Play to Win Casino
Reviewed by Jonathan
Dreyer, MGA Editor In Chief
Finally, a realistic Casino game for the
Mac. Play to Win Casino includes Slot Machines, Blackjack,
Roulette, Video Poker, Craps, and Video Keno. And best of
all, all the games have realistic odds! Although that means
that you'll be losing more often than winning.
Gameplay
The gameplay in Play to Win is very
intuitive. Each when you go to play each game, you can use
the step-by-step instructions to learn how to play, or you
can learn the latest advanced strategies if you already know
how to play. You can set the games to warn you if you're
making a bad bet or a good bet, let you know of the house
edge on certain bets, and know which machines are "hot". I
suggest you turn on all of the computer advice when you
first play because, as I said, these games have REAL Las
Vegas odds meaning that no matter how good you become, the
house will always win in the end, if you listen to the
computer advice you'll which games to play and which bets to
make to avoid the house edge. You start off with $25,000
dollars, this may sound like a lot but, you can lose it
pretty fast in this game.
Also, in the Slot machines, Video Poker,
and Video Keno games I hated having to drag my coins into
the coin slot every time my credits ran out, until I found
in the menus above there was an option to put in 200 credits
at a time.
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Graphics &
Sound
Play to Win Casino's sound effects
are great! The sounds of the chips hitting the
table, the sound of the slot machine spinning, the
cards being dealt out, and all of the beeps that
the Slot machines, video poker, and video Keno
machines make when you win or lose. And those
sounds don't just sound like computer generated
garble either, they sound like they were actually
recorded from a Casino, although I doubt that is
true.
There's nothing special about
the graphics in Play to Win, I mean how fancy can
you make the graphics in a Casino game? One
complaint, though in the blackjack game I thought
the graphics of the cards were a little
blurry.
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Interface
As usual, like any other MacSoft published
game, I have no complaints about Play to Win's interface, it
has all the right Macintosh menu bars, menus, and dialogue
boxes. This is definitely no half-assed port of a
game.
Difficulty
As I said, one of Play to Win's main
attractions is the real Las Vegas odds, that means that the
chances are that you will lose more money than you win but,
if you want to use this to practice up before your trip to
Vegas, great! This will make a great trainer and will
hopefully keep you from losing big time when you actually
go.
Conclusion
In conclusion, Play to Win Casino is just
about the only realisitc gambling game available for the
Mac. If you like playing casino games on your computer or
want to practice up for a trip to Vegas, this is for you!
This is not a game I would recommend to everyone.
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