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I have to admit that I am not the biggest casino game fan. In fact, many people will actually hate this game. This has got to be the last game in my gaming library that I have not written about. Caesars Palace 2000 can be a lot of fun when playing multi-player. Unfortunately, it is not as fun when you are playing by yourself. My brother got this game for the Sony Playstation and whenever I slept over his house, his wife, my brother and I would play Roulette until 5:00 in the morning! Maybe these experiences of staying up late, playing Caesars Palace, and drinking Starbucks Frapachinos made me like the game more, but I do know one thing, if played with the right people, Caesars Palace 2000 can be hours of fun.

Caesars Palace 2000

Now my brother has the Playstation version of this game. I loved it so much at his house that I got it for Christmas for my Sega Dreamcast. The Dreamcast version offered the same great games with real casino rules, with enhanced graphics that put you into the chair of a blackjack game.

I love this game for many reasons. For one, it is a way for my brother and I to hang out. We have so much fun playing this game. This has got to be the only game I have ever seen my mom play with me. We have a lot of fun. She taught me how to play Craps. It is a fun game to play and you can win a lot of money if you know how to play.

There are 11 games at Caesars Palace 2000. These games include, Blackjack,Roulette,Craps,Video Poker, Poker Challenge, Keno, Mini-Baccarat, Red Dog,War and Spanish 21.

My favorite games are Blackjack, Video Poker, Roulette and War. This game also features entertaining slot machines. You have the option of choosing what kind of design your machine will have. This adds to the fun.

What I think is the best feature of this game is the fact that you can progress in the game and it is not just about playing with money. As you gain experience in each game, you can be “upgraded” into different positions. Everyone starts off as a “Novice” player. After a few hands, you might be moved up to “Holiday Player”. What happens now is that every time you play that game, you can bet more money per hand. There are four positions you can be; Novice, Holiday Player, Semi-Professional, and Professional. I remember playing with $2,500 chips on a Blackjack game with my brother. It’s too bad that I lost it all.

Losing all of your money is not the end of the world or the game; Caesars Palace has a cashier that you can borrow up to $10,000. If you play your cards right, you should have no problem surviving.

Please take into consideration that this game is more fun on a multi-player experience. Video Poker, Slot Machines and all of the video games are one player at a time, but I found that playing four player Roulette is a lot more fun than playing Video Poker by yourself even though playing Poker can be some fun.

Another great feature of this game is that there are variations of some games. If I choose to play video poker, I can choose variations of that game. For example, if I choose video poker, I can choose the game style like “Jokers Wild”, Tens or Better” or others. This is pretty cool because it mixes it up a little.

Even though a lot of people will disagree with my rating, this game to me is worth a positive rating even though I have seen it get 4’s out of 10. I guess it’s because it brought my mom and I to play a game together and me and my brother to be friends. All and all, it is not a bad game; slow moving at times, but some may like it.

So how does Caesars Palace 2000 pass my standards against previous casino games I have played? Lets see how Caesars Palace 2000 stacks up. Ratings are from one to five stars.

Here’s The Breakdown

Graphics
****

What is great about Casino games is that the quality of the graphics do not matter. The good thing about Caesars Palace is that they were not half bad. In fact, for a casino game, I was quite impressed. They have real dealer hands on the top of the screen that look real. The whole Craps and Roulette tables look real.

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Gameplay
***1/2

Most people don’t find casino games to be much fun. Well then what’s the point of wasting real money at a real casino when you can’t have fun at home? I must say that I was surprised by how much fun I was having while playing this game. My only complaint is that if you don’t have a partner to play with, this game might not be as fun. It’s not like single player is bad, it is just that I found this game to be a lot of fun multi-player.

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Overall
****

This is where I am going to get email from people that disagree with me. Why would the videogame companies keep making these casino games if no one buys them? Well I do know that there is some market for these games because almost every time I am at a videogame store, I see a casino game on the shelf and most of the time, I see someone buying it. Despite what you may have heard, in my opinion, this is not a bad game. I enjoyed playing it and it brought my family together.

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