Location 05: The Vikki & Vance Casino

According to Wastelanders, it's the only reason to go to Primm - but the Vikki & Vance Casino only bears a passing resemblance to Whiskey Pete's, where I also spent a night. By sheer coincidence, I saw the connection after breakfast: yes, it's Vikki and Vance's getaway car!

In reality the car on display belonged to Dutch Schultz, a genuine New York gangster - and it's got the same bullet holes in the panels. A terrific find, all the more fun for being a total coincidence.

Time to leave Primm and fast travel to some further-locations, starting with Hidden Valley.

Location 04: The Bison Steve

The Bison Steve in Primm has an obvious real-world counterpart: the Buffalo Bill Hotel & Casino, which is also surrounded by a real roller coaster!

A sign this big...

I stayed here for a night and it soon became obvious the game designers had added a twist.

.... would definitely provide
inspiration to a neonworker

Inside the (huge) casino is a mock town modelled on the Old West - chowhouses, Pony Express outposts, a barber's shop and so on.

The other buildings in FNV Primm take their inspiration not from the actual town, but from the mock buildings inside the casino! 

A fun realisation amid the ultimate tackiness of the hotel (which is a pleasant place if you discount the tupperware cowboys) and at least there's a Tony Roma's inside to while away the evening.

More fun than the elevator

Primm's roller coaster is one of those ridiculous things you only see in America; I'm not into 'coasters but plenty of people were riding it. (I preferred the monorail between the casinos.)


A bit like a burger I suppose: simple, mindless fun for when you don't want to think about stuff too much - nothing too difficult about it.

About as much fun as a Deathclaw

It's not the same shape as the game version and in the game it's buckled and broken anyway, but I managed to get at least a half-good camera angle on it. Let's walk across the road to Vikki & Vance.