Overview
Prepare for an epic return to Isla Nublar with Jurassic Park Gold, an exhilarating slot experience brought to life by Stormcraft Studios. This highly immersive game perfectly captures the thrilling essence of the multi-billion-dollar Jurassic Park franchise, unleashing a captivating blend of danger and excitement across its 5-reel, 4-row grid. Visually, the game transports you deep into the island's lush flora, setting a calm yet suspenseful backdrop before the iconic dinosaurs and beloved characters make their adrenaline-spiking appearances on the 40 fixed paylines. Designed for players seeking High Volatility action, Jurassic Park Gold promises an intense ride where the prehistoric beasts could lead to a monumental Max Win of 8,000x your bet. This title is a must-play for both dino-fanatics and thrill-seekers looking for a captivating, high-stakes adventure.
Gameplay & Features
Like the Gallimimus' 'flocking this way' in the original movie, Jurassic Park Gold is overrun with features. Let's break them down.
• Link&Win
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These trademarked Link&Wins are popping up with increasing regularity, though they often come with slight variations, so not all are the same. To trigger it, you'll need to land at least6 bonus Powerball symbolsin the base game. Powerball symbolslock to the reels, and each has acash valueor ajackpotand resets spinsback to 3whenever a new one lands. Also, landing 15, 20, 25, or 30 Powerballsunlocks rows5, 6, 7, and 8 for extra chances to possibly win.
• Jackpots
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Prominently displayed at all times on the left,jackpotscan only be won from the Link&Win feature. Each Powerball that lands may reveal theMini,Minor, orMajorprize, worth 15x, 30x, or 100x the bet, respectively. The fourth jackpot, theMegapays out a reward of8,000x the stakeand is won if all positions on the panel are filled with Powerballs.
• Free Spins
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Landing at least3 scatter symbolsactivates thefree spinsbonus rounds, which are unlocked after a set amount of free spins triggers have been achieved. The first three areDilophosaurus,Velociraptor, andSpinosaurus, offering 12, 9, and 6 retriggerable free spins, respectively, wherewild win multipliersof x2, x5, or x8 may appear. Max win varies in each bonus round from 3,600 to 4,000x. The fourth is aTyrannosaurus Rex Free Spinwhich is unlocked when thescatter collector is filledin the base game. Landing15 pairs of scattersfills the meter. In this feature,1 spinoccurs with a guaranteed Wild Storm featurewhereup to 5 reels may turn fully wild.
• Wild Chase
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This feature is present in the non-T-Rex free spins rounds. When awild symbollands, ithighlights the positionit appeared in. If another wild lands in an already marked position, itexpandsto cover all positions on the reel for that spin. In Dilophosaurus, this could be reel 3; in Velociraptor, this could be reels 2 or 4; and in Spinosaurus, this could be reels 2, 3, or 4. Filling a whole reel with marked cells awards+4 free spins
Final Thoughts
Jurassic Park branded slots have proven hugely popular in the past, and it's easy to envisage Jurassic Park Gold being popular as well. It looks lively and jams many of the main stars of the 1993 box office smash film. When reading that, it's hard to believe the original movie is nearly 30 years old, a testament to the ongoing wonder dinosaurs have in the popular imagination and the impressive quality of the CGI at the time. It might also have something to do with Microgaming and Co. wanting to squeeze extra mileage out of the JP license, but whatever prompted a Gold version, dino-fanatics probably won't be complaining.
Those who were expecting a suite of new extras might be disappointed, though, since Jurassic Park Gold provides more or less the same gameplay asThunderstruck Wild Lightningdid – with a lower max win. Players who enjoy bonus round unlocking quests or the heroics provided by the single Tyrannosaurus Rex spin where 5,000x is possible might be satiated. The rest might not be so much. While Jurassic Park Gold offers a level of entertainment, it feels better suited to hardcore dino fans.
Strip the gloss off, weed out the dinos, and you're left with a less potentially profitable version ofThunderstruck Wild Lightningwhich in turn was a shadow of the iconic Microgaming version. But novelty probably wasn't the main point. Jurassic Park Gold's objective of cashing in on the dinosaur craze will no doubt pay off in attracting players who can't get enough massive, extinct reptiles in their lives. And if it doesn't pull in the punters? No biggie, it's unlikely massive amounts of effort went into developing the gameplay since it was largely recycled anyway.
