Boat Bonanza CrocoNile!: Slot Overview
Boat Bonanza CrocoNile! is a fishing slot from Play'n GO with an Egyptian twist, played on a 5x4 layout with 12 fixed paylines. The key idea is simple, chat, two boats sit above the reels and collect the values on Catch symbols. Around that, the game adds a few random modifiers and a respin bonus, so the session has more going on than the standard collect setup.
Boat Bonanza CrocoNile!: Slot Information
5 reels and 12 paylines keep the format straightforward. Low symbols are 10 to A, paying 6x to 10x the bet for five of a kind, while the Egyptian premiums pay 30x to 100x. The Wild lands on any reel, substitutes for regular symbols, and five Wilds pay 200x.
Catch symbols are the ones viewers will care about most. They can make line wins of 5x, 20x, or 200x for 3, 4, or 5 in a line, but their real value is the instant prize attached to each one. Those amounts run from 0.5x up to 50x the bet, and they only get paid when one of the collection features or the bonus is active.
Symbol Payouts
Boat Bonanza CrocoNile! Slot Features
Catch Feature is the base of the whole game. Up to two boats can be active on a spin, and if a Catch symbol lands under an active boat, that value gets collected. Depth Charge helps the blue boat when nothing is underneath it, dropping an explosive to collect a random Catch value. Spear Shot does a similar job for the red boat, targeting one Catch symbol elsewhere on the grid.
Croc Carnage can pop before collection and upgrade Catch symbols up to 50x each. I like that for stream pace, because it gives base game spins a chance to flip quickly. Then you have Croc'n Spin, a one-respin second chance when 3 or 4 Croc Coins land, with the coins sticking in place to try and reach five.
Sobek's Rage is the main bonus and it triggers with 5 Croc Coins. You start with 5 respins, only Catch symbols, Croc Coins and blanks can appear, and everything that lands sticks. Any new Croc Coin adds an extra respin. At the end, each coin reveals a multiplier from x2 to x25, the multipliers are added together, and that total multiplies all collected Catch values.
Bonus Buy Options
Catch symbols can form line wins up to 200x for five of a kind and also carry instant prize values from 0.5x to 50x that are collected by specific features.
Up to two boats may be active above the reels, and when Catch symbols land beneath an active boat, their instant prize values are awarded.
If the blue boat is active and there is no Catch symbol beneath it, a random Catch symbol may be generated or selected and collected for its instant prize.
If the red boat is active and there is no Catch symbol beneath it, it may target one Catch symbol elsewhere on the grid and collect its instant prize.
When a boat is active, Croc Carnage may trigger before collection and upgrade Catch symbol values, up to 50x each.
Landing 3 or 4 Croc Coins gives one respin with the coins sticky, giving you another shot at reaching five and triggering the bonus.
Triggered by 5 Croc Coins, this bonus starts with 5 respins. Only Catch symbols, Croc Coins and blanks can appear, all landed symbols stick, extra Croc Coins add a respin, and revealed coin multipliers from x2 to x25 are summed and applied to all Catch symbols.
Theme & Graphics
Egypt gives the slot a brighter look than a lot of fishing games. Above the water you get pyramids, the Sphinx and the boats, while the reels sit below the surface with fish and artefacts around them. The soundtrack is upbeat and the whole thing has a cheerful feel, which helps when the base game goes a bit quiet.
If I'm honest with chat, the theme is presented well, but the gameplay itself is not especially original. The mix of fishing collection and a hold-and-respin style bonus works fine, though I am not entirely sold on the bonus being deep enough to carry a long session on its own.
