home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Más de 2,500 Juegos
/
CD1.iso
/
ZIPDAT
/
0890
/
0890.ZIP
/
README.TXT
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1997-09-19
|
9KB
|
208 lines
Sage Video Poker Simulator (shareware) Version 2.0
_______
____|__ | (R)
--| | |-------------------
| ____|__ | Association of
| | |_| Shareware
|__| o | Professionals
-----| | |---------------------
|___|___| MEMBER
Copyright (c) 1997 by Sage Software.
All Rights Reserved.
Sage Software
P.O. Box 7223
Huntsville, AL 35807
(205) 830-9364
About Your Sage Video Poker User's Guide
This manual is only one part of Sage Video Poker's documentation
set. The second is the Online Help system.
This manual is arranged as follows:
o "About Your Sage Video Poker User's Guide"
An overview of this manual
o "System Requirements"
A list of system requirements.
o "Installation Procedures"
Instructions for setting up Sage Video Poker Simulator on your
computer.
o "Online Help"
Instructions on how to use online Help to find information about
tasks and features.
o "Start Playing"
Instructions on how to start playing Sage Video Poker Simulator.
o "Rules of the Game"
A description of the rules of video poker.
System Requirements
The minimum software and hardware requirements your computer system needs
to run Sage Video Poker Simulator successfully are shown in the following
list.
o Windows version 3.1 or later. This program should run with all Windows
based operating systems including Windows for Workgroups, Windows NT,
and Windows 95.
o 1.2 megabyte (MB) of free disk space.
Installation Procedures
Installing Sage Video Poker Simulator on your computer is simple. To
install, follow these steps:
1. Start the Windows application and select the Program Manager.
2. Select the run entry from the File menu item.
3. Insert the Sage Video Poker Simulator disk into the disk drive.
4. Keyin the letter of the drive that you inserted the disk into followed
by ":\setup" in the command line field. For example, if the disk is in
drive "a" you would type:
a:\setup
Next, select the OK button on the dialog box. This will cause Sage
Video Poker Simulator's setup executable to start running.
5. The setup executable will display a dialog box with a default
directory specified in the field. If you want to install the files in
another directory, key it in in this field.
6. Select the Install button on the dialog box and the files will be
installed. If the specified directory does not exist, it will be
created for you.
7. If no errors have occurred during installation, a dialog box claiming
successful completion will be displayed when all files have been
copied and expanded.
If the installation was successful, a Sage program group will be created
in the Program Manager. This will contain the Sage Video Poker program
item. When you double click on this, Sage Video Poker Simulator will
begin execution.
Online Help
Sage Video Poker Simulator's Online Help can be accessed in two different
ways once it is running:
By selecting the Help entry under the Help menu item.
By selecting the F1 key from the keyboard.
The Online Help contains information that explains all aspects of this
game and describes how to use all its functionality. This should be the
user's main source of help.
Once the Help window is displayed, the buttons near the top help you find
the information you need. The Contents button displays a list of Help
topics that Sage Video Poker Simulator provides. The Search button
displays a dialog box where you specify a topic to search for. The Back
button displays the previously viewed topic. The History button displays
a chronological list of all Help topics viewed during your current game
session.
If you need to learn how to use Help, press the F1 key on the keyboard
while the Help window is open.
Start Playing
Once Sage Video Poker Simulator is installed, start the game by double
clicking the left mouse button on the Sage Video Poker program item that
was created by the setup executable. After doing this, Sage Video Poker
Simulator will begin execution by displaying the introduction screen.
This introduction will show you various poker hands and display the
types of poker hands that they represent. To stop this introduction and
go to the main video poker screen simply click the left mouse button.
Before starting to play you should set the game that you want to play.
The default game set is a Draw Poker game with a fairly standard
payout table. If you want to change the default game in any way, select
the Game Definition option under the Game menu item. This will display
the Game Definition dialog box where all parameters controlling the game
can be changed.
Once all the game parameters are set you are ready to make your first
bet to start the game. If you want to make the maximum bet, select the
BET MAX button. If you want to make a smaller bet, select the BET ONE
button once for each credit that you want to bet. When the bet is
placed, the column representing the payouts for the selected bet on the
payout table will highlight in red and the number of credits allocated
to you will be decremented by the size bet placed.
If you have made the maximum bet (5 credits) you will automatically be
dealt the first five cards. If not, select the DEAL/DRAW button.
After the initial five cards are dealt, you must determine which cards
you want to hold and which cards you want to discard. To hold a card,
select the HOLD/CANCEL button under it. The word HOLD should appear
directly above the card. If you change your mind and decide to discard
the card, select the HOLD/CANCEL button again and the word HOLD should
disappear. If you are dealt a good hand and want to hold all the cards,
you must select the HOLD/CANCEL button for each of the five cards.
Once you have selected the cards that you want to hold, select the
DEAL/DRAW button. This will cause the cards that weren`t held to be
replaced with new cards from the deck. Even if all cards are held, the
DEAL/DRAW button needs to be selected in order for your final hand to be
analyzed and paid off if necessary.
After the last cards have been dealt, the computer analyzes the final
hand to find out what, if any, payout it has earned. If it has in fact
earned a payout, the type of hand along with its payout are displayed on
the screen and your credits are incremented by the appropriate amount.
At this time the round is over and the computer awaits your next bet to
repeat the process.
Rules of the Game
The video poker machine is based on the Five Card Draw poker game. The
object of the game is to get a hand that offers the highest payout
possible. Different hand types offer different payouts. These payouts
are loosely based on the probability of getting the hand. Generally,
the rarer the hand is, the higher its payout will be. The payout table
which shows the payout for each type of hand is displayed at the top of
the video poker screen.
Here is a list of the different types of poker hands ordered from
highest to lowest:
Royal Flush - A, K, Q, J, 10 all of the same suit.
Straight Flush - Any five card sequence in the same suit.
(Ex: 8, 9, 10, J, Q and A, 2, 3, 4, 5 of same suit).
Four of a Kind - All four cards of the same index (Ex: K, K, K, K).
Full House - Three of a kind combined with a pair (Ex: A, A, A, 5, 5).
Flush - Any five cards of the same suit, but n