Dinosaur Up Slot Machine
No, it isn’t a Jurassic Park tribute game and no, it isn’t another run of the mill slot release either. Actually, Dinosaur Up is a pretty unique game thanks to its mechanics which offers something new to the multitude of prehistoric themed slot games out there on the market. With amazing graphics and some pretty decent animation, this is a new video slot worth having a play on, roar!
Quite how the intrepid explorer of this slot game ended up in a jungle dinosaur hunt is beyond me, and it isn’t really explained by Lightning Box either. This could be another genetic experiment gone wrong, a time traveller or perhaps a lost world sits best with what is going on in these reels, you will have to use your imagination!
Though the reign of the dinosaurs may have been ended by an asteroid, they are alive and well here and accessible in many different forms. With this game available as a FaceBook slot, a real cash game and, of course, as a demo game right here on this site for you to play for free.
Theme
The reel backdrop is a jungle against a sunset sky, it’s all very reminiscent of the old king kong movies or journey to the center of the earth, the reel frames themselves seem to be wooden packing crates, indicating that these dinosaurs are creations which have somehow escaped. The rows are framed by Jungle vines which add a nice fluidity to the reel motion, overall the style of the game is all in sync and the production level is superb.
Symbol wise there are three escaped dinos which form the high paying icons along with the explorer who is aiming to capture them for big cash rewards and who forms the games wild. All of these come with their own animations and display particularly well when appearing as a stacked reel just like on more famous and well known slots like Spartacus.
Outside of all the main action there is a collection of royal playing card symbols which fill out the lower pay symbols along with the symbol you will want most of all – the rare dinosaur egg which is the games bonus feature triggering scatter icon.
Gameplay & Features
There are up to 25 active pay-lines to choose from divided into sets of 10/20 and 25, given the minimum bet per line is just 0.01 credit we’d definitely recommend playing them all and lowering your bet per line to suit your bankroll if needed as you will dramatically increase your chances of a decent winning combination which makes the most of the super stacks mechanic.
The big potential wins on the game as we’ve seen before in games such as Baseball bucks from this manufacturer is when you trigger the bonus spins round, three scatters gets you an initial six spins which sadly, you can’t retrigger. They do however, have some power behind them, as you play the free spins on a new 3x3 reel set where any dinosaur which appears will expand to fill the whole reel. With this function in place the likelihood of a full screen symbol match using a wild becomes much more likely and when the dinos expand into super stacks they also come with a random multiplier of up to 10x!
Summary
Lightning box games have gone the usual route of a higher volatility bias towards the bonus free spins round to enable some big exciting wins. Like some of their other slot games this does limit the base game rewards somewhat though the visual and audio effects keep the game entertaining enough to keep you engaged. This isn’t the best slot they have ever done, but it competes well in the dinosaur slot genre and has enough about it to please a wide range of playstyles.
