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MEGA SLOTS FOR WINDOWS (tm) =========================== SHAREWARE VERSION ***************** Copyright (c) 1996-97, All Rights Reserved Bitwise Software International, Inc. 21620 N. 19th Ave, #A-11 Phoenix, Arizona 85027 Voice: (602) 582-4468 Fax: (602) 516-8697 BBS: (602) 492-9747 Internet: JayBSI@aol.com Or: Jay@Qhost.com CIS: 72074,2677 AOL: JayBSI Our New Internet WWW Home Page: =============================== http://www.Qhost.com/bitwise/index.htm ON-LINE INTERNET ORDER FORM: =========================== Our new internet site now includes the latest versions of our games as well as an on-line SECURE order form for placing credit card orders. NEW TOLL FREE ORDER LINE: ========================= Customers in the USA can now call 1-888-83-VEGAS to order products toll free. Customers outside the USA must call the regular toll line 1-602-582-4468. COMPUSERVE REGISTRATION: ======================== CompuServe members can order this program right from CompuServe's Shareware Registration Service. Type GO SWREG and the program's CompuServe ID number is 10630. The price will be billed to your credit card directly from CompuServe and we will send you your license file once CompuServe informs us of your order. REQUIREMENTS: ============= Windows 3.1, windows compatible PC computer, windows compatible VGA display with 640x480 resolution or higher, 6 Meg RAM, 5 Meg free on hard disk. YOU MUST BE RUNNING WINDOWS IN 386 ENHANCED MODE. Do not start Windows with the /S or /R switches. See your Windows Manual for more information on startup memory modes. Recommended: Windows 95, windows compatible 486 computer running at 100Mhz+, windows compatible SVGA display with 640x480 resolution or higher, 256 colors, 16 Meg RAM, 5 Meg free on hard disk, Mouse, sound card. GAME SPEED: =========== This game has been designed to run on newer, faster computers with accelerated video cards. If you experience slow game play, you can adjust the speed to maximum by changing a few settings. You should start by setting the GAME SPEED to VERY FAST. If still too slow, TURN OFF the animation and music. If still too slow, you should TURN OFF sound effects. SOUND AND MUSIC PROBLEMS: ========================= This game has been designed to run correctly under all versions of Windows since version 3.1. However, 16 bit versions of Windows (3.1 and 3.11) have severe limitations built into the operating system with regards to background processing. This leads to poor allocation of CPU processing power between foreground and background tasks. Under 16 bit versions of Windows, this game exhibits periodic "clicking" and "short pauses" of game sound and music. While we have tried to fine tune this game to run fast and play background music and sound effects, we have been unable to make this run perfectly under Windows 3.1 and 3.11. Therefore, you might have to turn ON and OFF different combinations of animation, the various sound effects, and background music to find a balance that will allow you to enjoy this slot machine game. Windows 95 and NT users should not notice this problem as long as you have at least 16 meg of RAM and at least a 486-100 CPU. Our tests show this game to run nicely under Windows 95 on a Pentium computer. We are planning a true 32 bit version of this slot game that will run much faster and provide better music and sound capabilities. Stay tuned for its release (later this year?). BACKGROUND MUSIC PROBLEMS ========================= During testing, we noticed that certain versions of sound card drivers caused a program crash when the background music is turned ON. If you have this same problem, you need to do two things: 1) Turn OFF the background music for this program, reboot your PC, and then retry the game. 2) If game still does not work properly, contact your sound card manufacturer and see if they have released any new drivers for your sound card and version of Windows. If so, you should install them and retry the game. We recommend backing up your system before any new drivers are loaded - just in case the new drivers make things worse (it happens). INSTALLATION: ============= If you received this game as a file called MEGASLOT.ZIP, then read the rest of this paragraph. If not, skip to the next one. The file MEGASLOT.ZIP is a packed file containing the installation program SLOTLOAD.EXE. To get to that file, you will need to unzip MEGASLOT.ZIP with a program called PKUNZIP.EXE. You can download PKUNZIP.EXE from just about anywhere - our BBS, our internet site, AOL, CompuServe, Prodigy, etc.. Type PKUNZIP.EXE MEGASLOT.ZIP to unzip the file. Once unzipped, you need to run the file SLOTLOAD.EXE to start the installation process. Please continue with the next paragraph. To install this game, you need to run the installation program called SLOTLOAD.EXE. This is a self-installing file that will unpack and install all the needed files and programs. If a message appears asking you whether or not you wish to replace an existing file in the MEGASLOT directory, answer with a "Y". DO NOT USE OLD FILES WITH A NEW VERSION - FATAL ERRORS WILL RESULT. To start the game manually, run the file MEGASLOT.EXE from Windows File Manager or click on the MEGASLOT icon installed into the GAMES Program Group (or the program group you selected). NOTE: Be sure you are running Windows Version 3.1 or higher and your are running Windows in "386 Enhanced Mode" (not Standard Mode). Check your \WINDOWS directory and see if you have a WIN.BAT file. Be sure the