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Seeing as the paylines have been cast away, we have an easy means of starting up a play for real game; we only have to adjust the betting level and we’re good to go. It doesn’t get much simpler than that. That being said, it does mean that the starting wager is slightly larger than what you may be accustomed to: it’s 50 credits. This sum may sound daunting, but with the number of ways you can win, it’s a fair figure to ask for.

Like we said, everything is more laid back on the control panel, due to the aforementioned design feature, and so the only other aspect you may want to tweak is the Autoplay, and even then it’s only an on/off button. No need to get weighed down selecting a specific number of waves, just turn it on and get spinning.

We’re now returning to that one special feature we mentioned, for it’s an important part of the title; Reel Locking is where two connected reels spin at the same time, and thus turn out the same symbols. They’re essentially twinning.

The use for such an idea? It can assist in making even more wins, especially if you happen to land three or more symbols on a winning line.

However, as exciting as it sounds, its usefulness does run dry before too long, leaving us longing for another extra to keep the magic of this game alive. There’s a wild, but that’s hardly enough to keep us sated.

As is customary with Novomatic slots, the betting range impacts on the paytable, or what Spectrum have called the ‘winplan’. Therefore, if you go with the lowest stake, which let’s face it, a lot of us will do, you’ll only ever be looking at a max payout of 2,000 credits. However, should you crank your wager up to 10,000 credits, you’re looking at rewards closer to 400,000.

The top amount comes from the triangular spectrum icon, that so happens to look like the front of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon. It’s an attractive looking icon, but it doesn’t do more than look the part and hand over wads of cash; it's good, but we want more.

Spectrum looks great, and it has a unique design characteristic, but besides that it’s a classic slot made to look better than what it actually is. Novomatic might appear to be moving ahead with the times, but they actually haven’t, and so a lot of you are about to feel cheated out of your bet once you’ve experienced the title for yourselves.

Our advice? Play the free online slot version before you try it for real, as that should give you more than enough time for you to figure out whether you like what you’re seeing. As far as playability goes, it’s okay, but this isn’t a game we’d highly recommend - there’s far better out there to keep you entertained.