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Reel Deal PC Games Deliver Real Fun
by Marcus Kessler
Grab your favorite comfy chair, because you’ll log some seriously fun game time with Phantom EFX’s newest Reel Deal Casino and Reel Deal Slots games for the PC. No doubt, the most interactive, realistic and expansive of any PC casino games around, Phantom EFX’s latest additions to its
“Reel Deal” brand are fun powerhouses.
Reel Deal Slots: Mystic Forest and Reel Deal Casino: High Roller were released late August this year.
Over six years ago an instant classic was born when Phantom released its rst title, Reel Deal Slots & Video Poker, in August, 2000. A PC game dynasty was created on the shoulders of great graphics, tight sounds, innovative monthly downloads, and a high replay factor. Not to mention that the games are a steal
at $19.99 each!
Unlike other PC casino games, the experience of the Reel Deal series can be viewed as actual levels of your own customizable virtual casino. For example, with Reel Deal Casino: High Roller you get to view the inside of the Phantom EFX Casino, with table games, slot machines, a cashier/
ATM, an information kiosk to show important areas of the casino (online only), a mall to purchase furnishings and games for your virtual hotel suite, the hotel lobby to visit other players’ rooms, a lounge for chatting with online players and friends, a VIP area for high level players, the download slot area containing free
monthly slot downloads for online subscribers, and slot or poker doors for other accompanying Reel Deal titles. Boasting more casino table games than any other PC game on the market, and
Picking. With new sound effects, graphics, and a different bonus game per machine, it all adds up to a whole lot of slot playing. There are interactive prize vaults where players
can even find a game- 10 all new slots, “Thereareinteractive within-a-game.
High Roller will definitely have you coming back for more. You can also enjoy the challenge of new quests, as you gain levels and VIP points to open up more and more of the casino.
A great game on itsownortoaddto your High Roller casino, is the new Reel Deal Slots: Mystic Forest. It’s all slots, all day in Mystic Forest,
prizevaultswhere players can even find a game-within-a-game. The slot machines within the game are familiar to slots I’ve
played in local casinos, but brand new in contentandlooks.So the machines make
The slot machines within the game are familiar to slots I’ve played in local casinos, but brand new in content and looks. So the machines make for an easy-to-pick-up, but hard-to-put- down experience.
A Phantom EFX hallmark, both Reel Deal Casino: High Roller and Reel Deal Slots: Mystic
The online features in Reel Deal Casino:
for an easy-to-pick-up, with29brandnew buthard-to-put-down
High Roller include the ability for players Forest are online to join and create their own player’s guild
five-reel and three-
reel slot and video
poker machines
placed side by side in a whimsical forest setting. Each machine has its own unique themed content such as Chinese New Year, Caribbean Treasures, Heroes, and Cherry
capable, with incred- ible enhancements not available o - line. Online player features include the
aforementioned lounge chat room, hotel lobby, player-rankings, and quest gener- ator. Online players can upgrade to sub- scriber status for a small monthly fee to customize their own suites, attend VIP
and host Guild vs. Guild tournaments.
tournaments held by real Pit Bosses, get invited to exclusive high-dollar “Invita- tional Tournaments”, and join or create their own players guild to host Guild vs. Guild tournaments.
So, if you have a PC, like to go to a casino, are familiar with the lights, sounds, and rush of the action, then you’ll be thrilled with Reel Deal Slots: Mystic Forest and Reel Deal Casino: High Roller. You can pick up your Phantom EFX games at Target, Wal-Mart and other stores.
And if you want to shop online, www.PhantomEFX.com is open 24/7.
Marcus Kessler spends far too much time playing video and computer games, and writes about them for U.S. and U.K. magazines.
experience.”
Reel Deal Slots: Mystic Forest features 29 different slot machines including “Grave Robber,” “Cat Crusader,” and “Chinese New Year”
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