So I was playing Luxor Valley last night - hadn't realised this old Viaden game was back but it seems to be, although the new design leaves something to be desired it must be said! It is now developed by Gamescale - I assume they bought the licence?
Anyway, playing it last night and something very odd happened. It's essentially a Book Of Ra clone and I hit the feature, got 10's as the expanding scatter. Aside from the fact I went all 10 spins without even 3 10's appearing, when 2 appear, they expand even though there is no payout. No problem: a bit frustrating but that's how the Viaden version worked too.
However on the 7th spin I got 4 J symbols on the middle line with a 10 in view on reels 4 and 5. The 10's expanded and then it paid me for 3 J's, not 4. Two spins later, I got a re-trigger: 3 scatters on reels 3, 4 and 5 with a 10 visible on reel 4 and 5. Again, the 10's both expanded to give me a big fat nothing and effectively hide 2 of the 3 scatters then went to the last spin with no re-trigger!! It didn't even pay me for the 3 scatter re-trigger. So I won a grand total of 4x from the free spins although to be fair, that was my largest payout in some 200 spins!
The Help text for the game is below.
I am waiting for the casino to re-spin: will be interesting to see what they say. I'm inclined to do more research on the game and find it's TST because the whole experience of playing it struck me as very odd but my gut feel is that - like the Viaden version - it should asses the wins in view and any re-triggers based on the symbols you see when the reels land, not after the symbols have expanded.
Anyway, playing it last night and something very odd happened. It's essentially a Book Of Ra clone and I hit the feature, got 10's as the expanding scatter. Aside from the fact I went all 10 spins without even 3 10's appearing, when 2 appear, they expand even though there is no payout. No problem: a bit frustrating but that's how the Viaden version worked too.
However on the 7th spin I got 4 J symbols on the middle line with a 10 in view on reels 4 and 5. The 10's expanded and then it paid me for 3 J's, not 4. Two spins later, I got a re-trigger: 3 scatters on reels 3, 4 and 5 with a 10 visible on reel 4 and 5. Again, the 10's both expanded to give me a big fat nothing and effectively hide 2 of the 3 scatters then went to the last spin with no re-trigger!! It didn't even pay me for the 3 scatter re-trigger. So I won a grand total of 4x from the free spins although to be fair, that was my largest payout in some 200 spins!
The Help text for the game is below.
I am waiting for the casino to re-spin: will be interesting to see what they say. I'm inclined to do more research on the game and find it's TST because the whole experience of playing it struck me as very odd but my gut feel is that - like the Viaden version - it should asses the wins in view and any re-triggers based on the symbols you see when the reels land, not after the symbols have expanded.
Luxor Valley
Is an Egyptian video slot with 5 reels and 9 paylines featuring 10 symbols of different values. The objective is to spin the reels so that the displayed symbols form a winning combination along the activated paylines.
Betting
Choose the number of paylines by enabling special payline indicators or clicking the LINES button.
The number of lines selected is displayed in the LINES field. The number of active paylines increases one by one with each click on the LINES button. Activated lines are highlighted on the screen. Once the maximum number of lines is reached, further clicking on the LINES button will reset the number of lines value to 1.
To activate the paylines you can also use the colored buttons with numbers on both sides of them. For instance, to place a bet on five paylines, click Button 5 - the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th paylines will be activated.
The BET/LINE button is used to choose the value of one line. Once the maximum allowed bet value is reached, further clicking on the BET/LINE button will reset the line value to the minimal.
To start the reels spinning, click the SPIN button.
The BET MAX button is used to enable all the paylines with the maximum bet per line value. Once BET MAX is clicked, the reels start spinning automatically.
The Total Bet field displays your total bet (Total Bet) = (number of selected lines) x (bet per line value).
To start a series of spin repeats click AUTO SPIN.
During auto spins the selected value and number of paylines remain invariable and equal to those in the previous round. To stop the reels use the STOP AUTO SPIN button.
Spin Results
If a winning combination is formed along any active payline the win amount is displayed in the Win field.
Winning combinations are paid when in succession from leftmost to right on the active payline, except for Scatters.
Scatters are paid when anywhere on the reels.
Payline wins are multiplied by the bet per line value.
Note that only the highest win is paid on each of the active paylines.
Scatter wins are multiplied by the total bet value.
Coinciding wins on several active paylines are added.
Free Spins started by 3 or more Scatters can be re-triggered.
To view the payouts, click the Paytable button. To return to the main game screen, click the Back button.
Bonus Features
Pharaoh is a Bonus symbol that acts as a Scatter and Wild symbol in one. It substitutes for all symbols to complete a winning combination.
When it acts as a Scatter 3, 4 or 5 Pharaoh symbols anywhere on the reels win 10 free spins that can further be retriggered.
Before free spins start, Expanding Scatter symbol is randomly selected on the specific screen.
Expanding Scatter symbol takes all three positions on the reel where it appears. During free spins combinations of Expanding Scatter symbols are paid when anywhere on the active payline.