Shell Game

Moby ID: 151066

Released: 1992 on DOS
Credits: 1 person

Moby Score: n/a

Genre: Gambling
Strategy / tactics
Perspective: 1st-person
Visual: Fixed / flip-screen
Pacing: Turn-based
Interface: Direct control

Input Devices Supported/Optional: Mouse
Number of Offline Players: 1 Player

Description

Shell Game is a simple single player version of the old street corner gambling game.

On screen are three half shells and under one is a ball. The shells are swapped around and when the swapping stops the player has to guess where the ball is. As the game progresses the shuffles become more and more complex. For every correct guess the player moves up a level, for every incorrect guess they move down a level.

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Credits (DOS version)

By	Mike Morrison

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MobyGames ID: 151066

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Game added by piltdown_man.

Game added October 23, 2020. Last modified February 22, 2023.