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[[File:gold saucer.png|link=Final Fantasy VII|frame|[[Sidetracked By the Golden Saucer|Abandon all priorities]], ye who enter here.]]
 
An area in a videogame, particularly a [[Platformer]] or [[Role -Playing Game]], that is host to a number of minigames where the player can win items or cash, sometimes by [[Betting Minigame|betting money]] in a casino-like area. Most of it will probably be optional, but winning at some of the minigames may be part of the main quest, or give access to rare or important items. Often comes in the guise of a casino or theme park.
 
[[Pinball Zone]] is often, but not always, a form of this. Can lead to being [[Sidetracked by the Gold Saucer]]. Don't worry about the world-threatening catastrophe you have to stop, just [[Take Your Time]].
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* ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'' has, of course, the various casinos of New Vegas.
* [[Dead Rising 2]] might be considered a subversion and played straight at the exact same time, since it takes place in an [[Expy]] of [[Viva Las Vegas|Las Vegas]] there are several slot machines and casino games to play, the place is also crawling with zombies. Of course you could just kill the zombies and THEN play the casino games. The giant slot machine in particular can net you $100,000 out of a $1,000 bet and that's not including the terror is reality minigames where you can also win money.
* ''[[Wild ArmsARMs]]'' has their amusement park near the beginning of the game, and if you want to get valuable stat-raising items easily you'd better devote some time here before it disappears forever. They also have a gladiator-style area late in the game (a feature shared by others of the series).
 
== Simulation Games ==
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== Wide Open Sandbox ==
* The Carnival in ''[[Bully (video game)|Bully]]'' fits this trope like a glove.
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]'' Las Venturas , which makes sense since it's modeled after [[Viva Las Vegas|Las Vegas.]] Not only are there casinos with several different minigames from slots to poker, there are also places to bet on horse races and slot machines in smaller bars.
* ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]'' has several of these, and each saloon or bar contains at least one way to gamble away all your hard-earned cash.
* ''[[Shenmue]]'' Avenge my father's death? Of course! Just after I've collected all these gashapon!
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