Retro is becoming increasingly fashionable these days. Fashion produces more and more retro designs, technology manufacturers create retro-looking hi-tech machines, and even the gambling industry decided to join the highly-popular trend. The high demand for good old classics drove some of the industry’s leaders to create more contemporary versions of traditional slots – and Microgaming is one of them. Its latest releases, which introduced a good start to 2011 include a great, sparkly slot, which gives great prizes and works on a familiar theme in an improved way – “Retro Reels – Diamond Glitz” promises good, fun times and perhaps some profit, too.

If this sounds like your idea of fun, then you should definitely give this retro slot a try. “Retro Reels – Diamond Glitz” is played on five reels and 25 paylines, and it features all the familiar characters that you can see in all traditional slot machines – there are single, double and triple bars and diamonds, which can be mixed, then cherries, red sevens, bells, and the best paying dollar symbols. All this in a dark, but still sparkly background which actually appears like a real slot machine. And the complementary sounds add even more to the great attempt of the game’s designers to create a realistic, land casino feeling.

This is a rather simple slot, judging by its rules and special features, which aren’t many. But the fact that they aren’t numerous doesn’t mean that they are scarce – on the contrary, the free spins with a multiplier and re-spins actually pay much better than a majority of other slots. However, if you’re in for a win, you’ll have to place some money to start the machine first. And the choice you’re offered in terms of bet amounts are huge: coin amounts go from $0.01 to $0.25, the maximum number of lines to select is 25, and it’s possible to place up to 20 coins per payline. And with such a range of choices, “Retro Reels – Diamond Glitz” allows everyone to give it a try and see what’s in it for you.

Special Symbols & Features:

As mentioned above, this great-looking, although somewhat simple slot doesn’t have many features. The first one is free spins feature, triggered by three or more Free Spin Bonus symbols anywhere on the reels. When this happens, you’ll be awarded with 15 free spins, which will double all prizes, and which are retriggerable. Apart from this one, there’s also a newly introduced and highly popular re-spin feature, which allows players to re-spin a certain reel at a certain cost expressed in credits. With this feature, your winning odds are much higher, and even though this feature may be quite costly sometimes, it still may trigger some great prizes, including free spins.

What more to say about “Retro Reels – Diamond Glitz”? The only thing one may actually hold against it is its simplicity, but classic slots are like that. You either like them or not – so this isn’t really a matter of choice. But we bet you’ll be won by its generosity and authenticity, and once you try it, you’ll find yourself getting back to it quite often.

- reviewed by Latest Casino Bonuses, last updated 2011-04-16