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- TOMMY'S ROULETTE (C) COPYRIGHT 1986 BY TOMMY'S TOYS
- P. O. BOX 11261, DENVER, CO 80211 USA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
- CATALOG #86-036-1A
-
- INSTRUCTIONS:
-
- TOMMY'S ROULETTE IS EASY TO PLAY. USE THE UP AND DOWN ARROW KEYS ON THE
- NUMERIC KEY PAD TO POSITION THE HILITE ON THE KIND OF BET YOU WANT TO PLACE,
- THEN USE THE NUMERICAL KEYS ON THE TOP ROW OF THE KEYBOARD TO ENTER THE BET.
- THEN HIT THE <ENTER> KEY TO SPIN THE WHEEL. THE COMPUTER WILL AUTOMATICALLY
- POST WINNINGS TO YOUR POT.
-
- ***TO QUIT THE PROGRAM: HIT THE ESC KEY.***
-
- BETTING ON THE NUMBERS:
- TO BET ON UP TO SIX INDIVIDUAL NUMBERS, POSITION THE HILITE ON ONE OF THE 6
- LIGHTED AREAS, SELECT A NUMBER FROM 00,0,1..38, THEN POSITION TO THE ROW
- BELOW IT AND ENTER THE BET.
-
- HOUSE RULES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
-
- 1. BET LIMIT IS $999
- 2. WHEN YOU ARE IN THE HOLE (NEGATIVE POT), BET LIMIT IS $100
-
- NOTE ON ODDS:
- THE ODDS PAID ON THE VARIOUS BETS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
-
- (1) EVEN OR ODD: 1 TO 1
- (2) LOW (1-18) OR HIGH (19-36): 1 TO 1
- (3) ON THE DOZEN (1-12, 13-24, 25-36): 2 TO 1
- (4) ON A NUMBER:
- IF ONE NUMBER BET ON, 35 TO 1
- IF TWO NUMBERS BET ON, 17 TO 1
- IF THREE NUMBERS BET ON, 11 TO 1
- IF FOUR NUMBERS BET ON, 8 TO 1
- IF SIX NUMBERS BET ON, 5 TO 1
-
- IF A 0 OR A 00 COMES UP, THE HOUSE COLLECTS ALL BETS OTHER THAN ON
- (4) ABOVE.
-
- SINCE ONE OF THE TWO ZEROES SHOULD COME UP TWICE IN 38 TIMES, THE
- HOUSE'S PERCENTAGE IS 2/38 OR 5.26%.
-
- WARNING: IF YOU ATTEMPT TO BET ON FIVE NUMBERS, THE COMPUTER PENALIZES
- YOU BY GIVING YOU THE SAME ODDS AS IF YOU HAD BET ON SIX NUMBERS.
- IF YOU BET ON THE SAME NUMBER MORE THAN ONCE, THE COMPUTER GIVES YOU
- THE SAME ODDS AS IF YOU HAD BET ON DIFFERENT NUMBERS.
-
- SOUND EFFECTS TOGGLE: FUNCTION KEY F1 TOGGLES THE SOUND EFFECTS ON AND OFF.
-
- DEMO MODE: FUNCTION KEY F2 TOGGLES THE DEMO MODE. IN DEMO MODE, A
- NOMINAL BET IS ENTERED AND THE WHEEL IS SPUN BY THE COMPUTER.
-
- NOTE THAT THE LEGEND FOR FUNCTION KEY F2 INDICATES THE MODE THAT WILL
- BE ENTERED BY PRESSING THE KEY, WHICH IS THE OPPOSITE OF THE MODE
- IN EFFECT AT THE TIME.
-
- TO CHANGE THE SCREEN BORDER COLOR (COLOR MONITORS ONLY): HIT FUNCTION KEY F10.
-
- TO DISPLAY THESE INSTRUCTIONS: HIT FUNCTION KEY F5.
-
- POT FILE:
- YOUR POT IS AUTOMATICALLY SAVED AND RESTORED FROM A FILE NAMED ROULETTE.SCR,
- ALLOWING YOU TO TEST YOUR LUCK OVER SEVERAL WEEKS. IF YOU WANT TO RESET YOUR
- POT BACK TO THE INITIAL VALUE OF $100, JUST ERASE THIS FILE FROM THE DISK.
-
- TO SKIP THE STARTUP SHOW: HIT THE <ENTER> KEY TWICE INSTEAD OF ONCE WHEN
- RUNNING THE PROGRAM FROM DOS.
-
- COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS:
- S START UP WITH SOUND OFF
- M FORCE MONO DISPLAY MODE
- C FORCE COLOR DISPLAY MODE
- * SKIP THE STARTUP SHOW
-
- EXAMPLE: >ROULETTE MS
-
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- TOMMY'S TOYS, P.O. BOX 11261, DENVER, CO 80211 USA.
-
- ENJOY!
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