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Casino Fever
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While technology continues to hold credence over our lives today more so than ever before, we still find ourselves longing
for yesteryear when that nostalgia bug bites. Many have waved their birthright of owning a futuristic minivan that
runs on electricity and opted for the classic appeal of a 60s Mustang. And while these same nostalgic urges may not be so
prevalent in the videogame world, avid gamers still recognize and respect classics like Casino Fever.
You can browse the web for days until you find the absolute best online casino out there, and you’ll still be surprised
to learn that game selection today is basically the same as Casino Fever’s. The graphics, add-ons, and overall style are a stark contrast,
but when it comes to archetypal casino games, the sport stays the same while the stadium around it changes.
Its playable nature means that it will always have a niche.
Pushing over twenty years old, Casino Fever was released in 1988 for Amiga. Unlike a standalone gaming console,
Amiga was an entire personal computer that played a variety of games. It came equipped with the keyboard, CPU, mouse,
joystick and monitor. Amiga was never tops in terms of popularity, but with limited options, games like Casino Fever did
rather well for what they were: basic no-frills videogames.
Casino Fever did manage to stand out above some of the competition, however. Offering four games, Roulette, Craps,
Blackjack and Video Poker, the selection was wider than most were giving up. And as far as the individual games,
they were played with the same rules of standard games. The controls were easy to get the hang of,
and all the games were user-friendly.
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The game did have its fair share of criticisms. For starters, the sounds emanating from the
Amiga console were far from music to the ears. These annoying little bleeps and bloops
left most people turning the volume controls way down. The graphics were also nothing
spectacular. Even at the time of its release, Casino Fever brought nothing “cutting-edge”
to the table.
That nostalgia is always nice. Rediscovering a game from your youth brings back a flood
of memories, but with Casino Fever, it was an average game then and still remains as
such. It’s not bad; it’s just nothing out of the ordinary.
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