Stanford Wong Video Poker

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Stanford Wong Video Poker
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Developer(s) Villa Crespo Software
Publisher(s) Villa Crespo Software
Release1990

Stanford Wong Video Poker is a 1990 video game published by Villa Crespo Software.

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Gameplay

Stanford Wong Video Poker is a game in which the best possibilities and probabilities are shown for video poker. [1]

Reception

Michael S. Lasky reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World , and stated that "Villa Crespo Software has done it again: found a way to make better gamblers out of all of us, while we have fun learning just how to accomplish this seeming impossible feat." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Lasky, Michael S. (March 1992). "When Making a "Wong" Move Is Right: Villa Crespo's Stanford Wong Video Poker". Computer Gaming World. Vol. 1, no. 92. p. 33.
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