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Hotdog Hotshot Review

TV star Dick Van Doodle will invite you to join 14 top chefs in a hotly contested televised reality competition for the golden hotdog trophy in Mac sim time management game Hotdog Hotshot. This game takes place on the island of Manhattan in New York. Interesting Big Apple facts are presented in short, file card blurbs.

You will be situated in different hotdog stands (NYC is known for its famous dogs) positioned in parts of the island. To test your cooking prowess you will start with the hotdog. Click on the bun, click on the wiener, it will go on the grill and when it changes color, click twice to move it onto the bun. Click the completed hotdog and then the customer. Afterwards you click on the money to collect. If you leave the money on the counter, the flow of clients will be stalled. However, in higher levels, the money on the counter is too enticing for crooks and you may lose your profits. Also if you do not get enough customers because you didn’t collect the money, you will lose the level and have to retry to get enough money.

As the levels go up, so do your activities such as frying fries (thank goodness it’s only one click to fry and put on the tray), making burgers, onion rings, pretzels, corn and drinks. If you do not hurry, you will lose the level and your cash. This is what’s known as “fast” foods. A helpful serving method is to click on the soda or item and then click on the customers who want that food. This saves you a lot of time and effort. Of course the downside of the play is you must watch your wieners because they can burn easily and when that happens, you have to throw it out in the trash bin.

The sim time management play is deceptive. I thought the game was easy until I didn’t meet my goals and had to retry. I left the money on the counter and didn’t realize the customers were not coming in. That, in turn, made me lose my profits and the level. There are plenty of things to do as the level goes higher and it does get challenging when you must keep all your orders straight. In addition, you will be gauged on how well you stand against your 14 top chef opponents. So work fast, efficiently, and last of all have fun. I give it a 3.5 out of 5 for a fun play, neat NYC facts and a lot of funny characters.

Features of Hotdog Hotshot:
-100 Levels
-15 NYC Locations
-Over 20 Trophies

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