The casino industry’s first tentative step toward skill-based gaming was to simply slap arcade bonus rounds into standard slot machines. You play a normal video slot, but once you either get the right combination of bonus symbols or collect enough of them to fill a meter, you go into a bonus round where you play…
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Skill-Based Gambling
OK, real talk / disclaimer time before anything else happens here. The casino industry has, since the very beginnings of organized gambling, made their money in one of two fundamental ways: 1) They only operate games that they know they have a long-term mathematical edge at. Some players will win in the short run, but…
Making Money With Steam Items
You can “sell” stuff that you get as random drops from playing various eligible games on Steam. There are three major categories of items: * Steam Trading Cards* Skins / In-Game Items* Crates / Loot Boxes Here’s the thing, though; there’s no way to directly extract cash value from these things, as if Valve allowed…
Social Casinos
“Social casinos” are free-to-play casino games that allow you to turn your play money into real prizes through one means or another. These are mostly a United States phenomenon and arose because of the unique gambling and financial transaction laws in the country: basically, online casinos are illegal in most states, but “play money” at…
BIG BANG PRO WRESTLING
Original Release: SNK, 2000, Neo Geo Pocket Color A portable and somewhat simplified adaptation of the Fire Pro games. Big Bang Pro Wrestling (Neo Geo Pocket Color, SNK, 2000) Where to Buy: Amazon How to Emulate: coming soon! Big Bang Pro Wrestling is sort of a follow-up to SNK’s arcade wrestler 3 Count Bout. It…
WWF WRESTLEMANIA
Original Release: Acclaim, 1989, NESOther Releases: platform (year), etc. The first licensed wrestling game for the NES. WWF Wrestlemania (NES, Acclaim, 1989) Where to Buy: eBay How to Emulate: coming soon! This was the very first WWF licensed game on a console, and it shows. It was kind of a ra** unusual misstep for Rare…
WWF STEEL CAGE CHALLENGE
Original Release: Acclaim, 1992, NESOther Releases: Master System / Game Gear (1993), TV (2018) Though the first implementation of a steel cage is the feature here, the game also has traditional matches and a championship mode. WWF Steel Cage Challenge (NES, Acclaim, 1992) Where to Buy: eBay How to Emulate: coming soon! We’ve already done…
WWF KING OF THE RING
Original Release: LJN, 1993, NES / Game Boy A basic wrestling title that was released late in the life of the NES. WWF: King of the Ring (NES, LJN, 1993) Where to Buy: eBay How to Emulate: coming soon! LJN appeared content to just churn out a clone of Steel Cage Challenge with slightly larger…
WHEEL OF FORTUNE: FAMILY EDITION
Original Release: GameTek, 1990, NES A variant of GameTek’s Wheel of Fortune that has easier puzzles available that are more appropriate for kids. Wheel of Fortune: Family Edition (NES, GameTek, 1990) Where to Buy: Amazon How to Emulate: coming soon! Like most of Rare/Gametek’s board game/game show offerings for the NES, Wheel Of Fortune is…
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING
Original Release: FCI, 1989, NES The first of the licensed WCW games keeps it pretty basic with a limited roster and play options. World Championship Wrestling (NES, FCI, 1989) Where to Buy: eBay How to Emulate: coming soon! If you’re like me, you really had no awareness of the WCW until around the NWO era…