Zorro is the masked, fictional character created back in 1919 by writer Johnston McCulley. Generally speaking, the works surrounding Zorro have been set in the Pueblo of Los Angeles when Spanish California was an entity between 1769 and 1821. Usually, he ends up defending the common people and indigenous inhabitants of the area against corrupt officials and other assorted villains. Such was the popularity of Zorro, that it became a television series and also spawned one or two movies about the hero. Not only that, but one or two video slot games have been created around the character too, including this one from Aristocrat.
You’ll find that with this being one of the earlier works created by the developer, that it doesn’t feature such high-quality graphics. The imagery is fine overall, but it doesn’t really stand out so well against many other online slots. Yet, the theme shines through this and you’ll obviously get the idea that this is a slot about Zorro. So, if you’re a fan of the character or of hero-themed slots, perhaps you’ll have fun with this Aristocrat offering. Let’s see what else it provides, shall we?
Defending the Good People
If you do decide to play this slot game, then you’ll be met with a five reel and three row layout. This operates as a standard setup for a video slot game, so it shouldn’t look uncommon in any way. Alongside this design, the developer has chosen to include a total of 25 pay lines into the game. You can change the active number of these around though, if you so wish to. Simply use the plus and minus buttons to the right-hand side of the ‘Lines’ box. On the left-hand side of the ‘Bet’ box, you’ll have the same type of buttons for customizing your wager with. Using them, you can choose a bet between 1 cent and $2.50 per active pay line. There’s a ‘Max’ button that you can utilize to reach this bet level too, which means that a maximum wager of $62.50 can be played. An ‘Autoplay’ button is also present on the game screen for you to use as you wish.
As we spoke of earlier, Zorro doesn’t have the greatest overall graphics on display. They’re still designed well enough to see what’s what though. The outline of Zorro himself can be seen against a black background of the game, while the symbols of the slot show up on its reels. These start out with an Aristocrat staple – the playing card icons. They are the blue red 10, the blue J, the yellow Q, the orange K and the pink A. These symbols make up the game’s lowest-paying standard icons. After this set of icons, the game contains a red money bag symbol that is leaking coins. Then comes the wooden keg. Next in line is one of the villain’s the Zorro needs to overcome, followed by the female companion that he will no doubt have to rescue at some point. She operates as the game’s highest-paying standard symbol, ensuring that you’re rewarded with 2,000 times your overall wager if five appear on a winning pay line. Yet, of course, other symbols exist in the slot, which work towards triggering the game’s special features.
Zorro may need a little bit of help with defending the common people of his town. That’s where the Aristocrat specialties will no doubt come into play. And Zorro’s black horse, Tornado makes up one of these. The horse operates as the game’s scatter icon, meaning that it can provide a pay-out from wherever it shows up on the reels. Five of them coming into view across the reels will provide you with a wager multiplier of times 50.
To add to this, you can’t have a slot game about Zorro without seeing a symbol of the man himself. Fortunately, whenever he does show up, he will operate as a wild addition to the reels. This means that he will substitute for all other icons, with the exception of the scatter symbol. In this respect, he can be very helpful in forming winning combinations. Additionally, if you manage to spin five of the Zorro wild symbols into view on a winning pay line, you’ll receive a maximum pay-out of 5,000 times your in-play stake.
Something else that you will notice at the bottom of the reels in this game, is the Zorro Bonus button. Pressing this will add an extra 10 pay lines to the game and an extra 10 credits on top of your standard bet. This will also bring symbols of the letters Z, O, R, R and O into action on the first, second, third, fourth and fifth reels, respectively. Whenever these show up on their respective reels at the same time, you’ll randomly activate a bonus reward round. The first of these is the Tornado Feature, which will see Zorro ride across the screen on the back of his horse to deliver a cash prize to you of up to 500 times your overall wager.
You’re also able to access the Gold Coins feature from this, which is a click me round. Symbols on the reels are replaced by golden coins that you can click on. You need to find two that match to be able to win a cash prize, which is also worth up to 500 times your in-play wager. The Wild Z feature grants you three freespins of the reels. On each of these, Zorro will carve his well-known ‘Z’ shape into one of the symbols to transform it into a wild icon which remains in position until the end of the freespins. There’s also the Magic Door feature, giving you a set of doors. You need to knock on these to reveal one of the three different character symbols before you receive five freespins. Each time that revealed character appears during freespins, you need to click on them to reveal a prize multiplier of times 500, times 750 or times 1,000.
Finally, there’s the Barrels Feature, which doesn’t give you a set number of freespins. Instead, you get to choose from four different options, with five, 10, 15 and 20 being available. The higher the number of freespins, the lower the win multiplier will be for the round. So, if you pick 20 freespins, all your wins will be multiplied by two times. However, selecting the five freespins, a multiplier of times five, times 10 or times 15 will be in action.
You may load this game up and not think much to its inclusive graphics, but boy does Aristocrat make up for this with some truly wonderful special features. Of course, these are only functional if you’re playing the extra bet and with 30 pay lines in action. Yet, whenever you do access them, they’re sure to provide you with hours of entertainment. Zorro is a great addition to the Aristocrat collection of games and we highly recommend it.
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