- "Catch the winning fever with our non-stop gaming action. Whether you are a one-armed bandit or king of poker, our lively rocking atmosphere will leave you in awe. At the Americana Casino, winning is all of the fun."
- —Fortune City map description
The Americana Casino is a major spot in Fortune City, serving as one of the resort's exclusive hotels in Dead Rising 2 and Dead Rising 2: Off the Record. Featuring a prominent American theme, the casino also provides guest accommodations, making it the sole 3-star major hotel in Fortune City.
On the first day of the outbreak, a hungover woman named Kristin Harris is discovered in the casino's security room during the mission Lush-ious Lady.
The casino has three missions exclusive to Dead Rising 2. In the mission Workers Compensation, employees Stuart Holmes and Brittany Beck are found vandalizing the casino's slot machines. A psychopath battle unfolds during the mission Chuck the Role Model, where an unhinged protester named Brandon Whittaker takes Vikki Taylor hostage in the casino's restroom. Dean Wayne, a combat veteran, is found fighting off zombies in the casino's gift shop during the mission Shell Shocked.
In Off the Record exclusively, Bill Montagu is found gambling at slot machines in the Americana Casino during the mission Know When to Fold 'Em.
Map[]
Click on a store to go to the store page.
Locations[]
Stores[]
Store | Store number | Type | Weapon(s) | Food Magazine(s) | Clothing | Mission(s) Survivor(s) |
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Bennie Jack's BBQ Shack |
A101 | Food | Ad Board (1) Boxing Gloves (1) |
Baked Potato (4) |
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Shots & Awe |
A102 | Drink | Cash Register (4) Cushioned Tall Chair (10) |
Beer (∞) |
Casual Beachwear | |
The American Historium |
A103 | Gifts | Blue Spray Paint (5) Cash Register (1) |
American Showman Helmet American Showman Jumpsuit |
Shell Shocked |
Common areas[]
Maintenance rooms[]
Maintenance room | Location | Weapon(s) | Creates | Food Magazine(s) | Clothing |
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Maintenance Room 28 |
South of Bennie Jack's BBQ Shack | Lizard Mask (1) Fountain Firework (1) |
Fountain Lizard |
Stores[]
Store | Store number | Type | Weapon(s) | Food Magazine(s) | Clothing | Mission(s) Survivor(s) |
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Bennie Jack's BBQ Shack |
A101 | Food | Ad Board (1) Boxing Gloves (1) |
Baked Potato (4) BBQ Ribs (10) |
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Shots & Awe |
A102 | Drink | Cash Register (4) Cushioned Tall Chair (10) |
Beer (∞) |
Casual Beachwear | |
The American Historium |
A103 | Gifts | Blue Spray Paint (5) Cash Register (1) |
American Showman Helmet American Showman Jumpsuit |
Common areas[]
Maintenance rooms[]
Maintenance room | Location | Weapon(s) | Creates | Food Magazine(s) | Clothing |
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Maintenance Room 28 |
South of Bennie Jack's BBQ Shack | Lizard Mask (1) Fountain Firework (1) |
Bouncing Beauty |
Points of interest[]
- In Dead Rising 2, there is a hidden Zombrex box on a ledge above the security room. From the second floor of Bennie Jack's BBQ Shack, jump along the casino's light fixtures.
- Begin on the second floor of the BBQ Shack, on the left side of the fire pit.
- Jump to the large square yellow light hanging from the ceiling.
- Keep jumping from light to light until Chuck reaches the platform with the Zombrex, money, Bargaining 1 magazine, handgun, and giant stuffed rabbit.
- There is a "Cash Me If You Can" minigame, which involves collecting cash from a booth by repeatedly pressing /. Winning the game awards a 3,000-PP environment bonus, along with a max cash prize of $1,900.
- There is a mechanical bull minigame named "Ride the Thunder". Press the onscreen buttons before they disappear. Taming the bull awards a substantial PP award. There are three levels that award 1,000 PP, 5,000 PP, and 10,000 PP, respectively.
- On the east wall, there is a giant game of video poker named "Wild West Poker Draw!" The goal is to make the best five-card poker hand.
