Sound effects include slot machines, people murmuring, and bets being called out by dealers. For table games, the dealers and players are represented as arms through the use of full motion video (FMV). The player begins with $10,000 to spend on the various gambling games, found throughout the Golden Nugget. Poker games include seven-card stud and Texas hold 'em, and the game features six different types of slot machines (What Luck, Eureka, Royal Flush, Treasures of the Sea, Sweet Treats, and Double Diamond). It features 16 gambling games, including baccarat, blackjack, craps, poker, pai gow poker, roulette, and video poker. Golden Nugget is set at the Golden Nugget hotel-casino in Las Vegas. It features 16 gambling games, and a story mode that includes a character portrayed by actor Adam West.
A PlayStation version, developed by Point of View, Inc., was also published by Virgin Interactive in 1997. Golden Nugget is a 1996 gambling simulation video game video game developed by Abalone Entertainment and Software Development, and published by Virgin Interactive Entertainment for Microsoft Windows.