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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...

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

One BIG Problem

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: October 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Sound, graphics, and animation are perfect. The bonus screens are great on the nickel slots. Problem: the machines are too loose!!! Like another reviewer said, the game is way too easy and that makes playing somewhat dull. A Vegas Casino would go broke in about a week with payoffs like this. Still, worth playing with a morning cup of coffee or when you need to take a 10 minute break from something else during the day.

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!

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!

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

Extremely FUN!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 36 / 37
Date: September 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Like Real Deal Slots Nickel Alley; Vol. 2 Features 9, 15 and 20 line Video Slots, most with Bonus screens. Unlike Vol. 1 they make up a third of the games. This CD ROM includes regular 1, 3 and 5 Line Slots and also Slots with Bonus features. Slots include Phampton 7s, ?????, Crazy Wheels, etc., Slots with Bonus include Cheesy Wheels, Golden Goose, Treasure Tower and Treasure Hunter, etc., The video Slots with Bonus screens include a Pig Game, A Carnival game A Pirate Game, A Graveyard Game, A Bowling Game, An Egyptian games, A Spy GAME and more. All the games have wonderful 3-D looking graphics and Sounds. You can play all the games at five cents, ten cents, a Quater, fifty cents, a Dollar, five dollars, 25 dollars, 50 Dollars, 100 dollars, 500 dollars and at one thousand dollars. This CD-ROM also includes a Bingo game and 6 poker games. The game also includes a Casino club Card when you can gather points for playing and then with those points you can buy merchandise, etc., some are very funny like you can buy a Nuclear Submarine. This game is a bargain and is extremely fun.

Phantom Does it Again

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 22 / 23
Date: June 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have the first edition and I thought "gee, can they outdo themselves?". The answer is yes! This game rocks. I've never seen such details and variety of bonus games anywhere else. I especially love the "Grave Robber" game, which feels much like IGT's "Addams Family" slot, as well as "Treasure Hunter" and "Spin to Win" which feels like Williams Gaming "Winning Streak" reel spinner. There's also a few "free spins" bonus rounds (check out "Pharoah's Prize")...you can win big and live large. My bankroll is over 200 million in a few visits (the key is you play the 45-coin machines at $$..play max coin and cha-ching!)..not that I would ever do that in a real casino (hey 45 nickels per spin is huge for me, but I have scored a few big hits doing that in Vegas). Get this game. Yes, it can run funny at times, so be patient. Also, clear your calendar for a few hours per session. Check their website, a new title will be out later this year.

The Best

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 17 / 17
Date: February 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I have two other slot machine games, but this one blows them out of the water.

The nickel games on this disc are lose, but lots of fun. There are catchy background tunes with many of them, and the subdued background noise of other players in a casino is very cool; it feels like I'm in a real casino!

The dollar slots are much tighter. I don't find them to be nearly as engaging as the nickel slots. My only (mild) complaint is that the dollar slots are the usual 3-reel kinds; none are the "video" type.

This is an incredible collection of games, with convincing action, exceptional graphics, and wonderful sound effects.

Mindless good fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 14
Date: December 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I buy quite a lot of computer slot games and this is one of the best I've seen. The standard 3-reel slots are just average, but the animated slots with bonus rounds are a cut above most other products. Some of the graphics are photo-quality and the animation is imaginative. The only thing I didn't care for was some of the music that accompanies most of the games, but I found out it could be shut off. If there was a casino that had half this many good games, I'd be there all the time. There is a wide variety of slot types here including free-spin games, symbols that turn the row they are in wild,a 20-line game with a wild bonus symbol that migrates through each space, and some games with bonus rounds that involve shooting rifles, darts, and cannons. I've already got my money's worth out of this title and don't foresee becomming bored with this game for a long time.

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