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Slots for fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Please see my review for Reel Deal Slots Bonus Mania. I feel the same for this one. This is off line only.

Reel Deal Slots 2

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I was so excited. Even though it was 11:00pm I had to run
through a couple of games. I loved it, it is so real almost like being at the casino. I am staying home tonight from Bingo just so I can go through most of the games tonight.

reel deel slots is the real deal

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

the game was great very innovative all of the latest slot machines very up to date and quite challenging

Slots, Slots & More Slots

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I have been quite happy with the Real Deal Slots 2 that I recently purchased. There is huge variety of games, several of which have bonus rounds just like in the casinos. I only wish it were as easy to win at the casino!

hagar101

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: June 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is too easy. you always win. for some reason it also resets my screen to 800x600. I've got XP home, maybe it's different for other systems. I regret spending the money for this. If you buy it I hope you have better luck! hagar101

Simply the best

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Having played virtually every slot title that has been produced. I will say that this title is by far the best one I have seen. The graphics and game play are unsurpassed. By far the closest you will get to the "REEL" thing. I was first introduced to PhantomEFX with the purchase of Reel Deal Slots and Video Poker Vol. 1 which in it's own right is one of the best games released but, with the release of Reel Deal Slots Vol. II they have really raised the bar. This is THE game to beat. And with the release of future titles from PhantomEFX they will only be improving on an already excellent product. If you love playing the nickles at the casino then this is the game for you.

R E S E A R C H.....C A N....B E....F U N....!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 13
Date: March 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Usually, when I am at a casino where the casino says it pays off, say, "94%" on its slot machines, I get to wondering why the 6% they say they take in, is all from the machine I happen to be playing at the time! Everyone else seems to be winning at the slots...but not, sadly, me. As I am mainly a "table" player when I go to casinos, I must admit that these losing streaks have only added fuel to the fire, for me to have had the traditional "table players' snobbery" as far as slot machines go. In fact, a gambling expert, (whose name escapes me at present), was once a guest on a well-known afternoon talk show. After explaining, very clearly, some quick strategies for table games, the hostess of the show asked him if there were any ways he could recommend to approach slot machines. The expert said: "Yes. My strategy is to approach the slot machines....and then walk in the other direction!"

However, I learnt one day at the Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, that there are slot machines...and then there are OTHER slot machines. I was getting tired from all the walking around the casino, and sat down at a random slot machine. Soon, a lady came over to me, and said: "PLEASE don't play that machine! It's the machine I'VE been playing on!" After asssuring her I was just sitting down to rest, she left, and I felt relieved....but also now suspecting that all slot machines were NOT alike, as I had heretofore believed.

Well, circumstances in my life have forced me to move... My favourite table games...bacarrat and roulette, are not played here -- and I lose at poker and blackjack all the time. Slots are all that's left...so I decided to research them.

Of all the gaming experts on slots, I have found GAYLE MITCHELL'S "Slots Made Easy" series of books the best. But I decided to buy "Reel Deal Slots Vol 2", as it purports to simulate casino slots that are actually played. So I bought it for research....

This CD can be lots of fun...but it does take getting used to. The intro., (which takes about a minute), cannot be skipped - a boring minus, after playing it many times, I feel. You are then faced with a virtual casino full of different slot machines, with a large Egyptian Sphinx in the middle, for the cashier. (Does it represent the "Riddle of the Slots",I wonder?) An intriguing...but somewhat repetitive tune is played while you mouse-over the various slots--as their names are displayed in a box above the Sphinx. (There is a nice, semi-3D effect, as the Sphinx goes to left, as you mouse right -- or vice-versa -- adding depth to the virtual scene.) The first few times I played, it took me a while to get back to a favourite slot...but then I realized there is a neat little tab on the upper left corner. clicking on it will bring options including a LIST of all the games, plus Exit, and other "go-to" options.

Once a game dollar amount bid is chosen, (by clicking on the betting amount...usually set at the lowest amount first), it cannot be changed. You must exit the game and then go back to it, if you want to change the bet. This can be maddening to people like me who like to "play the averages" and vary each bet. Also, pressing the "cash out" option, (usually a bit difficult to find), will immediately exit you from a game.

