Lady Luxor Pokie Machine
There’s a seemingly endless demand for online pokies that follow the theme of ancient Egypt and Lady Luxor is a classic example that comes with images of a queen, a pharaoh, mummies some pyramids and even an explorer who’s come to dig it all up.
It’s a 3-reel game with a single win line that runs through the centre of them, but unlike many 3 reel pokies this one comes packed with extra features like a bonus game, some spins that are guaranteed to win, nudges and holds. Everything is presented in a fun, cartoon style and it all looks pretty good, if somewhat cluttered, as there’s a lot to take in on a single screen.
Off to Luxor
The reels take centre stage here, surrounded by lots of information about what symbols pay what prizes, nudge indicators, the game logo and some information about how the bonus game is triggered. Even the reels themselves are framed by a very ornate Egyptian pattern, and there’s a backdrop of temples, kings, dogs, carpets and snakes, so it’s all a bit of an eyeful that may take a minute or so to make sense.
Using the control panel underneath the game, players can set their wagers from 0.10 to 10.00 per spin, so it’s not a pokie for high stakes gamblers, but the majority of people will be happy with it. There’s no need to select the number of win lines to activate as there’s just the single one and no need to decide how many coins to play, so they just need to set a stake and click to spin the reels.
Wins are created when the line is filled with identical symbols after a spin. Surrounding part of the reels is information about how many times the stake will be won for each combination, with the classic cherry being the lowest value symbol that pays 1x when it fills the line.
Lady Luxor
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Next up we have the ankh, which is a sort of Egyptian cross, and it’s worth 2x the stake, while lemons are valued at 4x and oranges at 8x. A train of camels across the line pays 10x and a gold necklace icon is worth 20x. A pyramid with the sun setting behind it pays 40x, with the explorer carrying a prize of 80x the stake, but by far the most valuable symbol is Lady Luxor herself who has the jackpot prize of 500x the stake when she lands right across the line.
Sometimes symbols can have a mummies’ head next to them and should 3 of them land in view, not necessarily on the winline, the main Lady Luxor bonus feature begins on a new screen.
It’s set out like a board game, and players get chased around by a mummy, collecting prizes like nudges, multiplier payouts, guaranteed winning spins and so on when they stop on the board. There’s the option to collect the prize and go back to the reels, or try to get further up the board for progressively bigger rewards, but there are plenty of pitfalls along the way that forfeit any wins and end the round, so it can be quite risky to push it too far.
If nudges are won, players can shift a reel up or down, while also being able to gamble their win, bank it for a later spin of collect the win, while holds let them keep a reel in place while the others spin and hopefully create a winning combination.
There are some other randomly-awarded features, with Shifta’s, where the reels will line up winning combinations, being triggered after a non-winning spin, and the Let ‘em Spin bonus being much the same.
The Verdict
Lady Luxor falls somewhere between the traditional fruit machines of old and the modern video pokies that have become so popular in recent years. It’s only got 3 reels and a single line, but manages to pack lots of action into them, with plenty of winning spins and fun features to liven up proceedings.
Although the screen is a bit cluttered, it’s all pretty easy to understand, with bet sizes being very easy to set and plenty of winning spins along the way to the bonus games. Perhaps a wild symbol that would help to make up more winning combinations would have been nice to see, or maybe a higher maximum bet, but there’s enough here to keep most pokie fans more than happy.