Colosseum is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy. Built of concrete and stone, it was the largest amphitheatre of the Roman Empire, and is considered to be one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and engineering. Nowadays, after hundreds of years and many wars, Colosseum is partially destroyed, but the remains survived and can still be admired. Have you ever seen Colosseum? If not, it’s high time to see it and be familiar with the history of this ancient monument. If you live far away from Rome, you can adore it in your home by playing “Call of the Colosseum” slot.

“Call of the Colosseum” is a 5-reel, 25-payline slot released by NextGen. As the whole main theme refers to ancient times and to the great Roman Empire, the reels are filled with following symbols: beautiful lady with red rose, tiger on a chain, Colosseum, chariot, shield with two spears, helmet, money-bag, sandals, coins and grapes. All of them are very valuable and worth to be hit on the enabled payline, but you have to remember that the winning combination is qualified only when you have 2 or 3 symbols of a kind, it depends on the type of symbol, on an active line in a succession from left to right.

The symbol of influential emperor is Wild. It appears on reels 2, 3 and substitutes for all symbols except Scatter. It completes all winning combos it participates in.

Scatter is responsible for activating Free Spins Feature. Win 10 Free Spins with all prizes doubled when 3 or more scattered Shield appear. Every symbol of Wild that appears will reveal either a ‘thumbs up’ or ‘thumbs down’ – a symbol of confirmation or refusal during the gladiators’ battles. Every ‘thumb up’ will award you with up to 3 additional Free Spins.

This game has also a Gamble feature. If you want to activate it, you have to click the Gamble button and then select colour or a suit of hidden playing cards. Your wins are multiplied by 2 if colour choice is correct and multiplied by 4 if suit choice is correct. Winnings may be gambled up to 5 times! But remember that you can give up any time you want, take your money and come back to regular game without taking the risk of losing everything.

“Call of the Colosseum” from NextGen is a fairly traditional game. Graphics isn’t as breathtaking as it could be, but the background presenting the interior of Colosseum during its glory days makes a huge impression – it looks like the scene from some movie. The one distinguishing feature is the emperor, who pops up during the Free Spins Feature. Without him, this would be just another roam slot. Summing up, this game can be quite entertaining for all ancient times lover and for the rest who could become the beginning fans.