Zulu Gold

You can find a massive selection of online slot games at our casino site, many of which come with a large selection of bonus features. However, not many come with quite as many bonus features as Zulu Gold, one of the latest slot machines from ELK Studios and one with enough entertainment to keep you enthralled for hours on end. Among the action, you'll find a 'free drops' feature, titled as such due to there being an avalanche reels mechanic, as well as multipliers added to the mix. Believe it or not, there's even more, and we'll be covering it all in our latest review at the best casino site.

We might be mistaken, but it feels as if a considerable time has passed since ELK Studios’ last release. This casino software studio is no stranger to dropping really competent online casino games, with Nitropolis 2 and Tropicool being two slots online that we enjoyed. The studio seems to try and keep the themes a little different to other iGaming houses. With Zulu Gold, they've gone with the Zulu theme, which doesn't really feature any authentic Zulu people but rather African animals and an explorer that is obviously making his way through, what to him is an unknown land. What starts as 4,096 paylines can grow to as many as 262,144 thanks to the rows expanding as you play. It's only usually with Megaways slots that you see this many paylines, which Zulu Gold is not.

One thing that a title with loads of bonus features sometimes lacks is big win potential. However, with Zulu Gold, you can win up to 10,000x your bet. While this isn't the most significant win multiplier out there, it isn't too shabby and means that you won't need to wager really high to get a solid return. The wagering window starts at a minimum limit of 20p and maxes out at £100, ensuring all budgets are accommodated. Remember, there are avalanche/cascading reels, so whenever you land a win, another wagering sequence will happen free of charge. These can go as long as you keep landing winning combinations.

The bonus symbol is the African sunset and is the symbol you'll need for free drops. There are a few wild icons, the first being the regular wild that will sub all regular symbols to create a winning payline. There’s also a charged wild that stays on the reels until it’s contributed to 3 wins. The last wild is the Wild Walker, which moves along the reels with each symbol drop leaving a trail of more wilds behind it.

There are 12 regular icons, starting in value with the stick animals and then increasing in value with the different colour finger painting. The highest value icons in ascending value are the buffalo, rhino, elephant and colonial explorer.

• Three bonus symbols – 10 drops
• Four bonus symbols – 15 drops
• Five bonus symbols – 20 drops
• Six bonus symbols – 25 drops

There are multipliers that can be added to your overall win during the free drops. With each win reaction, a 1x multiplier is added to the end win. You also get multiplier symbols that fall during free drops, and if 3 of these fall on the same drop during the free drops, then their values are combined and added to the overall win.

In Zulu Gold, regular icons can also fall as stacked, increasing the chances of a win. In any wager, you might also get a giant icon falling in the reels, all contributing to what could be valuable wins.

Zulu Gold definitely carries a load of features to give the perception of being a title with winning chances lurking in all corners of the reel-set. The best online slot games usually carry this quality, even if they are very similar to the slots players tend to avoid at the end of the day. This game does present a fun experience, though, and with all the wild functions, free drops, multipliers and modified symbols, you're sure to take something out of the countless paylines Zulu Gold possesses.