What every Dragon Link game shares
Aristocrat's line on the series is short: every title uses the same orb symbol to trigger Hold & Spin, every title keeps the same denominations, and "the uniqueness in each game comes from the different Free Game features". Add a linked Grand, three more jackpots on the panel and a scatter that pays up to 250 times your bet, and you've described all ten. Who builds them, and how the series grew from its first four titles, is on Aristocrat and Dragon Link.
The specs are shared too. Aristocrat makes all ten (HRG, the Lightning Link studio, developed them). A cabinet plays 50, 25 or 5 lines depending on the version. Denominations run 1c–$2 in NSW and the ACT and 1c–$1 in QLD, VIC and the NT. Aristocrat publishes no return for any title, so the state minimum of 85% to 90% is the only floor; the full list of symbols and pays is on the pay table page.
So the useful way to tell them apart is by free games. They fall into four pairs and one set of four:
| Free games | Titles |
|---|---|
| Same symbol under every special | Golden Century, Autumn Moon |
| Royals removed, +3 free games on a scatter | Happy & Prosperous, Panda Magic |
| Reels 2–4 join into a big reel | Peacock Princess, Spring Festival |
| 6 free games, x2 wilds up to x16 | Genghis Khan, Peace & Long Life |
| A wild fills its whole reel | Golden Gong, Silk Road |
Aristocrat rates every title medium-high volatility in its catalogue, so none of them is the "gentle" one.
Golden Century
One of the first four. In free games every special symbol reveals the same symbol, and that includes the jackpot symbols — which, in Aristocrat's words, "provides players an additional way to trigger the Hold n Spin feature". The ACT approved it as a Dragon Link game on 29 March 2018, and it's the first cabinet in Aristocrat's current Australian MarsX bank. Golden Century guide.
Autumn Moon
Golden Century's twin in mechanics: the same-symbol free games, jackpot symbols included. The screen above shows the full Dragon Link panel at one bet on one machine — Grand $10,000.01, Major $500.01, Minor $50.00, Mini $10.00. Also approved in the ACT on 29 March 2018. Autumn Moon guide.
Happy & Prosperous
In free games the royals — the card symbols — come off the reels, and any scatter win during the feature adds 3 more free games. Aristocrat says Happy & Prosperous was named Top Performing Premium Game and Top Performing Proprietary Branded Game at the EKG Slot Awards. Happy & Prosperous guide.
Panda Magic
The same free-game rule as Happy & Prosperous: no royals, and 3 extra free games with any scatter during the feature. Panda Magic is one of the Dragon Link titles Aristocrat's Mighty Fu Casino app names in its store listing. Panda Magic guide.
Peacock Princess
Aristocrat's "5th theme", approved in the ACT on 4 June 2018. In free games "reels 2, 3 & 4 combine and spin together", and three more free games are won when a full scatter lands on that big reel. The ACT approved a new version under a fresh specification on 5 March 2026, so it's still being updated.
Spring Festival
The "6th theme", approved alongside Peacock Princess and with the same idea: reels 2, 3 and 4 become one big reel in free games, and a full scatter on it adds three free games.
Genghis Khan
Approved in the ACT on 6 December 2018. The free games are different in kind: 6 free games from any 3, 4 or 5 scatters, and "every x2 that substitutes in a win doubles the pay for that win" — up to x16 on a line with several x2 wilds. Free games can retrigger. Genghis Khan is the fourth cabinet in Aristocrat's Australian MarsX bank.
Peace & Long Life
Genghis Khan's partner, approved the same day, with the same x2-wild free games. In the United States, Aristocrat put Genghis Khan and Peace & Long Life on its $2 Million Dragon Link in 2024.
Golden Gong
Approved in the ACT on 30 July 2020, Aristocrat called it the "newest addition". When a wild lands on reels 2, 3, 4 or 5 "at the end of the reel spin, all symbols on that reel are replaced" by wilds. Golden Gong has its own entry in Aristocrat's Australian catalogue.
Silk Road
Golden Gong's pair, same approval date and same full-reel wilds. Silk Road isn't in Aristocrat's current Australian catalogue, but Victoria's regulator approved a Silk Road Dragon Link again on 4 December 2025.
Dragon Link or Dragon Cash on the cabinet
Every one of these titles also exists as Dragon Cash. The difference is the jackpots: Dragon Link machines share a linked Grand across a bank, while Dragon Cash is Aristocrat's "standalone progressive range", modelled on Lightning Cash. The name on the top screen tells you which you're playing. How the linked Grand works is on the jackpots page.
