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- VGA Roulette
-
- VGA Roulette is a game program that simulates the popular betting
- game just like Las Vegas. VGA Roulette is another shareware
- program from the VGA Fun Pak collection. If you do not have the
- VGA Fun Pak, it should be available on your BBS shortly. As
- indicated by its name VGA Roulette requires a VGA Display. In
- addition, you must have a Microsoft-compatible mouse to run this
- program.
-
- ROULETTE.EXE provides a very graphic and colorful screen that looks
- like a real roulette table (except for the wheel). The screen is
- divided into six areas; (1) the Roulette Table, (2) the Command
- Lines, (3) the Clock, (4) the WHEEL, (5) the Scoreboard, and (6)
- the Message Area. The Clock displays the current time and is for
- information only (can't miss lunch). All bets and commands are
- entered using the mouse. There are no complicated meanings to the
- mouse buttons as in some programs, any or all buttons simply mean
- SELECT. Bets or commands can be selected by pointing to the bet
- location or command and pressing any or all of the mouse buttons.
-
- INSTALLATION
-
- There are two ways to install and use VGA Roulette. It will work
- stand-alone by just copying the ROULETTE.EXE program to an
- appropriate disk or directory. The ZIP file that ROULETTE.EXE was
- distributed in also contains a file called ROULETTE.INS. This will
- install the program in the VGA Fun Pak (VFP) menu system. Just
- type VFPMENU [Enter], select the install option and follow the
- instructions in the VGA Fun Pak manual.
-
- STARTING ROULETTE.EXE
-
- VGA Roulette is started by typing ROULETTE[.EXE] or by selecting
- "VGA Roulette" from the VFP menu. When the program starts you may
- or may not see the shareware message first (see SHAREWARE below.)
- The screen will then be drawn and the message area will display a
- prompt for your initials. Enter your initials carefully as the
- program maintains a running account of your financial status in the
- ROULETTE.DAT file, along with a password to protect your stake.
- After entering your initials, the program looks in the ROULETTE.DAT
- file to see if you have played before. If your initials are found,
- the program will prompt for your password. DON'T FORGET YOUR
- PASSWORD OR YOUR FINANCIAL ACCOUNT WILL BE LOST! If your initials
- are not found, you are prompted to check to see that you entered
- the initials correctly before being asked for your password. After
- entering your password correctly, you may proceed to play Roulette.
- You are given three chances to get your password correct. After
- three tries, the program terminates.PLACING BETS
-
- Placing bets involves three areas of the screen: the Roulette
- Table, the Command Area, and the Scoreboard. Bets may be placed
- on the table in three denominations: $100, $250 and $500. These
- are represented by betting chips and are selected by pointing at
- the desired denomination on the second command line and selecting
- (by pressing a mouse button) it. The scoreboard always displays
- the currently selected chip in the lower righthand corner next to
- the WHEEL.
-
- You may place up to 20 bets on the board. Bet locations are
- designated by colored circles on the table, and all standard
- Roulette bets are indicated on the board. Multiple bets at a
- single location may be placed by holding the mouse button down.
- Bets are paced at about 5 bets per second, so that with a little
- practice, you can place your bets quickly. After you have placed
- you 20th bet the WHEEL begins to spin automatically. If you wish
- to make fewer than 20 bets, just select the NO MORE BETS option on
- the first command line. The WHEEL will "spin" and the computer
- will award any payoffs. To simplify matters, the computer reduces
- your stake as you make bets, and pays off at the appropriate odds
- plus your original bet. Thus a winning $100 bet on the number 12
- would pay $3,600 (35:1 odds plus your bet.) Current bet amounts
- and totals are displayed on the Scoreboard. VGA Roulette will
- display your bets and the MARKER (designating the winning number)
- until you select the first command line, PRESS MOUSE TO CONTINUE,
- which has replaced the NO MORE BETS option. This provides you time
- to evaluate your bets and how you won (or lost).
-
- COMMANDS
-
- There are three other commands, QUIT, SOUND ON (OFF) and ODDS
- displayed on the second command line. QUIT is the way you exit the
- game. If you select QUIT you are prompted in the message area to
- validate the selection. Just select the YES option to exit or the
- NO option to continue to play.
-
- SOUND ON (OFF) is a toggle that displays the current status of
- sound either on or off. Selecting this command when sound is on
- will turn sound off and vice versa. In addition to the visual
- verification, toggling SOUND ON also provide an audible beep. The
- ODDS command displays a window with the odds and colors that
- represent the specific bets. This is sort of a help key to assist
- those less familiar with playing Roulette. As you can tell this
- manual is not an instruction book for the game itself. If you are
- new to Roulette, I suggest that you write a casino in Las Vegas,
- Reno or Lake Tahoe for instructions. Casinos generally supply
- rules to all their games free of charge.
-
- SCOREBOARD
-
- The Scoreboard displays information about your financial condition.
- When you first start to play, the HOUSE gives you a $25,000 stake
- as a VIP to play with. After that is gone, you are issued MARKERS
- in amounts of $10,000. Winning $1,000,000 breaks the BANK and
- reduces your stake to the original $25,000. Losing $1,000,000 will
- cause you to bankrupt and your markers are written off. You may
- continue to play on a fresh $25,000.
-
- The top line of the Scoreboard displays your current status (STAKE,
- WON/(LOST) this session, total bets and MARKERS. The second line
- indicate the status of the current bet including number of bets,
- bet amount, winning number, and winning amount.
-
- SHAREWARE
-
- VGA Roulette (ROULETTE.EXE) is distributed as Shareware, with a
- free 30-day trial period. If the program is useful and you
- continue to use the program after the initial trial, you are
- requested to send $15 to:
-
-
- J. Stephen Shattuck, Jr.
- JSSJ Software
- 5289 N. Lake Drive
- Whitefish Bay, WI 53217
-
-
- When you register VGA Roulette, you will receive instructions on
- how to remove the shareware message. After 25 days you will begin
- to get warnings that your 30-day free trial is almost up. After
- 30 days, VGA Roulette will delete itself from you disk.
-
- Feel free to comment on the VGA Roulette and make suggestion for
- it's improvements.