PP Sticker locations[]
Off the Record Prestige Point Sticker locations:
Images | Store | Location | Number[1] | |||
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From atop the hanging lamp, the top of the orange plane[2] | 1 | ||||
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The Americana Casino entrance sign near The American Historium[3] | 2 | ||||
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The top of the closed windows inside the cashier room[4] | 3 | ||||
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The top of the Cash Me If You Can booth[5] | 4 | ||||
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The American Historium | The American Historium store sign[6] | 5 | |||
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The face of a Purse Daddy slot machine facing the Platinum Strip entrance, bank of twelve machines[7] | 6 | ||||
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Behind the large pink Rock N' Roll sign[8] | 7 | ||||
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The top center monitor inside of the Lush-ious Lady security room[9] | 8 | ||||
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The Snowflake poster near the Platinum Strip entrance[10] | 9 |
Zombrex Poster locations[]
Zombrex poster locations for the achievement Improper Behavior:
Image | Map | Location description |
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Ladies' restroom (save point), just outside entrance on wall. Near the arena entrance. | ||
In Bennie Jack's BBQ Shack (A101), on the wall above a booth on the bottom floor, just to the right of the stairwell leading upstairs. |
Load screen prestige points[]
Off the Record hidden load screen prestige point bonuses:
Hint | Description | PP bonus |
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It's bull that you can get PP for free! | Ride the bull in Ride the Thunder. | See minigames. |
Silence the chattering cyclopes. | Shoot all the televisions at the bar in the center of the casino. | 250 PP each for each small television
500 PP each for each big television[Verification needed] |
Bring down the Zombrex machine! | Spray paint all of the Zombrex posters. | 1,000 PP |
It's time to break the bank, Vegas style. | Hit slot machines with a baseball bat. | 250 PP for hitting the slot machines: Cash Diet, Killer Blackjack, Reel It In, Lucky Lapdance, Sugar Daddy, Trouble with Turkeys, Barnyard Bonanza[11] |
Things are starting to heat up, frying pans that is. | Heat a frying pan on a stove. | See special prestige point bonuses |
Trivia[]
- In Off the Record, the Americana Casino is the only casino without a psychopath (excluding mercenaries), as Brandon's battle instead takes place in the Uranus Zone restroom.
- The casino contains a total of 402 slot machines, including:
- Barnyard Bonanza
- Killer Blackjack (none can be played)
- Reel It In
- Cash Diet
- Lucky Lapdance
- Sugar Daddy
- Trouble with Turkeys[12]
- The locations of all items in the casino are found in the PC game file americana_casino.txt.
Review[]
Blogger Gretchen Peregrine of Tape It or Die wrote:
Pros: Has a hometown, blue-collar American feel. Is home to "Bennie Jack's BBQ Shack", which is apparently world-famous, despite the fact that it's only a year-and-a-half old. It is also right next to the Fortune City Arena.
Cons: I spent my childhood trying to get away from blue-collared "common folk" (by which I mean my parents, among others). I refuse, 15 years later, to surround myself with them.[13]
Give a big 'Yeeeha!' for the all American hotel that's home to the world-famous 'Bennie Jack's BBQ Shack'.
No zombie pets policy - Weapon hire
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Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Dan Noel, Jeremy Chan, Dead Rising 2: Off the Record Official Strategy Guide, Brady Games, (2011). Located at the beginning of description of each area.