WIN.COM or WIN command in the batch file DOES NOT include the /S switch. This causes Windows to start in Standard Mode. Be sure the command is followed by blanks or /E to insure you start in Enhanced Mode. Otherwise, this game may not operate correctly. If you cannot see the 386 Enhanced Program Item (icon = computer chip) on the Windows Control Panel, then you are not running Windows in the Enhanced Mode. Please see your Windows Users Manual for more information. Also, once you are running Windows in 386 Enhanced Mode, you should set up as large a Permanent Swap File (not Temporary) as Windows will allow. This allows Windows to use free disk space as computer memory and it will allow you to run bigger programs. This is done from Windows Control Panel with the 386 Enhanced Icon. This program was written in Visual Basic V3.0 and REQUIRES the Visual Basic V 3.0 Runtime Library file called VBRUN300.DLL (normally included). Be sure this file is located in the same directory where you loaded and unzipped MEGASLOT.EXE. NOTE: If you obtained a copy of this game from Compuserve, Ziff-Net, or any other BBS, the file VBRUN300.DLL was not included in the packed file MEGASLOT.ZIP. This was done to save download time and related costs. The file VBRUN300.DLL is available in most BBS forums -- check with your forum's Sysop or search the BBS files by name for "VBRUN" or "Visual Basic". You can also find this file on our web site or on our BBS. NOTE: Occasionally, Microsoft will release an updated VBRUN300.DLL file which will correct some bugs in their runtime modules. You should periodically compare the date/time/size of this file to the latest one available on CompuServe in the Microsoft MBASIC+ Forum. If a later one is released, please download it and place it in the MEGASLOT directory. This program will use it automatically from then on. Windows 95 Alert! ================= If you are using an S3 video board with Windows 95 and are running your computer with LARGE FONTS ON, you may experience strange problems with our games. These problems will cause certain items on the screen to NOT line up correctly. Change your system back to the normal SMALL FONTS mode. BASIC OPERATION: =============== This game program is a true windows application which can be run and controlled by you just like any other windows application. It works unders Windows 3.1, 95, and NT. When first loaded, the game will display its opening window while it initializes itself. Next the "pick a game" window will appear. You will see several slot machine games in which to choose from. Just click on one of the slot machine games to start playing it. There will be a short delay will the program loads the slot game you selected. NOTE: Registered users receive access to play ALL the slot machine games included in this program. If you are NOT a registered user, you will be able to view all the games, but you will NOT be able to play all of them until you register. Only the first slot game can be played in the shareware version. Each slot machine game works very much the same way. You deposit coins by clicking on "Insert Coins" area of the screen or by clicking the "Bet One" or "Bet Max" buttons. Once coins have been deposited, click on the "Spin" button or click on the "slot machine arm" image. The wheels will spin and hopefully you hit the jackpot. At the top of the screen is a payoffs section for the current slot game. This shows you the various combinations of symbols that payoff a return for your bet. If any of these combination show up on an active pay line, you will receive the amount smown. ACTIVE PAY LINES & 10X GAMES: ============================= An active pay line is one that has been "paid for" by depositing a coin for it. If you line up a winning combination of symbols on a payline, you will only win if you have purchased that payline. If you deposit only one coin, then you can only win if a winning combination of symbols appears on payline #1. If they show up on payline #2 and you only deposited 1 coin, you will not win. Therefore, most slot experts recommend depositing the maximum coins for each play. With some games, the first coin activates the first payoff line (normnally in the center of the wheels). The next coin will activate the second pay line, and so on... For the 10X games (example: "mega bucks" and "jump city"), depositing additional coins DOES NOT activate additional pay lines. Instead, it increases the payoffs for the game my the number of coins deposited. Example: the payoffs are doubled when 2 coins are deposited and tripled when 3 coins are deposited (and so on...) WILD SYMBOLS: ============= Wild symbols count as any symbol and the program will determine the best usage (and the highest payoff) for a wild symbol. It will always convert it into the highest paying symbol for you. Note - the wild symbol will not actually be changed on the screen - instead, the wild symbol will still exist but the program will "count it" as another symbol for payoff purposes. DOUBLE CASH SYMBOLS: ==================== Double Cash symbols are also "wild" and cause the line they are on to pay "double" the amount shown in the payoff section for the current game. GREEN MONEY BAGS: ================= The money bags symbols are NOT WILD, but do provide an interesting twist to game play. If you line up three money bags, the game will pay you a random amount. The amount could be anywhere from 15 coins up to 150 coins! MEGA BUCKS SYMBOLS: =================== Mega Buck symbols are very much like the green money