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Black Jack GS v1.0
by
Bob Moragues
Sigma Phi Epsilon
2005 15th St.
Troy, NY 12180
(518) 273-6418
Description:
BlackJack GS is a single player game of BlackJack for
the Apple //GS. One player plays against the dealer. I
have attempted to make this game of BlackJack as realistic
as possible.
System Requirements:
As far as I can tell, this game requires a minimum of
512K of memory. It will only run on the Apple //gs. To use
this game, launch the SYS16 file BLACKJACK from the Finder
or other Prodos 16 program launcher. This program needs to
load almost all of the Toolsets in order to operate, so a
copy of the system folder should be online. The file
BlackJack.Icn should be put in the ICONS folder, but it is
not required.
How to play the game:
BlackJack GS was designed to be very simple to use.
The program is controlled by use of pull down menus and
Apple key equivalents. Dimmed menu items indicate illegal
choices. The dealer's hand is displayed in a row at the top
of the screen while the player's hand is displayed at the
bottom.
The following is a list of the menu choices:
About... Information about the program
Rules... Displays the House Rules
Quit Quits program to Prodos
Money Allows you to change your bet
Deal Deals the next hand of BlackJack
Hit Deals one more card
Stand Player stands and the dealer plays
Split Double bet and split the pair
Double Down Double bet and deal only one more card
Reset Resets the game back to the start
Deck Lets you chose how many decks to use
How a split hand is played:
When the player chooses to split a pair, the split card
is displayed in the middle row of cards on the screen. The
player plays out the first card as if it is a normal hand.
When the player stands on that hand, he will then play the
split hand. Split hands will be re-displayed at the time of
payoff. A player may split hands infinitely.
House Rules:
The house rules for this program are modeled after the
casinos in Lake Tahoe. There are a couple of minor
alterations.
--- The dealer must hit on 16 and a Soft 17.
--- Insurance costs 1/2 the current bet.
--- You may split any pair.
--- You may double down on a total of 8,9 or 10.
--- All bets must be an increment of $2.
--- BlackJack pays 3:2
--- Insurance pays 2:1
--- A win pays 1:1
Future Enhancements:
In the future, I am contemplating adding support for
multiple players. I am also planning to add a "smart"
computer player which will play using the odds and possibly
counting cards. Future programming projects include a Video
5 Card Draw Poker simulator. Keep your eyes open for these
future releases.
MailWare:
This program is MailWare. You may distribute this
program freely. All I ask in return is that you send me
comments either by E-Mail or by U.S. mail. I am especially
interested in bug reports and suggestions. My E-mail
addresses are:
Compuserve: 70611,271
GEnie: B.MORAGUES
Arpanet: moragues#bob%e.mfenet@NMFECC.ARPA
or moragues@itsmts.rpi.edu
Copyright:
As the author, I retain all commercial rights to this
program. This program was written in TML Pascal. Certain
portions of the software are copyrighted by TML Systems Inc.