Titanic Pokies
James Camerons’ epic movie Titanic was released at the end of 1997 and while many predicted it would sink at the box office, it became the biggest film of all time, picked up 12 Oscars and made stars out of Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. Now the movie has become the basis for a Poker game from Bally Technologies, who must have won a hard battle to win the rights to such a huge cinematic event.
They’ve done it justice though, with a feature packed pokie that has an impressive 7 bonus rounds, lots of images and clips from the film and even an epic soundtrack to match it.
Setting Sail
As the game is loading, there’s the famous image of Jack and Rose in an embrace with the bow of the ill-fated ship below them, and once the reels are on screen there’s more images taken directly from the film, as well as others inspired by it.
This game has 5 reels, 25 paylines and an unusual betting structure that requires players to purchase 1st, 2nd or 3rd class tickets before boarding, with access to bigger progressive jackpots with the costlier ones. The minimum stakes per line run from 0.01 to just 0.05, so by adjusting the line bet, players can get the 1st class tickets at a reasonable price.
Lower value symbols include a packing case, the vintage car, white gloves and a pocketwatch, all of which make appearances in the film, while higher wins come from the pictures of Rose’s mother, her fiancé, played with some menace by Billy Zane, Jack, Rose and the Titanic logo.
Winning spins come from 3 or more of the same symbol stopping across the reels, on any of the 25 paylines on adjacent reels running from the left side.
Titanic
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Full Steam Ahead
The list of bonuses is pretty impressive, with a series of extra wild features appearing at random during normal play. The Titanic logo is a standard wild, Jack and Rose make up a further wild and a picture of the ship is yet another one, each replacing all except the scatter or each other if it’s then possible to complete a winning line, but players will often see Jack and Rose dancing across the reels to leave double wilds that multiply any lines they complete.
Another random feature in the normal run of play are the Mystery Wilds that turn 1 or 2 reels completely wild and should lead to some decent payouts, while the Mystery Jackpot can award the Mini or Minor prizes to anyone playing in 1st or 2nd class when Jack and Rose scatter symbols appear.
The Major jackpot is open to 1st class passengers and is worth 100,000x the amount staked per line.
At the end of random spins, the Jacks Drawing round can begin, with players first needing to answer a question and then select from the 10 tiles shown in a grid. Finding 3 matching drawings awards a prize of up to 2000x the line stake.
The ship, ship wilds, or ship double wilds on reels 1, 3 and 5 at once will trigger a Wheel Bonus round where players spin a wheel and are awarded prizes depending on which section stops against a pointer.
Winnings from this include instant cash prizes, which also allow a second spin of the wheel, or any of 4 bonus features.
Wheel Bonuses
In these games, players can pick a safe for a cash award and then move on to a luxurious stateroom where they will then uncover a multiplier amount of up to 8x that will be applied to it.
Another bonus round involves the Heart of the Ocean diamond which is central to the plot of Titanic. It’s a free spins round where players get to choose a higher number of spins with lower multipliers, or fewer spins and higher multipliers on winnings. The diamond is an expanding wild symbol throughout these games.
The Pick Up feature is a simple matter of selecting objects at each level until a multiplier of up to 10x is found and the amount won so far is paid out.
Make It Count is another free spins game, but this time players will see a bonus award above each reel, which is awarded whenever the clock symbol lands underneath it.
The Verdict
Titanic was an epic event, became an epic film and is now an epic pokie which has more bonus rounds than just about any game we can think of.
Success is all but guaranteed for this game, as it’s covering a hugely popular theme, looks fantastic, with real images and clips from the film, and has the potential to pay out some great rewards in normal play as well as in the many bonus games.