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- ULTIMATE POKER
- COPYRIGHT (C) 1994 ACCIDENTAL SOFTWARE
- "If it's good, it's ACCIDENTAL"
-
- NOTICE
-
- ACCIDENTAL SOFTWARE DOES NOT PROMOTE OR CONDONE USING ULTIMATE POKER
- FOR GAMBLING PURPOSES AND IS NOT LIABLE FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT OR CONSE-
- QUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF ULTIMATE POKER.
-
- 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.
-
- GAME FEATURES
-
- 1. Play POKER with 3 computer generated players.
- 2. The entire game can be played with your mouse after game sign in.
- 3. Four Poker variations can be played.
- 4. Change players at any time.
- 5. View a historical record of game hands won & lost with STATS.
- 6. Get poker help with a menu selection.
- 7. Adjust the game speed.
- 8. Change card decks.
- 9. Adjust bet size.
- 10. Sound Blaster voice pack available.
-
- 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. 540K of free RAM withour expanded memory.
-
- REGISTRATION
-
- This manual was written for the registered version of this program. To
- reduce file size and provide an incentive to purchase the complete version
- of this program, the shareware version has the following limitations.
-
- 1. Game scores and information are not saved.
- 2. No sound blaster support provided.
- 3. 4 computer players versus 8 in the registered version.
- 4. 5 and 7 card stud games are implemented, High Chicago and
- Holdem not available.
- 5. Players comments after each hand is completed are not available.
-
- The file "ORDERFRM.TXT" is provided to register this program. Registered
- users will receive a diskette (2 diskettes for the voice version) with the
- complete game. You can charge your order by calling 1-800-771-6746. The
- program can print an order form for you by selecting ORDER FORM -- PRINT
- from the CHOOSE PLAYERS menu at game sign in. Price is $10 + $3 shipping
- and handling. An additional $5 for the Voice Pack (sound blaster required).
-
- TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1-619-247-2804
-
- INSTALLATION / SET UP
-
- The game must be installed to your hard disk with the install program
- provided. All required game files are compressed to the file
- "ULTPOKER.EXE".
- GAME STARTUP
-
- Type "POKER" to run the program once it is installed on your hard disk.
-
- COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
-
- 1. SILENT, /S -- Type "POKER /S" to start the program with the Sound Blaster
- turned off.
-
- 2. NOEXTENDED, /N -- Type "Poker /N" to start the game using conventional
- memory only. This game will attempt to use expanded memory. If you have
- more than 640k of memory, insure your config.sys extended memory manager
- line reads EMM386.EXE RAM. If RAM is replace with NOEMS, the game may not
- run in expanded memory properly. Use the "/N" switch to start ULTIMATE
- POKER or change the NOEMS switch to RAM in your config.sys file. When
- using extended memory as expanded memory, less conventional RAM will be
- required to run this program.
-
- GAME SIGN IN
-
- Enter the name you will play under. Game information will be saved
- in reference to this name so that signing in with this name in the
- future will allow you to continue your last game. To continue your last
- game, sign in and choose RESUME GAME from the Choose Players menu. The
- menu selections PICK PLAYERS or QUICK SETUP are used to start the
- game with a starting purse of $2000.
-
- Move to each menu in the sign in page by using your mouse or
- the keyboard arrow keys. Push the left mouse button or the enter key
- on the keyboard to select a menu item. Basic game information is
- available in the GAME DETAILS section of CHOOSE PLAYERS and the GAME
- RULES section of CHOOSE GAMES.
-
- GENERAL GAME INFORMATION
-
- The game table is set up so that the dealer always sits to the back left,
- player #2 is back right, player #3 is front right, and you sit front left.
-
- dealer player #2
- ------------------------------
- / \
- / \
- -----------------------------------------
- your position player #3
-
- The dealer always deals to his left first. The player with the highest hand
- is given the first chance to bet (exception HOLDEM - player #2 always bets
- first). Once a bet is on the table, any subsequent player may raise (3
- raise limit.) When the pot is right, the dealer will deal the next card.
- The winner is determined by the standard priority of poker hands using
- only the best 5 cards to make a hand.
-
- GAME CONTROLS
-
- Any Microsoft compatible mouse should work with this program.
-
- The following keys are used to manipulate this program.
-
- ARROW KEYS: Use the up/down arrow keys to select your choice from
- the menu presented when it is your turn to play then press ENTER or
- drag the mouse to position the hand pointer to the desired item
- then press the LEFT mouse button.
-
- ENTER KEY: Once the hand pointer is positioned next to the menu
- choice you desire, press the ENTER key or press the LEFT mouse
- button.
-
- The dealer will show the following menus.
-
- GAME MENUS
-
- DEAL CARDS -- Starts the game
- GAMES *
- OPTIONS **
- PLAYERS/DECKS ***
- QUIT ****
-
- GAMES*
-
- 5 CARD STUD
- 7 CARD STUD
- HI CHICAGO
- HOLD EM
- RANDOM PLAY
-
- OPTIONS**
-
- MAIN MENU
- OPTIONS #2
- STATISTICS
- BET SIZE
- GAME SPEED
-
- 1. MAIN MENU: Return to the MAIN MENU.