bags. They are NOT WILD but do payback a random amount. However, they pay a much higher random amount depending on the current game being played. Paybacks can be as high as 500 or even a 1,000 coins! BLANK SYMBOLS: ============== Some of the slot games include blank spots on the wheels. These spots do not count as any symbol. If you line up three blanks on an active payline, you might get your some or all of your original bet back. Check the payoff section of each game to see if three blanks are a winner and how much they pay. JUMPING SYMBOLS: ================ In a slot game like "jump city", certain wild symbols can jump up or down to the center payline. Only wild symbols with an up or down arrow will jump - the other wild symbols do not move. If a wild symbol with an "up arrow" lands just below the center payline, then it will automatically be "moved up" one spot. If it lands just above the payline, it will NOT be "moved down" since its arrow is an "up arrow". If a wild symbol with a "down arrow" lands just above the center payline, then it will automatically be "moved down" one spot. If it lands just below the payline, it will NOT be moved up a spot since its arrow is a "down arrow". GAME DEFAULTS: ============== When the game starts, it will load a file called "MEGASLOT.DEF" as the default rules and other game settings. If it cannot find this file, it will use its own pre-programmed default settings. See the next section for more information regarding saving/restoring games and the default settings. SAVING & USING THE GAMES DEFAULT SETTINGS: ======================================== This game program allows you to customize and save the various options on the main menus. When any of these settings are changed, the game automatically records them into a default settings file called MEGASLOT.DEF. This allows the game to "remember" how you like to play. The next time you start this game, the settings stored in this file will automatically be used. This eliminates the need to set up all the game settings "your way" each time you want to play. If the program cannot find this file, it will automatically revert back to the pre-programmed default settings and then recreate this file with the default settings. Note: in order for this game to locate and load this file automatically, it must reside in the same directory as the game program's main file MEGASLOT.EXE. If the program cannot find this file, it will revert back to its "factory" settings and re-create this file in the program's startup directory on your hard disk. SAVING AND RESUMING A GAME =========================== This game program allows you to save and restore the last game played. This allows you to resume a saved game at a later time and not loose all the credits you have won so far. Saving and restoring games is available from the "select a slot game" window. A game is saved to a file with the extension ".SAV". The default save file name is "MEGASLOT.SAV" and this file is normally located in the same directory as the game program (MEGASLOT.EXE). To save a game, click on the FILE menu and select the SAVE option. At any time, you may resume a previously saved game by clicking on the FILE menu and selecting the RESUME GAME option. GAME SPEED: =========== The default game speed is set to the FAST setting. This game is designed to run nicely on a 486-66 computer at the default game speed. If you have a faster computer, you can slow the game down by changing the game speed to MEDIUM or SLOW. If you have a slower computer, you can increase the game speed to its fastest setting by changing the game speed to VERY FAST. Windows 3.1 users may need to experiment with different combinations of animation, sound effects, and music (turned on and off) in order for this game to run fast on their computers. SOUND EFFECTS: ============== This game provides some fun and interesting sound effects such as when the coins are being paid out and when the slot arm is "pulled". The default setting for sound effects is OFF. Some older computers may find that this causes the game to play too slowly. Turning off the sound effects will help increase game play speed on older computers. Windows 3.1 users may need to experiment with different combinations of animation, sound effects, and music (turned on and off) in order for this game to run fast on their computers. BACKGROUND MUSIC: ================= This game provides some fun and interesting background music during slot play. Various music titles will be played during game play when this option is turned on. The default setting for music is OFF. Some older computers may find that this causes the game to play too slowly. Turning off the game music will help increase game play speed on older computers. Windows 3.1 users may need to experiment with different combinations of animation, sound effects, and music (turned on and off) in order for this game to run fast on their computers. ANIMATION: ========== This game provides some fun and interesting animation of the various symbols found on the slot game wheels. When animation is turned on, some of the symbols (in a random fashion) will start to move. The default setting for animation is ON. Some older computers may find that this causes the game to play too slowly. Turning off the animation will help increase game play speed on older computers. Windows 3.1 users may need to experiment with different combinations of animation, sound effects, and music (turned on and off) in order for this game to run fast on their computers. BANK