El Tesoro Pirata 5000 Slot – Free Demo
Provider:
MGA
A single payline downstairs and a second set of reels on top, fed by golden skull coins: MGA put the interesting half of this pirate machine above the base game. Over 320 spins at 1.00 the upper screen paid 115.80, a third of everything that came back against a listed 90% RTP.
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One payline under a pirate's second screen
One can still spot many of the components characteristic for MGA. The review session ran 320 spins at a stake of 1.00 from a starting balance of 200.00.
El Tesoro Pirata 5000 is a two-screen fruit machine with a 3x3 base game and 1 payline. A spin costs 5, 15 or 25 credits, which works out to a bet of 1.00, 3.00 or 5.00. It is playable from 1 to 5, contains free spins and revolves around the upper game. Every win needs three matching symbols on an active payline. The 90% RTP is far below the acceptable range. The session got 354.20 back on 320.00 wagered, and 95 of its spins paid something. Regarding volatility, it's somewhere in the midpoint of the scale. The longest run without a win lasted 16 spins, and the balance never dropped below 194.60 on the way to a peak of 323.90.
Blue gems, a treasure map and three nudge buttons
Examining the paytable, the top symbol is depicted by blue gems. The best single spin of the session paid 104.00 on spin 11, which is 104x the stake. They are the most rewarding, paying 200 times the stake for three along the payline. Three blue gems therefore return 200.00 at the 1.00 stake and 1,000.00 at the top bet of 5.00.
The treasure map wild, as anticipated, substitutes for other symbols. Three nudge buttons advance the reels to complete winning combinations, and nudges also turn up on losing spins to create a win.
What skull coins send upstairs
This slot, as with many MGA games, also arrives with a second feature display dubbed the upper game. It plays with bonus credits collected in the main game and opens once enough of them have been banked. It is positioned above the base game. Main game wins can also be risked to collect bonus credits for it. Golden skull coins transfer bonus credits to the upper game when they land. One coin awards 5 bonus credits, two award 10 and three award 30.
The upper game has its own 3x3 reels with 5 paylines. Its winnings can be collected or played on. Three advance buttons move a marker 1 to 4 positions at random toward the mini-games. Three ship wheels open La Ruleta, a wheel of fortune game, three chests open Los Cobres, a pick among three bounties that multiplies the win, and three barrels start La Bodega, a climb up a pyramid of barrels with prizes that grow toward the top.
Rum bottles on both screens
In the base game, rum bottles award free spins. They pay bonus credits as well, and a small line win with 10 bonus credits banked for the upper game is the everyday picture on the base screen.
The upper game is at the core of focus here. The session reached it six times in 320 spins, first on spin 37, and those entries paid 115.80, a third of everything won. Three rum bottles give a free spin and a prize draw there, and the max win is restricted to 1000x since the game is capped. The biggest of the six paid 72.00 on spin 123, when the base game added only 0.40 on the same spin.
Minty’s Final Note: A 90% machine handed back 110.7% over my 320 spins, and 115.80 of that came through the upper screen on six visits.
Six visits upstairs in 320 spins
The heart and soul of the game is the upper game. It shows up now and then, contributing an element of thrill to the base game.