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Star Raiders has a futuristic feel as soon as you load up the game with a dark space scene in the background, computerised images in the corners and space ships on the reels. Stars glimmer in the sky and space vehicles rush across the screen to give a sense of urgency and movement. The electronic music is fast-paced to add to the sensation of excitement. The icons in the game are all related to space innovations with orange, blue, green, purple and gold space ships taking centre stage along with mysterious planets.

There are 20 fixed paylines in this slot game and to set your bet you can click the plus and minus buttons at the bottom of the screen. This allows you to bet from a minimum of €0.20 to a maximum bet of €10.00. Every win is accompanied by a jingle and a beam of light shines along the payline to connect the icons that make up the winning combination.

The highest paying icon is the purple ship, which pays up to 1,000 coins for 5 symbols, while the green symbol pays up to 600 coins, and the gold and blue symbols pay up to 300 coins. The orange ship pays 200 coins, then we move down to the high cards to find the lower payouts. The Ace pays up to 100 coins, the King pays up to 75 coins, the Queen pays up to 50 coins, the Jack pays up to 30 coins and the 10 pays up to 20 coins for 5 symbols.

These payouts are not the highest we have seen but they are certainly not the lowest and most players should find them strong enough to rack up some decent rewards from a space age gaming session.

If you hit 3 or more of the free spins symbols you trigger the Red Alert battle mode feature! This exciting sounding round adds more paylines and turns the game into a '243 ways to win' slot, which gives in effect an incredible 243 different ways to win from every single spin. A win counts as any matching symbol combination running left to right on adjacent reels.

The round space ship symbol with the planet in the background is the wild symbol in this game. When this icon appears it stays locked on the reels for two to five spins giving you the potential to boost your wins hugely. This wild stands in for the rest of the symbols in the game except the scatter. If you hit 5 wilds on a payline you can win 1,000x your bet!

Star Raiders is a fun and fast-paced slot machine from Pariplay and will gain a lot of fans due to its involving theme. The popularity of space continues in the slot world and this game features a range of space craft, satellites and planets to enjoy on the reels, along with space ships zipping all over the screen in the background. The sound effects also add to the atmosphere.

On top of this there are a range of features to entertain players, from the locked wild symbols to the red alert battle mode! This is quite innovative in its attempts to create some unique rounds and the 243 ways to win within the battle mode also gives players an extra chance to boost their bankroll. All in all this is a solid effort from Pariplay and makes use of a popular theme while introducing some exciting new features for involving gameplay.