ST Format


Casino

Author: Andy Hutchinson
Publisher: Atarisoft
Machine: Atari Lynx

 
Published in ST Format #40

Casino

Oh dear, this one's a bit of a major league let down. I've had the misfortune of playing loads of fruit machine and gambling simulators over the years and they have all, without exception, been extremely bad. You see, the whole point of gambling is the thrill of winning or losing money. Remove this and the whole activity becomes utterly pointless. Much like computer gambling simulators.

This game's set in a Las Vegas style casino. You have a few thousand dollars and the idea is to win more. You can do this on the crap table, the roulette wheel or two different kinds of fruit machine. Of these, the most interesting is the roulette wheel because it's completely unfathomable. There are plenty of little coloured squares on which to place your chips, though, and I inexplicably won about $3,000 on one spin of the wheel. Did this excite me though? Did it hell.

Give this a wide berth, it's just dull. The only use for this game is for members of Gambles Anonymous who need a harmless hit. Lacklustre and as interesting as the tile department in the local DIY shop.

Andy Hutchinson

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