We take a look at some of the best console adaptations of the most popular casino hobbies. Poker, blackjack, roulette… all of them have notable titles on the different existing platforms.
The genres in which the video games that have been published so far can be grouped are practically infinite. Year after year, novelties continue to appear that improve and complement the catalogs of the different existing consoles. There are proposals for all audiences, some focused on satisfying the interests of what we could describe as the Big audienceand others much more specific that also try to occupy your specific market share. In the end, they are all interesting approaches in which the final result only depends on the imagination of the creators and the resources they have had access to to create the work.
In this piece we will focus on video games that we could place in the second subgroup described, that of works that seek to satisfy a potentially smaller group. We will analyze titles that are related to the most classic casino activities. A series of hobbies that, thanks to constant technological innovation and new technological tools, have been transferred to the virtual sector.
We will start with one of the most popular activities: the Poker. It is the quintessential card game, and we also find various adaptations for consoles. How could it be otherwise, many of these works focus on and squeeze the online capabilities of the machines, a differentiating factor that provides an extra compared to the “analog” practice of this game. In other words, we can play with people from all over the world from the sofa at home.
One of the most successful proposals is Pure Holdem World Poker Championship, a work published in 2015 for PlayStation 4 that offers good graphics and a large number of available options. It was published at a reduced price and can be purchased at the console Store.
A complementary option is also that of ProminencePoker 2016 for PS4, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows. The graphic section is not as neat as the previous proposal, but we find an interesting element: we will also have to compete against an enemy controlled by the console that will try to prevail in our games. It has very good acceptance by the community and is a work that is still fully valid for lovers of this activity.
It should be remembered that some of the best online casinos in Mexico also offer this type of activity on their portals, oddschecker collects them on its website with its most outstanding characteristics. It is another virtual adaptation that does not require a console for its practice.
Surely, the second best-known activity when we think of the casino Be the roulette. It also has a very recognizable iconography that has crossed the limits of popular culture. One of the best virtual adaptations is found in the play The Four Kings Casino and Slots, an online proposal that allows you to practice almost all the disciplines of a casino. It is a work that was published in 2016 for PS4, PC, Switch and Xbox One and still has a solid player base. One of the game’s strengths is that it’s free to play, that is, all you have to do is download the work and play at no added cost.
We have previously referred to poker as one of the most popular card activities in the world. The only one that can do minimally the competition is the black Jack. In relation to the console sector we also find careful adaptations. It is the case of Super Blackjack Battle II, published for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, Microsoft Windows and iOS. One of the strengths of this proposal is its magnificent aesthetic section. It is a retro format that is very reminiscent of the great classics of the 80s, such as Street Fighter or Super Mario Bros.. It was published in 2017 and will delight lovers of this pastime.
Lastly, the black Jack virtual can also be found in “minigame” format included in big budget titles, as is the case with Dead or Alive Xtreme 3released in 2016 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, macOS, Microsoft Windows, and PlayStation Vita, or Yakuza 02015, for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows, Amazon Luna and Xbox Cloud Gaming.
Many proposals, all of them interesting, which show that there is a market share for all tastes and interests. The video game sector is more alive than ever and the titles that we have described here are a tangible example of it.