Anubis Introduction
Anubis is an intriguing online pokie from iGaming2go. With its ancient Egyptian theme, big prizes and bonus features, it is sure to appeal to all fans of free pokies. Other great games that take you back to this intriguing era are Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile ™ and Gods of Giza.
Ancient Egyptian Legend
According to legend, Anubis, the Egyptian god of death and mummification, traditionally led souls into the great hall of the underworld to await judgement. He weighed the hearts of newly departed, and let those deemed ‘pure’ into the heavenly realms. The Egyptians used to include sweet-smelling herbs and spices in the mummification process to appease Anubis.
Format Optimised for Big Wins
This game consists of five reels laid out in a 5x3 configuration, and five fixed paylines are always in play. There are some generous prizes to be won, awarded to lucky players for instances of two-, three-, four- and five-of-a-kind adjacent symbol matches from left to right. Of the 11 game symbols, three are special and eight are regular types that award normal prizes for successful matches.
These consist of three higher-value thematically related character symbols and five lower-value standard playing-card pokie symbols such as 'A', 'K' and 'Q'.
Generous Prizes Up For Grabs
The Pharaoh is the most valuable of the higher-value prize symbols and is therefore the most valuable normal symbol on the prize table. Instances of five of these appearing on the reels in a winning configuration with the maximum bet will award massive top prizes of 10,000 credits. Next up is the picture of the man holding an ankh, which is a worth a slightly smaller maximum prize of 5,000 credits.
Way down at the other end of the prize table are the 'Q', 'J' and '10' symbols, which are the least valuable of the lower-value additions. All three award the same size prizes for successful three, four and five symbol matches, which range from 50 to 1000 credits.
Bonus Features
First up is the symbol of the titular Anubis. This mysterious special symbol will typically appear during free spins and will add the previous win to free-spin wins. The second special symbol is the scatter - a picture of a scarab beetle jewel. This awards prizes for instances of three to five symbols appearing on the reels in any configuration, regardless of paylines, with a top prize of 2,500 credits.
Not only that, but three or more scatter symbols also unlock the bonus free spins round. When this happens, players will briefly be taken to a breakout screen where they have to look under stones in return for a random number of free spins - up to a maximum of 18. All free spins are played using the bet size of the spin that initially triggered them. Last among the special symbols is the picture of the lady.
This is wild, which means it can be used to substitute for any other symbol except the scatter as part of a winning combination. In addition, finding three to five of these will award big prizes, with a truly enormous jackpot of 50,000 coins up for grabs. Best of all, you can play this on a mobile or tablet, as there is a special mobile version available that you can play on iOS and Android devices like tablets and smartphones.
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