- ↑ missions.txt:
cItemPlacement Airplane { IsStatic = "true" ItemName = "ppsticker1000special" Location = "-352.456,2.171,-75.038" Rotation = "0.148,0.637,-0.244,0.720" cOptimalDirection Airplane1 { CamLocation = "-344.366,3.158,-72.588" OverrideRadius = "10.000" } }
- ↑ missions.txt:
cItemPlacement ArenatoAmericana { IsStatic = "true" ItemName = "ppsticker1000special" Location = "-374.857,2.905,-32.289" Rotation = "0.509,-0.503,0.492,0.503" cOptimalDirection cOptimalDirection1 { CamLocation = "-395.107,-2.931,-32.316" OverrideRadius = "12.000" } }
- ↑ missions.txt:
cItemPlacement Cashier { IsStatic = "true" ItemName = "ppsticker1000special" Location = "-302.788,-3.427,-35.499" Rotation = "0.501,0.494,-0.503,0.511" cOptimalDirection Cashier1 { CamLocation = "-286.517,-3.842,-35.598" } }
- ↑ missions.txt:
cItemPlacement CashMeifYouCan { IsStatic = "true" ItemName = "ppsticker1000special" Location = "-326.276,-2.954,-56.735" Rotation = "0.679,-0.086,0.077,0.725" cOptimalDirection CashMeifyouCan { CamLocation = "-327.527,-3.843,-50.463" } }
- ↑ missions.txt:
cItemPlacement FireworksStore { IsStatic = "true" ItemName = "ppsticker1000special" Location = "-397.103,-0.279,-39.005" Rotation = "-0.657,-0.268,0.276,-0.652" cOptimalDirection cOptimalDirection { CamLocation = "-388.650,-3.031,-30.103" } }
- ↑ missions.txt:
cItemPlacement GuitarSlotMachine { IsStatic = "true" ItemName = "ppsticker1000special" Location = "-324.458,-3.009,-11.782" Rotation = "0.617,0.354,-0.357,0.597" cOptimalDirection GuitarSlot { CamLocation = "-318.974,-3.846,-6.739" } }
- ↑ missions.txt:
cItemPlacement GuitarWall { IsStatic = "true" ItemName = "ppsticker1000special" Location = "-343.826,-0.103,-89.584" Rotation = "0.720,-0.023,0.018,0.699" cOptimalDirection GuitarWall1 { CamLocation = "-349.950,2.158,-70.299" } }
- ↑ missions.txt:
cItemPlacement securityroom { IsStatic = "true" ItemName = "ppsticker1000special" Location = "-313.859,-3.198,-74.966" Rotation = "0.065,0.701,-0.704,0.084" cOptimalDirection SecurityRoom1 { CamLocation = "-309.602,-3.843,-80.972" } }
- ↑ missions.txt:
cItemPlacement SnowflakePoster { IsStatic = "true" ItemName = "ppsticker1000special" Location = "-297.418,-3.803,-23.864" Rotation = "0.490,-0.504,0.498,0.509" cOptimalDirection SnowflakePoster1 { CamLocation = "-300.806,-3.892,-23.871" } }
- ↑ items.txt:
cPlayerWeaponItem BaseballBat ... cPrestigePointInteractionItem PPHint10 { DynamicPropName = "slot_cash_diet" EnvironmentalPPBonus = "250" EnvironmentalPPFreq = "1" InteractionType = "0" LevelName = "LEVEL_AMERICANA_CASINO" TimesToGivePP = "1" } cPrestigePointInteractionItem PPHint11 { DynamicPropName = "slot_killer_blackjack" EnvironmentalPPBonus = "250" EnvironmentalPPFreq = "1" InteractionType = "0" LevelName = "LEVEL_AMERICANA_CASINO" TimesToGivePP = "1" } cPrestigePointInteractionItem PPHint12 { DynamicPropName = "slot_reel_it_in" EnvironmentalPPBonus = "250" EnvironmentalPPFreq = "1" InteractionType = "0" LevelName = "LEVEL_AMERICANA_CASINO" TimesToGivePP = "1" } cPrestigePointInteractionItem PPHint13 { DynamicPropName = "slot_lucky_lapdance" EnvironmentalPPBonus = "250" EnvironmentalPPFreq = "1" InteractionType = "0" LevelName = "LEVEL_AMERICANA_CASINO" TimesToGivePP = "1" } cPrestigePointInteractionItem PPHint14 { DynamicPropName = "slot_sugar_daddy" EnvironmentalPPBonus = "250" EnvironmentalPPFreq = "1" InteractionType = "0" LevelName = "LEVEL_AMERICANA_CASINO" TimesToGivePP = "1" } cPrestigePointInteractionItem PPHint15 { DynamicPropName = "slot_trouble_turkeys" EnvironmentalPPBonus = "250" EnvironmentalPPFreq = "1" InteractionType = "0" LevelName = "LEVEL_AMERICANA_CASINO" TimesToGivePP = "1" } cPrestigePointInteractionItem PPHint16 { DynamicPropName = "slot_barnyard_bonanza" EnvironmentalPPBonus = "250" EnvironmentalPPFreq = "1" InteractionType = "0" LevelName = "LEVEL_AMERICANA_CASINO" TimesToGivePP = "1" }
- ↑ Originally from Mod:Data/datafile.big/americana casino.txt
- ↑ Gretchen, An Examination of Fortune City Hotels, Tape It or Die, (July 27, 2010).
- ↑ Casinos in Fortune City, Visit Fortune City. (2010).