Play Wild Dolphins for Free

If you’ve never ventured below the surface, this video slot from developer Oryx offers the perfect opportunity to live out your fantasy.

The underwater world never looked quite so beautiful as here, with bubbles rising gently in the turquoise waters and the covering of coral and sea anemones on the floor. The reels are transparent which makes the most of the spectacular setting, ensuring that nothing is hidden from view as you play the game.

And the symbols on the slots are equally as magnificent, created in a diverse range of bright colours and tones. There’s the cerise seahorse, the bright yellow fish and the salmon pink oyster decorated with a rainbow. The dolphin may not be quite as eye-catching but his expression says it all, with the happy grin plastered across his face.

In the background there’s no music – until you hit the spin button – but the gentle bubbling sound is oddly hypnotic and creates a very tranquil effect.

The effect of the ocean is so relaxing, it would be easy to sit and watch the gentle bubbles for hours but you’re here to win prizes so first of all you need to set your bet.

Wild Dolphins is played on 5 reels and these include 9 paylines as standard. You have the ability to alter this as low as one, if you so choose, and you can change the number of paylines as often as you want without any penalty. Remember that reducing the paylines also reduces your chances of winning so it’s up to you to work out the right strategy to maximize your chances without blowing your budget!

Being able to alter the value of the coin helps with this; you can change it from the minimum of 0.01 up to the maximum of 0.50. This is the amount per active payline and you can play with a maximum of 10 coins per line.

Taking a look at the prizes on offer can help you to decide how much to bet, and you’ll find this information in the paytable.

Most symbols pay out for a match of three or more, but the top value prize – the oyster – pays out for a match of just two. The most you can win in the regular symbols is 4,000, which you’ll get if you match five oysters on an active payline.

The oyster also doubles up as the wild symbol which means it can help most of the others to create a winning combination. The only exception is the Happy Dolphin.

The Happy Dolphin is the scatter symbol and if you match three or more on reels 2, 3 and 4 you’ll win 12 free spins plus a multiplier of x2. During the free spins, the Happy Dolphin transforms into an Extra Wild which means it acts just like the oyster temporarily and can substitute for the other symbols. In addition, if three Happy Dolphins all appear on the middle reel during the free spins you’ll retrigger the bonus.

If you’re apprehensive about playing for cash right away, you can dip your toes into the water first rather than plunging right in.

Developer Oryx offer a fun mode which allows you to experience the full functionality of the game but without risking any real cash. This is a great way to try the game out to see if you like it, or just to get some practice in before you play the live mode.

Every aspect is the same in the fun mode; the only difference is that you can’t win real cash prizes! You’ll have a bundle of virtual cash and it’s up to you how you want to bet with it. Once you’re ready, switch over to the live mode and you can start playing for the real thing!

Wild Dolphins by Oryx is set in a beautiful underwater world where there’s lots of chance to win prizes. There’s not quite as many features on this Oryx game as others in their library but it’s still very playable and can be enjoyed by everyone.