Shadow Diamond is a 40-line, five-reel physical casino slot from Bally Technologies. Bally may have been making casino slots for over 60 years, but this is a thoroughly modern title.

Themed around jewels and precious stones, Shadow Diamond is shiny but relatively easy to play. It includes only one bonus round but comes with various Wild stacking and mystery reels features.

Shadow Diamond is one of those slot machine games that give you an insight as to how your life could be after that big jackpot win. The main character of the game is a beautiful dark haired lady, this character featuring in the upper screen of the slot as well as on the reels. Shadow Diamond Slot Machine Prepare to be seduced into spinning the reels of Shadow Diamonds as the glamorous hostess gazes seductively in your direction while her hair flutters in the wind and she clutches hold of a massive sparkling diamond as strobe lights light up a city at night in a slot machine that promises wins to leave you dazzled for. Diamond Slots There are diamonds everywhere on the Shadow Diamond slot game by High 5 Games and Bally Technology. 5 reels and 40 paylines reveal a ton of super stacked reels. The video slot is filled.

In many ways, Shadow Diamond doesn’t feel like most other Bally slots and instead plays more like a system from IGT.

Game manufacturer:	Bally
Number of paylines:	40
Game theme:	Jewels, Luxury/Glamour
Reels:	5
Minimum/maximum bet:	$0.01 - $4
Progressive jackpot:	No
Regular jackpots:	No
Maximum standard win:	$100

Themes & visuals

The visual theme here is diamonds, jewels, and other luxury items. Shadow Diamond’s symbols include diamonds on a ring, glittering watches, a man in a suit and shining necklaces, as well as other precious stones such as topaz rocks, amber, and sapphires.

Occasionally, one symbol clumps together on a reel and becomes a larger animated picture, which can span across all five reels on rare occasions, filling up the whole screen with one sparkly image.

Although it looks great, there isn’t a lot of depth to this theme.

Shadow Diamond’s soundtrack is passable piano elevator music. While not particularly inspiring, it’s suitable as backing track when spinning the reels. The sound effects are your standard casino fare, such as ringing bells and cashing sounds.

There’s nothing wrong with these choices, but they’re not the most innovative or exciting sounds you can find in a Bally slot game.

Betting options & paying combinations

Shadow Diamond includes 40 lines and five reels. The betting starts at $0.01 per line, or $0.40 per spin. It goes up to $0.10 per line, or $4 per spin. This is not very high for a Bally casino slot, and it’s even less impressive compared to most of their online selection.

However, penny slots players will be satisfied with this title as the lowest bet is a penny per line.

Players are also unable to customize their bet per line or use auto spins when playing Shadow Diamond. These two features aren’t common to all slots, but they are great extras, and experienced slots fans might feel shortchanged without them.

Lastly, Shadow Diamond does not pay well on the normal reels. Pulling five Wild symbols nets you 25x your bet, and that’s the biggest standard line payout.

Only two symbols, the Wild and the mystery woman, pay out more than you bet when you pull five of them on the reels.

What about the jackpots?

Shadow Diamond does not offer any jackpots. Wilds can cover the whole screen on the main reels and during the bonus round, which can lead to some big wins; however, these prizes do not compare to most jackpots.

In today’s slot environment, a title lacking a signposted big-money jackpot is not good enough to interest a significant number of players.

Additional features & bonus rounds

There’s only one bonus round on the Shadow Diamond slot, which is a basic free spins round with extra wilds. This isn’t great compared to many modern slots that include four or more additional rounds of content.

The reels here use the Mystery Reels feature as well as a few types of Wild scatter. This is a system more common among other slots developers.

Wild Symbols

The Wild Symbols are Shadow Diamond text icons. They are standard Wild symbols; they count for any other symbol in a winning payline, except for the free spins bonus diamonds.

The Wild Symbols can randomly appear across entire reels as part of the mystery stack reels feature. This means they also have the potential to appear across the entire screen and all paylines, resulting in a very big win.

Scatter

There are three types of scatter on Shadow Diamond:

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• Mystery Reels
• The Shadow Diamond

The Mystery Reels can appear on any spin and cover the entire reel with one of the other symbols. As mentioned, this can happen to Wilds, and it can cover the whole screen with one symbol.

The Shadow Diamond grants players access to the game’s bonus round. Simply pull 12 or more of them on one spin (which is only possible through the Mystery Reels) to trigger the bonus.

Bonus Round

Shadow Diamond’s bonus round is a Free Games Bonus Feature. It offers players a 7 free spins on the main reels.

Before play begins, however, a diamond symbol must be chosen to reveal one of five symbols:

• Glamorous Woman
• Suited Man
• Jeweled Necklace
• Diamond Ring
• Luxury Watch

Each stacked mystery reel that appears during the free spins is the same symbol that was selected before the round started.

This makes filling up the screen with one particular symbol, which is the fastest route to a big win on Shadow Diamond, much easier.

Unfortunately, players can’t win any additional free spins during this round to extend their run.

Overall, the bonus round isn’t the most exciting or valuable compared to other slots on the market.

Who is this game ideal for?

According to the game’s promotional literature, Shadow Diamond is aimed at women.

Penny slots and casual players may enjoy Shadow Diamond as it is one of the simplest titles out there and carries a low minimum bet.

Everyone else, however, could be put off by the low base game payouts and lack of a big money jackpot.

