Slot games have had a long association with fruit. Way back in the early 20th century, there were machines that used fruit symbols that related to chewing gum flavours because that was what you won, though I can’t say I’m too keen on melon flavoured chewing gum! Over a century later fruit is still highly prevalent in the slot industry and that’s illustrated by ‘Fruitilicious’, an entertaining slot game from Novomatic.
Your chances of getting wins in this game are increased by one simple fact. This slot doesn’t just pay out in the normal left to right direction, it pays from right to left too. Now that’s really useful as you play this trying to make some profits.
The game has five reel, three rows of columns but just five paylines. That’s more than in the past when fruit really ruled the roost with games often having just the one payline. Those five paylines are a fixed amount and can be played from as little as £0.50, so if it’s a little steep for some, you can try out these fun slots and play for free.
When you have a slot that is dominated by fruit one thing is certain. You are guaranteed to have a colourful game and that’s always a plus in my book. Symbols in the game are cherries, lemons, grapes, plums, watermelons, oranges and there’s also the red 7’s. It’s the red 7’s that provide the largest payout in this game. Five of them on an activated payline win you 5000x your line stake.
Other big wins available in this slot include 1000x your line bet if you can manage to get five grapes or five melons on an activated payline.
While the game is an entertaining one to play, those of you used to playing a slot that has a wild symbol, scatters and free spins bonus games may be a bit disappointed. They’re absent here and the game relies on a gamble feature (more of which later) and trying to get winning combinations that pay good prizes. That’s what life was like back in the old days with even less paylines.
The soundtrack to the game also brings back memories of the days when I spent far too much on fruit machines in the pub. It’s not going to win Eurovision but didn’t have me reaching for the mute button either. The game contains an autoplay feature but if you do use that to set up a certain number of spins you won’t be valid for the gamble feature.
This isn’t the most complex game by any standards but even so take a moment to look through the paytable. There’s some important information in there including how much all the winning combinations pay. Also have some free games to get used to how the game runs.