M: Peli World series of Poker deluxe casino pak

[Chevrolet33]

Tässä hauska Nostalgia peli: Mene Las Vegasiin ja voita World Series of Poker- turnaus. Deluxe Casino Pak Cd-rom Masque Publishing huom! Katso millä käyttöjärjestelmällä toimii: (Mac OS 8.1-8.6, Mac OS 9, Mac OS X. Hintapyyntö 10 euroa (palatusoikeus jos et ole tyytyväinen) Email: pasilkv@gmail.com. Tässä juoniselostus: This is a collection of casino games wrapped into a click-and-point adventure where players must double their initial $5,000 bankroll, then defeat 215 other players in the Binion tournament for the $1 million grand prize. What's troubling is Masque makes no mention of the quest in their updated packaging, instead trying to cash in on the current Texas Hold 'Em craze by promoting it as a card-playing title offering expert advice.

Plenty of innocents will no doubt stumble upon it and think it's a perfect gift for a poker-loving friend or relative, or a relatively cheap introduction to Hold 'Em. In reality, it's a potentially entertaining novelty, but nearly worthless as a virtual opponent or learning tool.

To give you an idea of this program's age, the system requirements are System 7.1 (it runs fine in Classic), 8MB of RAM and 10MB of hard drive space (92MB with all audio files installed so they don't have to be loaded from the CD). Gameplay is in a tiny fixed-size window, reliving those glorious days of the 13-inch monitor.

Feeling shortchanged
Boot up most poker programs and you're in a virtual casino. In WSOP, you're on a plane.
Players sit through a minute or two of the approach and landing at the Las Vegas airport (a bit of key mashing reveals will skip it), after which their chosen male or female "alter ego" arrives at baggage claim. Those skipping or overlooking the manual on the CD -- which is thorough and makes the objectives clear -- are likely to experience frustration as they need to catch a cab or limo to the casino. It turns out to be fairly simple, but I wasted several minutes futilely trying things like collecting luggage before finding the solution in the Help menu.

After registering at the hotel you actually enter the casino. Knowledgeable players can accomplish all of the above in less than two minutes, but those expecting a serious poker title may bail out before spending a single chip.

Similar quirks exist throughout. Unless you read at least six pages of instructions, you may never learn that clicking on your tiny waist pack reveals "possessions" such as your room key, a plane ticket, and that heirloom watch.

There's expert tips -- if you're willing to find the elevator, go to the restaurant on the top floor and seek out a seminar in an adjacent meeting room where reference materials are on a table. Double-clicking them opens a separate window of 10 "costly mistakes" and 10 "amazing plays" from poker expert Mike Caro, but the fixed-size text window is enormous -- taking up the entire width of my 17-inch Powerbook screen -- and of limited use for Hold 'Em players since much of it focuses on other varieties. More "help" is available from the casino's virtual book store, with the titles added to that possibly overlooked "possessions" pack.

Similarly, you can't play in the poker tournament until you've gambled and doubled your funds to meet the $10,000 entry fee. You need to exit the casino and walk to the pawn shop, travel agent, or fly out of Vegas and return "next" year if you run out of funds. And once you enter the tournament you can't leave and play any of the other casino games. Instead, users are told they should create another character (up to six can be saved).

This is all very clunky and slows the pace. As a casino adventure with '90s genes it's definitely no better than average, and far inferior to hits like "Sam And Max Hit The Road" and "Day Of The Tentacle." Yet I can't say I didn't have fun when I was in a mood to do something besides play cards.

Most of the amusement value was a "once-and-done" visit to the various casino games, none of which are much beyond freeware quality but were a quick chance to learn basics of games I'd never touch in real life like Spanish 21 and Caribbean Stud. There's also a bit of diversion in exploring various locations and people occupying them. There's an option to watch a cheesy magic show, for example, complete with character speech animation from the Jackie Chan school of dubbing. It's probably more nostalgia than legit entertainment, the same way those Atari 2600 titles on emulators are primitive fun on occasion.

[Jultsu]

Onko tämä myyntiartikkeli joku digitaalinen latauslinkki, vai fyysinen media? Cd? Korppu? Usb-tikku? Myyntipakkausta? Kuvia?

[Jultsu]

Enpäs huomannut katsoa että alkuperäinen viesti oli vuodelta 2011..

[PaulitoW3]

Vanha on joo viesti, nyt jo vuosikymmenen! Muistan kyllä, että itelläkin oli joskus nassikkana ihan cd-romilla joku pokeripeli. Sillä iskä opetti, miten pokeri toimii, ja pelailin sitä usein koulun jälkeen. Siitä varmaan syntyi kipinä peliin. Nykyään etsin nettikasinot joilla on parhaat bonukset ja vaihtelen aina paikkaa sen mukaan, mistä saa napattua eniten etuja. Livekasinot on omia suosikkeja, koska niillä saa aidompaa tuntua ja jos on oikeasti mukava ja persoonallinen jakaja, niin on pelikin nautinnollisempaa. Hassua miettiä, miten kauas on tultu: vanhoista cd-rom peleistä livekasinoille, joiden ohjelmat tunnistaa kortit kuvan perusteella automaattisesti!

[AlexV]

Tämähän kuulostaa kunnon nostalgiapläjäykseltä! Etenkin tuo $5,000 alkupääoman tuplaaminen ja turnauksen voittaminen tuo vähän seikkailuhenkeä perinteisten korttipelien oheen. Mutta hei, jos pelifiilikset kaipaa päivitystä, kannattaa vilkaista tässä. Siellä on yli 10 000 peliä, ja erityisesti mobiilipelaajille suunniteltu alusta tekee pelaamisesta superhelppoa. Ja ne bonukset, 100 % tervetuliaisbonus ja 200 ilmaiskierrosta – voisi vaikka kokeilla jotain pokeripöytiä siellä!