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ULTIMATE ROULETTE COPYRIGHT (C) 1994 ACCIDENTAL SOFTWARE "If it's good, it's ACCIDENTAL" NOTICE ACCIDENTAL SOFTWARE DOES NOT PROMOTE OR CONDONE USING ULTIMATE ROULETTE FOR GAMBLING PURPOSES AND IS NOT LIABLE FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT OR CONSE- QUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF ULTIMATE ROULETTE. Table of contents 1. Registration Information 2. Game features 3. System requirements 4. Installation / Set up 5. Game start up 6. Additional graphics 7. Sound Blaster Support 8. Game Play 9. Placing Bets 10. Effects 11. Simulations 12. European Wheel 13. Surrender 14. Set Chip Value 15. Quit 16. Miscellaneous 17. Use With Windows 18. Other Accidental Games To PRINT A COPY OF THIS MANUAL, you can load this file "MANUAL.TXT" into your word processor (this file is ASCII text with no embedded characters.) You can redirect the manual to your printer by typing the following at the DOS command line. "TYPE MANUAL.TXT > PRN" then push ENTER. You can push F8 while running the game. REGISTRATION INFORMATION This manual was written for the registered version of this program. In order to reduce program size for best BBS performance and save disk space for vendors as well as provide an incentive to register this program, the shareware version has the following limitations. 1. No game information is saved or recalled. 2. Some game graphics are not available. 3. Simulations are limited to 200 spins. 4. No Sound Blaster interface provided. The registered edition of this program can be ordered by calling 1-800-771-6746 with a charge to your Visa or Mastercard. You can send a check or money order to ACCIDENTAL SOFTWARE, please print an order form by pressing F9 while running the game or by loading the file "ORDERFRM.TXT" into your word processor. Discounts are available on other software, see orderfrm.txt for details. TECHNICAL INFORMATION: 1-619-247-2804 FAX: 1-619-247-6819 INTERNET REGISTRATION The registered version of this program can be purchased and received immediately on the Internet at Albert's Ambry. Registration at Albert's also eliminates shipping and handling costs. Please go to: http://www/alberts.com Search on: >>RUL14.ZIP<< Click on the "Buy It" Hotlink to register this software. GAME FEATURES 1. Play ROULETTE with up to 4 computer generated players. 2. Use your mouse to point and click throught the entire game. 3. All possible bets are available. 4. A simulations feature allows you to quickly see the results of up to 30000 simulated spins of the wheel. 5. Access a table of win/loss summaries 6. Access a table of House advantages for each bet. European wheel odds included. 7. Use surrender as an option. 8. Each bet selection shows a listing of odds and house advantage. 9. Listen to Roulette background sounds and sounds of the ball dropping if you have a sound blaster. 10. Save your game and resume it at a later time. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 1. IBM or 100% compatible computer. 2. EGA or VGA compatible display with 256K RAM on the video card. 3. Hard disk. 4. 500K of free RAM Desired equipment: 1. Mouse. 2. Sound Blaster. 3. Expanded memory for additional graphics GAME START UP/COMMAND LINE OPTIONS Type "ROULETTE" to run the program once it is installed on your hard disk. Two command line switches can be used to alter the game if desired. /S - Example usage: "ROULETTE /S". This will start the game without the sound blaster interface. Use this switch if the game locks up your computer. The problem may be with the sound blaster interface, this will run the game without the sound blaster voice and sound effects. /A - Example usage: "ROULETTE /A". This will start the game so that it runs without auxillary animation enabled. This may be necessary on some 386 computers with relatively slow processor speeds. If the roulette wheel animation is jerky, your computer may not have enough processor power to handle all animation simultaneously. If this is the case, you should use the "/A" command line switch when running this program. NOTE: with the "/A" command line switch activated, the roulette wheel video will not appear in the small TV on the upper right of your screen. This switch applies only to the registered version of the program since the shareware version is shipped without the auxillary graphics files. ADDITIONAL GRAPHICS 1. The registered version of this game contains additional graphics not available in the shareware version. Your computer must have EXPANDED memory allocated before these additional graphics can be used. The added graphics consists of a delayed motion playback of a magnified view of the roulette roulette wheel as it spins. This magnified view shows a detailed portion of the numbers on the wheel and provides an accurate representation of the the wheel and it's numbers. The small wheel shown on the screen next to the dealer provides a visual simulation of each spin, but may not always represent the actual relationship of container colors to ball placement as can be seen in the magnified view of the wheel. This view is seen in the small TV at the top right of the screen. 