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- Copyright (c) 1997 by Sage Software.
- All Rights Reserved.
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- Welcome to Sage Software's Sage Concentration.
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- SAGE CONCENTRATION. This is a great game for ages 9 to 99. It simulates
- the card game "Concentration" where all 52 cards of a standard deck are
- dealt face-down and players alternate taking turns trying to flip two
- cards over that match. You have the option of playing against another
- human opponent or you can play against one of four levels against the
- computer. This program has great sound effects, animated graphics, and
- 20 different card back designs to choose from.
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- A registration form can be found in the file ORDERFM.DOC and can also be
- found in the Online help when you run sagecon.exe.
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- Sage Software also provides a number of other programs.
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- A list and a brief description of other programs that Sage Software
- provides follows:
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- SAGE VIDEO POKER SIMULATOR. This is a Video Poker simulator with
- realistic sound effects, great graphics, and user definable payout
- tables. This program can simulate Draw Poker, Joker's Wild, and Deuces
- Wild machines. Statistics of the different types of hands the player
- has gotten during play are kept. Also, all settings and statistics can
- be saved to disk and loaded at a later time.
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- SAGE VIDEO POKER. This is a more advanced version of the Simulator. It
- can do everything that the Simulator can do plus has functionality which
- can analyze the poker hands to find which are the best cards to discard
- for any poker hand (this analyzing functionality is available for the
- Draw Poker and Joker's Wild games, not Deuces Wild). This analyzing
- functionality includes Advice, Tutor, Analyze Hands, and Analyze Game.
- The Advice button can be selected anytime during a game after the
- initial cards are dealt. This will tell you which the best cards to
- discard are for the current hand and what the expected winnings will be.
- It will also show the expected winnings for every possible discard
- combination. When the Tutor is turned on, it will notify you whenever
- you do not choose the proper cards to hold to yeild maximum returns
- during a game. The Tutor will also keep a list of all the mistakes you
- made and will show you the percent advantage that you lost due to your
- errors. The Analyze Hands functionality displays the same information
- as the Advice button does but you can specify any poker hand to be
- analyzed. The Analyze Game functionality will analyze the current game
- you have specified. After analyzing a game, you will be shown what the
- player's expected advantage is upon perfect play. Also you will be shown
- what percent of the time you can expect to get each of the payout hands
- upon perfect play. As a bonus, there is a Tournament Play mode in this
- program. This is a fast-paced exciting break from standard play mode.
- The object is to score as many points as you can in a 10 minute period.
- If you are good enough to score in the top 10, you get to place your
- name on the top 10 list (sorry, you don't get a prize!). This program
- is for someone who wants to go beyond just playing the game. It allows
- you to find which video poker machines in a casino offers the best
- returns and it can help you learn the correct cards to hold in order to
- maximize your winnings.
-
- SAGE BLACKJACK SIMULATOR (UNREGISTERED). This is the shareware version
- which has animated graphics, sound effects and background music. This
- program can simulate the house rules of most casinos in the world. Up to
- seven players may play at the same time. Any seat can be unplayed,
- played by the user, or played by the computer. A random shuffle is used
- to shuffle the cards. From 1 to 8 deck games can be specified. The
- minimum bet, maximum bet, and shuffling point can all be defined by the
- user. Also, various statistics such as current bankroll, largest
- bankroll, smallest bankroll, winnings, number of rounds played, and more
- are kept.
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- SAGE BLACKJACK SIMULATOR. This program is given to the user when he
- registers the unregistered version. It attempts to simulate a casino
- blackjack game as close as possible. It has all the functionality of the
- unregistered version plus has a few more sound effects and comes with a
- few more music files. Also, this program has the ability to save the
- game to disk and to load it back later, the speed of the game can be
- adjusted to as slow or as fast as you want, a casino shuffle can be
- specified (casino shuffles are not random and can have an effect on the
- game), dealer statistics are kept, a face-down game can be specified
- (most single and double deck games at the casinos are dealt face-down),
- and more. With the casino shuffles and because all cards are collected
- and discarded in the same order as the casinos do, this program is one
- of the best casino blackjack simulators on the market at any price!
-
- SAGE BLACKJACK. This is the top of the line as far as blackjack programs
- go. This program was designed to teach the user winning blackjack
- strategies and can also be used to test and even create them. It has
- many teaching aids available for doing this. One teaching aid provided
- by this program is the Tutor. When the Tutor is turned on, the computer
- will monitor each playing action the user makes while he plays and will
- notify him if he makes a mistake. The user can define any playing
- strategy to be tutored on, including playing strategies based on a true
- count. Another teaching aid is the Count Training functionality that can
- help teach the user how to count cards. Card counting is a method that
- experienced blackjack players use to gain an advantage over the casinos.
- It is no secret that a player who counts cards can gain an advantage
- over the casinos. Yet another training aid provided by this program is
- the Flash Cards. Any playing strategy that you define for a player can
- automatically be transferred to flash cards which you can scroll through
- to help you learn the proper playing actions to take under different
- situations. To test playing or betting strategies, this program has the
- ability to define most playing and betting strategies to each of the 7
- seats. When the graphics are turned off and the game is started, the
- computer can deal more than 1,000,000 hands an hour (or closer to
- 6,000,000 when a 100mhz pentium or better is used). At this high rate,
- it is possible to evaluate different strategies by assigning them to
- different seats and comparing the statistics. The player`s advantage for
- each strategy will converge toward the actual value when a large number
- of hands are tested. Also this program has the Evaluation functionality
- that can be used to find the best playing action to take under different
- conditions. This functionality can be used to calculate the basic
- strategy for different house rules and can also be used to calculate
- count based strategies for different counting methods! The decks used in
- the game can also be modified. The players can be programmed to enter
- and leave the game under different conditions, such as based on the true
- count or based on money won or lost or the number of rounds played amoung
- many others. This program offers a wealth of statistics including
- statistics based on the types of hands, the true count, count reversal,
- progression, sessions, previous hands, and more. The animated graphics,
- sound effects, and user selectable background music makes this a great
- blackjack program to play for the shear entertainment as well. This
- program comes packaged with a manual and can be found in a few selected
- stores.
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- BARRAGING BARRIERS is a challenging multi-level maze game. The object
- is to score as many points as you can by collecting bonuses as you
- advance to higher and higher levels, trying not to let the barraging
- barriers barricade you.
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- DITTO. This is a game where a good short-term memory will take you far.
- The object is to repeat the sequence of button selections that are shown
- to you. The sound effects and animation add a bit of entertainment to
- this mind stimulating game.
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- A registration form for these programs can be found in the file
- OTHERORD.DOC.
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- If you have additional questions about any of these programs or about
- registering, please call Sage Software at (205) 830-9364 9:00am - 5:00pm
- CST Monday - Friday. Or if you have Internet access, send E-mail to:
- 102225.2363@compuserve.com (102225,2363 for CompuServe members).
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