It has been said by other reviewers that the slots here are too loose...and I agree. But still, the slots are NOT all equally lose...and going to the "paytables", to see which configurations give the most returns, are really what I bought this CD for. You must first deposit virtual cash before you can look at the paytables, a minus in my opinion. But after a while, you know which games, (and paytables) give the most money. The right way to do it, I think, is to deposit the money, look at the paytable, guess whether you will make or lose money based on it, then play and see if you are correct.

The music in some of these games is great! So are the graphics...and the bonus games are a LOT of fun. "Graverobber" and "Jolly Roger" are two that I have tried that have incredibly, beautifully designed bonus games. Of course, robbing graves and shooting off cannon to down ships may not be to your taste...but try to think of it as virtual robbing of the graves of your worst enemies, and shooting down the ships of the dictator you hate the most, (who has somehow found his way into the 17th-18th century). Fantasizing like this can be encouraged by this CD....and who knows, might even lead to writing a novel or two?

One thing I do NOT like about this CD is that it must be IN the computer in order to be played. This is probably to prevent copying...but it can also be maddening when one wants to play, and has misplaced one's CD!

The "Virtual Prize Vault" is really something else! The pleasant, wise-cracking voice, describing these prizes is worth at least half the price of this CD alone! Along with all the games, fun, and, yes, learning about which games to play and which not, you also get a stand-up comedy routine!

All in all, the games here win more, or win less according to Gayle Mitchell's rules...which is a nice re-assurance. And there are many ideas you can get, for imagination and for profit, just by playing these games, which are not (yet), in Ms. Mitchell's e-books.

I have yet to go to a land-based casino here. But when I do, I'm sure I'll be glad that I had "practice" from this CD. I've already had much enjoyment and, yes, learning from it!

bottom of barrell

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: May 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I have three of the Phantom slot games..I was very dissapointed in the Reel Deal 2nd Vol. Love Reel Deal Nickels & More and Nickel Alley. They are great games...Lots of fun the Reel Deal 2nd Vol did not have graphics and not nearly as many good bonus games... I buy all the new slot game as they come out..Masque also has some really fun slot game...

Reel Deel 2nd Vol - It is the "real deal"

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: July 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Lot's of fun with these very Vegas like slots. Love the fun of the bonus games, just like the casino slots, without the fear of losing money. I plan to take this with on our Vegas trip in a couple of weeks, that way if I am losing in the casino, I can come back to the room and play for free!

Couldn't agree more!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: March 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I agree, Anddrew Higgins, that this is by far the best game out there of its genre. I've been waiting for www.Amazon.com to list it, so I can put my review in its proper place. Some of my reviews for this game have been mentioned on the original Reel Deal and Video Poker and combo pack pages; so I'll still reiterate what I said.

Just when I thought that they can not get any better, they do. Of special interest is the bonus games, that simulate existing machines found at Slot Parlors everywhere. Some of the games seem like a remake of volume one, but actually have enough new twists and angles in them to make them attractive. And oh yeah, they are really loose! Ran my wad up to $6,000,000 in only about 4 trips. And the famous Phantom Trophy Room. This one is a hoot with a verbal description of the prizes. Don't forget to let them know when you get all the prizes. Of particular interest is that one of the machines is actually a video bingo game. Quite good and different. But play for small stakes; haven't cleaned up on that like the bonus slot games.

Despite my rave review, there are some down sides. First, as with most Phantom EFX games, this takes up a whopping 480 MB of space on your hard drive. So be sure you have room. Also I noticed that after a while, and after I sign out of my E-mail, the game tends to bog down and run funny. And it does take a while to load up between machines. But when it runs it's the best.

Anothoer downside is the poker games. I finally figured them out, but find it hard to win on. I actually like the Masque Multi-play Video poker a lot better. [By the way, this is included in the new re-worked IGT Slots and Multiplay poker.] Even the original Video Poker in Reel Deal 1 is good., maybe they should have included some triple play, 5 way, and 10 way into that.

But go for it, you'll be glad you did.

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