Desert Riches Hold ‘N’ Link

Desert Riches Hold’ N’ Link is the latest slot from Stakelogic, this time produced in collaboration with Netgame Entertainment. The theme is one of the most common to be found in the world of online slots; ancient Egypt. 

Here you'll enter an ancient temple and encounter all the symbols you'd expect from an Egyptian themed slot. A soundtrack of adventure music adds to the atmosphere.

The graphics are nicely done, with a torch-lit temple in the background. At the top of the grid are three boxes that let you know how much each jackpot is worth. There are three of these, Mini, Minor and Grand.

The game grid consists of five reels and three rows with ten paylines. The Hold’n’Link bonus feature can give you the chance to win some nice cash prizes and the chance to win the Grand Cashpot of 1000x your stake. The maximum possible win is an impressive 4750x your stake. 

Card ranks from 9 to Ace act as the lower paying symbols, Landing five-of-a-kind of these will get you between10x-12.5x your stake.

For the higher paying symbols, there's a Lotus, a ring, Scarab, Eye of Ra, Ankh and the highest paying symbol. These will pay between 25x-75x for five-of-a-kind. The Snake Wild is the highest paying symbol in the game, and landing five in a row will bag you a whopping 900x your stake.

There are also Bonus Spheres. These will give you a cash prize of between 0.5x-25x your stake or trigger the Mini or Minor jackpot.

There are two great features to Desert Riches. The first is the beady-eyed, vicious-looking Snake Wild. The other is the Hold'N'Link Bonus Game which will shower you with golden cash prizes.

Snake Wild Symbol

A big golden snake poised to strike is not something you’d want to see in the normal course of events. But when it appears on the reels of Desert Riches, that’s a different story.

This lustrous serpent acts as the wild and can replace all other symbols, except the bonus spheres. But five-of-a-kind will win you a prize of 900x your stake.

Hold ‘N’ Link Bonus Game

Landing 6 or more golden Bonus Spheres anywhere across the reels will trigger this Bonus round.

When a bonus sphere appears. It will be either Cash Spheres worth from 0.5x to 25x your stake, or Mini and Minor Cashpot Spheres. The Mini pays 20x and the Minor, 100x your stake. But they only pay out if they are part of a combo that triggers the bonus round.

Once this happens, all the bonus symbols stick. The other positions are empty. Once the reels spin, they’ll either fill with more bonus spheres, or remain blank.

The round starts with three free spins on the counter, and this resets to three for every additional bonus sphere landing on the grid.

Once the bonus game starts, additional bonus spheres will start popping up. These are:

Collect Sphere = Takes the value of all the other bonus spheres on the grid and adds them to its own.

Payer Sphere = Increases the value of all bonus spheres except Cashpot and Last Chance Spheres.

Last Chance Sphere = This will give you one extra free spin once the round is done.

If you end up with all the positions on the grid filled with bonus spheres, you’ll win the Grand Sachpot of 1000x your stake. This comes on top of all your other wins from the bonus game.

This is a classic five reel slot that uses a tried and true technique for its bonus game. That's not to say it is boring though, far from it. It's well done, and the possibility of a massive win from the Snake Wild adds an extra touch of excitement.