Poker Mania Amiga 500, Andy Green, Green Lizard Productions, 1994 1995
10A long (casino-long) play through of Poker Mania, a poker variant of a fruit machine simulator. Including all aspects of poker, great playability and the frustration of real gambling. Don't weep as you lose your money, or smile too much as you use your skill and composure to win a bucket load of dosh.
You start off with a few quid and must build your bank to £100 or over in order to progress to Pontoon.
This is a long one, the full haul, no editing, no save states, lots of sweat, lots of close calls, some big wins. All good fun. There are intervals with commentary on the previous segment though, to break up feeling of being stuck in a casino with no outside light, no clocks and stark coloured flashing lights.
Remember: Game Responsibly. And when the fun stops - STOP. Or go drink some water and put Poker Mania back on.
It's a casino-stuck-inside-with-no-windows-or-clocks-LONG so here's a timeline of the playthrough:
0:00 Opening Titles
0:12 Introduction
1:23 Andy's Pixel Art Book
3:03 Poker - Playing it safe
4:37 Intermission 1
5:55 Poker - Playing it less safe
7:17 Intermission 2
7:47 Poker - Hedging our bets
9:30 Intermission 3
9:37 Poker - Gradually beating the machine
14:30 Intermission 4
14:42 Poker - Sure it's cheating
21:04 Intermission
21:29 Poker - Lightning Responses
38:30 Intermission
38:59 Poker - Well into double figures
58:18 Intermission
58:44 Poker - It stole my victory
102:02 Intermission - Victory!
102:27 Pontoon - Twist and shout
115:33 End thoughts - Is it daylight?
117:11 Ending
Download Poker Mania:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oH03mFOtTrk0PBa51j7VAOrIaa-XOWRk/view?usp=sharing (provided by the Author) or available from any good Amiga software site.
Poker Mania Configuration:
Just so you know, if you want to play this within an emulator (I used WinUAE) setting must be:
Use the Quickstart Option:
Model: A500
Config: KS1.3, ECS Agnus, 0.5M Chip + 0.5M Slow (Most Common)
In WinUAE properties | Floppy Drives - Disable drive DF1:
Of course, it runs fine on a real Amiga A500 hardware present around the time it was released. (A1200 is too fast)
Andy Green's Pixel Art Book, Better Late Than Never, can be ordered from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1789821525 but it can also be purchased at WHSmiths, Waterstones, Barnes & Noble, and quite a few others.
See a showcase of Andy's pixel art on this channel at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcQNaOzxr9U
Music 'KnuckleBusted' by 'Rich Hollins - Tufty'
See his NEW album Raw Spectronica on bandcamp available for download or cassette/vinyl effect CD at: https://tufty1.bandcamp.com/
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