Dino Might Pokies
Microgaming have a couple of dinosaur-related pokies in their collection, Jurassic Park being one of them, and this is a somewhat more dated game that still manages to dig up some good bonus rounds.
With colourful cartoon creatures across the 5 reels, set against a plain backdrop, it’s not a bad-looking pokie, but not stunning either, however it’s got the usual high quality animations to the reels and like all games from this developer, is independently certified for fair play.
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A distinct comic-book style has been used across this game, with even the text font looking like it’s come from the pages of one. It’s an unusual way to present a game but looks good and it’s surprising it hasn’t been rolled out across more pokies.
The control buttons below the game however, are completely standard for Microgaming titles and give players the option to set the level they bet at between 0.01 and 250.00, which is a decent range and should be enough for all but the biggest of budgets. Players are able to adjust up to 0.20 per coin and place between 1 and 10 coins on a line.
Unless all of the 25 lines are active however, they won’t benefit from all winning combinations, so it’s always wise to have at least something on all of them, which would still see a minimum practical stake of just 0.25 per spin.
All wins pay left to right and are multiplied by the coin values staked per line, with a View Pays button taking players to a screen that outlines what will be won for each combination.
Instead of the playing card symbols that are popular across so many games, here we have some prehistoric plant life adorning the lower end of the payout schedule. Not being an expert on the subject, it’s probably best just to skip through this level, with the lowest-value plant being worth 5, 10, or 50 coins for lines of 3, 4 or 5 of them, and this goes up to 10, 40 or 100 coins for the most valuable one.
The dinosaurs are at the top of the food chain, with prizes going from 12, 50 and 120 coins when the Ankylosaurs stops in 3, 4 or 5 spots on the line, while T-Rex is appropriately top dog, (or dinosaur), carrying a value of 30, 200 or 800 coins in his jaws.
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Adding to the fun are some bonus symbols and features that are designed to create interest and boost the bankrolls of players who land them.
Although something like a Velociraptor may have been more appropriate, the Dino Might game logo acts as the wild symbol, substituting for any of the basic icons if that will complete a winning line and doubling the value of any subsequent payouts when it does so. In common with other pokies, the wild also has the honour of being the most valuable symbol, and when 2, 3, 4, or 5 of them land across an active line, the prizes range from 5, 80, 800 and a Diplodocus-sized jackpot of 8000 coins.
The Triggersaurus (don’t look for him on Wikipedia, it’s a made-up name), starts a quick bonus game when at least 3 land across an active payline. All that’s needed is for the player to click on one of them and a prize will be awarded.
More interesting is the Jurassic Park-inspired mosquito in amber symbol which is a scatter, meaning that it can land anywhere on the reels, with 2, 3, 4 or 5 of them equalling a win of 2x, 4x, 40x or 200x the total amount bet per spin, while also triggering a side game if at least 3 have appeared at once.
In this round, players are taken to a sweeping landscape populated by dinosaurs of all shapes and sizes. The image is divided into 21 squares and they just need to click on them until 4 matching fossil symbols are revealed for a guaranteed payout. Some of the squares also have multipliers hidden within them, so the amount won could be several times the value shown.
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A nice style and decent bonus rounds are just some of the highlights of this game. While some players will like to see fancy 3D graphics, the comic-book appearance is really quite appealing.
The only thing really missing from this game is a free spins round, but the reel bonus and pick a fossil game more than make up for this, while the wild multipliers and big jackpot all contribute to making this pokie a highly recommended one.