MD Video Poker Version 3.0 by Martin Dufresne A Video Poker Game for Windows 3.+ Copyright (c) MD Software P.O.Box 25032 Sherbrooke, QC, J1J 4K7 CANADA CONTENTS 1. INSTALLATION 2. THE GAME 3. THE CONTROLS 4. THE FINE PRINT 5. REGISTRATION FORM 1. INSTALLATION There should be seven files included with MD Video Poker. readme.txt register.txt vbrun300.dll install.exe pkunzip.exe md_video.zip dllvbx.zip Installation from DOS: Insert Program disk in drive A: Type at prompt A:> WIN INSTALL Installation from WINDOWS: Insert Program disk in drive A: Open File Manager and start INSTALL.EXE 2. THE GAME This game is modeled after the video poker machines that are found in most casinos. It is your basic five card draw video poker game, with odds paid based on the hand you draw. After selecting DEAL DRAW, the computer will display 5 cards face up. You can hold any, all, or none of the five cards. Any cards not held are replaced with new cards from the deck upon hitting DEAL DRAW again. Your payoff is based upon the amount PLAY and the odds below. ROYAL FLUSH - 1500 Coins if 5 coins PLAY, otherwise, 300 FOR 1 STRAIGHT FLUSH - 50 FOR 1 4 OF A KIND - 20 FOR 1 FULL HOUSE - 8 FOR 1 FLUSH - 5 FOR 1 STRAIGHT - 4 FOR 1 3 OF A KIND - 3 FOR 1 TWO PAIRS - 2 FOR 1 JACKS OR BETTER- 1 FOR 1 For those of you who are not familar with odds, the word FOR means how much is returned FOR a unit PLAY (The amount is already play and is NOT returned). When odds are quoted as TO such as 1 TO 1 then you get 1 unit for 1 unit PLAY. 1 FOR 1 on the other hand, is like a push, you just get your PLAY back. Well thats it for my discussion of video poker. if you would like more information on the game itself, I would suggest going to your local bookstore and getting a book on casino games. A lot of the more popular ones include a chapter on Video Poker Machines due to their increased popularity in casinos. 3. THE CONTROLS The POINTS will start at 20 coins whenever MD Video Poker is started. if you end up with a positive number, thats is your winnings, if negative, that is what you would have lost. There is currently no option for the player to change the POINTS. The PLAY button is where you can change your bet. The game starts with 1 coins play, and you can change the PLAY from 1 to 5 coins. Once the PLAY is set, it will stay that way until you change it via the PLAY button. The DEAL DRAW button will deal the cards at the beginning of a new hand, AND when you need replacement cards. To HOLD the cards you want to keep, just click the right button of the mouse anywhere inside the card you want to keep. Click a second time to free the HOLD, or use the CANCEL button to free them all. The BIG and SMALL button is a double up option that give you the chance to double your winnings. Press the BIG button if you suppose that the next card will be > then the previous. If you are right the WIN will double, but if it <= then you lose all WIN. You can repeat as long as you want to or press the TAKE button to stop and take all the WIN points. 4. THE FINE PRINT This software is for entertainment purposes only, and is sold "as is", without any warranty as to performance or any other warranties whether expressed or implied. Because of the many hardware and software environments into which this program may be used, no warranty of fitnees for a particular purpose is offered. The user must assume the entire risk of using the program. Any liability of the seller will be limited exclusively to product replacement or the refund of the registration fee. 5. REGISTRATION FORM MD Video Poker Registration Form This software package is SHAREWARE. This means an author or programmer has prepared software which you are free to copy, and share with others, but the author request a REGISTRATION FEE for you to continue LEGAL use and receive additional benefits. if you received this software from a shareware vendor or computer club who charged $3 or $4 you have only paid a DISTRIBUTION or HANDLING FEE to produce an EVALUATION disk of which NO PORTION goes to the author of the software. You are encouraged to use the software and, pay the final REGISTRATION FEE to the author to become legally registered and receive further benefits specified below. Paying the registration fee brings by return mail the latest version of MD Video Poker, registration number and as a free gift receive the latest version register of MD Video Black Jack and MD Video Slot Machine. ---------- R E G I S T R A T I O N ---------- Mail to : MD Software P.O.Box 25032 Sherbrooke, QC, J1J 4K7 CANADA From: ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ qty ordered: ___ SINGLE MD Video Poker REGISTRATION $20.00 postpaid (Check or Money order in US funds) $25.00 postpaid (Check or Money order in CN funds) Foreign adresses add $5.00 Shipping. No additional shipping charge to USA.