2. You must have at least a 386 processor an a minimum of 2 mega bytes of memory to use these graphics. The first time you run Ultimate Roulette, you will receive a message if the game CANNOT detect EXPANDED memory. If you do not receive the no EXPANDED memory detected message, your computer is set up to use the additional graphics and no system modifications are necessary. If you do receive this message, the game will function, but without the additional graphics until you modify your config.sys file to allow your extended memory to be allocated as expanded memory when needed. NOTE: This message will only appear the the FIRST time you run the registered version of this game. 3. You can use an ASCII editor to modify your config.sys file if necessary. EDIT supplied with DOS 5 or 6 is a good choice for this purpose. You need to locate your config.sys file. With your editor, find the line that contains "EMM386.EXE". EMM386.EXE may have a switch after it that reads "NOEMS". If this is the case, change "EMM386.EXE NOEMS" to read "EMM386.EXE RAM". The RAM switch allows your computer to allocate expanded memory as necessary from your extra RAM. Once this change has been made, reboot your computer and the game should now display the additional graphics. SOUND BLASTER SUPPORT The registered version of this game supports sound blaster voice and sound effects if the optional voice pack for the game is purchased. Your computer must have a Sound Blaster or 100% compatible system for the sounds to fuction. The sounds supplied with the sound pack are digitized speech for the words seen in the dealer's talk balloons, and crowd background noises. When the ball falls, the ball bouncing sound effects are also provided. NOTE: Sound blaster voice files ARE NOT available for the talk balloons occasionally seen for computer generated players. GAME PLAY 1. An initial credits screen shows with information that scrolls by, this can be bypassed by pushing any key or mouse button while the credits are rolling. 2. The game can be played by yourself or with up to 4 other "COMPUTER GENERATED" players, just follow the prompts. You can see these other player's thoughts or talk balloons if selected through the EFFECTS menu. 3. The game is disigned to use a mouse. The keyboard will be used if no mouse is present. If the keyboard is being used, the arrow keys are used to place the hand pointer and ENTER is used to select an item. The speed of the hand pointer for keyboard use can be changed to faster movement by pressing the + key or slower movement by pressing the - key. NOTE: The speed of the hand pointer is only relevant when placing bets on the large bet layout at the bottom of the screen or on the SIMULATIONS page. The hand pointer movement is initially set to the fastest speed. 4. The mouse keys and keyboard are set up as follows. a. Left mouse button. (1) Selects menu items (keyboard equivalent = ENTER.) (2) Answers "YES" to any "YES/NO" query. b. Right mouse button. (keyboard equivalent = ESCAPE) (1) Spins the wheel if in the main menu. (2) Will move the hand pointer from the big number layout for selecting bets back up to the main bet menu. (3) Answers "NO" to any "YES/NO" query. PLACING BETS 1. Choose either INSIDE BET or OUTSIDE BET from the menu. a. Select one of the bet choices that appears on the next menu. A big number layout will appear at the bottom of the screen and the hand pointer will move to the big number layout. Move the hand pointer to the bet area on which you want to place a bet. Push the left mouse button or Enter on the keyboard to select this bet. An Amount menu will appear that allows you to place 1 to 5 chips on the bet selected. b. If you need a point out of the type bets available, push the "SHOW BETS" button. A yellow maker with an "M" in the middle will point out any bet in the category chosen. c. To get back to the MAIN BET menu, you may. 1. Push ESCAPE. 2. Push the RIGHT MOUSE button. 3. Move the hand pointer towards the MAIN BET MENU. It will automatically transpose to the horizontal hand and point to the last selection you chose on the MAIN BET MENU. 2. REPEAT BET: This item is implemented as a talk icon originating from "U". If the last spin had a bet or bets placed, U will provide the user with a choice as shown below. Exception, if one or more of the previous bets was a winner and the user chose the PRESS BET option, the repeat bets talk icon will not appear. 1. REPEAT BETS OR 2. SELECT NEW a. If choice 1 is selected, the same bets that played last time will be active to play again. If choice 2 is selected, all bets are reinitialized and any new bets desired must be selected before the next spin. b. If choice 1 is selected, bets may be added to the existing bets. All bets may still be deleted entirely with the NO BETS button available on the LARGE BET LAYOUT. c. When the REPEAT BETS icon appears, one of the choices must be made before the game can continue. Choose one of the selections by moving the hand pointer to the desired line and press the left mouse button or push the number key associated with the choice desired. If choice number 1 is desired, it can also be selected by pushing the right mouse button. 