Original Release: TSS, 1989, Famicom One of the very first rugby games ever released, Super Rugby is a mix of some impressive qualities with primitive clunky gameplay Super Rugby (NES, TSS, 1989) Where to Buy: eBayHow to Emulate: coming soon! One of the first rugby games ever released and a product of the 8-bit era,…
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STICKY BEES
Original Release: Pragmatic Play, 2023 Another “junk keeps falling” slot from Pragmatic that offers the possibility of a huge 10,000x win on any given spin Sticky Bees (Pragmatic Play, 2023) Sticky Bees is another of Pragmatic’s fairly recent “tumble” slot designs that dumps a 7×7 pile of fruit or gems or something on you instead…
WILD WEST GOLD MEGAWAYS
Original Release: Pragmatic Play, 2022 The sequel to Wild West Gold adds the thousands of “Megaways” paylines, though don’t expect your gambling budget to notice the difference Wild West Gold Megaways (Pragmatic Play, 2002) I haven’t tried it but this is apparently the sequel to Wild West Gold, a more standard 4×5 slot with 40…
REDCARD 2003
Original Release: Midway, 2002, PS2/Gamecube/Xbox A simplified soccer title with huge hits that wouldn’t fly in real life, RedCard is nevertheless more restrained than some of Midway’s other sports titles RedCard 2003 (Gamecube, Midway, 2002) Where to Buy: Amazon How to Emulate: coming soon! Midway carved out a niche of over-the-top arcade sports titles that…
RAWHIDE
Original Release: Konami, 2012 A fairly standard Konami 3×5 with a Western theme that kinda calls to mind their old Laserdisc arcade game Badlands more than the TV show Rawhide (Konami, 2012) Rawhide is one of Konami’s typical 3×5 games from the around-2010 era, but it made an unusually good first impression on me by…
AIR HOCKEY
Original Release: Mud Duck, 2000, PlayStationOther Releases: PS3/PSP (2010) A simple but arcadey air hockey title with colorful characters and super moves Air Hockey (PS1, Mud Duck, 2000) Where to Buy: Amazon How to Emulate: coming soon! Just from glancing at screenshots you’d think this was part of the (in)famous “Simple Series” of budget games,…
TOTALLY PUZZLED
Original Release: IGT, ???? A 3×5 slot from IGT that’s from the mid-00s somewhere but has a rather early 90s art style, Totally Puzzled welcomes your pennies but will also totally eat them up Totally Puzzled (IGT, ????) Totally Puzzled is another of those old slots that it’s hard to find info about online, but…
LOTUS FLOWER
Original Release: IGT, ???? A 3×5 in the style of prior IGT penny slots, but the theming seems to be inspired by Konami’s run of similar Asian-themed games around 2010 Lotus Flower (IGT, ????) Where to Buy: Available in “just for fun” offline form as part of the IGT Slots Bombay collection I can’t pin…
SLINGO QUEST
Original Release: MumboJumbo, 2006, PCOther Releases: Mac (2007), Nintendo DS (2008), Blackberry (2009) No gambling aspect to this one, instead you challenge 60 Slingo levels with the occasional competitive boss battle Slingo Quest (DS, MumboJumbo, 2008) Where to Buy: Amazon How to Emulate: coming soon! I’ve never seen Slingo in my many roamings of live…
LUCKY LARRY’S LOBSTERMANIA 2
Original Release: IGT, 2015 Watch your money drain to the tune of a stop-and-start bootleg Rock Lobster Lucky Larry Lobstermania 2 (IGT, 2015) I’d heard good things from people about the original Lobstermania, so this caught my eye on a recent casino trip. Maybe the original game is different? Because the sequel just felt like…