-
- 2. OPTIONS #2: This is the entry to a second page of the options
- meun.
- OPTIONS #2
- THOUGHTS ON/OFF
- TALK ON/OFF
- SHUFFLE ON/OFF
- COMMENTS ON/OFF
-
- a. THOUGHTS ON/OFF: The default setting is ON. This will
- toggle from OFF to ON each time it is selected. You will be
- able to see the player's thoughts occasionally during game
- play. Be ware, you will be seeing only light thoughts, please
- consider the source and don't take offense.
-
- b. TALK ON/OFF: This is used for controlling the Sound Blaster
- only. If you don't have a sound blaster or you have not ordered
- the sound blaster sound pack for this game, you will not be
- able to turn this feature on. When on (default if a sound
- blaster is recognized) you will hear digitized voices that
- say the words seen in the talk balloons for each player while
- playing the game. Note: Voices are not provided for the sign
- in screen.
-
- c. SHUFFLE ON/OFF: This is used for controlling the Sound
- Blaster only. If you don't have a sound blaster or you have
- not ordered the sound blaster sound pack for this game, you
- will not be able to turn this feature on. When on (default
- if a sound blaster is recognized) you will hear digitized shuffle
- sounds when the dealer shuffles the cards and deal sounds when
- the dealer is dealing the cards.
-
- d. COMMENTS ON/OFF: This is used for controlling whether the
- comments made by the players after the hand is finished will
- be heard. If you don't have a sound blaster or you have not
- ordered the sound blaster sound pack for this game, you will
- not be able to hear digitized voices that will say the words
- seen in the talk balloons when the hand is completed. When on,
- the computer generated players will occasionally make comments
- when the hand is completed. If a mouse button or keyboard key
- is pressed immediately after a hand, a new hand will start and
- the comments will not be seen or heard. Wait approximately 3
- seconds after the hand is complete to see the comments made by
- the players. Can be turned on in the registered version of
- this program even if no sound blaster is present.
-
- NOTE: All of the above settings are saved when the game is quit.
-
- 3. STATISTICS: See this heading later in the manual for an
- explanation of this function.
-
- 4. BET SIZE: Allows you to select the amount the bets allowed
- in the game. You must select one of the choices to exit from
- the menu.
-
- 5. GAME SPEED: Allows selection of different game speeds. try
- different settings to see which you like best.
-
- PLAYERS/DECKS***
-
- MAIN MENU
- NEW DECK
- NEW DEALER
- NEW PLAYER 2
- NEW PLAYER 3
-
- 1. NEW DECK: Use this whenever you want to use a new deck to maybe
- change your luck or JUST BECAUSE. When selected -- OK will appear
- next to NEW DECK.
-
- 2. NEW DEALER, NEW PLAYER 2, and NEW PLAYER 3:
-
- The following players are available for selection. I short
- BIOGRAPHY of each may be accessed during game sign in.
-
- MARNA
- TEX
- NASTY
- LUU
- LINN
- PHIL
- GRAMPS
- BILL
-
- QUIT****
-
- QUIT GAME: Use this option to quit the game. If you make a mistake
- and don't really want to quit, you are afforded the opportunity to
- continue the game.
-
- STATISTICS
-
- This provides a quick look at the percentage of different hands
- that have historically won for a particular game. Also provided
- is a NUM SEEN column. This provides a running count of how many
- times a specific hand has been seen in this type game (historical
- record). The file that keeps track of this information is
- STATS.DAT. If you want to start collecting stats from scratch you
- can delete this file from the game directory and a new one will
- be started by the game.
-
- BET HELP
-
- This item will provide the user with some computer generated ideas
- on what the best move might be for the situation at the time. This
- help is designed to provide an initial idea of how to proceed, but
- is by no means the final answer since no intuitive processes are
- involved.
-
- MOUSE ADJUSTMENT
-
- Your mouse sensitivity can be adjusted if desired. When in the
- main poker room, push "M" on you keyboard when it is your turn
- to bet. A mouse adjustment menu will appear.
-
- USE WITH WINDOWS
-
- This product was not written specifically for windows compatibility,
- but in most cases it can be used from WINDOWS 3.1. Compatibility with
- WINDOWS is not guaranteed. To use this product from windows perform the
- following.
-
- 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 POKER".
- Command Line : "POKER.EXE"
- Working Directory: (enter the drive and directory as noted in A
- above. EXAMPLE: "d:\poker"
- 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 "\POKER.ICO"), then push the OK button.
- EXAMPLE: "d:\poker\poker.ico".
- k. You should see the POKER icon appear as the Program Item
- Properties dialogue box reappears. Push the OK button and
- you are now done.
-
- 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
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