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Slot Review: Pirates Treasure Hunt

Arrrr, me hearties! Are ye ready to sail the high seas for a shot at some booty? Who doesn’t love a pirate? Scurvy knaves who ought to be made to walk the plank, that’s who! If you loved the Disney Pirates of the Caribbean movies (starring Johnny Depp as the inimitable Captain Jack Sparrow), have always dreamed of taking a ship out to the deep blue ocean to search for sunken treasure, or simply fancy the aesthetics of eye patches and shoulder-riding parrots, then you might just get a kick out of Pirates Treasure Hunt, a great new online slot game that offers plenty of nautical adventure and the chance to win a captain’s random in treasure all for yourself!

Pirates Treasure is a slot machine title available on the World Wide Web, produced by SkillonNet, a lesser-known casino software provider. Coin values are modest and geared at players with smaller bankrolls, starting at one cent on the low end and ranging upwards to one dollar on the high end. With max coins set at a value of twenty (one per payline), that makes the highest per-spin wager one of just twenty dollars. The jackpot is anything but modest at five thousand coins! That makes the top prize one of five thousand dollars on a maxed-out bet, with plenty of opportunities to multiply your winnings! There is a free practice mode for those who like to “try” before they “buy.”

The look of this game is very adventurous, with the reels depicted on what looks like a vivid painting of a schooner in full sail on a storm-tossed sea. There is a knotted rope motif that perfectly compliments the theme, as do the predominant colors of tan and blue. The symbols on the reels are all very descriptive and well-drawn, ranging from jugs of ale and periscopes to pirate hooks, tri-corner hats, and the pirate flag. There are more than thirty winning combinations to be had in this game!

The gun is the wild symbol for this online slot, which means that it can stand in for any other icon on the reels in a winning combination with the exception of the scatter logo. The scatter symbol for this game is simply a “scatter” icon, and it is the picture you’ll have to look for if you want a chance at this game’s awesome free spins feature! Get at least three on screen during one spin to be awarded twenty free spins with a double multiplier awarded by a cockeyed parrot! The bonus symbol is the treasure chest spilling over with a wealth of golden coins. Each one of these symbols that appears on the screen during a given spin will allow you to collect fifty points!

The points on the bottom of the screen (that you win with the bonus treasure chests) build up towards the one thousand mark and the point where you trigger the Pirates Treasure Hunt bonus game. This second-screen bonus game contains three stages. You will be behind the helm of a sailing ship, needing to guess which island holds the treasure. If you are correct, you will win the biggest prize and progress towards the next island. If not, the game will end and you will collect a smaller prize instead.

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