According to some reports Dinosaurs date back over 200 million years ago to the Triassic period, however our thirst for all things Dinosaur related began in 1993 when box office classic Jurassic Park was released. Since then everyone has been fascinated with Sci-Fi movies featuring the huge, frightening creatures, and with so many slot machines available online it should come as no surprise there are many themed on Dinosaurs.
The variety of symbols which can be used makes Dinosaurs a perfect theme for online slot machines. For example developers can use the various types of Dinosaurs (T-Rex, Velociraptor, Triceratops, Brachiosaurus, Dilophosaurus, etc), Dinosaur eggs, Paleontologists, various background scenes from the jungle, and other types of creatures they may encounter. The style of the symbols also differs greatly from scarily realistic Dinosaurs in Jurassic Park for example, to more cartoon styled symbols in other slots like T-Rex.
Most Popular Dinosaur Themed Slots
– Megasaur
– T-Rex
Jurassic Park (Microgaming)
The Jurassic Park slot machine was released by Microgaming in 2014 and is by far the most popular Dinosaur themed slot available. Like most of the major licensed slots from Microgaming, Jurassic Park contains 5 reels and pays 243 ways. Coin sizes range from 0.01 to 0.25 and between 1 and 10 coins can be bet per line, meaning a maximum bet of €75 per spin is available. Characters from the 1993 blockbuster movie are used as symbols with Dr Alan Grant, Dr Ellie Sattler, Dr John Hammond, and Dr Ian Malcolm featuring alongside terrifying Dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus Rex (T-Rex), Velociraptor, Triceratops, Brachiosaurus, and Dilophosaurus. There are two exciting bonus modes in Jurassic Park, the first being the T-Rex Alert feature which adds a total of 35 Wilds to the reels which remain there for 6 spins, however it is the free spins mode which is most rewarding. Three or more Scatter symbols trigger the free spins feature and gives you 12 free spins in total, however there are five different Dinosaur features which bring extra rewards depending which one you trigger, for example in T-Rex mode it may appear and turn some reels completely Wild.
Megasaur (RTG)
Megasaur was released by RTG in 2014 shortly after Microgaming launched Jurassic Park as an alternative for USA players to enjoy, and it has proved a huge success thanks to the variety of bonus features – most notably the life changing progressive jackpot. It contains 5 reels and 25 paylines with three betting options available – either $0.05 per line ($1.25 bet), $0.10 per line ($2.50 bet), or $0.20 per line ($5 bet). Terrifying animated Dinosaurs are used as symbols with both a Green and Red Megasaur as well as four other types displayed, along with a Volcano, and the standard Ace to 10 playing card symbols. Megasaur is jam packed with bonus features including Megasaur Wilds (Green on reel 2 or Red on reel 4 sees the Megasaur replace other Dinosaur symbols on the reel to become Wild, with wins from Red Megasaur being doubled), Free Spins Mode (guaranteed between 6 and 50 free spins), Win-Win Feature (if you win 10x your bet or less during free spins mode you will be credited with up to 250x your bet amount), Feature Guarantee (automatically triggers free spins feature if you fail to do so after 250 spins), and the Progressive Jackpot which was worth just under $1 million at the time of our review!
We will have reviews of more Dinosaur themed slot machines very soon!
