Pirates Gold Slot NetEnt

Pirate’s Gold is an interesting game because its layout is like a classic slot machine but it’s a 5-reel, 9-payline one. According to design it’s a land-based machine (there’s another one-armed machine in the back) and we can see on the front covers of the machine a pirate on his ship with treasures in one hand and sword in the other while the cannon stare at other frigates. This image would be perfect if the inevitable parrot would sit on his shoulder.

With all of these I enumerated almost all the symbols the game has and which present 23 winning combinations in total. From these possibilities the 5 treasure-chests is the best and surprise player with a x10.000 award. To achieve this we can use bets for all lines from €0.90 up to the increased €9.

Though this little game has no Wild symbol or free spin feature but has 2-level bonus round. If 3 or more Pirate icon appears on a bet line we get to the bonus game where have to shoot down and sink one of the four enemy’s ship that float around an island. We have a cannon and 1 attempt to do this and if the shoot hit a ship that hide a golden key the bonus adventure step to another level. In this first stage the wins is x10, x50 or x100 of line bet. The second bonus is opened from the first bonus and here with help of the golden key and assist by parrot we must select one treasure-chest out of 5 to get additional award that can be 100, 200, 500 or 1000 times of bet. That’s really funny how the parrot is flying.

My biggest problem with Pirate’s Gold is my general concerns at games like this, namely, the reels screen and symbols are too small and I feel they’re crowded. I think some solution for better visualization would be nice this area. Other than that it’s a fine, little cute game with bigger prize than I originally thought.

Pirate's Gold is another classic slot from Net Entertainment, maybe one you would find in a land based casino. I'm not sure since I haven't seen it feature in my local casino. Although it gets classified as a classic slot, it sure has a lot of characteristics of an advanced slot. Basically Pirate's Gold offers you the opportunity to play as many as 90 paylines.

This slot has 5 reels and 3 rows. You can select only one payline at a bet size of just €0.10 or upgrade them to more. It offers great flexibility in that aspect, since you can simply upgrade it to 9, 18, 27, 45 or 90 paylines. But also single lines in between the just mentioned number of paylines are possible.

Keep in mind that the €0.10 bet size for each payline is set. So I can definitely imagine 9 euros per spin being too much. But that's the only way you can use all paylines. For me it was not feasible to play that way, since I would probably be through my bankroll in no time.

Instead I played this game for a good 1000 spins on a 2.70 euro bet size, which is still above my usual playing pattern. The theme is based on pirates robbing ships on the middle of the ocean. The symbols feature his parrot, hooks, canons, pirate flags, rings and treasure chests.

The best payout for this can be achieved by collecting 5 treasure chest symbols, which guarantees 10,000 coins. In addition Pirate's Gold also has a second level bonus, which triggers when 3 golden pirate symbols feature on any given payline.

You then have to shoot one of the three ships with a cannon. This then usually reveals a prize of up to 5x bet size. The other surprising appearance is that of the parrot. Whenever you hit a winning combination featuring parrots. The parrot flies to that captain to pick up a card with a prize. Nothing too spectacular though, since it usually pays around 1-2x bet size.

I enjoyed playing this game, but haven't won anything while playing it. Many moderate wins of 10x bet size and some of 20x bet size. Overall I'm probably even on this slot. Maybe I should play all paylines once, but I don't have the balls for it unfortunately.

My final rating for Pirate's Gold is 7.5/10