A pirate’s life is rough and dangerous, and no place for a girl, but in Mac match 3 game The Adventures of Mary Ann: Lucky Pirates a young woman will take down the mightiest of pirates, both dead and alive.

There’s a lot of different things to do in this match 3 game from beating out your enemies to fighting monsters the action packed play keeps you moving along the treacherous map to your final destination Skull Island in either timed or untimed modes. Whatever your fancy, you can switch if you feel differently in mid play. The main map is the Caribbean Map and each location on that map will take you to smaller maps for different types of match 3 puzzles, mini games, treasure hunting or fighting opponents from ghosts, sea monsters to other pirates.

The match 3 game is to swap items to make 3 or more identical tokens in a horizontal or vertical row. Depending on what type of game you are playing, you will beat enemies, gain more pirates for your ship, gold, health, weapons and more if you win the game. Just remember to not let your opponent get the creepy skulls down to the bottom of the game board. Mini games can consist of navigating through murky, waters to get treasures, equipment or face your doom if you click in the wrong areas. You’ll need to go to Pirate School to get your sea legs and then venture into deeper waters to complete your quests.

In addition to the match 3 plays and their many side puzzles, you can get to a casino location and play keno, poker, wheel of fortune and slots. It’s like being on a cruise ship.

The Adventures of Mary Ann: Lucky Pirates is a game for match 3 players and casino players. It will keep you moving from one game to another, although some of the mini games may get tiring and repetitive, overall play is exciting. Even the story about poor orphaned Mary Ann swabbing decks and turning herself into a real pirate leader will peak your interest and keep you plowing forward looking for more riches, enemies and Skull Island. This is a fun and entertaining match 3 game and with everything else included in the play like the casino games, it brings life and vitality to the genre. I give this game a solid 3.5 out of 5 for a jolly good time. Lift the curse and become the leader of the pirates!

Features of The Adventures of Mary Ann: Lucky Pirates:
-Fantastic Pirate Tale
-Match 3 Fun and Mini Games
-Casino Games

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

If you can’t make it to Las Vegas and play the slots all night long, what is the next best thing? Playing Mac casino game Vegas Penny Slots, that’s what! You get 5 different slot games with 5 different themes.

You get your choice of Dragon Dollars, Golden Vault, Gallop for Gold, Kalahari Sun and Egyptian Dreams. Each one has its own theme. Dragon Dollars has an Asian theme with Yin-Yang symbols, fire-breathing dragons, Chinese characters, blossoms and more. The Gallop for Gold is a horseracing theme where the bonus game is a race and if your horse wins 1st, 2nd or 3rd place, you will get different amounts of money. The Golden Vault has an interesting bonus game with locked safes. There are 5 vault knobs at the bottom of the screen and when you click on the arrow, the spinning dial will slowly stop. If you land on the green area, you unlock the vault door. When you unlock 3 dials, you win the jackpot, but unlock 4 and get 10 times the jackpot or 5 dials to win 100 times the jackpot. They appropriately call this mini game Billion Dollar Jackpot. The Egyptian Dreams channels ancient Egypt with Cleopatra, scarabs and more. Kalahari Sun takes you to African adventures with wild animals. Each game will have its own distinct games. All have the same free games spin and will automatically roll the awarded rounds.

All 5 games have the 5 reels and they can be expanded to 6 by clicking on F6. All are your regular slot play where you click on the Spin button at the bottom right to activate the reels. To its left you will find the up and lower Bet button where you can raise or decrease your bets. To the left of those buttons you will find the Autoplay button where you can press this button once and it will spin automatically for you. To the left of that button is the Roulette and Gamble where you can lose all your winnings in a double or nothing wager.

Vegas Penny Slots is colorful, full of imaginative artwork and fun mini games. However, if you are not a slots fan, you may not agree. If you like slots, this game has 5 games in one for your money. Not bad since they are all different types of games. Slot plays are an individual preference. It does get a little boring since you do not win or lose real money. You can even play it in autoplay so you do not have to do a thing. Talk about a lazy gamer. Actually, I prefer to play auto probably because I’m not much of a gambler. It’s up to you. If you like slots go for this game with it’s authentic sounds of the real thing. It has everything most slot games have and more. I give it a 3 out of 5. Take a gamble and win the jackpot.

Features of Vegas Penny Slots:

-5 Different Games
-Fun Mini Plays
-Large Jackpots

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Princess Vita and her trusted fairy and unicorn must save the kingdom from a wicked witch who placed an evil spell over the entire realm. Seven seals of the king are missing and without those artifacts the people fell to the witch’s curse. Only the Princess and the fairy escaped notice and they are the only 2 who can release everyone from this hex. The seven seals are the powers to rule and control the kingdom. This makes it very attractive to the witch, and she also is on the look out for them in this adventure, hidden object game.

