Vegas Dream

This is the first and last in a series of artwork based on Nintendo game screenshots. #1 is from a game that probably no one played (except for the step-dads who picked this up instead of Mario Bros because they thought "all them Nintendos were the same", and in an attempt to keep his kid from hating him forever he sits down and plays it to prove how much fun it really is, only to end up drowning in a pool of vodka), and certainly never owned, called Vegas Dream where you control a dwarf-hobbit-manchild who wanders around casinos losing money at keno and video poker. Kind of like Pokemon but with cash instead of adorable mutants. Wait..nope, that's Casino Kid. This game doesn't even have walking, that's how bleak this is. Clearly it was a great way for a child to learn about the emptiness of overindulgence and placing false hope in an illusory dream. Even if you win there isn't anything to spend your money on. All you have is heaps of imaginary cash that you can burn for warmth when you're sleeping in the back alley of the Circus Circus. In real life little Timmy is out 25 bucks and doesn't even get the shrimp cocktail.
On the other hand the game does have an intriguing desperation to its graphics. The dealers stand emotionless like mannequins, uncaring and distant. There is no joy in this "Dream", which is used in the broadest context. Detachment is the only currency. Maybe this was part of the old NES' fascination with dark, psychedelic fantasies in the vein of Mario 2, Little Nemo and Tetris. Who knows.
And speaking of shattered dreams, that's all I found after searching for the real "Glitter Gulch".