3. If a previous bet was a winner and the "PRESS BETS" option was selected, those bets will play again UNLESS. a. If the "NO BETS" button is selected on the large bet layout after the PRESS BETS option, it is assumed that all bets are to be reset. In this case the money in the pressed bet(s) that represents your winnings from the previous spin is returned to you and your "purse" is readjusted. A message informing you of this is displayed on the large TV. b. If the "SIMULATIONS" menu choice is selected while a pressed bet is still active, the winning portion of the pressed bet(s) is returned to your purse as above. This prevents loss of this money when a simulation is run. EFFECTS 1. The Effects menu choice opens a sub menu with several choices. The items on this menu are all documented as the are selected. SIMULATIONS 1. The "SIMULATIONS" menu choice opens a sub menu with the following choices. WITH BETS WITHOUT BETS a. WITH BETS - This choice allows the player to select the bets he/she would like to simulate. When the player has finished placing his bets, choose "SPIN WHEEL" to start the simulation. The simulation page is entered. A history of actual spins completed during the game is first plotted (if any have occurred yet). The simulated bets will be placed for the past history of spins and the results posted. To simulate any number of additional spins of the wheel with these bets, push the SPIN SIMULATIONS button and follow the prompts. Once the simulated number of spins has completed, it is necessary to reselect the SPIN SIMULATIONS button again if another round of simulated spins is desired. If a large number of simulated spins with bets are used, the simulation can take a long time to complete. The SIMULATION can be aborted by pushing "ANY KEY". When the simula- tion page is EXITED back to the main game, the bets you selected for the simulation will still be visible on the large number layout at the bottom of the screen. These bets are not active but are still visible as a reminder of the bets that were used in the simulation. Any bets for the next spin of the wheel must be made before the SPIN WHEEL selection is chosen. b. WITHOUT BETS: - This allows use of the simulation page with out posting simulated bets. The actual bets placed so far for the game are posted and may be seen by pressing the "INSIDE" or "OUTSIDE" button on the top half of the page. NOTE: The "SIMULATIONS" menu choice on the main menu can be aborted before selecting "WITH BETS" OR "WITHOUT BETS" by pushing "ESCAPE". EUROPEAN WHEEL 1. When the European Wheel option is selected, the 00 is eliminated from the table and the Large Bet area. This effects the odds on some bets. A table of the bet odds with and without the European wheel set can be seen by selecting SIMULATIONS from the main menu. SURRENDER 1. When the Surrender option is selected, any 1 to 1 payoff wager will lose only 1/2 its bet amount if the ball lands on a green number. SET CHIP VALUE 1. When the Set Chip Value option is selected, the value of one chip can be altered from $1.00 to $100.00. This allows bets to be placed up to $500. QUIT 1. SAVING THE GAME - When the game is quit, all relevant game information and a history of up to 100 ball drops are saved. MISCELLANEOUS 1. Help - A short help screen can be accessed for either the main game or the simulations by pushing the F1 key. 2. BOSS Key - Push the "B" key during game play and the screen will blank except for a "C:\>" prompt at the top of the screen. Push the SPACE or ESCAPE Key to restore the game or push the "B" key again to exit the game. NOTE: If the BOSS key is pressed while running a simulation, the game will be exited. Game information is saved before the exit. 3. A flashing marker is placed on the winning number after the spin. This marker is the same size as a stack of 5 chips. 4. The left most player will not randomly show a talk or thought balloon. This was done so that the large TV screen is not interrupted with this talk balloon. 5. A summary of outside bets won is displayed on the big TV after each spin. 6. Yes/No answers can be selected by moving the pointer to the applicable choice with the mouse and pushing the left mouse button to select. USE WITH WINDOWS These games can be setup to run from Windows (recommended for Windows 95 users) or to run from DOS if desired. Windows 3.x may not be compatible with these programs when run through a DOS window depending on how your computer and Windows is setup. If these programs cause problems or do not run correctly under windows 3.x, run these games from DOS. WINDOWS SETUP 1. Windows 95: a. Use My Computer or Explorer to locate the folder for the game. b. Right click "ROULETTE.EXE" to create a shortcut. c. Select "Create Short Cut" from the dialog that shows. d. After the Short Cut is created by windows 95, you can click the short cut icon to play the game. 2. Windows 3.x a. Install the program normally from DOS. Make note of the drive and directory on which you installed the program. b. Start Windows. Bring up the Program Manager. NOTE: If you want to place this file into an existing Program Group, select the program group you want this program to fit into and skip to step f. c. Click on File then click New. d. Select Program Group then click the OK button. e. In Description enter "GAMBLERS", then click the OK button. f. Click File from the Program Manager, then click New. g. Select Program Item then click the OK button. h. In the Program Item Properties box enter the following. Description : "ULTIMATE ROULETTE". Command Line : "ROULETTE.EXE" Working Directory: (enter the drive and directory as noted in A above. EXAMPLE: "d:\roulette" i. Click Change Icon button then click the next OK button. j. In the File Name block enter "(drive and directory as noted in A above plus "\ROULETTE.ICO"), then push the OK button. EXAMPLE: "d:\roulette\roulette.ico". k. You should see the ROULETTE icon appear as the Program Item Properties dialogue box reappears. Push the OK button and you are now done. TROUBLE SHOOTING Memory requirements Windows 95 users should not have to be concerned with memory require- ments since Windows 95 can take care of this automatically. If you are NOT using Windows 95, the following information may apply. Most of these