Review: Jackpotjoy’s ‘Treasure Island’

Every once in a while you come across a really nice simple design for a game, and you really have to sit back and appreciate the subtlety of the craftsmanship. A good example is ‘Bejeweled Blitz’ on Facebook – it took a few hours of me playing the 1-minute game again and again until I had realised how fun (and how time consuming) the game really was!

Jackpotjoy’s ‘Treasure Island Scratchcard’ is another game in this ilk – the premise is simple, it is a pirate-themed scratchcard (with Captain Pugwash music!) with a treasure map type bonus game, and a maximum win of over £17k from a £2 wager.

As I say, the game itself is really simple, and the gameplay is very intuitive – the thing I really loved though was the fact that it fully supports touchscreen! I recently upgraded to a Nokia 5800 Xpressmusic, and (as you may know) the phone’s alternative stylus looks like a guitar pick…add this to a touchscreen scratchcard game and you have me sitting there literally scratching off the virtual silver coating on the card to reveal my prize! Genius!

Of course I had to keep the N73 to get some nice screenshots for you – try these out for size: -

    

    

There are quite a few nice additional features that also seem to have cropped up since my earlier plays on Jackpotjoy products – they have added a refer a friend button that promises £10 if your mate signs up for an account, and a promotions option in the main menu (currently offering me a chance to win a holiday to Florida) to name a few that I noticed.

All in all, this game gets a suberb 4.5 stars!

Download the game here

~ by mcpete on June 30, 2009.