Retro Reels: Diamond Glitz Pokie Machine
Anyone who likes to see some gaudy bling across their online Poker machines shouldn’t miss out on Microgamings’ Retro Reels Diamond Glitz, which has enough sparkle to keep Tiffany’s in business. Whether it’s in good taste or not is a matter of opinion, but it certainly makes this otherwise traditionally styled game stand out, while a couple of interesting bonus features should also add some shine to the gameplay.
It’s got 5 reels, 25 paylines, a wide bet range, free spins and the Respins feature which can result in extra wins, but at a cost. This game has been around for a while and it shows in the overall design, but it’s remained a favourite for several years.
Part of a series of Retro Reels games, this one doesn’t differ much from the others, only as far as the design goes, but anyone who likes the way it looks should enjoy the way it plays as well.
How to Play Retro Reels Diamond Glitz
Like all the Retro Reels pokies, this one has a fairly plain backdrop to the proceedings, while the game itself is designed to look like it’s set in a real casino, with the control buttons angled towards players for an extra dose of realism. It’s fairly effective, and the shiny chrome effect adds even more rich decoration to the screen.
Those control buttons are used to set coin values from as little as 0.01, which can then be adjusted up to 0.02, 0.05, 0.10, 0.20 and a maximum of 0.25. Players can then have anything from 1 to 10 coins on a line and activate any number of lines, from a single one to all 25. Adding all this up gives a maximum stake per spin of 125.00, which should be more than adequate for most people.
Retro Reels: Diamond Glitz
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The payout table lists how many times the line bet will be won when the right combinations of symbols land on adjacent reels, across an active line running from the left reel. Symbols will be familiar to anyone who has even a passing knowledge of Poker machines, as they have been seen on numerous games for decades, with just a bit of a polish to them to highlight the theme.
Lower payouts come with the cherry symbol, that’s worth from 5x to 200x the line bet when between 3 and 5 land on a line. Then there’s a couple of symbols that carry the same value, with the silver bell and red 7 being worth 5x, 50x and 250x the line bet when 3, 4 or 5 stop across a line.
The single, double and triple bar icons are each worth a little more, plus there’s the exclusive single, double and triple diamonds near the top of the pay scale. It’s topped off with the $ symbol however, and landing this beauty across just 2 reels will pay 10x the line bet, with 3, 4 or 5 of them paying out 100x, 1000x and 10,000x respectively.
After any spin, players can try to get a winning combination by re-spinning any number of reels, as many times as they want. If that sounds too good to be true it’s because it is. There’s a cost attached to each spin, with the amount needed being related to how likely it is for an individual reel to create a winning line.
While there’s no limit to how many times players can choose Respins, it’s not a good idea to try again and again, as pretty soon the cost will outweigh any possible returns, so maybe it is best just to have a go now and then.
Although there’s no wild symbol, there’s a scatter that will start off a free spins game whenever it lands in any 3 or more positions. If 3 scatters appear, players are awarded 15 free spins, if 4 scatters land then they get 20 spins and 5 scatters will be the trigger of 25 free games. No matter how many spins commence any wins during them will be doubled in value, while they can even be retriggered over and over by more scatters.
The Verdict
Retro Reels Diamond Glitz may have somewhat old-fashioned looking symbols, but that hasn’t stopped players from continuing to enjoy this game after several years on release. Rather than adopting some random theme, which many pokies do, this one has stuck with the basics, added a little shine to the symbols and some nice features into the mix.
The free spins round is potentially very rewarding, while regular gameplay can still bring in lots of frequent, if smaller wins. People just need to sure they don’t get carried away with the Respins.