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- 1. INTRO
- 2. MENU
- 3. PLAYING THE GAMES
- 4. LICENCEWARE VERSION
- 5. CREDITS
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- 1. INTRO
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- You have £20,000 to gamble with at the casino. Will you get lucky and
- make a million? (Probably not, as this is only a demo)
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- In this demo version you won`t receive any winnings.
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- There are five gambling games to choose from Poker, BlackJack,
- Roulette, Craps or The Fruit Machine. You can play any game at any
- time you wish.
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- 2. MENU
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- After the game has loaded you will have the following choice:
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- A. ROULETTE
- B. CRAPS
- C. POKER
- D. BLACKJACK
- E. FRUIT MACHINE
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- Whatever game you select, except the fruit machine, you will initially
- be given the choice to bet or quit the game. Quitting will take you
- back to the main menu.
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- If you choose the fruit machine, you can start the game right away. To
- return to the main menu, click the mouse on your cash box.
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- 3. PLAYING THE GAMES
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- 3A. ROULETTE
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- First of all you will be asked to select which odds you want.
- The choice is:
- 35 TO 1
- 17 TO 1
- 11 TO 1
- 8 TO 1
- 6 TO 1
- 2 TO 1
- EVENS
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- Your choice of odds depends on which numbers you can choose to bet on.
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- 35 TO 1.
- You can choose one number only between 1 and 36.
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- 17 TO 1.
- You can choose two numbers side by side.
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- 11 TO 1.
- You can choose any horizontal row of three numbers.
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- 8 TO 1.
- You can choose a vertical row of four numbers.
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- 6 TO 1.
- You can choose a horizontal block of six numbers.
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- 2 TO 1.
- You can choose a horizontal or vertical row of twelve numbers.
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- EVENS.
- You can choose between red or black, odds or evens, highs or lows.
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- After you have established your odds, you will be asked to select your
- stake. This is the amount you want to gamble. To select your stake
- click on the +1000 or -1000 buttons, selecting quit will spin the
- table.
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- Once the roulette ball has finally stopped, the winning number will be
- displayed. If you win you will receive your winnings plus your initial
- stake.
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- 3B. CRAPS
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- In this game you gamble on the total of the two dice thrown.
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- Initially you will be asked which kind of bet you want to make. You
- have the following choice:
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- BIG SIX
- BIG EIGHT
- FIELD BET
- PASS LINE
- DONT PASS
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- BIG SIX.
- You bet a six is thrown before a seven.
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- BIG EIGHT.
- You bet an eight is thrown before a seven.
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- FIELD BET.
- If a five, six, seven or eight is thrown you lose.
- If you throw a three, four, nine, ten or eleven then you win even
- money. You win double money if you throw a two or a twelve.
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- PASS LINE.
- If you roll a seven or eleven you win.
- If you roll a two, three or twelve then you lose.
- Any other number thrown will now become your point. You will then roll
- the dice again. If you throw this number again you win. If you throw a
- seven you lose.
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- DONT PASS.
- If you roll a seven or eleven you win.
- If you roll a two, three or twelve then you lose.
- Any other number thrown will now become your point. You will then roll
- the dice again. If you throw this number again you lose. If you throw
- a seven you win.
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- 3C. POKER
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- The dealer will deal five cards for you and five for himself. The aim
- of this game is to hold the highest hand.
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- After you have been dealt your cards you have the following choice:
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- BET
- STAY
- DROP
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- DROP.
- Drop your cards and lose.
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- STAY.
- The dealer will choose between raising the stakes or calling.
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- BET.
- If you think you have a good hand you can up the stakes. Click on the
- +1000 or -1000 until you are happy with the stake, then select quit.
- The dealer will then choose between raising the stakes again or
- calling. Whatever he opts for he must pay whatever stake you choose.
- If he raises you will have the following choice:
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- RAISE
- CALL
- DROP
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- If you want to raise the stakes again just repeat the bet process. If
- you call then both players have the chance to drop whatever cards they
- don't want and select new ones. To do this, simply click on the card
- you don't want and it will turn over. Once you have selected the cards
- to drop, select ready and the dealer will give you new cards. He will
- then decide if he wants any new cards.
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- After this, you will be given the choice of betting, staying or
- dropping and another round will take place. This time though, when
- someone calls both hands are shown and the winner is decided.
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- Winning hands in order of best to worst.
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- STRAIGHT FLUSH.
- Five cards in order in the same suit.
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- FOUR OF A KIND.
- Four aces, four sevens etc.
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- FULL HOUSE.
- One pair and three of a kind.
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- FLUSH.
- Five cards of the same suit.
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- STRAIGHT.
- Five cards in numerical order but from different suits.
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- THREE OF A KIND.
- Three eights, three kings etc.
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- TWO PAIRS.
- Two threes and two tens etc.
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- ONE PAIR.
- Two fives, two nines etc.
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- If the two hands are the same then the hand with the highest value
- wins. If you have three jacks and the dealer has three nines then you
- win as jacks are higher than nines.
