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- VENDINFO standard v1.03, produced by VendEdit v1.22, 19-Sep-1997
-
- ===== Product Information ==============================
- Product: Sage Video Poker Simulator Video Poker
- Version: 2.0
- Version Date: 18-Sep-1997
- Product Type: Software
- Basic Distribution Policy (see License, below, for details):
- Shareware, freely distributable by all channels
-
- Product Description: A Video Poker simulator with realistic sound
- effects, great graphics, and user definable
- payout tables. Statistics of the different
- types of hands the player has gotten during
- play are also kept.
- Reason for version: Ability to simulate Bonus Poker - Analyzing
- functionality now works with Deuces Wild Game
-
- Category: Games; Card games; Poker
- Keywords: Sage Software Video Poker Casino Game
- Required Packages: VPOKER20
- This Package: VPOKER20
- Registration Fee: 10.00-25.00 (U.S. $)
-
- Required Configuration
- Processor Family: Intel 80x86 (minimum 80386)
- Minimum OS: Windows 3.1
- Standard RAM: 1000K
- Hard Drive Space: 1200K
-
- Orders:
- Address: Sage Software
- PO Box 7223
- Huntsville, AL 35807
- Phone: (205)830-9364
- CompuServe: 102225,2363
- Internet: 102225.2363@compuserve.com
-
- Support:
- Address: Sage Software
- PO Box 7223
- Huntsville, AL 35807
- Phone: (205)830-9364
- CompuServe: 102225,2363
- Internet: 102225.2363@compuserve.com
-
-
- ===== Information for Users ("READ-ME") ================
-
- Sage Video Poker Simulator (shareware) Version 2.0
-
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- Copyright (c) 1997 by Sage Software.
- All Rights Reserved.
-
- Sage Software
- P.O. Box 7223
- Huntsville, AL 35807
- (205) 830-9364
-
-
- About Your Sage Video Poker User's Guide
-
- 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:
-
- o "About Your Sage Video Poker User's Guide"
- An overview of this manual
-
- o "System Requirements"
- A list of system requirements.
-
- o "Installation Procedures"
- Instructions for setting up Sage Video Poker Simulator on your
- computer.
-
- o "Online Help"
- Instructions on how to use online Help to find information about
- tasks and features.
-
- o "Start Playing"
- Instructions on how to start playing Sage Video Poker Simulator.
-
- o "Rules of the Game"
- A description of the rules of video poker.
-
-
- System Requirements
-
- The minimum software and hardware requirements your computer system
- needs to run Sage Video Poker Simulator successfully are shown in the
- following list.
-
- 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.
-
- o 1.2 megabyte (MB) of free disk space.
-
- Installation Procedures
-
- Installing Sage Video Poker Simulator on your computer is simple. To
- install, follow these steps:
-
- 1. Start the Windows application and select the Program Manager.
-
- 2. Select the run entry from the File menu item.
-
- 3. Insert the Sage Video Poker Simulator disk into the disk drive.
-
- 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:
-
- a:\setup
-
- Next, select the OK button on the dialog box. This will cause Sage
- Video Poker Simulator's setup executable to start running.
-
- 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.
-
- 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.
-
- 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.
-
- 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.
-
- Online Help
-
- Sage Video Poker Simulator's Online Help can be accessed in two
- different ways once it is running:
-
- By selecting the Help entry under the Help menu item.
- By selecting the F1 key from the keyboard.
-
- 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.
-
- 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.
-
- If you need to learn how to use Help, press the F1 key on the keyboard
- while the Help window is open.
-
- Start Playing
-
- 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.
-
- 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.
-
- 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.
-
- 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.
-
- Rules of the Game
-
- 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.
-
- Here is a list of the different types of poker hands ordered from
- highest to lowest:
-
- 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.
-
- 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.
-
-
- You are welcome to visit our WEB site at:
- http://www.best.com/~mcintyre/sage/
-
-
- ===== Packing List =====================================
-
- As released by the author or publisher, this package contained the
- following files in addition to this VENDINFO.DIZ:
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- Filename Size Date Time CRC32
- FILE_ID.DIZ 205 18-Sep-1997 02:00a 8E45FCA9
- BWCC.DLL 57492 10-Jun-1992 03:10a B63D2D16
- VBIT.DLL 121750 18-Sep-1997 09:24p 5EA00597
- VWAVE.DLL 95175 5-Mar-1997 07:27p 7B94303E
- SETUP.EXE 28833 4-Mar-1997 01:24a 06FDF1B4
- VPOKER.EXE 48025 19-Sep-1997 12:22a 19D9C468
- VPHELP.HLP 21897 19-Sep-1997 03:00p 38D38DAE
- PACKING.LST 1132 19-Sep-1997 03:29p 9E7C3CC0
- HISTORY.TXT 755 19-Sep-1997 03:17p 3714EA29
- ORDERFM.TXT 1947 19-Sep-1997 03:21p A677A312
- OTHERORD.TXT 1661 19-Sep-1997 03:26p 3A4BE0D2
- PRODUCTS.TXT 9615 19-Sep-1997 03:34p 3DC664AE
- README.TXT 9271 19-Sep-1997 03:36p B25BDEBB
- REGISTER.TXT 4055 19-Sep-1997 03:39p 3A20ECC5
- SHR_WARE.TXT 2102 1-Mar-1997 12:34a 72BF428C
- VENDOR.TXT 2583 19-Sep-1997 03:42p 18EA8420
- WARRANTY.TXT 1706 19-Sep-1997 03:43p EC609F4E
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-
- ===== Installation =====================================
-
- Installing Sage Video Poker Simulator on your computer is simple. To
- install, follow these step:
-
- 1. Start the Windows application and select the Program Manager.
- 2. Select the run entry from the File menu item.
- 3. Keyin the directory path which contains the Sage Video Poker
- Simulator files followed by "\setup" in the command line field. For
- example: "a:\setup".
- Next, select the OK button on the dialog box. This will cause
- Sage Video Poker Simulator's setup executable to start running.
- 4. The setup executable will display a dialog box with a default
- directory specified in the field. If you want to install the files
- into another directory, key it in in this field.
- 5. 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.
- 6. If no errors have occurred during distallation, a dialog box claiming
- successful completion will be displayed when all files have been
- copied and expanded.
-
- 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.
-
-
- ===== Warranty =========================================
-
- "This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware
- Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle
- works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem
- with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to
- help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an
- ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products.
- Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI
- 49442-9427 USA, FAX 616-788-2765 or send a CompuServe message via
- CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536."
-
- Users of Sage Video Poker Simulator must accept this disclaimer of
- warranty: Sage Video Poker Simulator is supplied as is. The author
- disclaims all warranties expressed or implied, including, without
- limitation, the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any
- purpose. The author assumes no liability for damages, direct or
- consequential, which may result from the use of Sage Video Poker
- Simulator.
-
-
- ===== License for Use and Distribution =================
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