I find myself pondering the Playtech creative department meeting the day they green lighted The Love Boat Slot for production. Was it such a slow afternoon on the ideas front that they found themselves scratching around in the terrible television show cabinet? Perhaps a vague nostalgic memory of the show playing in the background during those formative years spent on the ZX spectrum? Or was it a play for the baby boomer market? A combination of all three, perhaps?
What’s that..? Who cares..? Fair point.
So what about it then? Well, cheesy as the title may suggest the game would be, and it is, the Love Boat actually packs more of a punch than you might expect. You have a standard 5 reel 25 payline arrangement and the playing features are made up from various symbols. There are playing cards, a lifebuoy, a heart, a slightly different lifebuoy, and some clinking glasses. Additionally, you have characters from the show- Captain Merrill Stubing, Dr. Adam Bricker, Julie McCoy, Isaac Washington and Burl Smith. The Wild is the Red Ship and the scatter is The Love Boat Logo. Betting ranges from £0.01 – £50 per payline which means the maximum bet per spin can be £1,250! You see what I mean?
Bonus Features and Free Spins
The Match Up Bonus will be triggered by landing speed control symbols on reels one, three and five.
You will be taken to a separate screen with some silhouetted women on the left and men on the right. You must pick one of each and they will be worth a cash amount.
The game will then measure how well suited your picks are and you’ll get a multiplier based on that as follows:
• Let’s Just Be Friends – x1
• You’re Smoking Hot – 3x
• It’s My One True Love – 5x
Love Doctor Free Spins
3 Love Boat Logo’s will launch the games Love Doctor Free Spins Feature. You will start with 10 and an empty Love Meter. Each time the Doc lands on the reels he will fill the meter slightly, triggering a new feature as you progress. Each feature lasts for the rest of the spins and in order they are: Freezing Wild, More Free Spins, and More Free Spins + Multiplier.
Dream Cruise Jackpot
An innovative and possibly unique feature of the Love Boat is the chance to win a weekly £10,000. During the base game, jackpot tickets can appear on reel five and each one you land is an entry into the weekly the draw.
Summary
The Love Boat will have its fans for its kitsch value. It is an amusing throwback, featuring a funky 70’s soundtrack and original dialogue from the show. The wins and features come with decent regularity which will sit well with large swaths of the playing market, but the higher payouts take time and the game is not linked to a progressive jackpot. Still, there is a fair amount of value to make this game definitely worth your while.
- Software: Playtech
- Type: Video Slot
- Reels: 5
- Paylines: 25
- Min/Max Bet: . 0.01 up to 50
- Jackpot: 100,000 coins
- Bonus Round: Yes
- Free Spins/Multiplier: Yes
- Progressive: Yes
- Scatter Symbol: Yes-X-Men
- Wild symbol: Yes-Wild
- 3D: No
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