BALANCE: ============= When the game first loads, you are given a bank credit balance of 500 coins. Your bank balance is reset to the starting balance each time to start this program. As you switch from slot game to slot game, the current balance will follow you. If you run out of money, just click on the CREDITS option at the top of the window to get more money - too bad the real casinos don't provide free money!! Note: if you use the Credits option on the menu, you can select a new bank balance. If you do, this new amount will become the default starting balanace each time you start this program. REPEAT BET BUTTON: ================== After you have spun the wheels at least one time, the REPEAT button will repeat the previous bet and pull the slot handle for you. This is very much like the BET MAX button except it does NOT always deposit the maximum coins. Instead, it just deposits the same number of coins you played on the previous spin and pulls the slot handle. ANY MORE SLOT GAMES? ==================== We are planning on adding several more slot games to this program. However, that version will be for Windows 95 and Windows NT users only. We have maxed out the capabilities of Windows 3.1 with this version. To add more games, we will need to write a 32-bit only version of Mega Slots. We hope to have it ready by the summer of 97 - keep watching our web site for its release. SPECIAL THANKS ============== Some of the sounds and music were licensed by agreement with Cambium Development, Inc. in NY. Also, we would like to thank the dozen or so excellent beta testers who have taken the time to completely test and evaluate this program. Their many bug reports, suggestions, and general comments were, in no small way, of great help to us. COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS ======================== Please drop us a note with your comments or suggestions. They are always welcomed and help us improve our games in future versions. OUR OTHER SOFTWARE - ULTIMA 21 BLACKJACK FOR WINDOWS: ==================================================== Ultima 21 Blackjack is no ordinary blackjack game. It allows you to control everything! You can customize the: casino to play in, its rules, the number of decks, the number of players, the dealer at your table, the card count system, the playing strategy, what drink you would like, whos playing in the various lounges and show rooms, digital sound effects, and the list goes on and on and on! No other blackjack games has the features this one does all in one easy to use Windows game. Try it, you will really enjoy this "full casino experience". Rated 5 stars (trophy) by several independent shareware magazines. PROFESSIONAL VIDEO POKER FOR WINDOWS: ===================================== Professional Video Poker for Windows is one of our most popular casino gambling games. It is a full featured Video Poker Game for Windows with a few features you will not find anywhere else. Packed full of digital sound effects and exciting graphics, this game will get you addicted to Windows Video Poker. This game includes all the standard Video Poker features plus 50 special effects for dealing cards. You can select to have the cards "drip" into place on the screen or even "explode"! The 50 special effects will keep you entertained for months to come. Our version of Video Poker does not stop there, it also allows you to play 20 different kinds of Video Poker. The game types available include Regular and Progressive Jackpots, Dueces Wild, and Jokers Wild. Add the Double-or-Nothing feature available for each game and you now can play 28 different kinds of games! All games are available at the touch of a button and your bankroll follows you from game to game. This is truly the best video poker game available anywhere! VIDEO KENO FOR WINDOWS: ======================= This exciting gambling game is now available for all Windows 3.1 users. Complete with digitized sound effects, colorful graphics, multiple game support, random number selection, statistics tracking, save/restore games, and more... Experience the excitement of Las Vegas Keno right on your PC. VIDEO BACCARAT FOR WINDOWS: =========================== This exciting gambling game is now available for all Windows 3.1 users. Complete with digitized sound effects, colorful graphics, multiple decks, random number selection, statsitics tracking, save/restore games, and more... Experience the excitment of Las Vegas Baccarat right on your PC. CALL OUR BBS: ============= Our on-line BBS system is up and running. You can use the enclosed BSIDIAL.EXE or BSIDIAL2.EXE program to quickly call our BBS with your computer and modem. If you prefer to use your own communications software, set your modem settings to 8-N-1 and call 602-492-9747. Our BBS provides fast, up-to-date, 24 hour access to the latest versions of all our software as well as easy software ordering with a major credir card. Most orders are shipped the next business day (once we verify you credit card and address). We provide free lifetime updates via CompuServe and our BBS. You only pay for the long distance call to our BBS or connect charges incurred while on CompuServe. Just keep a copy of your license file that came with your order. The file will be named the same as this program except it has the extension ".LIC". This file unlocks the software and allows it to run in full registered mode. Using this file with all future versions insures your copy will run in registered mode (instead of shareware mode). So keep a copy on diskette