Zorro - The Tale of the Lost Gold Pokies
Originally created in 1919, the character of Zorro has appeared in numerous book, TV shows, movies and now an online pokie from Aristocrat that features the black-clad hero across 5 reels and 25 paylines.
Wild substitutions, scatter payouts and a unique free spins round where players can collect the winnings from not just 1, but 4 sets of reels combine to make Zorro – The Tale of The Lost Gold an action-packed pokie which can pay out up to 500x the line bet when the right symbols appear.
Swashbuckling Reels
Zorro is a kind of Robin Hood in 1860’s Los Angeles character and various images from his many stories turn up in the game, including a beautiful woman, a bag of gold, dagger and a nefarious-looking bad guy.
It’s quite effective and makes for a well-designed pokie, but of course looks are not everything and it’s how it plays out that matters, so luckily, it’s as interesting to play as it is to look at.
Behind the reels is a wall decorated with a climbing rose, while to each side of the reels are the payline indicators that show where each of the lines starts or finishes and underneath it all are the control buttons.
These are used to adjust the stake from just 0.01, which activates a single line, so getting the whole game in play will equal a minimum stake of 0.25. The amount can be adjusted up to 50.00, but anyone who has all 25 lines active will notice that an optional ‘Z Bonus’ can be taken.
This gives the equivalent of 5 extra lines and improves the return to player ratio, although at a cost, which raises the maximum stake to 60.00.
The paytable lists what each winning line is worth, with the playing card 9 icon paying 5x, 20x or 100x the line bet when 3, 4 or 5 land across an active one, while other card symbols like 10, J, Q, and K pay progressively more until we get to the A that’s worth 15x, 50x or 200x.
The more rewarding symbols are directly related to the theme, with the gold, dagger, woman and villain topped off with Zorro himself, who will return 5x, 25x, 100x or 500x the line bet to players who manage to land him on 2, 3, 4 or 5 positions on a line.
Zorro: The Tale of the Lost Gold
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Extra Features
Zorro’s horse Tornado can land on reels 2 to 5 only, but will act as all but the scatter to help complete winning lines, although he has no value on his own.
A big ‘Z’ slashed in flames is the iconic Zorro image and also a scatter icon which will trigger the main feature of this game whenever 6 or more appear in any positions after a spin.
If 6 landed, 10 free spins are awarded, and the number goes up gradually to 40 spins if 20 or more scatters landed at once. Extra wilds are added to the reels during these games, but the main difference from a standard free spins round is that 4 sets of reels will be in play.
Before the spins begin, players will need to select one of these sets. Each set will have a ‘Z Meter’ next to it, which fills up each time the Z symbol appears and at the end of the round, if the selected reels are the ones with the most Z collected, players win not only the winnings from their chosen set, but also the wins from the others as well.
If they didn’t choose the right reels, it’s not the end of the world, as they will still collect any wins from the ones they picked and with extra wilds in play, they stand a good chance of getting some decent payouts.
The Verdict
While the character of Zorro may be popular, ensuring that this pokie would be a hit whatever the features are, it’s the outstanding bonus round that really sets this game apart.
Being able to collect a bonus on top of any free spins winnings, along with the payouts from 3 other sets of reels is an innovative feature that can result in some generous rewards.
Even without this however, we have a good-looking game, although some players may have preferred to see all symbols related to the theme rather than the playing card icons that are so common across other pokies.
It’s a matter of preference, but apart from this, Zorro – The Tale of the Lost Gold is a quality game that’s sure to get a wide fan base.