Kathmandu Pokie
The city of Kathmandu is a vibrant and exciting city surrounded by the beautiful Himalayan Mountains. The Poker machine is a fairly standard online game that has a single bonus round, so while the city may appeal to the adventurer inside you, the game may suit those looking for a more sedate experience.
That's not to say it's a bad pokie, as there is much to recommend it, not least that it comes from the trusted and reliable Microgaming company, so players know that the average payout will be as declared and all spin results are determined by a Random Number Generator, not someone trying to claim all your cash.
It also means that there is no need to download it to play, while many online casinos offer a mobile-compatible version of Kathmandu that works just as well as the desktop one. The gameplay is accompanied by a standard background soundtrack of casino chatter which some people like as it adds to the atmosphere, and others are quick to turn off.
There’s a coin bet range of 0.01 to 0.25, which equals an overall bet range that goes all the way up to 45.00 per spin, so the 6000 maximum payout can be worth 150,000.00.
Kathmandu
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Features and Bonuses
Despite the ornate edging to the reels, made to look like the intricate wooden carvings that are such a feature of the architecture in Kathmandu City, the reels themselves are pretty basic. Aside from the usual 10, J, Q, K and A symbols, there are images of an Elephant, Temple, Local Market and a Map of the area. They do however, become animated when making up a winning combination.
A Wild icon will substitute for all except the Scatter symbol to help complete winning combinations. Some wild symbols don’t have any value of their own, but here, the biggest payouts are associated with the wild, and only two are needed on a line to bring in a prize, while 6000 coins are on their way to anyone who gets a full line of five.
The Scatter is a giant Bell, used in Tibet to call people to prayer. Here, it calls on the free spins round to begin when at least three scatters appear at once, in any spots on the reels while also paying out scatter wins which are multiples of the total bet amount.
Free spins can be particularly rewarding, as a random multiplier of up to five times comes into play throughout. So anything won during the 15 spins will be worth far more than the base amount, and it’s made even more interesting as a second wild symbol, the Temple, is added to the reels as well.
Twice the chance to get a win should be enough to make the free spins round into a profitable experience and it can be retriggered over and over again by the scatter symbol.
In common with many pokies from Microgaming, players can gamble all except jackpot wins. Once a win has been paid out, the Gamble button will be highlighted, which opens up a second screen that features a face down playing card and gives players the option to try and double the win by guessing the correct card colour, or quadruple it with the correct suit.
Kathmandu or Kathmandon’t?
Visually this isn’t the most stunning slot I’ve ever seen, and there is really only the one bonus feature, but thanks to the extra wild symbol and multiplier the free spins game is at least a potentially high paying round.
As long as players are not looking for loads of side games, then Kathmandu is a pretty good pokie that they can rely on to be fair.