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Ancient Island Megaways is Pragmatic Play cranking out another Megaways slot. Yeah, yeah, you’ve seen the mechanic before. But this time, it’s Mayan ruins and jungle vibes. Think forgotten cities, like Tikal or Palenque – places just straight up abandoned back in the day. Nobody really knows why. Anyway, Pragmatic’s hoping you’ll forget about real history and get hooked on cascading symbols, bonus rounds, and all that special symbol crap. Let’s see if Ancient Island Megaways is actually worth a damn.
Ancient Island Megaways is a video slot from Pragmatic Play. Six reels, variable rows – that Megaways thing – so you get up to 117,649 ways to win. Bet range is okay, from a measly 0.20 up to 240 for the high rollers. RTP’s the usual bullshit – they give you a headline 96.55%, which is decent, but casinos can switch it to 95.55% or even 94.55%. Gotta watch out for that. Free spins trigger about once every 408 spins on average. Hit frequency in the base game is 21.98%. High volatility, naturally. Max win is 10,000x your bet. Statistically, you’ll hit that massive win once in every 1,686,910 spins. Wins over 1000x happen around once every 25,431 spins.
It’s got your typical slot features to try and pump up those wins. Ancient Island Megaways features: Tumbling Reels, Wilds, Top Reel Modifiers, Free Spins, and Feature Buy. Standard stuff, but let’s dig into it.
Theme’s jungle/ancient civilization. Background’s beaches, blue skies, and some old ruins. Buy Feature button’s on the left if you’re impatient. Spin and bet buttons are where you expect ’em, below the reels. Ancient Island Megaways works on phones, computers, tablets – whatever. Wins happen when you line up 3+ matching symbols from left to right. That kicks off the tumble feature.
Low-paying symbols are the usual crap: 10, J, Q, K, A. Six of a kind pays out from 0.5x to 0.8x. Big whoop. High-paying symbols are turquoise lizard, purple bird, blue mask, green mask, and pink mask. Six of those get you 1x to 5x. Still not exactly life-changing.
Wild symbol says «Wild.» Real original. Only shows up on reels 2, 3, 4, and 5. Scatter symbol is a green gem. Four or more of those triggers the bonus game – free spins. Above the reels, there’s a special reel. This one can drop special symbols: Cash Prize, Multiplier, Max Megaways, Symbol Replace, and Extra Wilds. More on those later. Let’s get into the features.
What’s the max win on Ancient Island Megaways?
10,000x your bet. If you can actually hit it.
What features does Ancient Island Megaways have?
Tumbling Reels, Wild, Top Reel Modifiers, Free Spins, Feature Buy. Like I said, standard.
Free Spins
Tumbles kick in when you win. Winning symbols vanish, new ones drop from above. Keeps going as long as you keep hitting winners. Standard cascading reels stuff.
Wilds sub for anything but the scatter. Helps make wins. Only on reels 2-5. Whenever a Wild shows, there’s a chance it triggers a Top Reel Modifier. More on that next.
Top Reel Modifier is that extra reel above reels 2, 3, 4, and 5. When a Wild lands, it expands to cover the whole reel.
If a Wild expands under a modifier, it activates. You can get:
Triggered by 4+ Scatters anywhere on the reels in the base game. 4 Scatters = 12 free spins, 5 = 14, 6 = 16. You can retrigger them with the Extra Spins modifier. That gives you 2, 3, 5, or 10 extra free spins.
During free spins, the Top Reel Modifier is always active on every spin. Guaranteed modifier each spin.
Feature Buy
If you’re impatient, you can buy the bonus round. Costs 100x your bet. RTP on the buy is 96.55%. Up to you if it’s worth it.
Rowan Hockridge
