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Hoyle Casino 2009 | 
 enlarge | From: Encore Software
Category: Software
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $16.99
You Save: $3.00 (15%)
New (7) from $16.99
Rating:  5 reviews
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp
Genre: casino_games
ESRB: Teen
Media: CD-ROM
Operating System: Windows Vista
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.3 x 1.3
MPN: 16550
Model: 8021924
UPC: 705381165507
EAN: 0705381165507
Release Date: August 19, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
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| Features:
| • | Online Texas Hold ?Em | | • | Baccarat | | • | Blackjack | | • | Caribbean Stud Poker | | • | Craps |
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Product Description
Hoyle Casino, the best-selling casino game of all time, offers excitement and challenge with over 600 variations of 16 of the most popular casino games. Set in a realistic Vegas environment, Hoyle Casino combines nonstop entertainment, endless replay, attention to rules, and a simple interface making it a sure winner with novice and expert computer users alike. Built-in compatibility for both PC and Mac users included. Fortune Pai-Gow Poker Four Card Poker Horse Racing Keno Let It Ride Pai Gow Poker Roulette Royal Match 21 Slots Video Poker Three Card Poker Video Blackjack Solitaire Spades ESRB rated T for Teen
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| Customer Reviews:
 ZERO STARS - Worthless November 20, 2008
TLR
Please don't waste your money on this game. The 2004 version is much better. This game requires massive computer resources to run and is STILL choppy and painfully slow. On an XP system it takes almost 15 minutes for the DVD (yes - DVD, not CD-ROM) just to initially load and show anything on the screen for installation. Support site says it can take over 30 minutes on Vista.
Then there were a slew of bugs in the shipped version, so you have to download a MASSIVE patch from the web site. After several hours on my high-speed internet connection, I went to bed. It finished sometime in the middle of the night. I'm not sure what "bugs" it fixed as the card are still tiny and unreadable. I think Hoyle spent all its efforts on the massive and unnecessary graphics.
Finally, the only reason I bought the newer version was in the hope that the gaming logic had improved - specifically in tournaments. The old game always got stuck in rampant and runaway "raises" with no basis in reality. I was hoping this had been corrected, but no such luck. It's still just as bad as it was in 2004.
This is going straight to a landfill. I wouldn't even donate this game to Goodwill.
 Different, but not really better November 2, 2008
R. Aikens (San Antonio, TX USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have bought Hoyle Casino for several years. While the graphics remained the same, the game still got better mainly from artificial intelligence. That is not to say the game is like a person, there are definitely quirks.
2009 changes the graphics finally, though I don't think they are better, just different. Everything feels smaller. The poker tables are harder to follow because the cards and players are on top of each other. Another annoying part of casino comes with not being able to go "all-in" in poker. Last year, the option was deleted. While not restored, this year you can choose different values easier. Numerous things in the 2009 version are different, but not always better.
Overall, if you want a good casino game Hoyle is the best. If you played it before, save your money because you may not like these improvements. I would wait until the next version when they work out the bugs.
I have not done much with the online, so no opinion. I know when I installed the game, it took about an hour to download the updates (I have a very fast internet connection) because the hoyle site is very slow.
Not Good October 26, 2008
K. M. Gullo (Wisconsin)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I had an older version of this game, and like it much better. You can't raise on BlackJack as high as I would like to, as in the past. Also on the poker games, I couldn't even see what cards I had. Good thing it wasn't too expensive. I uninstalled it and tossed it into the garbage!
Don't Waste Your Money October 20, 2008
Eric Baker (Sacramento, CA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you have the 2004 version of this, keep it ! No new characters, less playing options and choppy graphics. In the middle of playing this game when I changed venues it renamed my character to Alex, deducted $2500 from my bank account and took away my ability to speak, why ????? Also there is no drink service. Save your money, I uninstalled it and am playing the 2004 version again which is excellent.
 my thoughts September 28, 2008
kenneth maynard (kenova, wv United States)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Well two out of three titles are worth buying. Encore ecould have rebuilt the puzzle and board games. The casino title is built a lot like the card games title, except is the color is green, All inprovements make it worth buying the casino and card games, pass on puzzle and board game title
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