| Multimedia Celebrity Poker | |
|---|---|
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| Developer(s) | New World Computing |
| Publisher(s) | New World Computing |
| Designer(s) | Jon Van Caneghem |
| Platform(s) | Windows 3.x |
| Release | 1995 |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Multimedia Celebrity Poker is a 1995 poker video game developed and published by New World Computing. [1]
Multimedia Celebrity Poker is a simulation of the card game poker, in which the player competes with celebrities Joe Piscopo, Morgan Fairchild and Jonathan Frakes. The actors are presented via full-motion video. [2]
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| Computer Gaming World |    [3] |
| PC Gamer (US) | 58% [2] |
| Computer Game Review | 83/87/78 [1] |
| Electronic Entertainment | [4] |
Multimedia Celebrity Poker won a negative review from PC Gamer US , whose writer Michael Wolf called it "just a poker sim with a gimmick" that "wears off as quickly as the video starts repeating itself". [1] Donald St. John of Electronic Entertainment found the game "not good at all". [4] Computer Gaming World 's Alan Emrich was more positive, writing, "As a purely entertaining experience, which is clearly what New World had in mind for this product, it succeeds, but with considerable limitations." [3]
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