Vegas Dream (NES)

Vegas Dream

Platform: NES Year: 1988 Developer: HAL Laboratory, Inc. Buy: Amazon

Vegas Dream is one of the better casino games released for the NES. It features four casino staples: blackjack, roulette, keno, and a slot machine along with plenty more unusual forms of gambling. Occasionally you’ll be challenged by a high roller, there are also a couple minor scenes that happen every now and then where you can try you luck. Sometimes people ask to be lent money, sometimes you can buy stocks, sometimes you go to shows, etc. You can even get married in the game, though it's irrelevant to your success. Oddly enough, the Japanese version of the game (called Viva! Las Vegas) is completely in English, however, there is a test option even on the NES version that will let you see all the messages in the game in Japanese.

The game takes place in the nonexistent HAL Laboratory Casino (Epic Palace in the Japanese version). Like most gambling games, the objective is to get a ton of money. In this game, the player must obtain $1,000,000 to beat the game. A password system allows you to save your progress and keep your winnings until the next time you play although if you switch the password's 17th and 18th characters around, the game will instantly give you 1,000,000. The slot machine appears to yield and overall positive gain over time, so it’s possible just to play it forever and beat the game. However, its tiny maximum bet of $300 makes it unfeasible. The other games don’t have a maximum bet, so you can make a killing on a single round.

Screenshots

The title screen. Playing black jack.

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Music

The music is upbeat and up-tempo which keeps the game feeling light and fun. The tunes begin to drag on you after a couple hours of play, so thankfully, each game and section of the casino has its own unique anthem.

Kazuo Sawa created the sound driver in 6502 assembly which allowed Kuni Kawachi to compose the music in a form of Music Macro Language.

Recording

#	Title	Composer	Programmer	Length	Listen	Download
01	Title	Kuni Kawachi	Kazuo Sawa	1:12		Download
02	Blackjack	Kuni Kawachi	Kazuo Sawa	1:30		Download
03	Roulette	Kuni Kawachi	Kazuo Sawa	1:23		Download
04	Slot Machine	Kuni Kawachi	Kazuo Sawa	1:20		Download
05	Keno	Kuni Kawachi	Kazuo Sawa	1:52		Download
06	Got a Blackjack	Kuni Kawachi	Kazuo Sawa	0:04		Download
07	Lounge	Kuni Kawachi	Kazuo Sawa	0:51		Download
08	News	Kuni Kawachi	Kazuo Sawa	0:58		Download
09	Show	Kuni Kawachi	Kazuo Sawa	0:12		Download
10	Challenger	Kuni Kawachi	Kazuo Sawa	3:09		Download
11	Wedding	Kuni Kawachi	Kazuo Sawa	0:09		Download
12	Game Over	Kuni Kawachi	Kazuo Sawa	0:12		Download
13	You Win!	Kuni Kawachi	Kazuo Sawa	0:06		Download
14	Congratulations!	Kuni Kawachi	Kazuo Sawa	0:29		Download
15	Pool	Kuni Kawachi	Kazuo Sawa	3:09		Download
16	Credits	Kuni Kawachi	Kazuo Sawa	0:58		Download

Credits

• Ripper: Gil_Galad
• Recorder: Doommaster1994
• Game Credits:
  • Music Composer: Kuni Kawachi
  • Sound Effects: Kazuo Sawa credited as K. Sawa
• Manual Credits:
  • Sound: Kuni Kawachi

(Sources: 1, 2, Japan Manual)

Game Rip

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Ripping NES music is a very arduous process that is beyond the scope of this site.

Releases

Japan Title: ビバ・ラス・ベガス (Viva Las Vegas) Platform: Famicom Released: 1988-09-30 Publisher: Epic/Sony Inc.     USA Title: Vegas Dream Platform: NES Released: 1990-03-?? Publisher: HAL America Inc.

Links

• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegas_Dream - Wikipedia.