Uga Age Slot
Uga Age is a cutesy, cartoon-like video slot from WorldMatch that will take you back to the Stone Age, or rather will drag the Stone Age kicking and screaming into the present day.
If you’ve ever seen The Flintstones, you’ll have a good idea of the sorts of flourishes and features to expect from this lively 5-reeler. These include anthropomorphised creatures and the mod-cons of 21st century living given a Stone Age make-under. The Uga Age was a simpler time, when the block button had yet to be invented and people had to silence triggering voices by bashing the troll over the head with a mallet. The Stone Age rocks.
Live like a Caveman
Get comfortable in your mancave (or womancave) and prepare to delve headlong into the cave inhabited by your Stone Age ancestors, one where fire and pointy sticks were the only things preventing you from becoming dinner for some sabre-toothed predator.
Before you get to grips with the game itself, there are a few settings to play about with, set out in WorldMatch’s typically neat style. The music can be muted for one thing; given how simplistic and repetitive the one-line jingle is, you’ll probably want to do so before commencing play.
There’s also a max bet option that’ll set each spin at 50 coins, and an autoplay feature which is ideal if you’re multitasking or playing multiple slots simultaneously. Hit stop at any time to resume manual play. The game appears to be set in a stone quarry, its jagged walls fringed by verdant trees that frame the 3 rows of 5 reels.
WorldMatch have gone for a pared-down approach when designing the game symbols; many of them rely on familiar playing card values to determine worth, with 9, J, A all included. The only concession to the Stone Age here is that these letters and numbers have been carved out of rock.
Get Your Rocks Off
Other symbols to surface in Uga Age show a little more creativity. There’s a clutch of four eggs that presumably belong to some sort of prehistoric nesting bird, there’s a caveman symbol, featuring an obese and primal-looking man with a huge club hanging over his shoulder, and another symbol comprising a stone axe. Other symbols of note include a strange amphibian resembling a frog that’s been inflated to the point of bursting. A prize to the first person to work out what it is.
The bonus symbol comes in the form of a sundial, while free spins consist of nothing more than yellow text bearing the words ‘Free Spins’. Oh well. The game boasts a jackpot of 1,500, with betting ranging from a minimum coin size of 0.01 to 2.00. 25 paylines are filled to the brim with the prospect of free spins and bonus features galore.
The wild, which is a stickman cave painting, serves as a surrogate for any of the game’s regular symbols, helping you notch winning lines. The free spins symbol is self-explanatory. With three of these in view, you’ll be awarded 15 free spins. Secure four in view to net 30 spins and achieve five for a whopping 60 free spins.
Primitive Fun
If you thought free spins were fun, just wait till you unlock the bonus game in Uga Age. Hold onto your seat, your hat and anything else that isn’t bolted down when this happens, cos your excitement levels are gonna go through the roof. Score three bonus symbols and you’ll be plunged into a prehistoric Wheel of Fortune. Spin the wheel, hold your breath and watch in excitement as the wheel slows to a trundle. Whether you win big or score the booby prize, the wheel is an undeniably fun way to wager your coins.
And that’s about all there is to Uga Age: spin the reels, keep your eyes peeled for wild, free spins and bonus symbols and do your utmost to identify the strange Stone Age creatures that appear, to satisfy your own intellectual curiosity more than anything else. It ain’t rocket science, not least because this is the caveman era, when metal had yet to be smelted.
While the features found in the game are fairly run-of-the-mill, they’re well executed and it’s possible to activate Uga Age’s features fairly easily. This means you’ll spend more time spinning the wheel for big prizes and less time rolling the reels. Uga booga baby.
