- All your FAVORITE Poker games!
- 5 Card Stud + 5 Card Draw
- Texas Hold-Em + 7 Card Stud
- Omaha Hold-Em + Five & Dime
- AND MORE!!!!!!!!!!!
Product Description
Become a high roller in the winner take all world of poker. Try your hand against animated dogs and one dog wanna-be cat that will test even the toughest card players. There’s plenty of Vegas-style action, so let the betting begin. Take on more than 18 unique dogs & 1 quirky cat. Bet it all or fold? Study each character’s personality to learn their poker strengths and weaknesses. Jump into tutorial mode to learn the basics of poker…. More >>
I haven’t played the game, but it sells for $9.99 retail. Look elsewhere to buy it.
Rating: 2 / 5
Being a fan of Coolidge’s artwork and of anthropomorphic dogs/animals in general, I just had to get this game. And I’m glad I did. As a player, you get to join up to five dogs at a time in a friendly game of poker, in either the parlor, kitchen, casino, or suite. Move through the sets of easy, medium, and difficult level games that include several different variations of Poker, and then some expert ones once you’ve played 200 hands and unlocked the bonus character. You’ll be amazed at how quickly you reach 200, because it’s so addicting! Additionally, you can choose to play custom games, with any group of opponents seated any way you want, in any room you want, using any set of rules you’d like. If you’re an experienced Poker player, you can just have a blast with it, customizing every last little detail of your game. Even if you’re a newb with no clue what you’re doing and just want to learn how to play, that’s perfect too, because the game includes some very nice, simple tutorials that walk you through some basics–and when you start playing actual games, then you merely learn as you go along, which is pleasant and simple to do with a few helpful options. So it’s great fun for everyone, no matter what happens. Options include kicking players out, viewing hand rankings and opponents’ money totals, seeing the value of your current hand, setting preferences, etc. It never ends, either, since you can just play all the games as many times as you want, on and on forever, and create/delete player names as well!
Every component of the game is very well done, from catchy music to cozy settings to terrific characters. It’s pretty easy to figure out, and the game saves statistics as well. My favorite aspect is the dogs themselves, because each is a unique character with a personality (and playing style) that you get to know, and playing really feels like being right there interacting with them at the table. After this success, I’d love to see a new version with more dogs, in which you get to be one yourself, creating your own character (breed, color, and so forth.) But this game is highly recommended!
Aside from domestic dog breeds, there’s Katarina the Domestic Shorthair cat who pretends to be a dog, Mechano the robotic canine, Igor the random iguanadon who for some reason joins some of the dogs’ gatherings, and Fang the wolf. The lady dogs in the “poker club” are Petunia the white Standard Poodle, Agnes the Chinese Shar Pei, Anastasia the Dalmatian, and Shasta the Golden Retriever. The guys are Bagley the Beagle, Beauregard the Bulldog, Buffy the supposed Border Collie who actually appears as a rough Collie, Groucho the Saint Bernard, Guido the Boxer/Pug mix who pretty much seems like a Boxer, Haggis the Scottish Terrier, Junkyard the “mutt” who obviously consists of Mastiff-type dogs (it’s no surprise that “bully” breeds and others featured in the original paintings take a front seat here), Lenny the German Shepherd Dog, Roscoe the Basset Hound, Shaggy the Old English Sheepdog, Thunder the Alaskan Malamute, and Willard the Dachshund. (My personal favorites are Petunia and Willard, though I like everybody and it’s hard to choose!) Each one has his or her skill level listed (beginner, intermediate or advanced.) They do not speak aloud, but the coolness of their onscreen dialogue just about makes up for the fact that you don’t literally hear them.
I think that basically covers it–the bottom line is that “Dogs Playing Poker” is a terrific PC game, so if you happen to see it in the store, don’t pass it up–or better yet, buy it online and go have some fun with the dogs!
Rating: 5 / 5
A great concept, and lots of fun! You’ll play for hours trying to top the top dogs based on Coolidge’s famous paintings. I was given this as a gift, and within one month I had all my friends hooked. People would come over to my house to play “the dogs”. It is clever, the music is extremely catchy, and the rooms are fun. The characters are hilarious, from a cat disguised as a dog sneaking into games (consisting of shades and a sign that reads “DOG”) and a robot dog, and the details are tremendous, from a “leash tree” to a ash tray full of bones. What makes this an awesome game however is the customability – Any poker game, any stakes, any style of betting, and any wilds you want, including baseball (3’s & 9’s wild, 4 gives you a bonus card) and 5 & dime (pay for your wilds)! Highly addictive, it will sharpen your poker nose effectively, while wagging the tail of your inner-corniness. If you can’t find it here, search the internet. This is a MUST HAVE!
Rating: 5 / 5
I have played this program. It is quite unique and challenging.
Runs well on a low end system. Never crashed for me, and it works in Windows XP!
Plenty of excellent games and very nice graphics.
Funny AND fun.
Also, as per the statement here that it is 9.99 elsewhere..
Good luck finding it anywhere else.
This program was sorely under-printed.
I have found no copy anywhere else BUT online.
And, at that, I’ve seen it for upwards of $60.
Is it worth it? Yes. It most certainly is.
Rating: 5 / 5
I think that Dogs playing poker is the best animated computer game in the whole wide world.
Rating: 4 / 5