in 25+ years of retro gaming and sierra, i’ve never once seen someone mention Hoyle’s Book of Games
despite its small stature, it was one of the most financially lucrative sierra titles, and spawned an entire series of games.
what makes it special is that opponents are (for the most part) characters from sierra titles, each playing in a style expressive of the character’s personality. graham and rosella are friendly and not overly competitive, larry is silly and aggressive with his cards.
the dog? the dog is a real shithead.
#sierraOnline #retroGaming
We didn’t get a computer at my house until around the mid 90s, so when this game came out I would have been playing Vegas Dream on the NES instead! Looking back at it now it’s entirely probable that the NES game was a poor imitation of the Sierra game lol but I still loved it even though I was probably too young to understand all the rules