Shiver me timbers, is that Cap’n Cornsquealious on the deck of the pirate ship in this AGS Pirate Plunder slot? An unlikely pirate, Captain Cornsquealious is a glorious golden pig with an appetite for as much gold as he can plunder from the reels on your behalf. Despite a relatively low return to player (RTP) of 94.07%, this game could see you find the buried treasure, hit the jackpot slot, and win very pig prizes.
Game Overview
With an unusual set-up across a split screen, this slots game has five reels on the right, with Captain Cornsquealious presiding over his haul of golden doubloons on the left, complete with a jaunty pirate hat on his head. With no set payline, the game has an astonishing 16,807 ways to win, thanks to the PowerXStream mechanic that drives it. It has multiple layers, bonus games and jackpots, expanding reels, wilds, and scatters. Life on the high seas was never this exciting.
How To Play
There’s no fixed payline in Pirate Plunder and three matching symbols in any position across adjacent reels amount to a win. But, of course, five is even better. Captain Cornsquealious offers multipliers of up to 1000x, doubling the bonus scatter to 2000x.
The wild symbol, which is the captain’s head on a golden coin, appears on reels two, three, and four and bolsters or finishes off winning combinations for great wins, giving players a shot at the jackpot. Other symbols include an anchor, telescope, pirate hat, and a hook.
Despite the relative complexity of this game, it’s set up so that you can even play it on your mobile device without compromising its performance — just one of the many advantages of playing slots online.
Graphics
The split screen of the Pirate Plunder slot immediately grabs the player’s attention, with the pirate king, Captain Cornsquealious himself, sitting on top of his plundered gold. But these are no ill-gotten gains — they’re your winnings. The symbols on the reels, which can be found on the right-hand screen and the wooden deck of this traditional pirate vessel, include the golden symbols of coins, an anchor, a compass, and the golden pig. Lower-value symbols include a pirate’s tricorn hat, a hook, and a telescope — but no map with an X marking the island’s hidden treasure. You’ll have to find that yourself by following the clue at the end of this review. A harpoon is the scatter and comes in and spears its target during the bonus game.
The soundtrack is a sea shanty occasionally overlaid by Captain Cornsquealious’s grunts of excitement when he wins — all in all, a fun and interesting rendition of the life and times of a pirate.
Features
This game’s features are the key to treasure troves of additional spins and wins, placing it up with some of the most exciting online slots.
Bonus rounds are triggered with just two matching symbols, and there are 10 free spins if you land four bonus symbols and 12 if you land five.
The Harpoon scatter shoots up into the reels to create more positions on the reels up to a maximum of seven more rows. If you can land 12 harpoons, there are five more free spins, while 16 will get players eight free spins and a 2x multiplier.
Bonuses and Jackpots
Pirate Plunder’s bonus games and jackpot pick feature make it a great slots game worthy of any salty sea dog’s time.
The bonus scatter symbol in the base game triggers the free spins bonus. Three bonus symbols win players eight free spins, four reward players with 10 free spins, and five get 12 free spins. Two matching symbols during the free spins bonus rounds can also win you three more free spins; this is the game that just keeps on giving.
The jackpot feature is unlocked by just one wild symbol, and players are presented with 12 objects to find the jackpot. Never mind if you don’t hit the grand prize; there are always major, minor, or even mini boosts that can push your winnings up. The mini boost increases the mini bonus credit by 1,000 coins, the minor by 2,500, the major by 80,000, and the grand by 1,000,000. Players hit the jackpot by landing three or more jackpot or bonus symbols, and the jackpot resets itself after it pays out.
Similar Games
If you enjoyed the nautical theme of Pirate Plunder, AGS has another maritime slot in Mermaid’s Fortune, which takes players deep under the surface of the very ocean on which Captain Cornsquealious sails his ship. Or, if it’s simply fantastical creatures that capture your imagination, there’s always Forest Dragons, also from AGS. More fun with pirates include Ghost Pirates or Captain’s Treasure from NetEnt and the Rage of the Seas from Playtech.
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