The most experienced players should be able to go through most of what this game has to offer in a few sittings. They may also rue the absence of an auto-spin feature.

Similar games by Bally

Other glamour-themed slots from Bally include Betty Boop, Shadow Princess, and Moon Goddess.

Shadow Princess shares Shadow Diamonds’ superficial theme. It also includes images of a similarly sultry woman with flowing hair who stares out of the cabinet trying to lure players in.

What’s Hot

Simple Mechanics: Shadow Diamond features only one bonus game. With just two scatters on top of that, it shouldn’t be hard for even the newest of slots players to get a grasp of the gameplay.

Penny Per Line Bets: This title is great for low-budget players or those looking to try the slot out before investing more money.

What’s Not

Low Base Game Payouts: Although the Mystery Reels and Wild scatter make things a little more interesting, most of the symbols here do not pay well – even upon pulling five of them in a line. This is probably because the Mystery Reels give more opportunity for multiple line wins, but in our opinion, that doesn’t make up for the game’s low base payouts.

No Jackpot: The absence of a jackpot is always a downside in a slot title, especially one with a low maximum bet.

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Cookie-Cutter Theme: Shadow Diamond’s theme falls flat. There aren’t too many extra animations, video scenes, or anything to give this game the hook that makes top-tier slot game.

Final ratings

• Graphics and design: 2/5 – Visually, the theme has a lot of sparkle but lacks that extra something to make it special. The bonus round is not particularly innovative, and there’s only one variety.
• Sound effects: 1.5/5 – Standard casino slot game sounds and some elevator music do not make a great slot soundtrack.
• Jackpot value: 0/5 – It’s hard to give Shadow Diamond anything other than a zero here considering it doesn’t offer any jackpot.
• Replay value: 2/5 – Some big prizes are possible if you fill out the whole bonus round screen with one symbol. Other than that, most players should be able to play through everything this game has to offer in just a few hours.

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Shadow Diamond Slot from Bally Technologies is based around a young attractive couple who have just become engaged, the female character brandishing a huge sparkling diamond on occasions. Surrounded by jewels, expensive watches and necklaces, the couple is clearly more than happy to let the world know how rich they are, so there’s a good chance you’ll hate them by the time you’ve finished playing, as nobody likes a show off.

The first thing you’ll notice when playing is the female character looking seductively at you with her hair blowing in the wind, all set against a high rise city backdrop. The symbols are all well drawn, but animation is lacking (many of the symbols simply expand and retract on a win line instead of any actual animation). This slot looks like a lot of effort has gone into making it look good, but it just doesn’t quite match up to the more cinematic slots out there. The slot has an entertaining electronic sound accompanying each spin.

You’ll notice that you’ll see many of the same symbols on any one spin and this is due to the Super Stacks Feature where each reel will have mystery symbol positions which are randomly replaced by any one of the symbols.

This is a 5 reel slot, 40 win line slot, where you’ll see 4 symbols on show for each reel. You’ll win by landing 3 or more symbols in a row from left to right on a win line. You’ll be able to play this slot for as little as 2c per win line up to a maximum of $10 per win line. You’ll have the option of setting the game to play up to 20 spins without interruption using the auto play button. You’ll also find a mute button and a useful info button which tells you the pay-outs and the game rules in a separate window (the pay charts are updated dynamically to reflect your coin size).

The Shadow Diamond symbol is the best in the game, being both the wild and the one that wins you the most. Should you land 5 in a row on a win line you’ll gain 1,000x your coin size. The lady and the man come next (winning 50x and 40x for 5 in a row), with the bracelet, the engagement ring and the diamond encrusted watch coming next. The symbols are completed by five different coloured gems. This slot has to be commended for not featuring a number of playing card characters which are placed into many slots to ‘make up the numbers’.

Due to the Super Stacks feature you’ll find many spins where the same symbol will appear across the majority of the reels, meaning that you’ll have occasions when there’ll be a large number of wins in just one spin – for example, the first three reels could all show the same symbols, which would actually lead to all 40 win lines paying out.

The main feature of the game aside from the Super Stacks is the free games round. This is activated by landing the large diamond symbol fully stacked across reels 2, 3 and 4.

I’ve played my fair share of mobile slots before and while I’m not quite sure if this game is mobile-friendly just yet, I doubt it will be long before this game can be played on any mobile device there is

In this feature you’ll earn 7 free games. You’ll start by selecting one of the diamonds which will reveal one of the top paying symbols in the game (the lady, the man, the necklace, the ring or the watch). This symbol will now appear in all of the mystery symbol positions throughout the free spins round, giving you more opportunities to win bigger prizes. You’ll not be able to earn extra free spins during the feature.

Some online casinos nowadays have free spins offers as bonus when you join them, so finding the best online casino that offer these would be perfect.

This is a slot that’s a little difficult to get too excited about. Firstly the theme seems a little outdated – you might have found exactly the same symbols on a slot in the 1980’s (it’s almost like a retro slot without meaning to be). Secondly the graphics aren’t exactly cutting edge. Finally and perhaps most importantly, the gameplay isn’t amazing. Yes, the Super Stacks feature is a little bit different, but this is all the slot has, and it’s not enough to keep you engaged for too long.

Overall, this game might be playable for some, but it’s not one I’d be in a hurry to play again. Fans of low variance slots where you’ll win small amounts often might enjoy this game for a bit longer than others.