Purple Hot Slots
Turn up the heat with this fruit machine-inspired slot game from Casino Technology. This slot is themed around traditional one-armed-bandits from the bustling games arcades of the 1980s.
The game has a strong retro edge and brightly coloured fruits spinning on the reels. With just 5 paylines this is a simple game at heart, while the scatter, double up feature and progressive jackpot give plenty of potential for hitting a fruity win.
Purple Payouts
Purple Hot is all about the fruit symbols but the theme itself is grounded in the dark purple background that covers the screen behind the paytable. The title of the game does not betray the emphasis on fruit salad but the paytable makes it clear enough. Graphics are cartoonish and basic, while the music is computerised with the same jingle playing whenever you press ‘spin’.
The symbols are all fruits except for the lucky 7, which is the top paying icon on the board. Spinning 5 of these together will award up to 5,000 coins. The lucky 7 really can be extremely lucky as it has the potential to activate the progressive jackpot, but more on that later…
The second highest paying symbols award much less with a maximum of 500 coins available for spinning 5 orange or apple symbols. Finally, the lemons and grapes pay up to 200 coins for 5 symbols, and the cherries and watermelon slice pay up to 200 coins for 5 symbols.
There is certainly a lack of frills here but the game’s retro vibe has an appeal all of its own to keep the fun ticking along nicely. The symbol to look out for is the bunch of bananas, which is the scatter icon and pays up to 50 coins when 5 symbols appear anywhere on the reels.
Turbo Boost Your Fruity Fun
The options in this game are limited but for those who prefer faster gameplay there is a ‘turbo mode’. Selecting this means the reels spin more quickly and the symbols click into place in a flash. For even speedier play you can choose the ‘autoplay’ option which lets you play from 10 to 99 spins automatically without having to press ‘spin’ each time.
Other options on the gaming screen are the orange ‘bet max’ button, which selects the maximum bet automatically, the ‘line’ and ‘line bet’ plus and minus buttons which raise and lower your stake, and the ‘info’ button which opens the game rules and paytable.
Double or Quits
Purple Hot may have a confusing name but the double up game is clear as a whistle. Whenever you hit a lucky spin and enjoy a payout, you have the chance to gamble on a double up game. After the win is awarded, you can press the green ‘double’ button to enter the game screen where you can gamble all or half of your winnings.
The double up game is simply a matter of selecting a card to beat the dealer’s. If you pick a higher card, you win the bet; a lower card means you lose the bet. The funny thing about the double up game is that occasionally there is no card that beats the dealer’s. When the cards are all turned over at the end, all of them can be lower, which can understandably leave the player feeling somewhat hard done by!
When we played, we managed a few double up successes but an equal number of losses, so it’s up to you if you want to risk your hard won cash on this potentially lucrative, but rather hit-and-miss gamble option.
Spin the Lucky Sevens for the Progressive Jackpot
The lucky 7 symbol is clearly the one to watch in this game, not only because it awards the top payout but also because it can trigger the best feature of Purple Hot slot – the progressive jackpot. When you spin 5 lucky 7 symbols together on an active payline the progressive jackpot leaps into action. In order to qualify for the progressive jackpot, you must be playing the maximum number of paylines possible and you must also be playing a total bet of €2, €5, €10 or €25 with its corresponding jackpot.
Fruit Favourites – or Fruit Gone Sour?
This slot machine has simple graphics, gameplay and computerised music along with the classic fruit machine theme, giving it a solid retro vibe. Players who love the old school style with enjoy spinning the fruits on the reels but other may find it rather old fashioned, so this is a question of personal taste. Although the game itself is a tad tired, the chance of hitting the progressive jackpot is enough to give it an exciting edge.
