Atlantean Treasures slot review: A Mega Moolah powered progressive game

Last year, the world of the Mega Moolah progressive jackpot slot became a whole lot more interesting when Casino Rewards Network casinos saw the launch of the Mega Vault Millionaire slot, the first new Mega Moolah-powered progressive jackpot game for many years.

The game was a hit, but only available in those casinos and it was clear that the appetite for more Mega Moolah-linked content was there. Well Microgaming, and their partner Neon Valley Studios, didn't rest on their laurels for long with the more general release of the Atlantean Treasures slot coming just a couple of months after.

This new game however offers much more than simply another chance to play for the Mega Moolah jackpot prize. Firstly, this is a very different game to the original Mega Moolah and even Mega Vault Millionaire, which were both 25 pay line slots with a Free Spins bonus game. This newer slot is a 10-pay line slot which offers the chance to win both ways across the reels, as well as Expanding Wilds which come with a free re-spin attached.

In the past, this particular type of slot has proven to be a smash hit success for a number of companies, so does the new Atlantean Treasures deliver all that was hoped for Mega Moolah fans? We decided to take a look to find out.

Overview

• Game: Atlantean Treasures
• Developer: Neon Valley Studios (for Microgaming)
• Reels: 5x3
• Pay Lines: 10 (non-selectable - Win Both Ways)
• Minimum Bet: 0.10
• Maximum Bet: 200.00
• Jackpot: 25x
• Free Spins Bonus: No
• Other Bonuses: Yes
• Progressive: Yes
• Volatility: High

Presentation

The presentation of the Atlantean Treasures slot is arguably the best of any slot in the Mega Moolah progressive network. The visuals of an under the sea city, lit by dappled sunlight coming through the waves is nicely done and the animations, though subtle, do help convey the idea that the game is set underwater.

The reels dominate the screen though with the four progressive jackpot prizes, Mini, Minor, Major and Mega all shown to the left of the reels, with their values increasing in real time as you play. The reels are to the right of this and are nicely animated too. The sound on the game is also gentle and fits the ambiance of the slot very nicely. All in all, this is arguably the most modern looking and eye-catching of any slot in the Mega Moolah network at present.

What is on the reels?

There are just seven standard symbols on the reels, plus the Wild and one special symbol which is overlaid random selections of the seven standard symbols.

The standard symbols include five symbols which are linked to the underwater theme of the slot and they include a starfish, a sea anemone, a sea horse, and two different types of fish. Wins start at 0.5x your total bet and increase up to 20x your total bet, however all symbols are stacked on the reels, so it is possible to win these amounts across multiple pay lines on each spin.

The higher value symbols are the Lucky 7 symbol and the bar symbol and these offer wins from 2.5x your bet up to 20x your bet. You can of course land multiple line wins with the stacked versions of these symbols too.

Wild features

The mermaid is the Expanding Wild in the game and she only appears on the middle three reels. When she does, she will always Expand to cover the reel in full and she will also trigger a free re-spin of the other reels, with the Wild held in place.

If you land another Wild on another reel, then you will land another free re-spin but with both Wilds held in place for that spin and you can do likewise if you land the third Wild on the other middle reel too. Obviously, the more of the Wilds you can land across the reels, the better your chances are of landing a bigger value win.

Free Spins features

There are no Free Spins on the Atlantean Treasures slot, but what there is is a Jackpot Bonus Wheel game, which allows you a shot to win one of the four progressive jackpot prizes available in the Mega Moolah prize pool, Mini, Minor, Major and Mega.

To land a shot at this bonus game, you need to collect the Progressive Trigger Symbol, which is a small golden coloured pearl. This is overlaid across random standard symbols in the base game and the more of these collect, and the higher your total bet, the more chance you have of triggering the jackpot bonus game.

When you do, you are taken to a new screen where you get to spin the Jackpot Bonus wheel where you are guaranteed to win one of the four progressive jackpot prizes.

Best feature of the Atlantean Treasures slot

There's no doubt that the ability to win the Mega Moolah progressive jackpot prize is what drives many people to play the Atlantean Treasures slot, but for me I love the fact that you now have a very different game to other Mega Moolah offerings to try and win the jackpot prize. The fact that this 10 pay line, win both ways slot follows the format of so many other top games is another bonus as these types of games have proven massively popular in the past and then when you factor in the Mega Moolah jackpots available, it is easy to see why Atlantean Treasures has been a smash hit success since its release.

Conclusion

Combining this type of game with the chance to win the Mega Moolah jackpot prize is an absolute masterstroke from Microgaming and Neon Valley Studios and the fact that they have wrapped this up in a pleasing, easy on the eye slot, which is great fun to play in its own right is absolutely fantastic. There has been a real increase in the pace at which the Mega Moolah jackpots have been increasing in size of late and I believe that is down to the popularity of this fantastic slot. In time, I think this game will rightly be held up as one of the best slots ever made as it ticks almost every box a slot player could conceivably want in a game.

You can play the Atlantean Treasures slot at any of the Mega Moolah casinos.