Enchanted Forest (JHG0415-99, US) - MAME machine

Video Slot Machine published 29 years ago:

Enchanted Forest © 1995 Aristocrat.

Discover All Your Wins!

A 5-reel video slot machine with a fantasy theme.

TECHNICAL
Aristocrat MKIV hardware.

540 cabinet button layout (standard version):

Top row buttons:
Collect
Bet 1 Credit
Bet 2 Credits
Bet 3 Credits
Bet 5 Credits
Bet 10 Credits

Bottom row buttons:
Reserve
Play 1 Line / Red
Play 3 Lines
Play 5 Lines
Play 7 Lines
Play 9 Lines / Black
Gamble
Take Win

If the button deck does not have a note acceptor, the Gamble and Take Win buttons are aligned vertically to the right of the max bet/line buttons.

540 cabinet layout (US version):

Top row buttons:
Cashout
Play 1 Line / Red
Play 3 Lines
Play 5 Lines
Play 7 Lines
Play 9 Lines / Black

Bottom row buttons:
Service
Bet 1 Credit
Bet 2 Credits
Bet 3 Credits
Bet 5 Credits
Bet 10 Credits
Gamble
Take Win

Also released on MKV hardware (1995).

TRIVIA
Enchanted Forest was released in June 1995.

This game is also known as "Magic Garden".

Other 'Enchanted' style games are: "Mystic Garden", "Enchantress", "Mystic Eyes [Mr. Cashman]", "Magic Eyes [Mr. Cashman]", "Mystic Forest" and "Magic Forest".

UPDATES
When you get a win with the Tree Eyes it displays •••ENCHANTED PAY••• on the screen. The asterisks are removed on the later versions.

Early MKV editions had a blue reel background similar to "Phantom Pays". Later versions had a light yellow reel background.

SCORING
All pays are left to right, except scattered Magic Mushrooms which pay any.

Tree Eyes appear in reels 2, 3 and 4 and substitute for all symbols in all positions of that reel, and in one position for scattered Magic Mushrooms.

Paytable (standard version):

Dragon: 2 = 5, 3 = 100, 4 = 1000, 5 = 2000
Girl: 2 = 5, 3 = 20, 4 = 100, 5 = 1000
Goblin: 2 = 5, 3 = 20, 4 = 100, 5 = 1000
King: 3 = 20, 4 = 50, 5 = 200
Queen: 3 = 10, 4 = 20, 5 = 150
Jack: 3 = 10, 4 = 20, 5 = 100
Ten: 3 = 10, 4 = 20, 5 = 100
Nine: 3 = 5, 4 = 20, 5 = 100
Magic Mushrooms: 3 = 2, 4 = 10, 5 = 100

Paytable (New Zealand version):

Dragon: 2 = 5, 3 = 50, 4 = 100, 5 = 500
Girl: 2 = 5, 3 = 20, 4 = 100, 5 = 300
Goblin: 2 = 5, 3 = 20, 4 = 100, 5 = 300
King: 3 = 20, 4 = 50, 5 = 100
Queen: 3 = 10, 4 = 20, 5 = 75
Jack: 3 = 10, 4 = 20, 5 = 75
Ten: 3 = 5, 4 = 20, 5 = 50
Nine: 3 = 5, 4 = 20, 5 = 50
Magic Mushrooms: 3 = 2, 4 = 10, 5 = 100

TIPS AND TRICKS
Tree Eyes substitute for all symbols, but unlike most games, wins with Tree Eyes are added to existing wins:

If Tree Eyes occur simultaneously with a natural win on a payline the win will be paid twice. For example, if 3 Jacks are on payline 1 and there is also the Tree Eyes symbol on reel 3 above or below the Jack, it will pay the 3x Jack win as well as the 3x Jack win with the Tree Eyes. The same applies if two or three Tree Eyes appear, as long as the same symbols are on the payline on the same reels as the Tree Eyes.

Double Up Feature: When a win comes up, you are given the chance to bet on the credits you've just won.
If you select the right colour (Red or Black), your win is doubled. If you select the wrong item, you lose the gamble and it goes back to the main game.
You can take a win at any time, but if you win 5 times in the one gamble feature, the game ends automatically.
If you win a progressive jackpot on the machine, you can't gamble the win, even if you actually won credits on the same spin the jackpot went off.

CONTRIBUTE
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