Diablo 13 is 5 reels and 13 pay-lines progressive video slot powered by Topgame software. The theme screams magic from every symbol, sound and setting in general. Everything revolves around the dreadful number 13, even the number of pay-lines. The slot features symbols such as magic sphere, spell book, red bell on a pentagram, devils, skulls, black cats, haunted castles, etc. Give it a spin here for free or visit any Topgame Casinos to play for real money.
Before you step into the world of black magic, you need to adjust your bets. In "Autoplay" section by clicking on +/- you can set how many times you wish the reels to turn without interruption. Next to it is the "Coins" tab where, by clicking +/-, you can set coins size which ranges from 0.01 to 5. On the right hand side from coins is the "Lines" tab which regulates the number of lines you wish to play. "Bet Max" sets the maximum bet, and "Spin" sets the reels in motion.
This video slot is pretty straightforward and simple when it comes to special symbols and bonus features. Besides aforementioned progressive jackpot, you will also encounter a scatter, a wild symbol and a bonus round called Dungeon Treasure.
The Wild symbol in the game is a Haunted Castle. This symbol can substitute for any other symbol in the game except the scatter and bonus.
The scatter symbol is represented as the fairy. If you land 3 scatter fairy symbols on reels 1, 3 and 5 you will activate Free Spins feature. Once you hit this combo you will, as you may have already suspected, get 13 Free Spins.
Dungeon Treasure is the bonus round which gets activated when you hit 3 or more Sorcerer bonus symbols on any active pay-line, and charm will summon up to 3300 bonus credits in this Dungeon Treasure. When activated you will be taken to another screen where you will be required to choose between 2 doors, and you will be awarded with instant credits. With 3 landed symbols on the reels you can win between 30 and 150 credits, for 4 symbols between 150 and 750, and for 5 symbols between 450 and 2250 credits.
The progressive jackpot is called Monster Madness Jackpot which is appropriate taking the value into the account. You can win this jackpot if you get lucky enough to land 5 Haunted Castle Wild symbols on any active pay-line. Keep in mind that in order for you to have any remote chances of winning this jackpot you must bet a maximum bet per each spin.
Game Play
Bet +/-: Set the coins size.
Select Lines: Set the number of lines.
Bet Max: Set the maximum bet.
Spin: Start the reels turning.
Autoplay: Turn the reels without interruption for a chosen amount of times.
Back in my earlier days of playing online games, I could play all and any games from any games provider. In those days, I was playing games from RTG, Rival and Top Games, in addition to Playtech and Microgaming. Where Top Games was concerned, there were only 2 games that became my favourite, namely Diablo 13 and Fandango's. All other games couldn't make my favourites list. Today, Top Games has changed into Pragmatic, and all the games, including Diablo 13, have been upgraded with slightly better graphics. Will the new upgraded Diablo 13 play as good as the old version? That, I was about to find out.
Looking through the paytable, everything looks the same, except for the symbols. They are still recognisable, albeit looking slightly different from how I knew them. The screenshot shown above is from the old version. The logo 'Diablo 13' is the Wild symbol, substituting for other symbols except for the Scatter and the Bonus symbols. It doesn't pay for itself, it doesn't double any wins, and it doesn't come stacked or expanded either. A totally dumb Wild symbol. Funny how this fact didn't matter at all to me many years ago, but not now. The Fairy is the Scatter symbol, also a dumb symbol, appearing only on reels 1, 3 and 5, and getting all 3 of them triggers 13 free spins without any multiplier, but more free spins can be retriggered. Not good at all, especially by today's standards.
The Old Man is the Bonus symbol, yet another dumb symbol, and getting 3 or more of these Bonus symbols on any active payline triggers the Bonus game. A very simple Bonus game it is. Just choose the left or the right chamber to win a cash prize, ranging from 30 coins up to 2250 coins, depending on the number of Bonus symbols that triggered the Bonus game. As for the symbols, the Devil pays 13,000x the line bet for 5 of them, which is marvelous, and the others pay from 1000x to 80x, all per line bet for 5 of each kind. Well, despite the good high value for the Devil symbol, all others contribute to making the paytable a low one.
The first thing that I realised, after all these years, was how low the paytable actually is. The Wild symbols don't pay, the Scatter symbols don't pay, the Bonus symbols don't pay, the Free Spins game doesn't have any multiplier, and all the other symbols couldn't contribute to any big wins, except for the Devil symbol. I couldn't get any retriggers in my most recent play on this game, whereas it would come quite often in the old Diablo 13 version. The payouts that I got were also very low, from 6x to 15x my bet amount only. Those were really disappointing! Definitely not like the old version, which used to pay me quite well. Better wins are possible, yes, but not in my time of playing it.