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- POKER PATIENCE
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-
- Poker Patience package contains these four files:
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- pp.exe - program file for MS Windows
- info.exe - says which version this package is
- orderfrm.txt - form to order full version
- readme.txt - this file
-
- The object of Poker Patience is to score as many points
- as possible by creating poker combinations from cards
- consecutively put forward by computer. The cards are placed into
- rectangular area with five columns and five rows. Once placed
- card cannot be put forward once more.
-
- The first card you can place anywhere you like, but all
- the next cards must touch at least by corner some card already
- placed. Poinst are counted in both rows and columns.
-
- You can choose from two kinds of game - normal or extended.
- Normal game ends after showing all the 25 cards down. Extended
- game consists of three parts. The first part is identical
- as normal game. Purpose of the second part is to perform a number
- of exchanges between any two cards each other to gain more
- points. In the third part you can exchange any two cards each
- other as in second part, but in addition you can use the cards
- appeared in the sixth column. That column isn't valued, but it
- can help you to gain even more points. You should perform as few
- steps as possible to realize the desired modification of cards
- layout because every exchange brings you one negative point.
-
- Maximum number of exchanges in each part of the extended game
- is twenty. Total score is a sum of points gained in each of three
- parts reduced by a total number of exchanges. The high scores
- table contains the best 300 scores. When equality of points
- occures, the shorter time decides which score is better.
-
- The time of normal game is limited at twenty minutes, the time
- of extended one at sixty minutes. But there is no reason to be
- in a hurry. Those limits are a great deal higher than time needed
- to complete the game.
-
- Values of each combination are as follows:
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- Royal Flush (A,K,Q,J,10 of the same suit) 50
- Straight Flush (five cards of the same suit in sequence) 30
- Four of a kind (four cards of the same rank) 16
- Straight (five cards in two or more suits in sequence) 12
- Full house (three cards of one rank and two cards of another) 10
- Three of a kind (three cards of the same rank) 6
- Flush (five cards of the same suit) 5
- Two pairs (two cards of one rank and two cards of another) 3
- One pair (any single pair of one rank) 1
-
- Using this game is simple. Desired type of game starts
- by click the main menu items "Normal game" or "Extended game".
- Click the part of the game board causes placing the card, that
- appears at the bottom in the middle part of the game window.
- The end of normal game becomes immediately after placing the last,
- 25th card.
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- In the extended game, after placing the last card begins
- the second part. Exchange between two cards can be done by
- the clicks both the cards. The first click marks the first card.
- The second click the second card performs the desired exchange.
- If you mistake, you can remove the marking by another click
- the first marked card. The button "2->3->" appeared under
- the place where the new cards are shown, serves for finishing
- the second and third part of the extended game.
-
- Shareware version of Poker Patience doesn't include
- the extended game and instead of 300 best scores handles only
- three. You can freely copy it, put it on your favourite
- BBS's etc. You must only observe following rules:
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- 1) Only whole Poker Patience package can be distributed.
- Poker Patience package consists of these files:
- "pp.exe", "orderfrm.txt", "readme.txt" and "info.txt".
-
- 2) Any modifications of those files are prohibited.
-
- If you enjoy this game and you want to get the full
- version of Poker Patience with the extended game, send the
- check or money to the author:
-
- Roman Cejka
- V polich 3
- 568 02 Svitavy
- CZECH REPUBLIC
-
- The cost is $15 per copy plus shipping and handling.
- For European is shipping and handling $3 for the first copy
- and $1 for each other copy. The others pays $5 for
- the first copy and $1 for each other copy. Ordering form you
- will find in the file "orderfrm.txt".
-
- Then you will get from me 5.25'' diskette with the
- last, full version of Poker Patience, licence card and many
- thanx for supporting shareware concept. As premium you will
- receive another Windows game, this once from category of logic.
-
- Its name is HEAPS and has very simple rules: On the board
- are four heaps of matches. Player on the move chooses one heap
- he likes, which he takes any number of matches from
- (at least one). Who takes the last match, lose. Your goal is to
- beat the computer. Initial number of matches in the heaps is
- random and less then nineteen.
-
- Graphic design of Heaps is in a similar style as Poker
- Patience. Difficulty of the game has four levels. On the highest,
- "Ingenious" level, you can win only if you make no bad move.
- However, initial position always allows you to win.
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-
- copyright (c) 1994 Roman Cejka