If it’s shine and jewels, you’re after here’s something for you to check out: Gemtopia by Real Time Gaming. There are smaragds and rubies and emeralds and diamonds and all manners of gemstones to admire. Not to mention a progressive jackpot big enough to buy them all. Fifteen paylines on five reels offer a variety of betting options fit for all.
Theme
Gems, gems, and more gems. Enter the deep caverns and spin the wheels to mine some or yourself as well. All around the screen you’ll see different gemstones with their full colour splendor. Unfortunately, the graphics do not take full advantage of this. The sound world is not something to write home about either. The music is somewhat eerie and strangely disconnected, yet it does fit the theme spin after spin.
Betting Options and Functions
This is one of the rare games where you still get to choose how many lines are at play. On top of this, you can set the bet level anywhere from 0.01 coins to 5 coins per line. This gives such a wide variety of betting options that it’s well worth experimenting on. The player can also choose the reel speed, which is a useful feature for those of us with plenty of money and very little patience.
The prizes are dished out the same as in any old slot: get 3, 4 or 5 symbols in a row on the same payline and you’ll be rewarded. As an interesting feature low-paying filler symbols have been removed completely so the only thing you’ll see on the reels are the different gemstones. Maximum win is 50 000 times bet per line.
Features
There are two progressive jackpots at play here: minor and major. These can be won on random on any paid spin, nothing at all the player does affect this. Except for spinning another round naturally.
The major bonus feature is the free games, which can be triggered by three scatters. Fifteen free spins are awarded immediately and further re-spins, as well as instant cash prizes worth a thousand times your bet, can be won if further bonus gems show up on the reels during free spins.
Whenever a wild appears it will cover the whole reel and trigger a respin. This can happen multiple times in a row, with all subsequent wilds held in place during the respins. Wins of course stack up.
Our Take
Gemtopia suffers from lack of players, which makes the progressive jackpot kind of a moot point. The base game wins, on the other hand, are quite big and the same applies to bonus features. In both cases, some luck is needed to land big money, as is always the case. Graphics and music could use a bit of a touch up as well. This slot is perhaps worth trying, especially considering the very low bet level, but it’s not likely to ever reach the favor of the masses.
Slot data and features
- 5Reels
- 15Pay lines
- $500.00Max cash jackpot
- YesWild Symbol
- NoMultiplier
- $0.01 - $15Betting Range
- 0.01 - 1.0Coin bet range
- 1Coins per line
- YesProgressive
- 500Max coins jackpot
- 15Max coins
- YesScatter Symbol
- YesFree spins available
- YesBonus Game
- NoBuy feature
- Gems & Jewels Game theme
- Medium Volatility