A gold mining slot based around the same concept and core features asBig Bass Bonanza Megawaysis not a bad idea, given how popular themining themeis, but it has been done before in the non-Megaways Reel Time Gaming release calledGold Strike Bonanza. Blueprint’s Lucky Nuggets Megaways is very similar, but the dynamic reels grid makes the base game grind a bit more entertaining.
While Reel Time Gaming went forFishin’ Frenzysimplicity in the audiovisual department, Blueprint’s steroid-injected copycat effort comes with a somewhat more modernized presentation. Everything revolves around the money collect bonus round, and collecting the prospector collector/wild symbol is how you prolong the feature and make each nugget collection more lucrative via the upgrading multiplier.
The top-tier mining cart filled with gold symbol pays 200x your stake for 6 of a kind, while it also pays 0.5x for only 2 on a payline. The other premium symbols pay between 50 and 100 x your stake for 6-oak, and you also win 10x your stake if 6 of the gold nugget and/or diamond money symbols land on the same payline. Thewhite-bearded prospector Wildappears in the bonus round only, and steps in for pay symbols to help complete wins.
You win10, 15, 20 or 25 free spinswhen you land3, 4, 5 or 6 scatter symbols, respectively, and this triggers the prospector gold/diamond collection Bonus Round. The prospector not only serves as a wild symbol in other words, he’s also theCollector symbol. This means that all gold/diamond prize symbols that land are collected if the Wild is also present in the grid. Thegold nuggetsare worthbetween 2x and 50x, while thediamondpays2,000x your stake.
The prospector Wild is also collected, and this advances you along the meter above the grid. Here’s an overview of what you get for each 4 prospector wild you collect:
In addition, the prospector may trigger1 of 2 unique modifiersat random times:
The 7:42-minute highlights video starts right as the bonus round triggers, and it went on for quite a while due to all the extra spins we managed to win along the trail. Some solid payouts came our way as well, and you can check it all out for yourself by hitting the play button below.
Blueprint has basically made a Megaways version of Reel Time Gaming’s Gold Strike Bonanza, albeit with a less retro and somewhat more realistic cartoonish visual presentation. All the features are the same, and the math model is also similar. With up to 15,625 win ways and a 200x top-tier symbol, the50,000x potential(capped at £250,000also in this game) can theoretically be cracked from a single spin also in the base game.
In practice however, you’re more likely to close in on such numbers in the money symbols collect bonus round, which is basically lifted from Big Bass Bonanza Megaways with somewhat different random modifiers. The core concept and features have proven to be popular, and the same goes for the mining theme, so it will be interesting to see if Luckey Nuggets Megaways will catch on more than Gold Strike Bonanza has done so far.
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Gold Strike Bonanza- is the Reel Time Gaming release the game at hand is clearly more than inspired by, and it comes with a regular 5×3 grid and 10 betlines. It’s all about the money collect bonus round, which is all but identical to the feature in the game at hand, and you can win up to 50,000x (capped at £250,000) also here.
Big Bass Bonanza Megaways- is Reel Kingdom’s dynamic reels installment in the popular series, and you get up to 46,656 win ways. The reel ‘em bonus round is enhanced by the wild collector trail that awards extra spins and cash fish multiplier upgrades, and you get to fish with bazooka and dynamite via 2 modifiers. The max win is 4,000x your stake.
Cash Mine- is a Skywind Group installment in the popular mining slot genre, and the prospector can collect cash symbols also in the base game here. He is himself collected in the bonus round, which upgrades the cash prizes in 2 different ways. It also retriggers the feature, and you can win up to 5,000x your stake in total from the free spins round.