games require 570K of free RAM to function. If your computer has more than 1 Mega byte of RAM, the memory requirement for most games will be reduced if EXPANDED memory is enabled. Expanded memory can be made available through your config.sys file. You must have an extended memory manager (EMM386.EXE or equivalent). The command line switch "RAM" must follow EMM386.EXE. If you currently have the command line switch "NOEMS" following EMM386.EXE, you can replace "NOEMS" with "RAM" to make expanded memory available. You can determine how much free RAM is available on your system if you are running DOS 5 or 6. When your computer boots up, type the following at the command line "MEM /C" and press enter. Information will scroll by then stop. Look for the line that says "LARGEST EXECECUTABLE PROGRAM SIZE XXX K". The value in XXX is the amount of free RAM you have available to run DOS programs. If this value is below 570 K, your system can probably be optimized by loading some programs such as DOS, HARD DISK COMPRESSION, MOUSE DRIVERS, CD-ROM DRIVERS, ETC. into high memory. You may be able to run the DOS program MEMMAKER.EXE, to help you optimize your system. Refer to your DOS manual for more information. OTHER ACCIDENTAL GAMES These exciting and addictive games from Accidental Software will provide hours of entertainment and excitement. Each game has been carefully designed to provide a realistic simulation of the game it emulates. These games use keyboard or mouse and require 540K or less or Free RAM, EGA or VGA, DOS 3.1 or above, and a hard disk. Each game has Sound Blaster support. NOTE: A sound blaster or 100% compatible system is required for sound support. ULTIMATE BACCARAT Have you always wondered how to play BACCARAT but were afraid to ask? Relax and pull up a chair at this friendly baccarat table. You can play with 3 computer generated characters, or if you prefer real human companionship, you can play with up to 5 other "human" players. A Tutor is provided to take you through the game step by step. Once you have learned the game you can turn the tutor off and go it on your own. You can check the game stats of any player at the table, change game speed, set your own bet amounts, repeat your last bet, push your last win, or lay a new bet. All bets are implemented. The dealer talks you through the game. Many more features. Be prepared for the best baccarat game in town and you don't even have to learn with real money. ULTIMATE GIN Pull up a seat and get ready for a great game of GIN RUMMY with one of 8 computer players. Choose the game variation you like to play (Standard Gin or one of 2 forms of Oklahoma Gin). Hollywood scoring is an option you can choose to spice up the game. How about the game score? You can set the game score and all bonus points to the way you want them. Play up to 40 games in a match with any of the 8 players. Continue the match at a later time, or start a new match if desired. Check out the player's biographies and see which one (playing skill for each is different) you want to challenge. Set the game speed, check the score book at any time and much more. ULTIMATE BLACKJACK Enter a fully animated casino card game and gambling school where you play solo against the dealer or with any of 12 computer characters, each with a different style of play (biographies included!). Set the number of decks, change the rules to match any casino, and monitor stats as the game progresses. See how the other player's strategies and bets fare in the long run. Want more, how about this -- a simulation feature lets you test custom strategies! You can even use 2 different card counting systems. Novices will also appreciate the slick online tutor that suggests the best moves. Even more features are included, but be prepared! If you take a seat at this table you may never get up! ULTIMATE CRAPS Play craps with 3 computer generated players. Learn all possible bets and their odds. Place your bets and roll the dice. Three stats tables available to keep you appraised of your progress and help you determine which bets are working for you. Use Bet Units to system- atically increase bets or facilitate development of your own betting sytem. Virtually all major bets are available including Place, don't Place, Buy and Lay bets. Help screens are available for every major bet choice. This is the Ultimate Craps tool for learning the game and testing your strategies before using real money. ULTIMATE POKER Play poker with any 3 of 8 computer opponents. Games include 5 card stud, 7 card stud, High Chicago, and Holdem. Use your mouse to point and click your way through the entire game. Access stats to help determine the best move. Change the table stakes, and game speed. This is a great game of poker. DIGITAL DOWNS Capture the excitement of spending a day at the races. This animated horse racing simulation will keep you coming back for more. This game incor- porates an easy to use mouse interface that allows you to point and click your way through the entire game. A data base of 3000 horses in 30 stables keeps the action fresh from race to race. Win, Place, Show, Exacta, Quenelle, and Daily Double bets are available. Many more features make this the best horse racing simulation to date. ASP STATEMENT _______ ____|__ | (R) --| | | ---------------------- | ____|__ | Association of | | |_| Shareware |__| o | Professionals -----| | |------------------------- |___|___| MEMBER "This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442 or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536.