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V I D E O P O K E R
Program by Edward Rainey
Text by Fender Tucker
If your state has been bitten by the gambling bug you've probably seen
Video Poker machines pop up in every nook, cranny and truck stop in town.
And why not? Adults need mindless electronic stimulation, too. Back in
the 50s when I was a kid there were pinball machines and pool tables --
which were illegal for minors -- to separate the men from the boys. But
then somehow it was decided that pinball and pool weren't harmful to minors
and so adults were driven away from the pool halls, which became "family
billiard parlors". Who wants to cuss and spit when there's a bunch of
rugrats around?
So here we go again, blurring the distinction between "adult" and
"child" by bringing you VIDEO POKER on computer. Since you can't really
lose any money by playing on computer -- unless the computer is owned by a
mercenary -- anyone can play this game.
Ed Rainey wrote this program using Jon Mattson's CONTROL80-C which was
published on LS 128 #22. It's my favorite BASIC extension for the C-128
and has a card font built in so it takes a lot of the work out of writing
card games for the computer. Ed is a relative newcomer to programming but
has been published several times on LS 128 because he recognized how
powerful CONTROL80-C is.
VIDEO POKER works a lot like the gambling machines. The game is five-
card draw with one joker. You are dealt five cards and you choose which
ones you want to keep by pressing the 1 through 5 keys. If you change your
mind about a card, press that number again and it will be un-chosen. When
you are ready for your replacement cards, press SPACE.
Your hand is evaluated (by Maurice Jones' nifty routine ported over
from the C-64) and if you had a winning hand you are paid off. Ed has kept
the betting simple: you bet $1 per hand for 20 hands. At that point, if
you have made the top ten lst in winnings, you can enter your name on the
list.
LOADSTAR and VEGAS ODDS
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Ed has provided two options for scoring. The LOADSTAR odds are much
"looser" than VEGAS odds and pay off more liberally. If you can't build up
a hefty bankroll by playing LOADSTAR odds, then you are undoubtedly lucky
in love. Using the VEGAS odds you have about as much chance of losing your
shirt (virtually) as you do breaking the bank. Start out with the LOADSTAR
odds but don't consider yourself an Amarillo Slim until you make the high
scores list using VEGAS odds.
NOTE: At the high scores screen you can clear the list if you wish. Since
it really isn't fair to compare LS odds scores against VEGAS odds scores,
you may want to clear the scores when you change modes.
PROPOSITION
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VIDEO POKER plays a lot like the real machines but only for 5-Card Draw
with one Joker (or JOKER POKER). The machines often have about ten
different poker varieties: Jacks or Better, Deuces Wild, Cajun Poker, etc.
If anyone who understands and enjoys these varieties wants to take Ed's
program and embellish it so that it offers a variety of games, you have
Ed's and my complete blessing. Send it to me and you can bet it'll look
good on a future LS 128.
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