Virtual Casino So Real You'll Feel Virtually Broke

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Virtual Casino So Real You'll Feel Virtually Broke
By Lonnie Brown


One of the most intriguing things about computers is they allow people to experience things they normally wouldn't experience.

Through the decades of writing about computers, I've driven race cars, crashed race cars; flown a fighter jet, crashed a fighter jet, survived the crash; batted in a Major League Baseball game; played at the final table of the World Series of Poker; and shot a round of golf with Arnold Palmer and Tiger Woods.

Back in the early days, the simulations played well, although the graphics left a lot to be desired. But over the years, computer-driven graphics have literally made the veins stand out on the arms of National Football League players.

I have seen people stand in front of a monitor displaying a demo of the Madden NFL '07 football game from Electroic Arts as it played on Microsoft's Xbox 360. Some wondered, at first sight, if it was a televised game or a simulation.

Thus we enter the Reel Deal Casino, found not in Las Vegas, but on a compact disk from Phantom EFX (about $20; Windows).

Reel Deal Casino: High Roller puts the gambler in a simulated casino and shoves a $10,000 stack of chips through the cashier's cage. From there, the player can roam around the inside of a casino bursting with card tables (red dog, seven-card stud, pai gow, Let-It-Ride and others), slot machines, roulette wheels, and just about all the other ways to separate players from their chips that have ever been invented or imagined.

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