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ULTIMATE POKER
COPYRIGHT (C) 1994 ACCIDENTAL SOFTWARE
"If it's good, it's ACCIDENTAL"
NOTICE
ACCIDENTAL SOFTWARE DOES NOT PROMOTE OR CONDONE USING ULTIMATE POKER
FOR GAMBLING PURPOSES AND IS NOT LIABLE FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT OR CONSE-
QUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF ULTIMATE POKER.
To PRINT A COPY OF THIS MANUAL, you can load this file "MANUAL.TXT" into
your word processor (this file is ASCII text with no embedded characters.)
You can redirect the manual to your printer by typing the following at
the DOS command line. "TYPE MANUAL.TXT > PRN" then push ENTER.
GAME FEATURES
1. Play POKER with 3 computer generated players.
2. The entire game can be played with your mouse after game sign in.
3. Four Poker variations can be played.
4. Change players at any time.
5. View a historical record of game hands won & lost with STATS.
6. Get poker help with a menu selection.
7. Adjust the game speed.
8. Change card decks.
9. Adjust bet size.
10. Sound Blaster voice pack available.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
1. IBM or 100% compatible computer.
2. EGA or VGA compatible display with 256K RAM on the video card.
3. Hard disk.
4. 540K of free RAM withour expanded memory.
REGISTRATION
This manual was written for the registered version of this program. To
reduce file size and provide an incentive to purchase the complete version
of this program, the shareware version has the following limitations.
1. Game scores and information are not saved.
2. No sound blaster support provided.
3. 4 computer players versus 8 in the registered version.
4. 5 and 7 card stud games are implemented, High Chicago and
Holdem not available.
5. Players comments after each hand is completed are not available.
The file "ORDERFRM.TXT" is provided to register this program. Registered
users will receive a diskette (2 diskettes for the voice version) with the
complete game. You can charge your order by calling 1-800-771-6746. The
program can print an order form for you by selecting ORDER FORM -- PRINT
from the CHOOSE PLAYERS menu at game sign in. Price is $10 + $3 shipping
and handling. An additional $5 for the Voice Pack (sound blaster required).
TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1-619-247-2804
INSTALLATION / SET UP
The game must be installed to your hard disk with the install program
provided. All required game files are compressed to the file
"ULTPOKER.EXE".
GAME STARTUP
Type "POKER" to run the program once it is installed on your hard disk.
COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
1. SILENT, /S -- Type "POKER /S" to start the program with the Sound Blaster
turned off.
2. NOEXTENDED, /N -- Type "Poker /N" to start the game using conventional
memory only. This game will attempt to use expanded memory. If you have
more than 640k of memory, insure your config.sys extended memory manager
line reads EMM386.EXE RAM. If RAM is replace with NOEMS, the game may not
run in expanded memory properly. Use the "/N" switch to start ULTIMATE
POKER or change the NOEMS switch to RAM in your config.sys file. When
using extended memory as expanded memory, less conventional RAM will be
required to run this program.
GAME SIGN IN
Enter the name you will play under. Game information will be saved
in reference to this name so that signing in with this name in the
future will allow you to continue your last game. To continue your last
game, sign in and choose RESUME GAME from the Choose Players menu. The
menu selections PICK PLAYERS or QUICK SETUP are used to start the
game with a starting purse of $2000.
Move to each menu in the sign in page by using your mouse or
the keyboard arrow keys. Push the left mouse button or the enter key
on the keyboard to select a menu item. Basic game information is
available in the GAME DETAILS section of CHOOSE PLAYERS and the GAME
RULES section of CHOOSE GAMES.
GENERAL GAME INFORMATION
The game table is set up so that the dealer always sits to the back left,
player #2 is back right, player #3 is front right, and you sit front left.
dealer player #2
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your position player #3
The dealer always deals to his left first. The player with the highest hand
is given the first chance to bet (exception HOLDEM - player #2 always bets
first). Once a bet is on the table, any subsequent player may raise (3
raise limit.) When the pot is right, the dealer will deal the next card.
The winner is determined by the standard priority of poker hands using
only the best 5 cards to make a hand.
GAME CONTROLS
Any Microsoft compatible mouse should work with this program.
The following keys are used to manipulate this program.
ARROW KEYS: Use the up/down arrow keys to select your choice from
the menu presented when it is your turn to play then press ENTER or
drag the mouse to position the hand pointer to the desired item
then press the LEFT mouse button.
ENTER KEY: Once the hand pointer is positioned next to the menu
choice you desire, press the ENTER key or press the LEFT mouse
button.
The dealer will show the following menus.
GAME MENUS
DEAL CARDS -- Starts the game
GAMES *
OPTIONS **
PLAYERS/DECKS ***
QUIT ****
GAMES*
5 CARD STUD
7 CARD STUD
HI CHICAGO
HOLD EM
RANDOM PLAY
OPTIONS**
MAIN MENU
OPTIONS #2
STATISTICS
BET SIZE
GAME SPEED
1. MAIN MENU: Return to the MAIN MENU.
2. OPTIONS #2: This is the entry to a second page of the options
meun.
OPTIONS #2
THOUGHTS ON/OFF
TALK ON/OFF
SHUFFLE ON/OFF
COMMENTS ON/OFF
a. THOUGHTS ON/OFF: The default setting is ON. This will
toggle from OFF to ON each time it is selected. You will be
able to see the player's thoughts occasionally during game
play. Be ware, you will be seeing only light thoughts, please
consider the source and don't take offense.
b. TALK ON/OFF: This is used for controlling the Sound Blaster
only. If you don't have a sound blaster or you have not ordered
the sound blaster sound pack for this game, you will not be
able to turn this feature on. When on (default if a sound
blaster is recognized) you will hear digitized voices that
say the words seen in the talk balloons for each player while
playing the game. Note: Voices are not provided for the sign
in screen.
c. SHUFFLE ON/OFF: This is used for controlling the Sound
Blaster only. If you don't have a sound blaster or you have
not ordered the sound blaster sound pack for this game, you
will not be able to turn this feature on. When on (default
if a sound blaster is recognized) you will hear digitized shuffle
sounds when the dealer shuffles the cards and deal sounds when
the dealer is dealing the cards.
d. COMMENTS ON/OFF: This is used for controlling whether the
comments made by the players after the hand is finished will
be heard. If you don't have a sound blaster or you have not
ordered the sound blaster sound pack for this game, you will
not be able to hear digitized voices that will say the words
seen in the talk balloons when the hand is completed. When on,
the computer generated players will occasionally make comments
when the hand is completed. If a mouse