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Sega puts out a pair for portables

Brendan Sinclair
By Brendan Sinclair, Senior Editor

Roll the bones on the DS with Sega Casino or take a spin with a Sonic compilation on Game Boy Advance, now at retail.

Sega's offering portable players something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue today with the release of Sega Casino for the Nintendo DS and the Sonic Advance & Sonic Pinball Party Combo Pack for the Game Boy Advance.

"Something new" is covered by Sega Casino, a collection of 11 gambling standbys including Blackjack, Roulette, Craps, Baccarat, Texas Hold 'em, 7 Card Stud, Keno, Video Poker, and more. In solo play, gamers can play the free mode to unlock more games, or go through the longer-term casino mode, where they will try to turn $1,000 into a fortune and earn access to high-roller rooms. Sega Casino also supports wireless games for up to four players.

As for "old," "borrowed," and "blue," the Sonic Combo Pack conveniently wraps up those descriptors, borrowing two old games featuring the blue blur and compiling them into one package. Included in the pack are the original side-scrolling 2D Sonic debut on GBA, Sonic Advance, and the Sonic Pinball Party collection of three tables based on Sega properties like the titular hedgehog, Nights into Dreams, and Samba de Amigo.

Sega Casino is rated T for Teen, while the Sonic Advance & Sonic Pinball Party Combo Pack carries an E for Everybody. Both games retail for $29.95.

Brendan Sinclair
By Brendan Sinclair, Senior Editor

Brendan Sinclair has been a games journalist since 1999. His tastes are eclectic, though he has a definite affinity for games with arcade roots. He's Canadian, but has also been at home in Atlanta, Austin, Chicago, and San Francisco.

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s0nicfreak
s0nicfreak 5 pts

haha I thought that said pair OF portables for a split second. I was like wait wait wait whaaa?!??

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gruntyking117
gruntyking117 5 pts

Yeah well check out the 109+ Mario games.

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MegaBeau
MegaBeau 5 pts

I guess if i had nothing better to do on the DS.......

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SpeedFreak14
SpeedFreak14 5 pts

nope, now all sega are doing is making small ammounts of cash off of people buying these compilations, the latest new sonic game i heard of (for ps2 anyways) was sonic heroes.. and tht really blowed

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ewjim
ewjim 5 pts

How many Sonic games Sega made?! They want to get in book of Ginnes records?! :lol:

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DavidLoPan
DavidLoPan 5 pts

The only casino game I ever played that was any good was Vegas Stakes for the SNES, but that was an excellent game. Funny how the guys who made that went on to create Paper Mario 2...

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Alpha1972
Alpha1972 5 pts

Love a good gambling game...even though it for fake money...:P

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