Treasure Coast

Magnet Gaming seems to have a found a niche for itself in the online video slot business, producing small, three-reel slots nevertheless packed to the gills with bonus features. Treasure Coast takes this template to the seaside for a gorgeous day at the beach, with treasure everywhere.

Theme

A beachside man wearing Bermuda shorts acts as this slot’s unlikely hero. He sits at his ease in his folding chair, cooler by his side, watching the reels spin as pleasure craft sail on the horizon. Gaming symbols include many trappings of a dreamy vacation day: ice cream cones, kites, sunglasses, beach balls, bottles of coca cola, cameras, and mysterious orange blobs. Additional gaming symbols name and act as gateways for this title’s many bonuses. Game music is understated, but sound effects are well-coordinated to events within play, including the rush of the surf as the reels spin. No slot in memory is more likely to make players wish they were on holiday… though it must be said that the visuals are not on a high level graphically. Players committed to flashy, modern visual design will likely want to look elsewhere immediately.

Betting Options and Functions

Pay and betting structures are kept simple in Treasure Coast. Bet level can be set between 0.10–10.00 times the betting currency, while eight pay lines pay both ways vertically, horizontally, and diagonally. As in other Magnet Gaming titles, autoplay can not be set to any number of spins, and offers no loss limits – it simply toggled on or off. Players should exercise caution while using this feature, therefore. The overall theoretical RTP is a thoroughly respectable 96.5%.

Features

Magnet has squeezed a truly astonishing amount of features into this slot. No fewer than four full-scale bonus features are on offer, with smaller features available as well. Neither need one wait for long to access these extras: respins with increasing win multipliers (up to 5x) are available in base play, as well as a mini-feature called Let’s Play. This will either award a cash prize or launch one of the game’s four bonuses.

The notion of four separate bonus features for a three-by-three slot is, to put it mildly, unusual. Magnet Gaming pulls it off with gusto, however. Forgotten Gold lets players use golden keys to find the treasure hidden within a beach bunker. Boat Race features six possible prizes, which are decided by which of the boats is faster than the others. In Lost & Found, players search with a metal detector to find the prizes, with the pick of the litter being the massive ‘super jackpot flash.’ Finally, the Flag Hunt bonus resembles traditional slot bonuses most closely: 25 free spins are awarded, with more in the offing should the feature be retriggered.

Our Take

Magnet Gaming defies expectations with Treasure Coast. Though seemingly small in scale and visually unsophisticated, a tremendous array of bonuses can be found within. This is a smaller company that is really putting itself on the map.