Golden Casino's Evel Knievel worth the leap

When Evel Knievel The Stunt Master popped up as the featured game in the Golden Casino lobby, the Reel Life stared at it with a bit of trepidation before finally mustering up enough courage to click on it.

As it turns out, we shouldn't have been scared at all. Evel Knievel lives up to its daredevil billing and provides a fun and lively experience.

Thee three most important elements of the game are:

• The music is actually pretty catchy, so you don't mind playing the game for an extended period of time.
• The bonus-round triggers are clearly marked, so you know exactly what you're rooting for.
• The bonus round rocks! In fact, it's so good that you have to play it just to see it.

The bonus round is triggered when the easily identifiable "bonus" icons appear on both reels two and four. The game then brings you to new screen where Evel Knievel faces four daredevil jumps. The jumps increase in difficulty, from a line of motorcycles to cars, a jumbo jet and finally the Grand Canyon. And for each successful jump Evel Knievel makes, your prize increase proportionally to the difficulty of the jump. If he fall short on a jump and crashes, the bonus round ends.

What makes these jumps so brilliant is the animation. You actually feel like you're with the stunt man himself as he's making the jumps. It's so much fun that you keep playing just to see the bonus round again.

So go ahead and give Evel Knievel The Stunt Master a whirl. The music is catchy, the bonus round is fun, and you might win yourself some cash.