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- 3D. BLACKJACK
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- This game is also known as Pontoon or 21.
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- Again, you are playing against the dealer. your initial choice is to
- start or raise the stakes. Once you are happy with the stake the
- dealer will deal two cards for each player, although you will only see
- one of his cards.
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- The object of this game is to have a higher hand than the dealer
- though your hand must not go over twenty-one. If it does, you are bust
- and the dealer wins.
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- Jacks, Queens and Kings count as ten points and the Ace counts as one
- or eleven. You can choose when you receive one.
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- Once you have received your cards you can choose from the following:
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- BUY
- STICK
- TWIST
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- BUY.
- Gives you the chance to raise the stakes and receive another card.
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- STICK.
- Stay with the cards you have and let the dealer try and beat your
- score.
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- TWIST.
- Gives you another card.
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- This process repeats until you stick or bust, then it's the dealers
- turn.
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- If the dealers score is less than yours he will take more cards until
- he is either bust or beats your score.
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- At the end of the game the person nearest to twenty-one without going
- bust wins the pot. If you both have the same, then the dealer wins.
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- 3E. FRUIT MACHINE
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- This is one of the best known gambling games in the world. As you
- probably know, the game is quite simple. You spin the reels and hope
- for a win. Each spin costs 1000 pounds.
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- Your cash box is in the top right hand corner of the screen and should
- you wish to quit this game and return to the main menu then just click
- the mouse on this box.
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- To spin the reels, click on start. The reels will then spin for a few
- seconds. The following table shows the cash you can win.
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- SMILEY * 1 = 2000 SMILEY * 2 = 3000 LEMON * 3 = 5000
- SMILEY * 3 = 5000 SMILEY * 4 = 8000 LEMON * 4 = 8000
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- PLUM * 3 = 6000 CHERRY * 3 = 10000 TOMATO * 3 = 10000
- PLUM * 4 = 10000 CHERRY * 4 = 15000 TOMATO * 4 = 15000
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- APPLE * 3 = 10000 PEAR * 3 = 15000 STRAWBERRY * 3 = 15000
- APPLE * 4 = 15000 PEAR * 4 = 20000 STRAWBERRY * 4 = 20000
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- STAR * 3 = 20000 BAR * 3 = 40000 JACKPOT * 3 = 50000
- STAR * 4 = 30000 BAR * 4 = 50000 JACKPOT * 4 = 100000
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- To hold a reel, click the mouse on hold if the hold buttons are
- flashing. If you hold or you have just won then you will not be able
- to hold on the next spin. If you change your mind after holding just
- click the right mouse button on the hold you wish to change.
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- If you win, you have the choice of either collecting your winnings or
- gambling.
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- If you collect you will then go back to spinning the reels.
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- If you decide to gamble you will have a choice of three fruits, the
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- star or the bar which will be flashing on the screen. Just click on
- your choice and the next stage will begin.
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- To the right of the screen is a spinning pointer. As you will see
- there are more cherries than apples, more apples than strawberries,
- more strawberries than stars, and more stars than bars.
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- If you choose:
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- A cherry and win, your winnings will double.
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- An apple and win, your winnings will treble.
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- A strawberry and win, your winning will be multiplied by four.
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- A star and win, your winning will be multiplied by five.
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- A bar and win, your winnings will be multiplied by six.
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- If you lose then you will go back to spinning the reels.
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- If you get lucky and win then you will have the choice of collecting
- or gambling again.
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- To the bottom left of the screen is the fruit game.
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- To play this game you must get all the fruit in the following order:
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- CHERRY, STRAWBERRY, PLUM, TOMATO, APPLE, PEAR.
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- Whenever you get the next one, it will be highlighted. But if you win
- anything you will lose all the fruit and start again.
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- Once you have all the fruit, the fruit game begins. You will have
- noticed that each time you spin the reels, a dice is rolled. Now you
- must guess if the next roll will be higher, lower or the same. If your
- not sure you can always take the cash.
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- You have two chances at guessing in this game. If you are wrong twice,
- you lose. Each time you are right an arrow will move along, pointing
- to the cash you can take if you think it's too risky.
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- 4. LICENCEWARE VERSION
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- The full version includes a high score table, should you be good
- enough to get on it, which can be saved to disk.
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- Obviously, in this version any winnings will be added to your cash
- total to a maximum of £9,999,999.
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- This version can be obtained by sending £2.95 + 50p P&P to:
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- 5TH DIMENSION LICENCEWARE
- 1 LOWER MILL CLOSE
- GOLDTHORPE
- ROTHERHAM
- SOUTH YORKSHIRE
- S63 9BY
- ENGLAND
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- Tel/Fax (+44) 01709 888127
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- Website http://www.ware5d.demon.co.uk
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- 5. CREDITS
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- CODE : GORDON MILLER
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- SFX : GORDON MILLER
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- GFX : SHAUN WATTERS
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- PLAYTESTING : M.J.C.
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- G.MILLER, SCHOOLHOUSE, 3 CAVIN RD, GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, G45 9TX.
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