Captain Quid’s Treasure Quest Pokie Machine
In a world full of multi-round, 3D, all action games, this pokie seems a bit lost at sea, as the old style symbols are nothing particularly new. Many people are looking for just this sort of game though, where nothing too complicated is going to happen and regular, reliable wins can be counted on, although extra wins and some big potential payouts from the wild symbol, plus a free spins round with multipliers will add interest.
Captain Quid’s Treasure Quest is, of course, themed around a pirate ship and comes with images of the crew, their captain, the boat and a compass, alongside the classic playing card icons plus wild and scatter symbols that trigger the bonus features.
It’s hardly going to shiver the timbers of anyone who plays it, but coming from the trusted IGT developer, it’s not going to plunder their bankrolls either.
Playing Captain Quid’s Treasure Quest
Although the style may be a little old-fashioned, the game still looks fine, just not very sophisticated. It’s got a classic 5 reel layout, with symbols over 3 rows and has just 15 paylines. Players can bet from 0.01 to 75.00 on a spin, although to get all of the lines active, and therefore qualify for all winning combinations that appear, the least that can be wagered on a spin is 0.15.
There’s a plain but effective picture of the ship behind the reels, a nice game title that’s in keeping with the theme above them and a bit of information about how the bonus features work is shown below them. To find out what each symbol is worth, players will first need to locate the paytable, which isn’t as easy as expected as it’s hidden under the ‘Options’ tab above the game in letters so small that a magnifying glass would be handy.
Once there, however, it all becomes clear, and players will see that they need to land 3, 4 or 5 matching symbols on adjacent reels, across an active line running left to right for a win, although the scatter symbol pays in any positions.
Keeping with the traditional format, the 10, J, Q, K and A symbols will reward the lesser-value prizes, ranging from 5x, 20x or 150x the line bet to 15x, 50x or 250x when 3, 4 or 5 matching ones stop across an active payline. The pirate-themed pictures are worth more, culminating in the Captain himself, who pays 3x when landing on reels 1 and 2 on an active line, and 50x, 500x or 1000x when he turns up on 3, 4 or 5 reels.
Captain Quid’s Treasure Quest
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Bonus Features
The game logo is a bandana and eyepatch-wearing skull with crossed swords, looking suspiciously like the logo for a certain series of pirate movies based in the Caribbean, and this doubles up as a wild symbol, so it will substitute for others and help to complete winning lines.
It’s also worth the biggest payouts when landing across a line on its own, with 2 wilds paying 20x the line bet, 3 of them are worth 100x and 4 equals a win of 1000x the line bet. The game jackpot however, is awarded for 5 wilds across all of an active payline, with players winning 10,000x the amount staked per line.
This isn’t the only bonus feature however, as there is also the small matter of the chest scatter symbol that pays takes players to a Treasure Quest map whenever 3 or more appear at once.
The aim of this round is to find buried treats such as free spins with multipliers and once these have been dug up, the bonus games play out, during which the chest symbol is worth multiples of the total bet when it appears, rather than acting as the trigger to the Quest. The perfect scenario sees players finding 20 free spins and a multiplier of 15x applied to any wins throughout them, although the round can’t be re-triggered from within, so players will return to the base game once it’s over.
The Verdict
Despite the rather simple graphics that come with this pokie, Captain Quid’s Treasure Quest has enough going on to keep players entertained and perhaps fill their accounts with lots of booty.
Straightforward gameplay, a simple betting structure and the uncomplicated way symbols line up for a win makes this a decent game for newcomers to try out, plus of course, it’s got a popular theme to attract them.
Bonus features are potentially quite lucrative, especially during the actual Quest that gives this game its name, although even in normal play, there’s the opportunity to land some nice wins, especially if the wild symbol drops anchor across all 5 reels and pays out 10,000x the line bet.