About SunTide
What do SunTide, Sunquest and Summertime all have in common? Well, yes, they are all developed by Microgaming. However, by and large, they are all relatively the same slot machine game. All three slots contain 9 paylines, all three slots offer roughly the same cash prize, and have similar wagering ranges. SunTide is newest of the trio and contains slightly more modern features than Summertime, and the even older Sunquest slot, but in truth, any one of these games could easily be mistaken for the others. SunTide allows players to select how many of the 9 lines they wish to play with, as well as choose coin sizes of 0.01 up to 0.50, and bet up to 5 of those coins per line. SunTide slot machine spins cost at least 0.01 per line per spin and can rise as high as 22.50 per spin if you let them. For your efforts, you could walk away with a non-progressive jackpot which is capped at 25,000 coins in all. Just like in Sunquest, SunTide’s jackpot paying icon is a golden coin, which can offer you the aforementioned big wins when it appears 5 times on a line.
Special Features
As well dishing out jackpot prizes, SunTide’s golden coin can also offer you expanding wilds. These wilds can substitute for all other symbols in the slot barring scatters, but they can only appear on the third reel in the base game.
Scatter icons appear as ocean sunset symbols (just like in Summertime), and these can trigger scattered wins with just 2 or more appearing on the reels. Landing 3, 4 or 5 of them on the reels will see a free spins bonus game triggered.
Bonus Feature
Players get to start the free spins bonus round with a total of 15 free games under their belt, no matter how many scatter icons they located on the reels in the base game. In the free spins bonus round, wild symbols can appear on second, third and fourth reels – a major boost from the base game. These symbols also expand to help you to land wins in the feature. Players will note that landed 3 or more additional scatters in this feature will effectively re-trigger the free spins bonus round.