You play as the Princess traveling trails throughout the small kingdom. You go from site to site talking to the residents of the village and enter their homes to search for objects. The people and animals will ask you to perform a task or get them an item they may need in turn for a favor you are asking of them. Once you free the unicorn from his spell by getting his horseshoe for him, you can ride him instead of walking the paths. This makes it a lot faster. The map will show you where you need to go and there will be an explanation mark at a home you need to enter. Be sure to click on the doorknocker when it appears, or like me, you may crash the game. You enter the home or site of the person who needs to speak to you and find out what they are requesting. You also will play a short, easy hidden object game. After receiving your quest, you need to travel to another location to free another person from the curse and to get what they want or do whatever they asked. The map will show you where you are and where you need to be so it makes traveling the tangled passageways a lot easier.

A block in your path will be the pirates who will demand money from you to cross the bridges. There are many streams and lakes throughout the kingdom so there are a lot of bridges. Princess Vita is penniless and must make her money in casinos with slot machines to earn money and jewels. This is not difficult since you will win after a few tries.

Kingdom of the Seven Seals is a fairly simple HOG but the tasks and quests can get confusing later in the game. Also traveling, even on an unicorn, is a little trying. You click ahead of the Princess for the 2 to move to the spot, and with all the winding curves and forks in the road you will be doing a lot of clicking to get to a site. Some of the mini games also can be trying with very little explanation or reason for it. Figuring out the water filter is one of them. I use the skip button whenever possible. One great feature of this game is the fastest recharge of the hint button. The artwork and the fantasy characters are drawn quite well. That’s about the best thing I can say about this game. I thought maybe it could be a children’s game, but with all the casinos located in the village, I thought otherwise. Also the confusing aspect of some of the plays, the clicking and traveling through the town, the short HOGs are not conducive with a good game. I give it a 2.5 out of 5 for falling short in game play.

Features of Kingdom of Seven Seals:
-Fairy Tale Story
-Hidden Objects and Mini Games
-Meet Unique Fantasy Characters

Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

Get ready to hit the slots with Egyptian Dreams 4. The fourth installment in this exciting series creates the atmosphere of Las Vegas or Atlantic City without the insistent clanging noises and lingering cigarette smoke. It is at heart, a true slot machine lovers game. But that isn't all! It also has awesome minigames that allow you to go for "double or nothing" by putting all your chips in the right pile.

The game is fairly simple. The game gives you two hundred dollars to start, and you have to make as much money as possible. If you end up losing all your money, the game restarts automatically. Now, wouldn't it be great if it was like that in real life? Alas, this is not reality, but rather a game and those are the rules. All you have to do now is choose the amount you want to bet (from 2 dollars to 200 dollars) and click the SPIN button. If this is too much work for you, there is always the AUTOPLAY button, although I don't understand how it can be so hard to do the alternative. There are so many combinations of winning numbers that I was utterly lost, so I'm not able to convey the way the game is won. All I can say is click away and when it says you have won, take it and don't ask questions.

In the event that you are dissatisfied with your winning, you can always gamble it away some more! Click the GAMBLE button to try to double or quadruple your winnings. To double, choose a color (red or black) and a card is drawn. If you are correct, you can let it ride (for a chance at doubling that) or quit with your winnings. Quadrupling is essentially the same except that you choose the suit (spades, clubs, hearts, or diamonds) and have a worse chance at actually seeing a return. You can also try your hand at roulette to earn more money. Choose either odd or even to double it, or if you are feeling really lucky, choose a number to multiply your winnings by 25.

There is one other part of the game that is really the only way to make a substantial amount of money. This is when you get three pharaoh eyes and can now take part in the Pharaoh Feature. Here you choose the amount of spins you get, the multiplier and the wilds. Here the game automatically spins and you start making the money. After that, you play the Cleopatra's Spins which is essentially the same thing and is basically just really confusing (but lucrative). You then get the Cleopatra Bonus and if you are lucky, you can get a chance to play the Cash Pyramid and a chance to win 500,000 dollars!

All in all, this is a pretty solid game. I liked the whole concept of winning money, even if it is just fake money. The game allows for a certain amount of skill in the roulette and double or nothing games, but in the end, it is basically all luck. I think this is a good way to kill time or prepare for Vegas, but it really isn't a game that requires a whole lot of brain capacity. This is not a bad thing though! And for what it is, Egyptian Dreams 4 follows through. I give this game four out of five stars.

Features of Egyptian Dreams 4:
- Play 5 or 6 reel game
- Play the Puzzle of Anubis
- Bet up to $200 a game
- Win Cash Pyramid Jackpot of up to $500,000

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars