Las Vegas Cool Hand
| Las Vegas Cool Hand | |
|---|---|
 North American Game Boy Color cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Tarantula Studios[1] |
| Publisher(s) | Take-Two Interactive[1] |
| Producer(s) | Steve Marsden |
| Designer(s) |
Steve Marsden James Whitfield |
| Programmer(s) | James Whitfield |
| Artist(s) |
Dean Atkin Robin Taylor |
| Composer(s) | Antony Paton |
| Platform(s) | Game Boy Color, Game Boy |
| Release date(s) |
Game Boy Color Game Boy |
| Genre(s) | Casino[1] |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Las Vegas Cool Hand is a Game Boy Color game that was released in 1998 to a North American and European market. A version for the original Game Boy was also released in Europe under the title Cool Hand.
This video game features blackjack, cribbage, and solitaire. Blackjack can be played by either Las Vegas Strip rules, Downtown Las Vegas rules, London rules, or Atlantic City rules. Cribbage simply requires players to earn 121 points in order to beat the dealer in five different variations of play. Solitaire requires players to remove cards in sequential order while placing them in order on the top of the screen. Other varieties of play for the solitaire round include Elevens, Calculation (also known as Broken Intervals), and Monte Carlo (also known as Weddings and Double and Quits).[3]
The player starts out with a certain amount of pretend money that can be used to practice for the real casino. A complete instruction manual in addition to the online help provided within the cartridges helps first-time players how to play each and every individual game. Players have an option to set the number of decks, the time limit in solitaire games, along with other options that are specific to each game. Statistics are held for each game but are deleted once the console is deactivated.
Reception
The German video game magazine Total! gave this video game a score of 2.75 out of 6 in its December 1998 issue.[4] Allgame gave this video game a score of 2 starts out of 5 in its overview.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Release information". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
- ↑ "Cool Hand for Game Boy". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2014-10-09.
- ↑ "Basic game summary". IGN. Retrieved 2012-10-17.
- ↑ "Rating of Las Vegas Cool Hand". MobyGames. Retrieved 2012-10-17.
- ↑ "Rating of Las Vegas Cool Hand". allgame. Retrieved 2012-10-17.