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- Sage Video Poker Simulator (shareware) Version 2.0
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- Copyright (c) 1997 by Sage Software.
- All Rights Reserved.
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- Sage Software
- P.O. Box 7223
- Huntsville, AL 35807
- (205) 830-9364
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- About Your Sage Video Poker User's Guide
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- This manual is only one part of Sage Video Poker's documentation
- set. The second is the Online Help system.
-
- This manual is arranged as follows:
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- o "About Your Sage Video Poker User's Guide"
- An overview of this manual
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- o "System Requirements"
- A list of system requirements.
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- o "Installation Procedures"
- Instructions for setting up Sage Video Poker Simulator on your
- computer.
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- o "Online Help"
- Instructions on how to use online Help to find information about
- tasks and features.
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- o "Start Playing"
- Instructions on how to start playing Sage Video Poker Simulator.
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- o "Rules of the Game"
- A description of the rules of video poker.
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- System Requirements
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- The minimum software and hardware requirements your computer system needs
- to run Sage Video Poker Simulator successfully are shown in the following
- list.
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- o Windows version 3.1 or later. This program should run with all Windows
- based operating systems including Windows for Workgroups, Windows NT,
- and Windows 95.
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- o 1.2 megabyte (MB) of free disk space.
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- Installation Procedures
-
- Installing Sage Video Poker Simulator on your computer is simple. To
- install, follow these steps:
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- 1. Start the Windows application and select the Program Manager.
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- 2. Select the run entry from the File menu item.
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- 3. Insert the Sage Video Poker Simulator disk into the disk drive.
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- 4. Keyin the letter of the drive that you inserted the disk into followed
- by ":\setup" in the command line field. For example, if the disk is in
- drive "a" you would type:
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- a:\setup
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- Next, select the OK button on the dialog box. This will cause Sage
- Video Poker Simulator's setup executable to start running.
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- 5. The setup executable will display a dialog box with a default
- directory specified in the field. If you want to install the files in
- another directory, key it in in this field.
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- 6. Select the Install button on the dialog box and the files will be
- installed. If the specified directory does not exist, it will be
- created for you.
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- 7. If no errors have occurred during installation, a dialog box claiming
- successful completion will be displayed when all files have been
- copied and expanded.
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- If the installation was successful, a Sage program group will be created
- in the Program Manager. This will contain the Sage Video Poker program
- item. When you double click on this, Sage Video Poker Simulator will
- begin execution.
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- Online Help
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- Sage Video Poker Simulator's Online Help can be accessed in two different
- ways once it is running:
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- By selecting the Help entry under the Help menu item.
- By selecting the F1 key from the keyboard.
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- The Online Help contains information that explains all aspects of this
- game and describes how to use all its functionality. This should be the
- user's main source of help.
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- Once the Help window is displayed, the buttons near the top help you find
- the information you need. The Contents button displays a list of Help
- topics that Sage Video Poker Simulator provides. The Search button
- displays a dialog box where you specify a topic to search for. The Back
- button displays the previously viewed topic. The History button displays
- a chronological list of all Help topics viewed during your current game
- session.
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- If you need to learn how to use Help, press the F1 key on the keyboard
- while the Help window is open.
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- Start Playing
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- Once Sage Video Poker Simulator is installed, start the game by double
- clicking the left mouse button on the Sage Video Poker program item that
- was created by the setup executable. After doing this, Sage Video Poker
- Simulator will begin execution by displaying the introduction screen.
- This introduction will show you various poker hands and display the
- types of poker hands that they represent. To stop this introduction and
- go to the main video poker screen simply click the left mouse button.
-
- Before starting to play you should set the game that you want to play.
- The default game set is a Draw Poker game with a fairly standard
- payout table. If you want to change the default game in any way, select
- the Game Definition option under the Game menu item. This will display
- the Game Definition dialog box where all parameters controlling the game
- can be changed.
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- Once all the game parameters are set you are ready to make your first
- bet to start the game. If you want to make the maximum bet, select the
- BET MAX button. If you want to make a smaller bet, select the BET ONE
- button once for each credit that you want to bet. When the bet is
- placed, the column representing the payouts for the selected bet on the
- payout table will highlight in red and the number of credits allocated
- to you will be decremented by the size bet placed.
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- If you have made the maximum bet (5 credits) you will automatically be
- dealt the first five cards. If not, select the DEAL/DRAW button.
-
- After the initial five cards are dealt, you must determine which cards
- you want to hold and which cards you want to discard. To hold a card,
- select the HOLD/CANCEL button under it. The word HOLD should appear
- directly above the card. If you change your mind and decide to discard
- the card, select the HOLD/CANCEL button again and the word HOLD should
- disappear. If you are dealt a good hand and want to hold all the cards,
- you must select the HOLD/CANCEL button for each of the five cards.
-
- Once you have selected the cards that you want to hold, select the
- DEAL/DRAW button. This will cause the cards that weren`t held to be
- replaced with new cards from the deck. Even if all cards are held, the
- DEAL/DRAW button needs to be selected in order for your final hand to be
- analyzed and paid off if necessary.
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- After the last cards have been dealt, the computer analyzes the final
- hand to find out what, if any, payout it has earned. If it has in fact
- earned a payout, the type of hand along with its payout are displayed on
- the screen and your credits are incremented by the appropriate amount.
- At this time the round is over and the computer awaits your next bet to
- repeat the process.
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- Rules of the Game
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- The video poker machine is based on the Five Card Draw poker game. The
- object of the game is to get a hand that offers the highest payout
- possible. Different hand types offer different payouts. These payouts
- are loosely based on the probability of getting the hand. Generally,
- the rarer the hand is, the higher its payout will be. The payout table
- which shows the payout for each type of hand is displayed at the top of
- the video poker screen.
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- Here is a list of the different types of poker hands ordered from
- highest to lowest:
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- Royal Flush - A, K, Q, J, 10 all of the same suit.
- Straight Flush - Any five card sequence in the same suit.
- (Ex: 8, 9, 10, J, Q and A, 2, 3, 4, 5 of same suit).
- Four of a Kind - All four cards of the same index (Ex: K, K, K, K).
- Full House - Three of a kind combined with a pair (Ex: A, A, A, 5, 5).
- Flush - Any five cards of the same suit, but not in sequence.
- Straight - Five cards in sequence, but not in the same suit.
- Three of a Kind - Three cards of the same index.
- Two Pair - Two separate pairs (Ex: 4, 4, Q, Q).
- Pair - Two cards of the same index.
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- To begin each round of play the player must make a bet. This bet is
- taken from the number of credits allocated to the player. After the bet
- is made, five cards are dealt to the player and are shown on the screen.
- The player then has the option of holding or discarding as many of these
- cards as he wants. The cards that he discards are then replaced with new
- cards from the deck. This new hand represents the player`s final hand.
- If the hand is good enough to be one of the payout hands, the number of
- credits allocated to the player will immediately be incremented by the
- amount specified in the payout table. At this time the machine is
- waiting for the player to place his next bet to start the process over.
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