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- *** ULTIMA 21 DELUXE ***
-
- Thank you for your interest in ULTIMA 21 DELUXE. I wish to express my
- sincere thanks to the honest shareware users for their registrations.
- Without them, products like ULTIMA DELUXE 21 could not be offered under
- the shareware concept.
-
- ULTIMA 21 DELUXE was written in "PROMAL" which is a licensed compiler
- from SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES, INC. RALEIGH, NC. Anyone looking
- for a "C" like language with a much faster learning time and with
- super speed, I highly recommend this little known system from SMA.
-
- This blackjack simulation game requires a 100% IBM compatible PC,
- XT, AT, (286) or 386 with at least 256K memory, a color or
- monochrome monitor and DOS 2.1+. A joystick is not used.
-
- To start the program, type "ULTIMA21" and press return while the
- diskette is in drive A:. To load to a hard disk, simply copy
- the files ULTIMA21.EXE and ULTIMA21.DOC to it and run it as normal
- from the hard disk.
-
- This is a shareware program and you may distribute it to your friends.
- Under no circumstances may you sell, disassemble, reverse compile,
- or modify the program in any way from its original form without the
- expressed written concent of the Author. This documentation file must
- accompany all copies of the program ULTIMA21.EXE.
-
- If you like the program and find it of use, please send a $20.00
- registration fee to me, the Author, at my address below:
-
- JAY J. FALCONER
- 901 W. Hononegh Drive
- Phoenix, AZ 85027
- (602) 279-4656
-
- Registration entitles you to 1 free update of the program when
- a new version is available and will place you on the mailing list
- for notification of other products and additional ULTIMA 21 releases.
-
- ULTIMA 21 DELUXE makes extensive use of direct memory access for super
- fast screen display and will not work properly with most memory resident
- programs like SIDEKICK from BORLAND. Be sure no memory resident programs
- are present when running any of my products.
-
- If you are using a hercules compatible monochrome graphics card, then
- this program will think your monitor is a color monitor. When this
- happens, full color will be sent to your display and your monitor
- will not be able to show everything. If this happens, you need
- to use the DOS "MODE" command to tell the graphics card to work in
- black and white mode. The command is "MODE BW80" and please read
- your DOS manual for more information.
-
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-
- NEW VERSION: 1.2 JUNE 1988
- This version has some minor changes to the program documentation
- and has been enhanced to run on monochrome system as well as on
- color. The program has beed redisigned to use less memory than
- before. However, you still need 256K of memory on board. The speed
- of the screens and operations have been enhanced and the game
- playing option keys have been made "active" from more areas of
- the game.
-
- NEW COMMAND:
-
- Keyboard Usage: When you see the symbol ALT_S, this means
- pressing the alternate key down and hold it while pressing
- the S key. This is true for all ALT keyboard usage in this
- game.
-
- <ALT_S> command allows you to change the speed of the
- game. Speed commands range from slow to fast and have different
- settings for PC, XT, AT, and 386 CPU's. Please see the screen
- shown when <ALT_S> is pressed for more information about the new
- command. When a valid speed command is entered on the program
- command line at startup, the program will load and run at that speed.
- Example: ULTIMA21 PC will load the game and run at speed designed
- for the slower PC processor speed.
-
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-
- NEW VERSION: 2.0 JULY 1988
- Game title has been changed to "ULTIMA 21 DELUXE" with the addition
- of many new and exciting features.
-
- NEW FEATURES:
- <F8> key has two new options. You may now select whether or not
- the Dealer's "hole card" is dealt face up or down. Also,
- you may select whether the Dealer wins on "push" hands.
- Initially, the system will deal the hole card face down
- and push hands are a "draw" (no winner/loser).
-
- Automatic deck integrity check and display. When the game
- begins or when the number of decks in play changes, the
- dealer will check the deck(s) to be sure they are complete.
- As they are checked, the cards will be shown to you on the
- screen. This insures an honest playing deck.
-
- <F2> key now displays a Rules and Features Information Menu for
- easy look up of playing options and casinos rules. The menu
- will pop up and allow you to select the topic for more
- information by moving the highlight bar or by selecting the
- option's menu choice letter/number.
-
- <ALT_B> command will allow you to change the table stakes. You
- may change/set the minimum bet and maximum bet per hand.
- Initially, the system sets the minimum and maximum at $1.00
- and $9,999.99 respectively. You may set either or both of
- the bet limits before any hand and can be any value between
- 1 and $9,999.99.
-
- <ALT_C> command will show you the current card count statistics
- for cards dealt and remaining and the count reflects the
- number of decks in play. Great for all you card counters.
- This shows the number of cards and suits dealt as well as
- the number of cards dealt and remaining. Also, the popular
- hi/low count is shown as well as other count range statistics.
