Theme
Ghost Pirates is an online video slot game launched in October 2009 and is offered exclusively at online casinos powered by Net Entertainment. This online video slots game has 5 reels and you have 3, 9, 27, 81 or even up to 243 bet ways instead of the traditional bet lines to play on! The theme of Ghost Pirates is, as its name clearly says, about ghost pirates who are still intent on keeping their precious treasure and other loot for themselves in their eerie, ghostly pirate ship.
This online video slot machine game features many different types of pirate characters who you will meet when you’ve boarded their Ghost Pirate Ship. If you have watched Pirates of the Caribbean movies, then this slots game is somewhat similar to the scary pirates and their cursed pirate ship known as the Flying Dutchman. This slot game can reward you with up to 25 Free Spins in their Bonus Feature game, and all your winnings in those Free Spins are tripled, the Wild symbol not only substitutes the regular symbols in this slot game, but also it can substitute the Scatter symbols as well (uncommon in other slots games), it has a maximum cash jackpot of $3,750, it has a maximum coin jackpot of 7500, and a 96.8% payout ratio! What’s most exciting about Ghost Pirates is that you can play 3, 9, 27, 81 or 243 bet ways!
The Ghost Pirates online video slot game can be played instantly, and you do not need to initially download it. With sumptuous graphics, animated symbols and realistic sound effects, free spins, 243 bet ways to win, Ghost Pirates is one video slot machine game that players will naturally bet big to claim the treasure – a maximum win of €45,750, with a maximum bet of €62.50.
Graphics & Sound
Online slots players who have already watched the Pirates of the Caribbean and loved the movies say that they definitely feel some déjà vu when they play Ghost Pirates, and just like the movies it was themed after, Ghost Pirates does not disappoint in terms of not only in graphics and sound, but also through its clever and great feature of 243 bet ways to win! The setting of this online video slots game is aboard a scary pirate ship sailing in the vast sea at night, with heavy waves and a nearby volcano that looked like it is going to explode anytime. If you check the corners of the reels, flaming torches light up the dark night, with skeleton ghost pirates going up on the rigging. You will definitely appreciate the stunning animated graphics on the reels whenever you hit a winning combination involving the Wild and Scatter symbols. The symbols are drawn according to its creepy theme, dark and eerie character icons and other pirate objects. Even if the drawings are mostly dark, it will not hurt your eyes. The overall graphic design of Ghost Pirates displays different colors of blue, green, black, orange, purple, pink, gray, yellow, brown and orange.
Ghost Pirates has sound effects that will make you “mentally” shiver to the bone. The background sounds resemble ghosts moaning and groaning, the wind making the ship’s loose metal rigging creak slowly; all of the background sounds are perfect for a pirate ship that is full of ghosts. Pirate-themed celebratory music from drums and trumpets are what you will hear when you manage to get winning combinations in this slot game.
Game Symbols
There are no card deck symbols that were used in the Ghost Pirates online slots game. The regular symbols that you will see in Ghost Pirates are the characters Peggy Rotten, One-Eyed Ed, Polly and Mad Monkey. Other regular symbols used are the two Pirate Musket, the pirate Necklace, Pirate’s Map, Pirate’s Rum, Pirate’s Cannon, and the Anchor.
The Wild Symbol is the Ghost Pirate. It can act as a substitute for other symbols in order to help you complete winning combinations, and it can even substitute the Treasure Chest Scatter symbols as well!
The Scatter Symbol is the Treasure Chest. It can be found scattered anywhere on the reels, and you are awarded whenever you manage to get 3 or more Treasure Chest Scatter symbols to come out from left to right in succession (from reel 1 to 5). If you hit 3 of the Scatter symbols, you are awarded 10 Free Spins; if you hit 4, you are awarded 20; if you hit 5, then you are awarded a load 50 Free Spins!
The Treasure Chest Scatter symbol is not required to come out in a line on an active pay line in order for you to win.
Take note that if you manage to obtain a scatter win and a regular win, then you are paid out for both of these wins, because the Treasure Chest Scatter symbol is actually not needed to come out on an active pay line to win. The scatter win is added to the pay line win.
Gamble Feature
There is no Gamble Feature in this game.
Bonus Feature
There is only 1 bonus feature game in Ghost Pirates; however, many online slots players don’t care as it beats the other slots (that offer 3 different bonus games) because it is overflowing with booty!
The Ghost Pirates Bonus Feature, activated when you get 3 or more Scatter Symbols (Treasure Chest), awards you with up to 25 Free Spins! The Treasure Chest Scatter symbols must come out from left to right in succession (from reel 1 to 5). If you get 3 Scatter symbols, you will be rewarded 15 Free Spins. If you get 4, you are awarded with 20 Free Spins. If you get 5, you are awarded 25 Free Spins.
• While you are playing the Free Spin Bonus Feature game, all of your winning combinations are tripled (multiplier x3)!
• The Ghost Pirate Wild symbols will substitute also for the Treasure Chest Scatter symbol in order to help you complete winning scatter combinations and/or to activate the Free Spin Bonus Feature games.
• If you manage to get another 3 or more Treasure Chest Scatter symbols (found anywhere on the reels) in consecutive order while you are playing the Free Spin Bonus Feature game, you are generously rewarded another 15, 20 or 25 Free Spins!
The extra Free Spins are included to your remaining amount of Free Spins. While in the Free Spin Bonus Feature game, you can win an infinite amount of extra Free Spins. When the Free Spin Bonus Feature game is over, you are then taken back to the main Ghost Pirates video slot game, and your winnings from the Free Spin games are included to your total balance.
Betting Options
Ghost Pirates has 5 reels where you may bet on 3, 9, 27, 81 or 243 bet ways instead of the traditional bet lines. This simply means that there are 5 reels available from which you can form your winning combinations. For each and every coin you put in, you enable another pay line. When the reels stop, the combinations of symbols along each enabled payline are checked by the computer. The minimum bet is 0.01 and the maximum bet is 0.50 per line. You can wager from 1 up to 5 coins.
Ghost Pirates can be automatically played for a certain number of spins, thanks to its Autoplay function. You can also customize your Autoplay by clicking on the Advanced Settings menu. From there, you can Stop Autoplay on any of the following conditions: on any win, if Free Spins is won, if a single win exceeds a certain amount you have specified, or if your cash increases or decreases by a certain amount you have specified. When everything is all to your liking, simply choose on the number of rounds that you would like the Autoplay to spin automatically for you, and then press Start.
