Cleopatra may have been the most beautiful thing that Egypt ever produced – but it is the gold buried deep beneath the tombs of the Ancient Pharaohs that drives pot hunters there in droves to try and procure their fortunes.
This pokie version of Cleopatra from the 888 Casino is certainly no different, and plenty of pot hunters have enjoyed seeking their fortune here since the game's creation.
There's no better place to start hunting the big pot than the Cleopatra Bonus Game which offers players the chance to play up to 180 free games with all prizes except Cleopatra herself tripled, anytime the bonus is triggered. 3, 4 or 5 Scattered Sphinx will trigger the bonus which is initially 15 free spins with triple prizes, and 3 or more Scattered Symbols during the initial free spins will see more free spins added to your total.
Those triggering Scattered Sphinx symbols also have another function, and any 2 to 5 symbols will see you have your total-bet multiplied and deposited into your bank. 2 symbols will win you 2x your total-bet, 3 symbols will win you 5x, 4 symbols will win you 20x, and 5 symbols will trigger a fantastic big-pot of 100x your total-bet.
If you're wondering what role our sexy female protagonist plays, then it is one many famous men such as Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony dreamed of – to see Cleopatra go wild. Of course, when we say wild in a pokie game sense, we mean that Cleopatra has the power to replace other symbols when it is possible for her to form part of a winning combo. The colourful and bejewelled Cleopatra is also the top paying pay-table symbol, and lining-up 5 symbols on a played-line will win you 1,000x your line-bet (or a top win of 10,000 coins).
There's lots of other symbols which can trigger line-bet multiplying wins, and any 3, 4 or 5 symbols lined-up from reel 1 onwards will trigger a win. The top prize for each symbol is 125x for the poker symbols, 250x for the All Seeing Eyes, 400x for the Gold Ingots, and 750x for either the brightly blue and yellow coloured fans, or the Scarab Beetles.
The graphics aren’t as state of the art as some of 888’s newer games, but they’re certainly fun and colourful enough to add flavour to this Ancient Egyptian adventure.
Players have a range of options when it comes to choosing their spin-stakes, and you can choose to play 1-20 lines, which can then be staked with a choice of 9 line-bets ranging from 0.05 coins up to 10 coins. If you're a small-stakes player that means you can enjoy playing for as little as 0.05 coins a spin, whilst high-rollers can enjoy a spine-tingling 200 coins a spin. There's also an auto-play option.
The Ancient Egyptian pokies were some of the forerunners of the current pokie game phenomenon and, though they’re still great fun to play, the graphics, symbols, wilds, scatters and bonuses are quite predictable. However, if you like your Ancient Egyptian pokies this is at least on a par with the majority of them and, if you’ve never played a similarly themed pokie, then it’s well worth a look before trying out some of 888’s other pokies.