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^Cby 
^CAnthony Oreglia
^Cand
^CJim Row

    Welcome to Vegas Night!  ^1Poker Slot Machine^0 is similar to the popular 
 poker slot machines found in gambling casinos.  One hand is dealt and you try 
 to draw to the highest hand possible to increase your winnings.  If you 
 should run out of money, you can always talk to Guido "the Loan Shark".  He 
 will be more than happy to lend you some more . . . at very reasonable rates. 


 Rank Order of Poker Hands

    Royal Flush
    Straight Flush
    Four of a Kind
    Full House
    Flush
    Straight
    Three of a Kind
    Two Pairs
    One Pair

 
 PLAYING THE GAME

    Once you have cleared the title screen (by pressing any key while it is 
 displayed), you will be asked whether or not you want sound effects.  Answer 
 "Y" or "N" appropriately.  You will then be asked if you want instructions.  
 If you answer "Y", a brief page of instructions will be displayed.  The next 
 screen displays the rank order of poker hands in this game from highest to 
 lowest.  Following this is a screen giving the payoffs for the various hands 
 based on a bet of one dollar.  Note that a pair pays one dollar per dollar 
 bet and is thus a break-even hand.  Now you are ready to play the game.

 ^1Placing a bet
     
    The game starts you off with a bank of $100.  The bet selection screen 
 displays your bank (the amount of money you currently have) and the range of 
 bets you can place based on your bank.  Enter how much you wish to bet and 
 press the "Enter" key. 

 ^1Initial Deal

    In the upper left corner of the screen is your current balance or 
 winnings; your bet is in the upper right corner.  The cards, displayed in the 
 center of the screen, are dealt and flipped through in slot machine fashion.  
 Once the cards have stabilized you may select the cards to be discarded. 
 
 ^1Discarding
   
    You can select any combination of the five cards you wish:  none, all 
 five, the first one, the second and fifth, etc.  Using the left and right 
 arrow keys, move the cursor to the card you wish to discard and press the 
 space bar.  The word "Discarded" will appear underneath the selected card.  
 Continue this procedure until you have selected all of the cards you wish to 
 discard.  If you change your mind about any of your selections, move back to 
 the card and press the space bar again.  This acts as a toggle and will 
 deselect the card.  Once you are sure about your choices (all cards with 
 "Discarded" below them will be discarded), press the "Enter" key. 

 ^1Final Deal
 
    If you have selected cards to discard, new cards are dealt.  Your final 
 hand is displayed and the screen will display how much you lost or won and 
 your new balance.  The bottom two lines of the screen list the options 
 available at this point: Play again, Change bet, Reset game, Sound off (on), 
 or Quit.  Press the first letter of the desired option.   Pressing "P" will 
 cause another hand to be dealt; i.e. the sequence Initial Deal to Final Deal 
 is repeated, keeping your current bank and bet.  "C" takes you to the bet 
 selection screen and deals another hand using your new bet while keeping your 
 current bank.  "R" starts an entirely new game beginning with the sound 
 effects prompt.  "S" toggles the sound off and on.  "Q" exits Poker Slot 
 Machine (with a prompt to confirm your desire to quit). 

 Guido the Loan Shark

     Any time you run out of money while playing the game, you will be given 
 the opportunity to obtain a loan from Guido.  Answering "Y" will give you a 
 new $100 bank.  Guido is quite generous and will continue to loan you money 
 every time you run out, if you so desire.
 
 Breaking the Bank
 
     Poker Slot Machine has a limit of approximately $32,000 of winnings.  
 Once you have surpassed that limit, you have "broken the bank".  At this 
 point you can either play a new game or quit.
 

 ^1OPTIONS FOR RUNNING POKER SLOT MACHINE

    Poker Slot Machine can be run from the DOS prompt with the following 
 options: 

    M     Starts the program in monochrome mode. Use this option if 
          you are using a composite monitor.

    C     Starts the program in color mode.  Use this option if you 
          have a color graphics adapter (CGA, VGA, EVGA, etc.).
       
    Examples:

      >poker M               - Run Poker Slot Machine in monochrome mode.
      >poker C               - Run Poker Slot Machine in color mode


    NOTE:  This program automatically detects the type of monitor being used 
           and adjusts accordingly.  However, due to the wide variety of 
           computer hardware on the market, it is possible that the detection 
           may not work properly on all systems.  This is the reason we have 
           provided the options mentioned above.
           

    To run this program outside the ^1Big Blue Disk^0 menu, type: ^1POKER^0.

 DISK FILES THIS PROGRAM USES:
^FPOKER.EXE
^FLARGCARD.DCK