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December 2007 Media Picks
New Spin on the Old West
PShantom EFX Reel Deal Casino Gold Rush and Reel Deal Slots Ghost Town reviewed by Marcus Kessler
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style, because Phantom EFX has gone and outdone themselves once again. Your favorite
casino-based PC game dynasty has recently added two new titles, Reel Deal Casino Gold Rush and Reel Deal Slots Ghost Town.
Gold Rush, Ghost Town, and all Phantom EFX games. e online option allows free play, basic, or upgrade to subscriber status. If you sign up, it allows players to chat
and compete against other players from all over the world. If you become a subscriber, players are given access to the newest monthly downloadable slots for free and you can play in exclusive VIP tournaments held by real Pit Bosses.
Once you become an online subscriber, you have the ability to see where you are ranked in each game you play. And if you’re good enough to climb the ranks, you can receive invitations to extreme high-dollar Invitational Tournaments.
All titles come with a free, 30-day trial of the online subscription, with the option to upgrade to permanent subscription status for as low as $7.99 a month.
Reel Deal Casino Gold Rush and Reel Deal Slots Ghost Town are available now at Amazon.com, Best Buy, Circuit City, Fry’s
Electronics, Wal-Mart and at game shops, electronics retailers, and at www.PhantomEFX.com. Every Phantom game is $19.99 per title. PC system requirements include Windows 2000 or later with DirectX 9.0c compatible sound and video cards. Game comes in cd-rom format complete with manual.
Marcus Kessler plays video games and writes about them for American and UK publications.
Reel Deal Casino Gold Rush includes new table games with an Old West theme such as Faro (top) and Shuf e Master games such as Blackjack Press (bottom).
For those of you not familiar with the Phantom EFX PC software slot and casino series, I’ll ll you in. First, if you’re a bona de slot jockey, and you really like playing slots and have a PC, you should take a look at Phantom’s library of Reel Deal Slots titles. Reel Deal Slots Ghost Town is lled to the brim with totally new slot machines that you won’t nd anywhere else. Delivering beautiful graphics, crisp sound, and unique design elements that will thrill you like a mother lode, Ghost Town has 27 brand new slots and video poker games. But if you like the diversity of card games, dice, slot machines and wheels of chance then the Reel Deal Casino series is your best bet. Real Deal Casino Gold Rush o ers a new variety of table games, tournaments, slots, and new wagering opportunities that will keep you captive.
Phantom’s new PC games have been designed to add onto existing titles from their long list of games. When combined with other casino titles they form a massive multi-tiered gaming oor. If you already have, or want to add slot titles to your casino, you can easily do so. Having more slot machines than originally o ered in just the casino titles alone is always a big plus. Let me tell you these games are also a lot of fun on their own, too.
ReelDealSlotsGhostTownhasanewawesomefeature, where you can select real-world odds or dream-world odds. Picking dream-world odds means you will be paid, and paid often. You begin the game with $2,500 and can choose games from the walls of slot machines. And since this game has the Ghost Town theme, apparitions appear and chairs move! You pick a slot machine and decide the denomination of the slot, so you can play as little as a nickel up to $100 a credit. Since this is virtual money, it’s fun to go for broke, particularly when you play a game that has 25 lines. If you play $100 a credit on a machine with 75 credits, that’s $7,500 a spin—thrilling
In Reel Deal Slots Ghost Town, players choose their game from the walls of slot machines.
even in the virtual world. As you play, you can also rack up VIP points that can be used to buy prizes and unlock additional machines in the casino in the new Shooting Gallery Prize Vault.
And one of the coolest features of Reel Deal Casino Gold Rush, completely unique to a PC casino title, is the option of an online community with a live-feed sports book direct from the Vegas casinos. When you enter the sports book area of the casino, you can see real-time scores, odds, stats and results from your favorite sports teams. ey include NCAA sports, NASCAR, professional baseball, football, hockey, and more. ey don’t stop there.
Another awesome feature that can only be found on Reel Deal Casino Gold Rush is the race book option, where players can wager on dog and horse races. ese two new features are de nitely the most fun for me, because it incorporates real life events that are the deciding factor of whether you win or lose your bet. It provides that sense of excitement, and unpredictability that no other game manufacturer has yet been able to match.
Reel Deal Slots Ghost Town features 27 brand new slots and video poker games.
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