California Gold Details Page

Software (10)

The Vegas Technology software offers excellent customization features. The game can be played on full screen or in windowed mode. Players who find the audio distracting can disable it or lower the volume. The games speed can also be adjusted. The Auto Play feature is one of the best. An aspect of this feature that is not found in other software is the facility to set the time between spins.

Easy to Understand (10)

The pay table and the rules can be accessed from within the game. These are self-explanatory. Even new players will not have any difficulty in understanding California Gold slot game.

Graphics & Sounds (8)

The graphics are reasonably well crafted. The animation in the wild symbol is excellent. The other animations are not impressive. There is no background music in the main game.

Theme and Concept (10)

The theme of gold mining is extremely popular and this is one of the main draws of the slot game. The theme has been well conceived and executed. To start with high value card symbols have been avoided and thematic symbols used instead. This gives a boost to the theme. The animations are also relevant to the theme. The theme finds full expression in the bonus game on the second screen.

Game Features (9)

California Gold as attractive game features. The wild symbol doubles payouts when assisting to make winning combinations. There is both a free spins bonus round and a bonus game on the second screen. The free spins bonus round is extremely simple, but the bonus game on the second screen is different enough to be exciting.

Betting Options (9)

The betting options are flexible and will attract both low rollers and high rollers. The highlight of the betting options is the large coin size range. The slot game has 25 paylines which is reasonably attractive.

Jackpots (8)

The highest fixed jackpot pays out 5000 coins, which is doubled if the combination is made with a wild symbol. The other fixed jackpots are very small to be attractive. Also there is no progressive jackpot in this slot game.