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Eric Snider's Blackjack
December 29, 2004
I’ve come to have very high expectations for Eric Snider’s games, and Blackjack certainly doesn’t disappoint. The graphics are beautiful, as always, and I don’t think I’ve ever heard a more realistic “card shuffling” sound in any electronic game. What I like the most though are the little touches throughout that mark this incarnation of a casino favorite as a true Eric Snider original. For starters, it looks like you’re playing at an actual Vegas table, instead of staring at a generic background. You can see the cards in their holder and you tap on chips at the bottom of the screen to place your bets, instead of generic number buttons.
All of the regular options are here, just as you would expect— you can split your cards, or double your bet, or buy insurance if it looks like the dealer is going to hit Blackjack. All of your statistics show up on the middle of the screen; the game tracks everything from the number of hands played to your win/loss ratios, profit (or loss!) and the average return on each bet you place. On the Preferences menu you can set up how you want the game to look by choosing whether or not you want sound effects, animation, message bar statistics, and totals for your hand. You also have some control over the rules with the ability to set casino options regarding whether or not insurance is offered, allowing doubles after a split, the number of decks in play at one time, and the depth (which controls the number of hands played before the dealer shuffles again).
If you like blackjack, you’ll probably love Eric Snider’s Blackjack. You might also want to try some of his other games, such as Eric Snider’s Solitaire and Eric Snider’s Video Poker. The game requires 315K of space on your Palm OS handheld and works with a wide variety of devices. It’s simply stunning on my Tapwave Zodiac, and Treo owners will be glad to know that with the advanced five-way navigation they won’t even need a stylus to play! Eric Snider’s Blackjack is $12.95 and is available now from the SniderWare web site.
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Category: Software
Published: December 29, 2004 1:30 PM
