Fruits of the Nile

Fans of fruit-symbol slot machine games will adore Fruits of the Nile, a fun title from the Playson portfolio. While its inspiration from Egypt's Nile River is passing at best, it's the fruit that is the star of this show.

Fruits of the Nile has five reels and three rows with five pay lines, which can be a bit of bit of a challenge for players used to hundreds of ways to win per spin.

There are six kinds of fruit on the reels, plus a star, a lucky number seven and a beautifully designed scarab beetle. The seven offers the highest payouts up to 5000x for five of a kind, followed by the grapes and watermelons up to 1000x; then there are apricots and plums with up to 500x, and then finally lemons up to 100x.

The scarab is the wild card, and pays out when it is combined with matching adjacent symbols. The star is the scatter, and a win here comes from different reel combinations to boost multipliers.

The player's dashboard is big, bright and clear, which we appreciate, especially if we're playing on a phone. And you can see everything at once, from how many lines you've bet to the pay table, credit balance and the total current bet. There is also the spin button, auto play button, and a button to place the maximum bet each time if you feel a lucky streak coming on.

This game can be played on almost any computer or device, and it has a demo option that lets you play for free before jumping in the with the ol' bankroll. Like we said earlier, it's not the most evocative game for its name, but it's fun and the wins keep players coming back.