El Mariachi

See this review of the 5 reel video slot El Mariachi from Dragon Gaming inspired by the movie Desperado with great winnings.

A Fun 5 Reel Video Slot

With an interesting theme this video slot has the standard 5 reels and 3 rows. There are 10 playlines and they are fixed. The term fixed refers to the fact that they are active for all spins. Nothing complicated about the game with free spins and bonus rounds that can keep increasing in levels.

El Mariachi Inspired by Movie

The inspiration for this slot game comes from the movie Desperado that starred Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek. Jumping off from the movie theme the characters fit in well and provide some winnings and free spins along the way.

Character and Symbol Introduction

Like any good movie or slot game let’s start by introducing you to the characters First there is the female, the Carolina character. Next s a male with a cigar, we are not sure who he represents, likely the Carlos Gommez character. Third then is El Mariachi himself. Additional game symbols are the card suits. There is the red hearts, purple spades, blue clubs and green diamonds.

Additional symbols seen as special symbols are the guitar case and a drink with a cigar.

Pay Table Example

An example of the pay pout amounts direct from the pay table inside the game.

• Female matches of 5 pay 1000. 4 pay 300, 3 pay 150.
• Male matches of 5 pay 450. 4 pay 150, 3 pay 30.
• El Mariachi matches of 5 pay 300. 4 pay 100, 3 pay 20.
• Any suit matches of 5 pay 150. 4 pay 50, 3 pay 10.

Match wins must be exact match symbols on a pay line left to right, except bonus wins and level 4 or 5 bonus rounds. Line wins are multiplied by the coin value.

El Mariachi Wild Symbol

The wild symbol is pretty interesting. Wild symbol is a gun and other weapons in a guitar case.

The wild will substitute for all regular symbols in the game except the bonus. During the base game the wild will only land on reels #2, #3 and #4.

Scatter Bonus Symbol

The bonus symbol or scatter is the drink with the cigar. Land 3 or more for free spins, 10, 15 or 20.

During the free spins round a drink counter appears on the left of the game board. As you land more bonus drink symbols it will increment with the possibility of increasing the feature levels.

Free Spins Feature

The free spins feature have up to 5 levels.

• 1 sticky wild and 1 free spin for level 1.
• An x2 multiplier with 1 free spin for level 2.
• 2nd sticky wild reel with 2 free spins on level 3.
• Match wins both ways and 2 free spins on level 4.
• 3rd sticky wild reel and 2 free spins on level 5.

Extra bonus symbols collected during the round enables extra features. Each 4 bonus symbols collected unlocks a new feature level. Up to 20 extra bonus symbols can be collected during the round.

Gamble Your Win Option

Throughout the game you have the option to gamble your win. This provides two distinct gamble. You will choose red or black, or card suits. See the choices detailed below.

If you change your mind you may collect instead but you must do so before making a choice of card. After a win on the gamble you may collect or try another gamble increasing the wins.

Double Your Win

In this option you choose whether the next card dealt is read or black. This is a double or nothing gamble, choose correct your win is double, incorrect and the win is forfeited.

Quadruple Your Win

For this option the bet is quadruple or nothing. The choice is what suit the next card dealt will be, clubs, hearts, spades or diamonds.

Reasonable Range of Wagers

For those slot players looking for a medium volatility slot with low minimums this might be your game. Range starts as low as $0.10 per spin with a $0.01 coin value. That can be adjusted up to a maximum of $10.00 coin value which is $100.00 per spin with 10 fixed lines.

RTP of El Mariachi Slot

The average return to player sits at 95.50%.

Conclusion

We did enjoy the fact that this slot is inspired by a Hollywood movie sine we enjoy games with a story line. A number of features may be of interest to players. If you like the double or nothing (or 4x) gamble, this game has it. During testing we enjoyed the elevating bonus levels during the free spins rounds. We will likely play this game again and you may just want to try it too.

Visit any online casino with games from Dragon Gaming to give it a try.