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Sahara Nights™, a superb 3D slot from the giant Yggdrasil that will plunge us into the world of a thousand and one nights with an evil sultan, a charming Ali Baba and a pretty princess! They'll help us out with free spins, wilds and a lamp that brings out a genie and spreads across the reels to offer us extraordinary wins. The Sahara Nights™ slot will take us on a completely crazy journey where players will be on a quest for fortune and wealth!
In the spice market, as usual Ali Baba is up to no good, stealing just about anything he finds interesting. His faithful companion the macaque accompanies him as usual, he has trained him well! He is faster and more cunning than Ali. All of a sudden our friend Ali Baba falls under the spell of a beautiful damsel's eyes and doesn't stop following her which amuses the princess (a paying symbol of Sahara Nights™).
She has sneaked out of the Sultan's palace because her father won't let her walk around on her own. He is too afraid that his only daughter might get into trouble. So she leaves the palace completely hidden under the veils. Once she arrives at the market she uncovers herself a little but not too much in case she is recognised. She loves the markets, mingling with the crowd, feeling as if she were free for a moment!
She sees children who are hungry and she approaches a stall that has bread and gives them one to share. But this time she had forgotten to bring money and the vendor kept shouting at her that she had to pay. He snatched the bracelet that her mother had left her before she died, without her even having time to respond. The completely distraught princess walks away so as not to arouse suspicion about her true personality.
Our little thief Ali Baba, when he sees this, cannot leave her in tears and sends the monkey to steal the bracelet from the naughty vendor. When he realises this the bread seller calls the police who start chasing Ali Baba all over the market, in the houses, on the roofs, in the alleys. But he eventually lost sight of them, and in the meantime he had sent his faithful companion to return the famous bracelet to its owner.
Sahara Nights™ is a 5 reels, 3 rows, 20 fixed lines slot that will pay from left to right. The game has 8 regular symbols and a super pay symbol that will win if 2 or more line up in a winning sequence that will start from the leftmost reel.
Wilds features that will only appear on reels 2, 3, and 4 and a free spin symbol that will reward free spins. Wilds, a feature of the Sahara Nights™ game will expand to fill the reel if they can guarantee a win. Wilds substitute all regular symbols, and will be sticky in the free spins and landing 3 on the reels will be rewarded with 2 extra free spins.
3 free spin symbols landing anywhere will trigger the free spins feature. If you find 2 free spin symbols you will be awarded 2 free spins. If 3 free spin symbols are found, you get 8 free spins plus 20 coins. If you find 4 free spins symbols you will get 12 free spins plus 200 coins.
If you find 5 free spins symbols you will win 16 free spins plus 20.000 coins. The free spins feature will be played on the same lines and bet as the spin that triggered them. The super pay symbol has a much higher value than all the others and only 2 symbols will be required to reward a win.
Yggdrasil software has made us used to great feature-packed machines. This one is great but the problem is that there are only free spins and pay symbols. The interface is great, characters that look alive, moving on the reels. The symbols are very typical of the Middle East, it's very well done, you can even see on the left a teapot with smoke coming out of it and the curtains move.
But it's true that this is a very repetitive video slot, no choice of features, only free spins. The special effects are nice with the golden reels when they spin, sparkles of colour, bright shades of colour that contrast with the purple background of the interface. It's not really good. The theme is not bad but it is a bit boring. The return to the player is 96.2% which is average as is the volatility.
It's true that you don't have to wait too long to see the free spins and to see the genie come out of the bottle, but that's it! There's no mystery, no complication, no choice. The Yggdrasil game software team didn't put too much thought into bringing us this slot. Sure it looks good, but it lacks everything: no jackpot, no win multiplier, no bonus game, it's a bit bland!
The coin values range from 0.005 to £5, which gives us total bets from 0.10 to £100 as there are 20 fixed lines. The range is quite large, there is something for everyone, from the biggest to the smallest player. From those who are used to making big bets to the more timid or those who are just starting out on the video slot adventure. The spin is cheap and so the Yggdrasil software can target as many people as possible, but I fear that the player will get bored quite quickly.
I was disappointed by this novelty which with this title promised but one should never give up and be confident because the reputation of the Yggdrasil brand is not everything. You have to be relentless and work very hard to stay in the race of the best because the competition is quite tough and the games are getting better and better with lots of features, or with bonus games, or double up to make up for this lack but here nothing. Can do much better!
