The game’s budget $30 price point allowed it to amass a solid player base, most of which were lured in by the promise of being able to play Texas Hold ’em online against other people.Īverage Single Player But Transformative Multiplayer While the game promised 500 game variations, in reality, the total number of games included sat somewhere between 100 and 200. It boasted 27 casino games in total, including craps, blackjack, slots, and money wheel, as well as a ton of different poker games: 5 Card Draw, 7 Card Stud, 7 Card High-Low, Lowball, Razz, Omaha, Omaha High-Low, pai gow poker and, of course, Texas hold ’em. The game came out at the tail end of 2004.
The game in question was Bicycle Casino, offering a ton of different casino games for players to enjoy offline or, for the first time on a home gaming console, online where they could play against other players on Xbox LIVE. Back in 2004, Leaping Lizard Software made a casino game for Xbox, licensed by Bicycle Playing Cards and published by Activision’s value branch.
