seen but is by no means the lowest. You'll notice that the reels in Jurassic Park Gold are very volatile, so play a sensible strategy to capitalise on the higher win values.

Almost everyone will remember the characters that featured in the original 1993 release of Jurassic Park. Almost all of them serve as symbols that can fall on a payline as 3, 4 and 5 of a kind for cash wins. There’s Dr. John Hammond, Dr. Sarah Harding (from The Lost World), Dr. Ian Malcolm, Dr. Ellie Sattler and then Dr. Alan Grant as the highest paying of the lot. The lower-paying icons are a selection of dinosaurs, with t-rex carrying the best value of those.

The wild symbol is the Jurassic Park logo. This symbol will substitute all regular icons to make winning lines. The only symbols in Jurassic Park Gold it won’t substitute is the powerball symbol and the scatter symbol.

The powerball symbols trigger what is called the Link&Win feature. You'll need six powerballs on the same spin to activate the feature, which then takes you to an empty grid and powerball symbols with cash values start falling, and those that land are sticky. There are three spins, but more powerballs landing resets this all to 3 spins. Powerballs can land with a jackpot value, being Mini, Minor, Major or Mega. Landing the Mega is 8,000x your bet.

Landing 3 or more scatters will trigger bonus play. There are four bonuses. However, they come one at a time, with another becoming unlocked the next time you begin bonus play. They are represented by dinosaurs, and the order in which they are unlocked are Dilophosaurus, Velociraptor, Spinosaurus and then t-rex. All of them are free spins features with multipliers in play. The last available feature – t-rex – is only one free spin but sees anything between 1 and 6 reels turning completely wild.

All in all, this isn’t a bad game at all. Besides missing win reactions from cascading reels and perhaps a much bigger maximum win ratio, there are loads here to help you win cash and experience some outstanding entertainment. Also, with a theme like this, it's always fun playing for any nostalgia. Speaking of which, we’re off to watch Jurassic Park for the umpteenth time.