Golden Nugget Casino DS
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Golden Nugget Casino DS is a 2005 video game released by Majesco Entertainment for the Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS
The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...

. The game, named for the Las Vegas casino of the same name, is the first Golden Nugget
Golden Nugget Las Vegas
The Golden Nugget Las Vegas is a luxury casino-hotel located in Las Vegas, Nevada on the Fremont Street Experience. The property is owned and operated by Landry's Restaurants....

 themed game released for the DS. A prior game was released for the Game Boy Advance
Game Boy Advance
The is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured, and marketed by Nintendo. It is the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001; in North America on June 11, 2001; in Australia and Europe on June 22, 2001; and in the People's Republic of China...

 in 2004 (this Game Boy Advance game was later released again in 2005 as a 2 Games in 1 pack along with Texas Hold Em Poker).

The player begins with $2,000.00. Although the cartridge saves a player's winnings, a player can reset the amount to $2,000.00 at any point.

Games

The following games are included:
  • Blackjack
    Blackjack
    Blackjack, also known as Twenty-one or Vingt-et-un , is the most widely played casino banking game in the world...

  • Craps
    Craps
    Craps is a dice game in which players place wagers on the outcome of the roll, or a series of rolls, of a pair of dice. Players may wager money against each other or a bank...

  • North Slots
  • South Slots
  • Money Wheel
  • Video Poker
    Video poker
    Video poker is a casino game based on five-card draw poker. It is played on a computerized console similar in size to a slot machine.-History:...

  • Roulette
    Roulette
    Roulette is a casino game named after a French diminutive for little wheel. In the game, players may choose to place bets on either a single number or a range of numbers, the colors red or black, or whether the number is odd or even....



When a game is selected, the game offers several betting limits to choose from, as well as three of each version of slots and video poker.

Reviews

Reviews for the game were mediocre to average. IGN.com gave the game a 5.0 out of 10, noting "(T)here's really nothing 'broken' about Golden Nugget Casino. It's just that the developer didn't exactly go above and beyond the call. All you're getting is the ability to play these casino games in a single player fashion".
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