Vegas Tycoon

by Global Star

Product Features

• Vegas casino simulation
• Build it up from the lower end of the Strip
• Suck in the tourists and gamblers and make millions
• Cool 3-D graphics permits stunning design
• For 1 player

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0001BY6O4
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: February 11, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,621 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Develop a small gambling den into a second-to-none resort complex, using all the knowledge and management skill you can. Throughout the living, breathing environment of Las Vegas Boulevard, you will find customers notoriously difficult to satisfy and a huge range of exciting attractions, all designed to bring you maximum money. Competition is tough out on The Strip, can you create an entertainment resort to win the hearts and wallets of Vegas?

Product Description

Las Vegas Tycoon brings home the thrills and challenges of keeping a casino popular and running smoothly. Las Vegas is a town that's quite different from the rest of the world. It's a desert oasis that promises thrills aplenty -- your job as a beginning casino manager is to make your place live up to those promises. As you play, you'll work your way up the casino food chain -- and finally renovate a real casino on the Strip, like Caesar's Palace

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Game, Best Tycoon game yet, February 2, 2004

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Andrew (Middlesbrough, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vegas Tycoon (CD-ROM)

It's a shame that, when a good game like this - with it's brilliant graphics, superb gameplay and almost completely bug-free engine - is released, not so many people hear about it. Yet other games that get released completely unfinished outsell the good ones by a bucketload. Simply put, this game is a very addictive, fun, exciting product. I have had it for 3 weeks now and I haven't experienced a single bug. The graphics are really top notch, and with a free scrolling camera that lets you go anywhere it makes it all the lot better.

The gameplay too, is great. You can play either Sandbox Mode or Scenario Mode, there are 9 scenarios and about 14 sandbox maps. In sandbox mode everything is customizable like frequency of disasters, events, amount of money you start with, amount of guests and more. In scenario mode you start on the tutorial level, and gradually work your way up to the higher, harder levels. My only grudge there is once you get the hang of how to pull in the money it can get a bit easy.

I find the actual in game gameplay brilliant. Once you've bought yourself a lot you fill it up with whatever you want to - and I mean anything from Nightclubs to Hotels, to Casinos, to Shops, to Strip Clubs, to Wedding Chapels and more. Sometimes the amount of options available to you is overwhelming, especially when you've just finished furnishing the outside of your lot, you build a casino, and you realize you have to do the same all over again but inside your casino. Some may like this, some may loathe this.

For some (like me) I love building the inside of my casino. If you can't be bothered then don't worry, each casino comes with ready made templates that if you choose to use will fill your casino up with all the essentials and neat furnishings without you having to lift a finger. I find it more fun myself to build the inside of my casino by hand.

On the inside you build everything from Gambling tables (including BlackJack, Texas Hold 'em, Carribean Stud, Let it Ride, Pai Gow, Craps, Roulette, Wheel of Fortune, Five Card Stud and Baccarrat), to slot machines (including Car Slots - where the prize is a car, or progressive slots, or the single slot machines), to Bars, Kitchens, Buffets, and of course all the maintenance offices such as cleaners, security and others. And you couldn't have a casino without all the beautiful furnishings such as flowers, fountains, lights, statues etc.

Vega$: Make it Big will provide you with hours of entertainment. If you're unsure about purchasing the game because you haven't heard of the developer or you don't trust it, then brush that aside because I assure you, you will not be disappointed.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Too easy and a bit boring., April 15, 2005

By 

V. Lipnitsky "Boobylip" (San Diego) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vegas Tycoon (CD-ROM)

I have played a number of tycoon games, however this one just did not cut it for me. I like playing freemode, or as it is called in Vegas Tycoon sandbox. For my taste it is just too easy. All you have to do is build a large hotel and you are already making $3,000 a day. You do not get to customize the inside of your hotel, just the casinos, that is if you build one. And as I noticed the people do not really care about how nice your lot looks or how well the casino is layed out, they go in there anyway and spend the money. After you are making $90,000 a day after your 14th day there really is nothing more to build or to do. Very boring game.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Vegas Tycoon - Fun! Fun! Fun!, February 25, 2004

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Kimberly Nelson "kymmie" (South Elgin, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vegas Tycoon (CD-ROM)

Vegas Tycoon is a fun and addictive Sims-type game where you not only build the inside of your casino, but you also build on the outside. If you are a Roller Coaster Tycoon (RCT) fan you will find this game easy to navigate through. It is far more detailed and intensive than RTC since there are so many more options and detailed changes that can be adjusted during game play. For example, you purchase an entire lot and build either a canned pre-built casino or create your own from scratch. Then you can build themed hotels, bars, restaurants, shoppes and adult theme clubs. You can also build the inside of your own casino. You can decorate the casino to the point of changing elevation of the floors or adjusting the carpeting and wallpaper. You then add slots machines, craps tables, and a host of other tables that are available. Hire staff to help you manage your casino, even a Pit boss for comps! If you enjoy detail and creating your own Vegas world, this game is for you!!!!!