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May 5, 2008 - 05:53 AM |
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Project Zero: The Card Deluxe review |
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Simple 2000 Honkaku Shikou Series vol. 6: The Card / Ultimate Casino
 
Developer: Amedio
Publisher: D3 Publisher / 505 Games(treet)
What a very large name! The 'Honk Honk Shinji Ikari Whatever' range was a failed spin-off that focused on games like chess, mahjong and all that. This was the last released in the series, future card/table games just got grouped together with the usual Simple 2000 releases. Only two of these got PAL releases, this (no way) and the chess one (Master Chess).
The instruction manual is littered with hearts and such, because apparently 'you love the casino!' and it's your dream to 'win with the big time!' Okay, that's awesome. There's sixteen games in here, all of them card based. Old Maid, Black Jack, Eye of Judgment etc. Bit of a lousy casino, where's the poker machines? The discount buffet? WHERE ARE THEY?! Each game is frown worthy in terms of presentation. The same weird out of focus waterfall background, the same supermarket toilet music.
Being a D3 game though, the main or perhaps only reason it was developed was to squint at the badly rendered women in a dark room with empty pizza boxes stacked to the ceiling. They act as the dealers... and more! As you win, you'll shove more shiny gold dubloons in your pockets. You can then buy alternative outfits for the girls, or even whole NEW girls. Then you can watch them do little dances, or limbo. True story. They all move around like robots, so it's very impressive when they actually do make it under the bar. Technology has come a loooong way! So let's bust out the crappy little capture device and meet one of the bea-
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"HAAAPPY... AT ALL.... TIIIIIMMEEES"
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