What an amazing game. I still play it from time to time with my kids. It does teach a lot of things, including a taste for gambling (and not at the pub.) When you learn to hold crystite to wait for a high price, but the pirates haven't hit yet....
I remember getting good enough at Dragon's Lair and Space Ace to pull off this rockstar demo, but then I met my match when Cliff Hanger came around the local arcade. I merely bled dollars, without getting very close to being able to beat it.