There’s nothing like nostalgia to remind you that the “good old days” were mostly terrible… but also kind of magical. Suddenly, you’re romanticising dial-up internet, sugar-packed cereal that cut the roof of your mouth, and a time when your biggest problem was rewinding a VHS tape. It’s chaos, it’s comfort, and somehow it smells like crayons, danger, and for the men out there, farts.

This month, BitStarz players are getting an exclusive look at the brand new nostalgia bait from Mancala. With its UltraXtreme 777 slot, the provider hopes you’ll be excited to be transported to a 1990s casino setting, complete with a classic fruit slot and all the sights and sounds that accompanied that experience. 

Welcome to the 90s

The UltraXtreme 777 slot from Mancala features 5 fixed paylines across a classic 3-reel setup. Betting starts at just $0.10, with a maximum limit of $50. If you’re betting at the upper limit, you could win up to $61,300, thanks to the 1,226x maximum multiplier. The slot has medium volatility, meaning wins are more balanced between frequency and size. The RTP is 95%.

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On the surface, the UltraXtreme 777 slot is a standard fruit slot with six basic symbols and five paylines. The standard format does deviate slightly with the cherry symbol, which pays out if even one appears in the first spot of a payline. The real action, however, is reserved for the seventh symbol: the star, both literally and figuratively.

Just above the reels is a row of multipliers that range from 2x to 5x your bet amount. When one star symbol appears anywhere on the reels, it will award a 1x standard multiplier, and one of the multiplier values above the reels will light up and be awarded. Two star symbols will award a standard 2x multiplier, plus not one but two multiplier values above the reels, which will light up, be added together, and then awarded. The appearance of three star symbols on the reels at once will trigger the bonus game.

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During a round of the bonus game, all the slot’s symbols will be replaced by red, blue, and green 7 symbols. Every spin of the bonus game will pay out a minimum of 2x your bet on every payline. That base win amount can be boosted with sets of three 7s of the same colour. Three green 7s will pay out 5x your bet, three blue 7s 7.5x your bet, and three red 7s 10x your bet. Star symbols can also appear during the bonus game and will have the same effect as they do during the base game.

Is UltraXtreme 777 slot worth deadlin with dial-up?

I wasn’t sold when I first launched the UltraXtreme 777 slot. I don’t usually find much excitement in casino nostalgia. That said, it grew on me. The classic gameplay is enhanced with some really solid, no-fuss bonus features, and everything you need is displayed neatly on a single screen. There’s definitely something appealing about it, although I’m not sure I could pinpoint exactly what. I give the UltraXtreme 777 slot an eight out of ten.

If you’re looking for a few other Mancala slots to try out, I recommend Rumble Masters and Seance: Mysterious Attic.