One of the craziest slot machine games to come out of International Games Technology, IGT, has to be Lucky Larrys Lobstermania Slots. This game features Lucky Larry, a smiling lobster dressed in fisherman’s rain gear, smoking a pipe and waving his claws. I don’t know if it is the wacky theme to the game, the color scheme or the great graphics and “feel” to the game, but, I have always had to wait to play this game when I run accross it in the casino. It clearly is a slot machine preferred by many players and has become a favorite of mine as well.
Lucky Larrys Lobstermania: The Details
IGT made Lucky Larry’s Lobstermania Slots part of their Reel Touch line of slots games. It features a liquid crystal display for improved graphics and, of course, it is a touch screen that allows for better navigation. An enhanced sound system plays the B-52’s song “Rock Lobster” during each spin and the main bonus round
There are three (3) versions. A Game King video slot version that presents a 5-reel, 15 line configuration. This game has a variable max bet and variable jackpot. The second version is a Game King enhanced video slot game that has 5-reels and 25 paylines. The max bet is 1,250 and the jackpot is 500,000! The last version is the S2000 Reel Touch game, a 5-reel, 15-line slot machine with a max bet of 75 coins and a jackpot of 50,000.
Game Play and Lucky Larrys Lobstermania Tips
This slot game is filled with with nautical symbols. Spinning the reels will reveal seagulls, fish, clams, fishing trawlers, lighthouses, buoys, caged lobsters, lucky larry. Also include is a wild lobster who can substitute for all other symbols except for caged lobsters and the lobstermania symbol. This creates more payouts and more chances to enter the bonus rounds. As you play the game, Lucky Larry offers you encouragement in his crusty New England accent.
The Great Lobster Escape Scatter Pay Bonus Game
This slots game bonus round is triggered when three, four or five caged lobster symbols appear anywhere on the reels. When this happens the Great Lobster Escape bonus round begins! It is your job to help the lobsters escape their cages. The more lobsters you help escape, the higher bonus. This bonus round ends when one of the caged lobsters is unable to make his break for freedom.
The Buoy Bonus Round
Lucky Larry finally makes his appearance in the Lobstermania slots game during the buoy bonus round. This bonus round is activated when three Lobstermania Slots Bonus symbols line up from left to right on any active payline. The slot player is then prompted to select one of the symbols which will reveal how many picks they will receive during the Buoy Bonus round. Buoys then appear on the screen. They are tied to lobster traps on the ocean floor. Lucky Larry appears to retrieve the trap by pulling it up from the bottom of the sea. He then starts to remove what is inside of the trap. Lucky Larry finds and pulls out of the traps everything from toilet seats to tires to lobsters and the amount of your bonus for that trap. But, watch out, Lucky Larry can also remove any one of the symbols mentioned earlier. In this case the Buoy Bonus round is over.
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Conclusion: My Experience with Lucky Larrys Lobstermania Slots
This is one of those games that I just can’t seem to win at. Attached to Fort Knox, I can get the Fort Knox bonus. Others playing around me tend to have impressive wins. But for whatever reason, this game and my luck just don’t seem to mesh. Don’t let that deter you, however, because everyone else seems to win when they play this game. On top of that, this is one of those games that tends to be quite addicting, even if you aren’t winning big. This may prove to be bad for me, but don’t let that stop you from trying this one out. It is after all, a very popular game for good reason.