for safe keeping. Order any or all of our software packages from our BBS with your credit card. Order special low-priced bundles of our games right from your PC! Your order is usually shipped the next business day. We are always working on new games and calling our BBS will let you obtain the latest version of this game as well as purchase new software. You can also find the latest versions, current pricing, and contact information by visiting out Internet Web Site located at: http://www.Qhost.com/bitwise/index.htm ANY MORE SLOT GAMES? ==================== We are planning on adding several more slot games to this program. However, that version will be for Windows 95 and Windows NT users only. We have maxed out the capabilities of Windows 3.1 with this version. To add more games, we will need to write a 32-bit only version of Mega Slots. We hope to have it ready by the summer of 97 - keep watching our web site for its release. SPECIAL THANKS ============== Some of the sounds and music were licensed by agreement with Cambium Development, Inc. in NY. Also, we would like to thank the dozen or so excellent beta testers who have taken the time to completely test and evaluate this program. Their many bug reports, suggestions, and general comments were, in no small way, of great help to us. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AUTHOR'S NOTES ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4/30/94 KNOWN PROBLEMS: =============== S3 Video Drivers: ----------------- Microsoft Visual Basic Versions 2.0 and 3.0 are not fully compatible with certain third party S3 Video Drivers (Windows Video Drivers for the S3 Graphics Chip soldered onto your accelerated video card). You may experience "out of memory or resources" problems, "Object Was Unloaded" problems, as well as other unexpected application errors while using ANY Graphic Intensive Visual Basic program with these type of S3 video drivers. These problems are NOT under the control of our program, Visual Basic, or Windows. ONLY the video driver Company can correct the problem. Please contact your video driver Company to get the latest copy of their Windows video drivers. Most Companies will update their drivers every few months to fix bugs and add enhancements. If you use the super or regular VGA Video Drivers supplied with Windows 3.1, these types of problems will most likely go away. To test your driver, install one of Microsoft's standard VGA Drivers that comes with Windows and see if your problem(s) go away. If so, then the other Company's Video Driver is the problem. Contact the driver Company and report the problem. Tell them you tested it against Microsoft's standard VGA Windows driver and it has to be their driver (since the problem went away). ======================================= POSSIBLE "OUT OF MEMORY" ERROR SOLUTION ======================================= In the January 24, 1994 issue of Info World, Brian Livingston has written in his weekly Windows column on a cure for what he calls "the most important cause of Windows instability." The instability is reflected in messages such as "Out of memory", "This application has violated system integrity", or "Application error" which happen even when plenty of memory and resources are available. It occurred to me that this may be related to some of the random problems that users are experiencing with WPWin 6.0, so I am summarizing his column here. The solution to the problem is to insert a single line into the [386 Enhanced] section of your SYSTEM.INI file, reading: MaxBPs=768 "MaxBPs" is an abbreviation for "maximum breakpoints." Breakpoints are small pieces of memory, about 10 bytes each, that Windows uses to save the state of a "virtual machine" (VM). All Windows applications run in a single VM, and each DOS session runs in its own VM. Windows applications may also create additional VMs for various reasons. Normally, Windows allocates 4K of RAM for breakpoints, which means that 358 breakpoints are set up when it starts. Windows immediately uses about 200 of these, leaving about 158 remaining. It is possible that in a long Windows sessions these could get used up, causing the strange errors described above. Setting MaxBPs to any number from 359 to 768 uses an additional 4K of RAM. The number could be set higher (up to 1,177) at the cost of yet another 4K. (please let the Author know if this "possible solution" works on your machine. That way we can track the results and relay them to other customers with similar problems. Thanks.) Windows 95 Alert! ================= If you are using an S3 video board with Windows 95 and are running your computer with LARGE FONTS ON, you may experience strange problems with our games. These problems will cause certain items on the screen to NOT line up correctly. Change your system back to the normal SMALL FONTS mode. COPYRIGHT INFORMATION ===================== This Windows casino game is protected by the copyright laws of the United States and by the copyright laws of many other countries pursuant to international treaties. Copyright (c) 1996-97, All Rights Reserved, Bitwise Software International, Inc., Phoenix, AZ, USA. No portion of the Software, documentation or examples may be copied, stored, or transmitted except as provided for by the License. Other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. TRADEMARK INFORMATION ===================== This game's trademarked name is held by Bitwise Software International, Inc. under the approval of Jay J. Falconer of Phoenix Arizona (the program's Author).