Harveys Pokie
A pokie named after a fictional restaurant may be a little unusual, but anyone with an appetite for bonus features like free spins and multiplier prizes is sure to find this little morsel from Microgaming to be a tasty treat.
With 5 reels, 25 paylines and the signature cartoon style that Microgaming are known for, it’s filled with colourful images of yummy meals, (apart from the snails!), delicious drinks and easy gameplay that lets players just spin the reels and hope for the right symbols to fall into place.
Opening the Menu
A deep purple design that’s presumably meant to be a tablecloth serves as the background to the reels that pretty much fill the game, with just enough room below them for the logo, a link to the payout table and details about how to get a win.
Players will need to land examples of the same symbol across a payline, running from the left hand reel and using the control buttons at the bottom of the game, they can set the amount bet per spin from as little as 0.01 to as much as 100.00.
The minimum needed to activate all lines and therefore qualify for all winning combinations that appear across them is 0.25, so anyone who wants to claim all wins should look at this as a starting point and go from there.
Like many online pokies, the lower value symbols are the high-card 10, J, Q, K and A, which in this game have a shiny metallic look, maybe representing the style of the restaurant sign. These will pay out from 5x to 80x the line bet when the 10 lands on between 3 and 5 reels, up to 20x to 150x for the A symbol.
To win higher prizes, players will want the picture symbols to appear, with a bowl of soup valued at 20x to 200x the bet per line, while the escargot, prawns and cheesecake are worth progressively more, with up to 800x won should players get the delectable dessert on all 5 reels.
Harveys
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Appetising Extras
There are a couple of symbols that trigger the bonus features, with a handsome waiter being a wild symbol who can substitute for others if that will help to complete a winning combination. He also serves up the biggest win in normal play with up to 2000x the line bet awarded when landing across an activated line.
Little red matchbooks are a scatter symbol, so they don’t need to be on any particular lines to be worth a payout. As long as 2, 3, 4 or 5 stop on adjacent reels, players will be given a prize of 2x, 5x, 20x or 200x the total amount staked per spin respectively.
For some reason, instead of having the scatter pay a win and also trigger a bonus round, Microgaming have a second symbol that takes players to a free spins game. The champagne bottle will appear on reels 2 and 4 only, and should it turn up on both at the same time, a random number of up to 30 free spins will then play out.
What makes them even more exciting is the random multiplier that can boost the amount of any wins by up to 25x, so anyone lucky enough to get the maximum number of spins at the maximum multiplier is in for a real treat. The free spins can be re-triggered by getting the champagne bottle on reels 2 and 4 again, with the new games and multiplier added to the end of any current ones left to run.
Like many Microgaming pokies, Harveys features a gamble game that’s optional to play after any win. It’s a simple matter of guessing if a playing card will be turned over to be revealed as red or black to double the amount, or to quadruple it, they need to get the suit right. Of course, getting it wrong forfeits the triggering win.
A Gourmet Delight or a Sour Taste?
Although Harveys may not be the newest online pokie, which shows in the overall design, it’s certainly got the potential for some great wins, especially in the bonus game. Getting both the maximum number of spins and multiplier would take some pretty serious luck, but even so, a free spins round is more than welcome.
There are surprisingly few pokies based around restaurants, so gastronomic gamblers will surely devour the opportunity to spin the reels at Harveys.