Lost Secret of Atlantis is 5 reels and 25 pay-lines video slot powered by Rival software provider. As the slot title suggest that the theme of this slot revolves around the fictional island of Atlantis.The transparent reels are set in an underwater city ruins.Both symbols and sound effects are theme related. Give this slot a spin here for free or pay a visit to any of the Rival Casinos to play for real money.
Before you dive and go searching for the lost city of Atlantis, you need to set your bets.By clicking on "+/-" you can set the coins size which ranges from 0.01 to 0.25. The number of lines can be set by clicking on "Select Lines", and "Select Coins" will adjust the number of coins per line."Bet Max" sets the maximum bet and starts turning the reels automatically. "Auto" will turn the reels automatically without interruption but it is available only when playing for real money, and "Spin" will set the reels in motion.
This mystique underwater video slot contains an Expanding Wild symbol, a Scatter, a Bonus game symbol, a Jackpot symbol and two bonus features. Special bonus features include Free Spins andAtlantis Bonus feature.
The jackpot symbol is represented as the ring. This symbol can form its own winning combinations if you land 3 or more of them. Three rings will get you 50 credits, 4 rings will get you 200 credits, and for 5 you will be awarded with 1000 credits. All wins are multiplied by coins staked per line, except for the Scatters. Only highest win per line will be paid out.
The Wild symbol in the game is a shark. This is an Expanding Wild and it appears only on reels 1, 2, and 3. The symbol can replace any other symbol on the reels when it is possible to form a winning line. All wins are multiplied by the number of expanding wilds on screen. (3 wilds = x3 multiplier)
The Scatter symbol in the game is a yellow submersible craft. If you land 3 or more of them anywhere on the reels you will activate Free Spins feature. All potential wins during this feature will be subjected to x3 multiplier. Three crafts will get you 10 spins, four will get you 20 spins, and five crafts anywhere on the reels will award you with 75 free spins.
The Bonus mini game is activated when you land 3 or more green creatures. This mini-game is pretty short and all you have to do is pick one blue metallic balls displayed which will award you with a suitable prize.
Game Play:
+/-: Set the coins size.
Select Lines: Set the number of lines.
Select Coins: Set the number of coins to bet per line.
Bet Max: Set the maximum possible bet.
Spin: Start the reels.
Auto: Set the reels in motion without interruption for a chosen number of times.
I can't remember how long ago I first played this Lost Secret of Atlantis game from Rival, probably about 2 or 3 years ago, or more, but my first few plays on the game weren't that good at all, so I never did get to like it very much. At that time, this game wasn't performing satisfactorily for me, and it wasn't even in my list for more future plays. But recently, since being able to play at certain Rival casinos again, I began playing the games one at a time, refreshing back my rusty memories on them, but more importantly, to see how each game is performing after a few years of exposure in the gaming market. Lost Secret of Atlantis is one game that got better for me.
Unlike most of Rival's newer releases, this game plays with the standard 25 paylines, much to my liking. The Shark is the Wild symbol in the game, but it doesn't pay anything for itself. It appears only on reels 1, 2 and 3, expands into a Wild reel with any win, and multiplying that win by the number of Wild Reels, that is from 1x up to 3x. It also substitutes for other symbols except the Scatter and the Bonus symbols. The Submersible is the Scatter symbol, a dumb symbol sadly, but getting 3, 4 or 5 of them triggers 10, 20 or 75 free spins with all wins tripled, and more free spins can be retriggered. Nice! The Green Creature is the Bonus symbol, also another dumb symbol, but getting 3 or more of them triggers the Bonus Round, whereby you pick 1 of the 3 spheres to win a cash prize. As for the other symbols, the Ring pays 1000x, the Statue pays 500x, the Lady pays 400x, the Oxygen Tanks pay 350x, the Screen pays 120x, and the rest pay from 100x to 50x, all per line bet for getting 5 of each kind. A very low paytable, unfortunately.
Lost Secret of Atlantis is one of those few games that has a very low paytable but performs admirably well in actual play! I didn't realised this some years ago, but my recent plays got me quite surprised indeed. Yes, the game made my credit balance go like a yo-yo, up and down, down and up, but with occasional wins over my starting balance, which hardly ever happen with most other Rival games that I have played so far. Only now I realised that this game can give a good extended play time, and with a little bit of luck, may even make a decent win from the game. Don't expect to get any huge wins though, which the paytable may have great difficulties in providing.
The Bonus Rounds were also quite good, but those who know me well enough, would know that a 'pick-and-win' bonus game is never my favourite kind. However, the simple bonus game in Lost Secret of Atlantis offers either a 23x, 26x or a 30x total bet win, so that works well for keeping the credit balance steady and going. The Free Spins game, on the other hand, works in the other extreme. It can pay drastically poor with only a 1x total bet win, or pay nicely with 80x total bet wins and more, but it paid me around 45x my bet amount on average, which is pretty good. This is one Rival game I need to keep on playing in the future and aim for a bigger win, hehehe.