Lobstermania
Lobstermania is a fantastically funny online slot by IGT by a distinctively fishy theme. The game’s full title is Lucky Larry’s Lobstermania – Lucky Larry being the lobster after whom the game is named.
As the slot is now quite a few years old, its graphics are quite basic, but the gameplay continues to delight players today in a similar fashion to Microgaming’s Mermaids Millions online slot.
The company behind Lobstermania, IGT, has also created a sequel which includes more paylines, stacked wilds, win multipliers, free spins, and a jackpot, as well as many other popular online slot games such as Golden Goddess, Da Vinci Diamonds, and Pixies of the Forest.
The original Lobstermania game keeps its bonus features as simple as its graphics, offering you the chance to score more wins through wild substitutions, and a Buoy Bonus where you get to pick lifebuoys in return for instant cash prizes worth up to four thousand times your bet!
This IGT online slot also boasts a banging soundtrack – the B52’s “Rock Lobster” – which fits with the theme perfectly and gets you rocking your socks off while you spin the reels.
Everyone is catered for including low-stakes players and high-rollers thanks to the impressively wide betting range of 25p to £100. Plus, the top prize which applies no matter what stake you place is a lip-licking ten thousand times your bet, which we’re sure you’ll agree is well worth playing for.
Design
Lobstermania takes you out to sea on a sunny day. You can see big rocks lining the sandy shoreline in the foreground and the gently undulating ocean in the background.
As soon as you start to spin the reels, the upbeat B52’s hit song, “Rock Lobster” begins to play, and Lucky Larry the Lobster appears at the top of the screen to give you tips while you’re playing the game.
It’s a five-reel slot with three rows of symbols and twenty-five non-fixed paylines, and you can see how the paylines work by looking at the coloured numbers that are displayed down each side of the reel set.
The symbols that can help you win prizes include the game logo, a buoy, a fishing boat, Larry, a lighthouse, a lobster pot, and four playing card symbols (N.B., A, K, Q, and J), and you can create winning combination using three or more matching symbols on consecutive reels, beginning with eh leftmost reel.
At the bottom of the game screen, you can adjust the number of paylines that are enabled by clicking the up and down arrows to select a number between 1 and 25. Next to it, there’s the Bet/Line setting which can be adjusted to between £0.01 and £4.00 to allow for a minimum bet of 25p and a maximum bet of £100 (with all twenty-five paylines activated).
The only other thing that you’re likely to want to see is the Paytable, which you can view by clicking the respective button on the right-hand side.
Wild Symbol
In the Lobstermania online slot, the star of the game, Lucky Larry, is used as the wild symbol. You can see him chilling out on the sand, catching the rays with his sunglasses on and holding a cold drink in his right claw.
The wild is a particularly important symbol as it can aid winning combinations by replacing any symbol except the scatter and bonus symbols. It’s also the most valuable symbol in the whole game as it pays out the top award of ten thousand times your bet for a five-of-a-kind all-wild winning combination.
Scatter Symbol
In Lobstermania, the scatter symbol is the image of the lobster caught in a lobster pot. While it doesn’t have the ability to trigger any special features, it does award scatter wins of up to two hundred times your stake when it appears three, four or five times anywhere on the reels.
The bonus symbol features Larry in his yellow raincoat, and if it lands on the right positions on the reels, it activates the amusing Buoy Bonus.
Bonus Round
You need three bonus symbols (N.B., the lobster wearing a raincoat) to appear on a played line to trigger the Buoy Bonus in the Lobstermania online slot. Next, you simply click on one of the triggering bonus symbols to reveal how many picks you will receive in the bonus round.
When the bonus begins, a new screen loads, and it features Larry monitoring his lobster pots which are marked out by buoys. Depending on how many picks you were awarded before the feature began, you get to choose two, three or four buoys. As you select each buoy, Larry reels it in to see what he’s caught in the pot that’s attached to it, and every lobster that he finds inside a pot gets you a cash prize worth between five and two hundred and fifty times your bet.
Reels: 5
Paylines: 25
Min Bet: 0.25p
Max Bet: £100.00
Progressive JP: No
RTP: 94.99%
