Developed by Ainsworth for use in land-based casinos, the Safari Spirit pokie has now moved online, where its combination of attractive design and bonus features such as free spins with multipliers, should ensure that it’s just as successful at virtual casinos as it has been at real ones.
While games themed around African wildlife are something of an Ainsworth speciality, and the bonus features are similar to those seen on other pokies in their range, this is a popular format and mixes ease of play with the potential for lots of winning spins and decent rewards along the way.
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Playing Safari Spirit
The slot machine developer Ainsworth Game Technology started life in 1995 by Les Ainsworth. He was one of the founders of the established slot game manufacturer Aristocrat and decided it was time to set up the new business.
There’s a decent bet range, which runs from just 0.01 per spin to 75.00. At the lowest value, players will only activate a single line out of the 30 however, which is going to be pretty boring, as any winning combinations landing on the other 29 won’t count, so most people opt to activate the whole game, which in this instance will mean a stake of at least 0.30.
A conventional layout sees 5 reels with symbols laid out in 3 rows, and there’s 30 paylines running left to right across the game, with players hoping to land 3, 4 or 5 of the same symbol type across a line, on adjacent reels to get a win.
Behind the reels is a highly unoriginal, but no less attractive, picture of an African landscape silhouetted against the setting sun. Occasionally, a Land Rover will run across the bottom of the screen, chasing a rhino or giraffe, which is a nice touch and adds some flair to the design.
Players will find that many wins are the smaller payouts created by the playing card symbols 9, 10, J, Q, K and A, which are standard Ainsworth fair and pay 5x, 10x or 50x the line bet with the 9 and 10, and just a little more with the others.
Picture symbols are worth more, starting with a paw print, then it’s the giraffe, ox and leopard, with the lion being king of the reels by paying out 10x, 50x or 200x the line bet with 3, 4 or 5 across the game.
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Bonus Features
Like many pokies, it’s not the normal run of play that’s the main attraction, but rather the bonus features and the symbols that trigger them.
A trumpeting elephant is a wild symbol, so it will help to complete winning lines where possible by acting as any other standard symbol, or extend lines of 3 matching symbols into higher value lines of 4.It will also double the value of any line that it completes.
Although it only appears on the middle 3 reels, so can’t make up a line on its own, at least the wild can be stacked and anyone getting all 3 reels filled with wild elephants will be trumpeting about their big win for some time to come.
The scatter symbol is a nice image of the African landscape and as well as looking pleasant, it will award some pleasing wins as well, with 3, 4 or 5 of them anywhere on the reels being worth 2x, 10x or 100x the total amount staked per spin, not just the line bet.
Once the win is credited, a free spins game will be launched, with 8, 12 or 20 games awarded, depending on how many scatters triggered them. To help make this round more rewarding, the paw print symbol will double the value of any wins that’s it creates, while it will also be stacked on the reels to help those wins come more frequently.
Landing another 3 scatters in a single spin during the free games will see a further 5 spins added to the end of any still left to play out.
The Verdict
Safari Spirit looks much the same as many other pokies from Ainsworth, with African sunsets and wild animals all over the reels, plus of course the playing card icons that turn up across their range, but those who may be a bit tired of the theme should still give these reels a spin.
There’s some decent wins to be had in the bonus games, while landing the wild multipliers and the potential for multiple stacked wilds across several reels is an added attraction. It’s perhaps a shame that the prizes for landing the playing card symbols are not set at higher values, but then to compensate, the potential rewards with the bonus symbols and features wouldn’t be as substantial as they are.
A classic design, easy gameplay and fair payouts are waiting for players who take this particular safari, whether online or at land based casinos.
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1. Barnyard Bonanza – originally designed for desktop, Barnyard Bonanza is a 5-reel and 20-payline medium volatility slot with the total payout of 100,000 coins. The game is packed with bonus rounds that are triggered by the Chicken Scatter. Free Spins are represented by farm animals, each carrying a certain amount of extra rounds with varying symbol value. Choosing the session with a fewer number of spins will produce higher value combinations and if the Golden Eggs land on the reels, the players will be rewarded with cash prizes.
2. Eagle Bucks – Eagle Bucks was launched in 2014 for both mobile and desktop platforms, featuring a theme inspired by North American wildlife. The game offers medium volatility and can potentially produce 200,000 coins win per spin; the Shield Scatter icon activates Free Spins, during which Eagle symbols can cover reel 5. Additional Scatters can re-trigger the Free Spins, awarding 5 extra spins. In the long run, the game can generate 94.09% return to the player percentage.
3. Safari Spirit – Another wildlife inspired slot, this time placing the reels against African savannah, Safari Spirit offers a payout potential of 300,000 coins, on a medium volatility gameplay. The Landscape Scatter can unlock up to 20 Free Spins, with 5 additional rounds triggered if more Scatters land on the reels during the feature. During the Free rounds, any winning combinations with the Paw symbol will generate payouts multiplied by x2.
4. Mighty Wilds – with 93.8%, Mighty Wilds slot has the lowest RTP from all other slots on this list but offers the highest winning potential – 750,000 coins on a single spin. The game is played on 5 reels and 30 paylines and has a theme similar to Safari Spirit. Lion is the Wild icon replacing all other symbols except for the Eye Scatter, which triggers 10 Free Spins. The game also introduces a bonus reel which can multiply the winnings by x2, x3, and x5 when the relevant icons appear on the additional reel.
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5. Cash Cave – 10,000 coins can be collected by those who are not afraid of entering the bear's cave. Cash Cave is the Scatter and the combination of three will initiate 10 Free Games. While the bonus rounds are in progress, the Bear icon will multiple the payout for any combination it completes while extra Scatters trigger the Cash Cave feature with 5 more Free Spins.