Microgaming recently released their Jurassic Park slot machine which is the biggest release of the year so far, however as you probably already know, no casino powered by Microgaming software accepts USA players so residents there are unable to play it.
Fortunately Realtime Gaming (RTG) saw this gap in the market and have released their Megasaur slot machine for USA players to enjoy, and it has instantly become their most popular slot release for some time, boasting various bonus features as well as a life changing progressive jackpot, which you can learn more about by reading on.
The Megasaur slot machine from RTG has a total of five reels and twenty five paylines, like the majority of their slots. Unlike other games where you can select a wide variety of coin and line betting options, there are only three amounts you can play for per spin in Megasaur – either $1.25 ($0.05 per line), $2.50 ($0.10), or the maximum of $5 ($0.20 per line).
As you would expect from a Dinosaur themed slot machine, various types of Dinosaurs have been designed in a very gruesome style to be used as symbols. The are two scary Megasaurs, a Green one and a Red one, both of which act as Wild symbols. These are joined by four other fearsome beasts, a Volcano, and your bog standard Ace to 10 symbols complete the line up.
It’s the bonus features which really makes Megasaur one of the best RTG slots to play. The first of these is the ‘Megasaur Wilds’ feature which activates when you land a Green Megasaur on reel 2 or a Red Megasaur on reel 4. These then substitute for all other symbols except the other one (if you land a Green Megasaur it doesn’t substitute for a Red one) and Volcanoes, however wins via the Red Megasaur are doubled so it’s the one you will want most.
Next is the free spins mode which i triggered when you land three or more Scatter symbols (Volcano). You then get to click on each Scatter symbol you land to reveal a number of spins behind each one, with values of 2, 5 and 10 behind each one. This means if you are guaranteed a minimum of 6 free spins, however should you land five Scatters all of which contain 10 free spins, you could receive the maximum of 50 free spins.
There is also a ‘Feature Guarantee’ in Megasaur which automatically triggers the free spins mode for you if you fail to land three or more Scatter symbols manually within 250 spins.
The ‘Win-Win Feature’ is also a pleasant addition which rewards you should the free spins feature fail to deliver. If you win nothing during free spins you are given 250x your bet, if you win 5-10x your bet you receive 2-250x, 2-5x your bet sees you receive 3-250x, and if you don’t win 2x your bet amount you receive 5-250x your bet amount. This is value for money from RTG and saves you from worrying about getting nothing out of your free spins.
Finally there is a potentially life changing progressive jackpot available, which is currently worth just under $1 million (and you can win it for just $5 per spin!). The Mega progressive jackpot can only be won during free spins mode and requires five Volcano symbols while playing for the maximum $5 bet to win it. Should you play for $2.50 per spin, four or more Volcano symbols will reward you with 20% of the jackpot total, plus three or more Volcano symbols playing for $1.25 per spin will see you win 10% of the total.
