Games Computing


Jackpot

Publisher: Mr. Chip
Machine: Commodore Vic 20

 
Published in Games Computing #5

Jackpot (Mr. Chip)

A colourful title page puts you in the mood for gambling. You may lose the game but not your own money.

This one armed bandit takes on a new dimension in your own home. The uncluttered display is easy to work out with gamble hold and nudge facilities. There are a number of tunes when collecting, nudging, or getting 2.00 in a win which make this a must for fruit machine addicts.

I have found this one of the best games for the unexpanded VIC 20. I did find some drawbacks though, when loading the game the title page says 'hit a key', when you do there is no indication of anything happening but the game starts to load.

The documentation is good but all the function keys have to be used for various things and it is a good idea to learn what every one of them does.