Magic of Sahara

Players on the lookout for the best video slots won’t want to miss out on Magic of Sahara, the African desert title designed by All41 Studios for Microgaming.

Set deep the world’s largest desert, this game offers Free Spins with Superstacked Wilds and all wins doubled…. with a jackpot of 108,000.00 times the betting currency on a single spin!

Theme

The Great Sahara Desert is a veritable ocean of sand…

… immense, dry, and sparsely populated – yet it’s a place of abundance in this slot, where six-figure jackpots can be won!

This game is built by All41 Studios, a firm which designs titles exclusively for one of the biggest and baddest companies in the business: Microgaming. 

Gaming symbols include Tuareg traders, precious stones, and camel caravans, as well as the playing card values ace through nine. 

A merchant symbol may appear on any reel, awarding players a Free Spin Token before transforming into a playing-card value.

The symbol bearing the game’s title acts as wild: not only does it substitute for other symbols to form winning combinations, but it also offers this game’s top payout at 6,000.00 times the betting currency for five-of-a-kind wins (when playing at the max bet level).

This game’s most important symbol, however…

… is the Golden Bowl Scatter Symbol. Overflowing with gems, jewelry, and gold coins, these provide the gateway to the Free Spin feature with superstacked wilds.

Betting Options and Functions

There are 9 fixed paylines, all paying from left to right. Line bet is adjustable from 0.01–5.00, yielding an overall per-spin bet of 0.09–45.00 times the betting currency. 

Player options, payline information, game rules, and more are available a pop-up menu. The theoretical return to player (RTP) sits at the approximate industry average at 95.29%.

Features

• Free Spins can be triggered on two different ways.
• The appearance of 3 Golden Bowl Scatter symbols on reels 1, 3, and 5 triggers the feature.
• Alternatively, accumulating 25 of the tokens awarded by the merchant symbol will begin the feature. 
• A handsome 25 freebies will be awarded.
• During bonus play, wilds will appear superstacked on all reels. 
• A double win multiplier is active on every win during the feature.
• The feature cannot be re-triggered.

Our Take

In a funny way, this title has a vintage feel: for a titan of online slot play like Microgaming to release a simple title with 9 pay lines and one free spin bonus feature feels like a harkening back to no-nonsense releases of yesteryear.

More interesting is the fresh face provided by All41 Studios. It will be exciting to see where this new designer takes players in the years to come! Those who want to see more of their work should explore their debut title Le Kaffee Bar.