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Treasure Tomb Overview
Atmosphere
This game takes place in a well maintained tomb, where you’ll see the mummy’s
sarcophagus in the center of the room.
Above the coffin is an eerie, gold head with green eyes. Any time that you
successfully move towards the tomb, the gold head drops money into the casket.
You’ll also see pillars, stone idols, and torches on the sides of the room.
Everything presented in the room combines to create a spooky, yet well designed
atmosphere.
Gameplay
The most important aspect of the tomb is the 7×6 grid in the center of the
floor. This is where your adventurer moves to reach the tomb.
Every space that you successfully move forward, sideways, or backwards adds
to your prize total. The goal is to advance all 7 spaces forward, where you’ll
collect the Eyes of the Idol.
The main reason to move sideways or backwards is if you see a less dangerous
space that’ll increase your total prize. We don’t recommend doing this, but the
option is there.
Every time that you choose a space, you’ll either earn a payout or be killed
by a trap – there’s no in between.
You can choose to collect your prize and start the round over at any point.
If your character dies, you’ll lose everything you’ve collected in the round.
The right hand corner of the screen shows the odds by how much your prize
will be multiplied by, and the higher multipliers come with more risks. This
creates a risk reward element that adds more strategy to the game.
Booby Traps and Animations
Treasure Tomb has four different booby traps that will kill the adventurer
and end your round. The traps include:
- Pharaoh Mummy
Still dressed in its pharaoh garb, this mummy rises from
the coffin and shoots the adventurer with a large green laser emanating from
its head.
- Spider
The spider drops on top of the man, covers him in a web, and
then carries him up to the ceiling.
- Tribesman
Tribal music plays, a tribesman appears in a puff of smoke,
and then he shoots the man with a poisonous dart.
- Falling Rocks
Rocks fall from the ceiling and crush the adventurer.
Music and Sound Effects
Treasure Tomb’s music straddles the line between an adventure tune and
Jeopardy! jingle. The music does a nice job of reflecting the intense decisions
that you must make every time you move a space.
You’ll also hear mysterious groans in the distance, which are reminiscent of
High Priest Imhotep being resurrected in The Mummy. The groans add a
supernatural effect to what’s already a chilling game.
Sound effects that you’ll hear include: gold dropping from the idol’s mouth,
steps when the man walks, the spider shooting a web, tribal music when the dart
shooter appears, rocks falling, a laser sound when the mummy shoots its ray, and
the adventurer yelling when he dies.
Graphics
Treasure Tomb doesn’t have stunning 3D graphics and a background that’ll blow
you away. But most of the objects and enemies are designed well enough that
you’ll know what they are.
The mummy, tribesman, adventurer, and everything in the background feature
solid graphics. The spider and rocks look iffy, but are at least presentable.
The idol doesn’t look very good, and it’s hard to tell what’s falling out of
its mouth after successful turns. Upon close inspection, the objects look like
gold coins.
Treasure Tomb Odds and Payouts
As mentioned in the overview, the size of your payouts and risk are tied
together. Below you can see the payouts, and remember that your chances of
losing increase along with the prize:
Red – 5x payout, based on your triggering bet.
Purple – 3x payout.
Yellow – 2x payout.
Green – 1.5x payout.
Blue – 1.25 payout.
Prize Progression
Treasure Tomb makes it easy to figure out your prospective payout by hovering
over any lit up tile. You’ll see the possible payout in the grey box above the
idol’s head, meaning you don’t have to do any math.
Your potential prize increases as you keep moving spaces, and here’s a step
by step example of this:
- You bet $0.10 and successfully move to a purple square (3x) to win
$0.30.
- Since you currently have a $0.30 profit, your next move to a purple tile
would now be worth $0.90, or 3 x 0.30.
- If you attempt another move to purple, your potential profit is worth
$2.70.
This progression of prizes isn’t affected by whether you move forward,
sideways, or backward.
And again, you can collect your profit and start over after any successful
turn.
Treasure Tomb Special Features & Strategy
Unlike a traditional slot machine, Treasure Tomb doesn’t have free spins or a
second screen bonus round. But you will get a bonus for reaching the coffin,
which is explained below.
Eyes of the Idol
When you reach the seventh and final square, the idol’s green eyes will fall
into the coffin. This gives you a 10% bonus on your entire winnings for the
round.
You then have the option of either quitting and collecting your winnings &
10% bonus, or trying to make it back to the original starting square.
If you choose the latter, you can still quit at any time and collect your
winnings & bonus.
During the trip back, you can’t step on any of the spaces used to reach the
coffin since they’ll be blotted out.
Strategy for Reaching the Coffin
The available tile colors that you can step on are lit up in bold colors. But
you can also faintly see colors for the entire 7×6 grid.
This allows you to look across the grid and plot out your moves before
starting towards the coffin.
Here’s an example: you see that the left side of the screen only has three
blue tiles, but the right side has six. Given that the blue tiles offer better
odds of survival, you’d choose the right side to give yourself the best possible
chance of reaching the end.
