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A very fun casino game. a gamer(Cal.)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: November 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This casino game lets you chose what your bankroll amount will be. It has tutorials that you can use to learn the games. It also allows you to ask for hints for each of the games played. Which is very helpfu if you are not sure how to play certain games. If you gamers out there like casino games,I reccomend this game. It's a very fun game to play. Buy this game.

Excellent game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: September 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Lets you tour the casino's. Great tutorials to teach new games without losing money at a real casino.

falling off Bicycle Games

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: June 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Don't buy this bug ridden piece of dung, I bought the so called updated 2004 version. It crashes randomly at every turn, stats don't record right, the computer AI miss reads your hands not giving you credit for hands won. Its all around terribly buggy. Its been out for months and they still stock on shelfs all around the country even though its known to have major problems. They don't intend to fix anything, Activison is making a quick buck by repackaging an old game 2001 Bicycle from Microsoft, adding one or two new features and calling brand new for 2004, and in the process making totally unplayable. With the stores policy of not excepting open software you are stuck with it if you buy it,they are afraid of piracy. well Activision is the party guilty of piracy here in the form of robbing us all.
STAY AWAY AT ALL COSTS.

Fun outweighs the bugs

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: April 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I'm a craps afficiando and wanted a computer game that would allow me my "craps fix" as well as teach me other casino games.

While exploring Bicycle Casino Games, I learned how to play Progressive Blackjack, Pai Gow Poker, and Let it Ride. I already knew regular Blackjack, but was scared off by the odd-looking Progressive Blackjack tables in Vegas. So, it was a lot less intimidating to sit in my comfy computer chair and learn that there's hardly any difference at all between the two games!

Other than Pai Gow, I don't play any poker at all, and it doesn't interest me ... so I can't comment good or bad on that aspect of the software, other than to say they seem to have lots of version of that popular card game available.

I've found only two problems: One is minor and one is really, really annoying! If I'm running another program while playing, sometimes the edges of my monitor will flicker in a distracting way. No biggie! But the real problem I have is when I'm playing a tournament and I end up losing. More than once, the game has locked up and taken most of my money away when I finally got back in. All that hard work wasted! This hasn't happened often, but it did happen twice and that was very irritating.

The fun, variety, and education this software provides outweighs these two bugs, and I'm happy I purchased it.

Filled with bugs

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: February 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game has so many bugs in it I need to buy Raid!! The game loses the face/name of individual players on a regular basis, it locks up on Pai Gow, when playing craps in the challenge round it fails to recognize when someone runs out of money and you have to forfeit the challenge, and these are just a few of the problems with this game. I usually buy Hoyle but we decided to try this one instead...what a mistake. We have version 2.0 but will probably look to buy the Hoyle game instead. Typical Microsoft product...market it before you get it running!

Save your money - buy Hoyle Casino instead

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 11 / 13
Date: November 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is a review of Bicycle Casino - 21 Games. As someone who plays No Limit Texas Hold 'Em in casino tournaments, I was looking for a Hold 'Em game that I could play with at home to practice with. There are a number of problems with this game.

1) First of all, your opponents will never fold before the flop - even if all they've got is a 2,4 offsuit and there have been 3 rounds of raising and re-raising. That's simply not realistic unless your playing poker with a bunch of absolute morons.

2) This lack of un-realistic opponents makes it difficult to practice poker theory and solid betting/bluffing strategies.

3) The "hints" offered by the game are often off the mark.

4) I find that my mouse blinks the entire time I'm playing the game, which is really annoying. And that's running the game on Windows 2000 with a 1 GHz processor and 256 MB of memory.

5) I don't like having to confirm the fact that I'm folding every time I fold. That slows the game down.

If you're looking for a game that will help you play against morons that simply won't fold before they've seen 4th street, this is your game. If you want to practice poker theory and strategies, buy any of the Hoyle Casino games. I've played a lot of tournament poker and I'll tell ya the characters in the Hoyle game are very close to real poker players that you'll meet in casinos and card rooms.

Lots of fun, and great casino atmosphere

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: October 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I've been a fan of Hoyle Casino for the past few years and still love that game for the excellent learning/tutorials, however Bicycle Casino outshines Hoyle in terms of the casino atmosphere. It really does make you feel like you're at the 3 Las Vegas casinos included. (The only thing missing was a drink, which I went and got). There are a variety of games- slots, video poker, table games, roulette, etc. There are also 3 different casinos you can visit. While the same games are available at each casino, each has a different "atmosphere". Treasure Island is an everyday casino with lower table betting amounts. The Mirage is a bit more upscale with higher betting amounts allowed. The Bellagio is the luxury casino with the highest betting amounts allowed (along with a special high roller room). Aside from the betting amounts, the only other difference I noticed between each casino were the names on the tables, cards, and the music (and cool music at that!). To me, the differences were sufficient to really make me feel like I was playing in different places. Nice touch! Also, there are comp prizes- if you gamble enough, they'll give you various prizes on screen (not redeemable, of course!) such as tickets to shows, or spa visits. Another realistic feature! And all the casinos had my favorite table game- Pai Gow Poker (for those that have not tried it, it's not as complicated as it sounds, I actually learned how to play it using Hoyle Casino a few years back and then went to a real casino in Connecticut and left with more money than I started with!) Bicycle Casino also includes some good tutorials/strategies for each table game. I highly recommend this game to anyone looking to get the feeling of gambling in Las Vegas without actually having to travel there and risk real money. Have fun!

Keeps Me Up at Night

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have had hours and hours of fun with these games - the most comprehensive disc I've seen - all the games you;ll find in a casino and a fast cash machine that let's you feel like a high roller anytime you wish. My comp cards are nearly full - lots of fun when you can't get away to the real thing!

Fun, but MAJOR INEXCUSABLE bugs ruin everything

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: April 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is actually a lot of fun. I get some weird graphics bugs (flickering w/ NVIDIA RIVA TNT2) but it's bearable. But there are INEXCUSABLE bugs during game play in the poker games that make the tournaments a miserable experience. You'll be staring at a straight flush and bet the world only to realize the computer thinks you have a pair of 4's. Guess what, you lose to a guy with a pair of 5's!!! The workaround is to hover the mouse above your cards and if the computer is misreading your hand, FOLD. PERIOD. But it's extremely frustrating.

MS acknowledges such bugs but hasn't released a patch. As far as I'm concerned, that means it's not worth buying yet. It would be like buying Flight Simulator knowing that the flight engine would force your plane into a deadly spin every few seconds... ruining the whole point of the program.

Great potential for fun here, and worth it if that's all you're looking for. But wait for an MS fix before wasting your money otherwise.

Great Games, But Got Bugs

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

For the Casino enthusiast, this is a great Casino Game Package, complete with tournaments and most of the casino card games. But, it a has a bug that causes it to lock up every few minutes and must be re-entered, however, it does not lose your "money." It is very aggravating, though, so I am ordering the Bally Casino Games that has better reviews.

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