-
- <ALT_D> command will allow you to choose from 1 to 6 decks in
- play. This may be changed at the start of any new hand.
- Initially, the game is played with one deck of 52 cards.
-
- <ALT_M> command will show you the current memory statistics for
- your PC's conventional memory. Helpful in checking how much
- memory is used by ULTIMA 21 DELUXE and available for other
- uses. Adding the DOS usage and ULTIMA 21 DELUXE usage will
- give you the minimum free memory needed to run this game.
-
- <ALT_P> command will let you "peek" at the next few cards to be
- dealt from the deck. Great for all you ESP players.
-
- <ALT_R> command will let you request the dealer to RESHUFFLE
- the deck. Could be used to reshuffle the deck after each
- hand if so desired. This command is only available at the
- start of each hand. Normally, the dealer shuffles the deck
- at about 2/3's of the way through.
-
- <ALT_X> command will allow you to turn on/off the "fixed dealer's
- cards" option. When on, you select the 2 cards the dealer
- is initially dealt each hand. This is perfect for creating
- or testing playing strategies. While on, the dealer always
- starts the hand with the same two cards. This will slightly
- distort the card count statistics.
-
- <ALT_W> command will write or save the game in progress to disk
- to allow you to resume its play at a later time. The saved
- game is labeled ULTIMA21.SAV as is written to the default
- disk and directory. Whenever ULTIMA 21 DELUXE is loaded, the
- system will check for the SAV file. If there, you will be
- prompted to see if you wish to resume that game. Also,
- if the SAV game exists, you are asked whether you wish it
- deleted. Note, each game save will write over any previous
- SAV file that may exist. Therefore, if you wish multiple
- save files, rename them to something else so the system
- will not "see" them as the game save file.
-
- <CNTL_C> command has been disabled with the addition of the new
- command ALT_X to eliminate accidental use. The Control_C
- command normally aborts program execution and returns
- to DOS control. The Control_C function has been disabled
- during the execution of this program.
-
- Startup command option to turn off sound effects at program
- startup. Just add the single word "NOSOUND" after the
- program name. Example: ULTIMA21 nosound.
- This was requested by many of my registered users who
- wanted to play the game at work but did not want the
- sound to give them away!
-
- If you desire to use the speed startup command and the no sound
- startup command at the same time, enter both after the
- program name with a comma in between. Example:
-
- ULTIMA21 PC,NOSOUND -or- ULTIMA21 NOSOUND,PC
-
- The help function and the basic strategy it follows have been
- updated to follow more "accepted" playing strategy rules.
-
-
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-
- Author's Note:
-
- ULTIMA 21 and ULTIMA 21 DELUXE have received the highest possible
- ratings from all reviews. In addition, it is to be featured in the
- November 1988 issue of PC Compute magazine. I know you will enjoy
- this fun blackjack game and I would enjoy hearing your thoughts
- about ULTIMA 21 DELUXE. Please feel free to drop me a line.
-
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-
- PRODUCT LIST AS OF 7/15/89:
-
- NAME VERSION AND DATE DESCRIPTION PRICE
- =========================================================================
- ULTIMA 21 DELUXE 2.0 JULY 1988 VEGAS BLACKJACK GAME $20.00
- COLOR/MONO 256k
- VERY FLEXIBLE AND EASY TO USE.
- DOS 2.1+
-
- VIDEO POKER PLUS 3.0 JULY 1988 VEGAS VIDEO POKER $20.00
- COLOR/MONO 256k
- DOS 2.1+
-
- MENU MANAGER 2.0 MAY 1988 HARD/FLOPPY DISK MENU $20.00
- MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
- VERY FLEXIBLE AND EASY TO USE.
- COLOR/MONO 256k (384k recommended)
- DOS 2.1+
-
- POWER SHELL 1.0 AUG 1989 DOS SHELL $20.00
- FOR EASY MANIPULATION OF FILES,
- DIRECTORIES, AND DOS COMMANDS WITH
- SIMPLE POINT-AND-SHOOT KEYSTOKES.
- DIRECTORY TREE FUNCTION SUPPORTED.
- COLOR/MONO 384K, DOS 2.1+
- HARD DISK RECOMMENDED
-
-
- For more information on any or all products available, please
- contact the author at the address specified above. All prodcuts
- are distributed on standard DOS 360K 5 1/4 inch diskettes.
- 3 1/2 inch diskettes are also available on request.
-
-
- REMEMBER:
-
- This documentation file MUST accompany all copies of the game
- program ULTIMA21.EXE.
-
- Registration of shareware products from happy shareware users is
- the main incentive for shareware authors like myself to continue
- to create and support shareware products. Registration is on the
- honor system and I personally thank all honest shareware users for
- their registrations.