Powered by Aristocrat Gaming, the Pompeii slot is a popular online and land-based video slot game about the ancient city of Pompeii. The famous roman city was buried under 20 feet of volcanic ash when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD. In this game, players will find various images pertaining to the roman culture and the city itself. The backdrop to the game is a point of view perspective of the famous volcano in mid eruption. As an Aristocrat slot, the graphics and animation are all high quality with high energy sound effects emanating when a winning combination is achieved.
5 Reels with 243 Ways to Win
One of the main drawcards of the Pompeii Slot is the machine setup. The game has a 5×5 reel setup with Aristocrat’s Reel Power boosting the paylines. This translates to a 5-reel slot with 243 ways to win. The game also includes a number of bonus features in the form of a Wild symbol, Scatter symbols, free spins and multipliers. On the reels, the highest paying symbols are all types of Roman artefacts. The highest paying symbol of the game is the roman shield displaying two golden snakes. Finding all five of these across the reels will pay out 2500 coins on a standard bet.
The next highest paying symbol in the Pompeii slot is the roman helmet followed by the large gold coin. The shield and sword along with the roman chariot make up the rest of the high paying symbols. For the lower paying symbols, Aristocrat have gone with the classic high card symbols from nine to Ace. These have been styled to blend into the roman theme.
Mount Vesuvius Wild Symbol
The Wild symbol in the Pompeii slot is the image of Mount Vesuvius erupting. As a Wild, this symbol can be used to substitute for all the other non-bonus symbols in order to form a winning combination on any of the active paylines. The Wild symbol also plays an important role in the free spins bonus round like in several online pokies games.
Free Spins with Bonus Multipliers
The Scatter symbol in the Pompeii slot is the gold coin. This is the only symbol that can pay in any position on the reels from right to left and left to right without needing to be on a payline. The Scatter symbol is also the key to activating the free spins bonus round. To activate the bonus round, players must land 3 or more gold coin Scatter symbols anywhere on the five reels. The more Scatter symbols that trigger the round, the more free spins are awarded.
Landing 3 Scatters in the Pompeii slot will award players with 10 free spins. Landing 4 Scatters will increase the number to 15 and landing all five will reward the maximum of 20 free spins. During the free spins round, the Wild symbol becomes a multiplier. If a Wild symbol completes a win on reel 2, the resultant win is tripled. If a Wild symbol lands on reel 4, the win will be multiplied by 5. If both Wilds are used in a winning combination the resultant win is multiplied by 15x.