Treasure Ireland

Microgaming seem fond of mashing up themes with their online fruit machines and Treasure Ireland is no exception. A bizarre mix of 'Oirish' imagery and West Country piracy, Treasure Ireland features treasure chests, shamrocks, parrots and pints of Guinness as symbols on its three reels. The weirdly bearded Jackpot Jack (imagine a ginger Long John Silver and you're there) is the guy you'd like to see turn up three times on the single win line as this is the combination to dig up the 500x multiplier jackpot.

Like all good AWP style fruit machine games, Treasure Ireland has Nudge and Hold features on its reels, with a Nudge Peek option for the former giving players more opportunity to assess which reels might bring up a winning combination on to the win line. The Nudge feature also has repeat, hold and gamble events that are randomly triggered during play, adding further adventure to spinning these reels.

A booty of a fixed multiple of your bet is the prize for lining up three-of-a-king of any symbol on the win line, however there is an additional combination to watch for on this online fruit machine that is the key to Treasure Ireland's hidden bonus treasure. Occasionally you'll see an extra map icon overlaid on the standard symbols and if three of these are in view when the reels stop, you're setting sail for the bonus game. Because these maps only need to be 'in view' rather than on the win line this gives nine possible combinations to trigger the bonus feature and we found this happened with pleasing frequency.

Trigger the bonus feature and with a cry of 'Land Ahoy! Treasure Ireland!' from Jackpot Jack (in a curious Irish / Cornish accent that's frankly as ludicrous as Dick Van Dyke's attempt at 'cockney' in Mary Poppins) and you'll see the screen switched to the bonus feature. A classic 'lapper board' layout with 14 spaces to land on is this online fruit machine's bonus round. Each space can win a shot at either a Feature stack, Win Spin stack, cash stack or mystery feature which might terminate the game. A single reel in the centre of the lapper board is spun to determine how many spaces the player moves around the board. When a reward is won there is an option to collect or spin again to try for an improved prize, but beware that playing on risks hitting a 'question mark' space that could end the game leaving you with no bonus. If you complete a circuit of the board and land on the starting 'potato' space that will gift you an extra life, extending your chances to have a crack (or should that be craic?) at Jackpot Jack's better prizes. The top bonus awards you can collect here are either 50 free spins, a 500x multiplier on the cash stack, or the Treasure Ireland feature which triggers the 500x bet jackpot plus the potential of a 'repeater' which could win a very lucky player up to five more jackpots.

Treasure Ireland is another fine online fruit machine from Microgaming with lots of features and the frequency of its bonus feature keeps things interesting. Piracy may be part of the graphical theme of this game, but you shouldn't need to be press ganged to play Treasure Ireland nor fear freebooting from this buccaneering fruit machine!

Type	Three Reel Single Payline Online Fruit Machine
Reel Features	Nudge Nudge Peek Hold
Coin Sizes	Min: 10p - Max: £10
Jackpot	500x Stake
Bonus Features	Skill Stop Lapper Board.
Free Play Mode?	YES
Software	Microgaming - No Download Required