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- 727_11.ZIP - A Hi/Low Betting Card Game. w/Sounds
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- INSTALLATION:
- Simply UnZip the 727_11.ZIP into a directory of your choice. If you want
- to start the program with it's own icon, then activate a program group of
- your choice and select 'New' under the file menu. Select 'Program Item',
- and enter "Hi-Low" under description, and "(your directory)\HILOW.EXE" on
- the command line. Press OK and Windows will create the icon in that program
- group. You could also start the game by double clicking on "HILOW.EXE" in
- File Manager.
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- OVERVIEW:
- When I used to play poker with the "boys" once a week, we played with rules
- that said the dealer could pick the game to play. At least one player every
- night would pick 727. Half of the other players would groan, but everyone
- usually stayed in and played the game to the bitter end. This was probably
- because the opportunities for a fairly large pot were there, and poker
- playing skill is not a big factor in winning. Since most of us were not
- great poker players, 727 gave us a chance to get even. The names I have
- used for the default players are the actual names of the fellows in my
- poker group. You can change the names to anything you want, but it
- is probably a good idea to start each name with "1. ", etc., so that it
- is easier to identify the player in the information boxes.
- I've tried to make the computer players play reasonably smart, but I would
- think in the long run a human player should be able to win most of the
- pots. Under no circumstances do the computer players cheat. Even when
- the human player's bottom card is exposed, the computer players are not
- aware of it, and they make all decisions based on visible cards only.
- You might try to play around with the file POINTS.TXT to modify the logic
- that controls the player's decisions. Let me know if you find a better
- base logic.
- You can modify the text files to change what the computer players say, and
- for this reason, I will not be responsible for the contents of that text.
- I had the multimedia version of the game using some of the swear words
- that some of the players used during our poker sessions, and it sounded
- quite humerous, probably because you don't expect a computer to swear
- out loud.
- The multimedia version uses a male voice speech synthesizer with varying
- pitch tones for the four computer players. Hopefully in the future I can
- use a speech synthesizer that supports both male and female voices.
- Have fun playing 727, and send me a email note if you have any suggestions
- for improving the game.
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- Tom Slemko
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- tslemko@island.net
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