As discussed above, Treasure Tomb gives you the option to travel back to the
start after obtaining the Eyes of the Idol. But considering that there’s no
bonus for doing so, and some of the spaces are blotted out, we recommend
collecting the bonus and starting a new round.
Betting Options
At the beginning of every round, you’re prompted to choose a bet size between
$0.10 and $100.00.
This is much like betting on an online slot machine with fixed pay lines,
where you can only choose the total bet. The only difference is that you have to
confirm your bet size before starting every turn.
Other Options
You can check your betting history with the circular arrow button at the
bottom of the screen. But note that you can only use this option when playing
for real money.
You can also change the graphics quality to low or high. Low quality is good
for players who have a slow smartphone or PC and want the game to run smoother.
Sound volume can be changed with either the speaker button in the lower left
hand corner, or the hash marks button on the right side. The hash marks button
gives you greater control over the volume.
Win Frequency
The win frequency of Treasure Tomb changes based on the color of tiles you
pick. We found that if you mostly choose blue, green, and yellow spaces, then
your win frequency will be high.
When picking the blue tiles at every chance, you have a good opportunity to
advance at least 2 3 spaces on average.
Sometimes you’ll run into the occasional drought where you die several times
in a row. But overall, Treasure Tomb has much higher win frequency than the
average online slot machine.
Return to Player RTP
RTP for Treasure Tomb is 94.80%, which is below average when compared to
online slots.
We played this game for around 300 350 turns and reached the 10% bonus
multiple times. We also increased our bankroll by a few dollars by the time our
session ended.
Nevertheless, the average player doesn’t have a great chance to win based on
the RTP. But the win frequency is high enough that you’ll at least stretch your
bankroll by choosing the low odds tiles.
Game Rules
You access the game rules with the question mark in the lower right hand
corner. Here are the main rules you’ll find:
- A random number generator is used to determine whether your turn will be
successful or unsuccessful.
- The probability of winning depends upon the odds of the tile you choose.
- Hover over any lit up space to determine what your prize value will be.
- You can collect winnings at any time.
- You receive a 10% bonus for successful moving forward 7 spaces and
reaching the idol.
Comparison to Other Games by 1×2 Gaming
Although typically known for their online slot machines, 1×2 Gaming has made
some sports games that come in different formats. Two of these games are Darts
180 and Touchdown, which we’ll compare to Treasure Tomb below.
Darts 180
Like the title suggests, this game features a dartboard where the goal is to
land darts as close to the center as possible.
To do this, you simply push the green arrow at the bottom of the screen. This
launches three darts at the board in succession.
Darts score 50 points when landing in the red center, and 25 points when
landing in the green center. Other tosses that hit the board are worth the
respective value of the section where the darts land.
The higher your score, the higher the multiplier payout will be on your
triggering bet.
Here’s an example: you score 70, which comes with a 2x multiplier. If you
wagered $1 in this case, you’d win a $2 payout.
The upside of Darts 180 is that it’s a simple game that does a good job of
simulating real darts action. The downside is that it doesn’t give you nearly
the control seen in Treasure Tomb.
In the latter, you get to select the squares where you move and the odds
you’ll face. In Darts 180, you click a green button and lady luck does the rest.
Touchdown
This is a simulated football game that works like real sports betting.
You’ll be shown teams on the betting board along with their handicaps. Here’s
an example: San Francisco +4.5 vs. Seattle 4.5.
You’re given one minute to make your picks, if any, and you click Bet Now to
confirm your wager. After placing bets, you’ll be taken to a football field
where generic game pictures are shown.
The last part of the action takes you to box scores, which fill out quarter
by quarter until the final scores are determined. You’ll be paid accordingly if
you’ve placed any successful bets.
What’s fun about Touchdown is that it takes you through a full season week by
week if you play long enough. And while this isn’t exactly like real football
betting, it adds a nice touch to simulated wagering.
Like Treasure Tomb, this game also gives you control over the outcome since
you pick the teams to bet on.
Conclusion
If you’re looking for a breather from slot machines, but still want to risk
money, then Treasure Tomb is a good choice.
We really like the theme, which embodies the deadly pyramid traps from both
real life accounts and Hollywood movies. Some of the traps don’t fit the
Egyptian theme – i.e. the tribesman and giant spider – but most players won’t
care about these inaccuracies.
Another good element to this game is that you have so much freedom over where
you travel on the board. You’re initially given six choices in the first row,
and you have anywhere from 3 8 choices as you progress towards the tomb.
One more thing to like about Treasure Tomb is the atmosphere, which puts you
in the eerie scenario of a treasure hunter trying to avoid deadly traps.
The one complaint we have is that some of the objects like the idol and
spider don’t look great. But this is a minor drawback to what’s otherwise a fun
game.
Overall, we see Treasure Tomb as having the potential to entertain you for an
hour or more. At the very least, this game is worth trying to see if you like
the atmosphere and format.
