........................................................................... : $$$ *P*A*T* *P*O*K*E*R* $$$ : ........................................................................... v1.0 This is the first release of PAT POKER... PAT POKER is a Five Card draw Video-Poker game I created using QBASIC. Includes a Double or Nothing (HI-LO) feature, a Save Game feature, and a Video Screen. The PATPOKER.ZIP file should contain these 3 files: PATPOKER.BAS --- The PAT POKER QBASIC file (actual game) PATPOKER.TXT --- This Text file you're reading PATPOKER.ICO --- An icon I created for running PAT POKER from Windows =========================================================================== How to Play: PAT POKER plays just like any poker game out there. To load it up, run QBASIC.EXE (it should be under C:\DOS) and press the 'File' menu. Find PATPOKER.BAS and double-click on it. After it's loaded, press F5 to start playing. After it says "PAT POKER" on the screen press to deal the cards. You should also notice where it says "COINS" in the top-right corner. This will keep track of how many coins you have. It costs 1 coin for each game you play and if you run out...GAME OVER! After the cards have been dealt, use the 1,2,3,4, & 5 keys to toggle the cards you want to hold on and off. NOTE: If the red light is on, it means you are going to 'HOLD' that card. When you're done selecting your cards, press 6 to draw the cards you didn't want to hold. After you recieve you're cards you'll find out it you won or lost. If you lost it will ask you if you want to play again. If you won, it will tell you what the win was and how many coins you will recieve. You then have the choice to 'COLLECT' the coins you've won or you can press your luck with the HI-LO feature. HI-LO is a double or nothing option in which you choose HI (cards 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King, and Ace) or LO (cards 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7). After you choose, it will deal you a single card. If that card is between the limits of what you chose, it will double the amount of coins you will win. If the card isn't what you picked, you won't win any coins. You will have the option of doing HI-LO as many times in a row as you want and it will keep doubling, but if you don't get the right card, you won't win any coins! When you're done, just choose COLLECT to collect you're coins. You can keep playing the game until you're bored or you run out of money! The stats at the end of the game will tell you the following: 1). TOTAL GAMES PLAYED - this is the total number of games you have played. If you started a new game, it will start counting from 1. If you have loaded a saved game, it will continue from however many games you played all the times before. 2). YOU CAME OUT x COINS - this tells you how you did that session. If you have more tokens than you started the current session with, it will say "You came out (number) coins on top!". If you have less tokens that what you started at the begining of the session it will say "You came out (number) coins under!". And if you have the same amount you started with, it'll say "You came out even..." =========================================================================== Winning Cards: PAIR - Any 2 cards that have the same rank. the 2 cards must be Jacks or Higher (Jack, Queen, King) 1 coin 2 PAIRS - Any 2 pairs, each with 2 of the same ranked cards. 2 coins 3 OF A KIND - Any 3 cards with the same rank. 3 coins FLUSH - all five cards with the same suit. 4 coins STRAIGHT - all five cards in sequential order. 5 coins FULL HOUSE - Any 3 cards with the same rank and the other 2 cards with the same rank. 6 coins FOUR OF A KIND - Any 4 cards with the same rank 10 coins STRAIGHT FLUSH - all five cards in sequential order and all with the same suit! 20 coins =========================================================================== Alternate Controls: If you don't like playing by using the keyboard (ex. pressing "C" to collect, "H" for HI-LO, "Y" to deal again, etc.) you can play by using the keypad. The controls are as follows: 0 - Can be used to say "Yes" to deal again. You will have to press "N" to say "No" though --&-- also used to draw cards after you chose the cards to hold. 1-5 - Used for selecting holded cards. 6 - can also be used to draw cards after you chose the cards to hold. 7 - Chooses option on the left when there are two. (ex. "Collect" on the 'Collect or HI-LO' menu.) 8 - Chooses option on the right when there are two. (ex. "LO" on the 'HI or LO' menu." ========================================================================== Saving & Loading a Game: PAT POKER also features the option to save your game and continue later with the number of coins you had before! When you're done playing and answer "N" to the 'Deal Again?' question, you will be asked if you want to save you're game. If you do, press "Y", if you don't press "N". If you answer "Y", you will be asked to enter a filename. NOTE: filename doesn't require an extension (.xxx). Just enter whatever you want and keep it under 8 characters. Whatever you type in for your filename, a file will be created in the directory where PAT POKER is located. The Save game feature will save the amount of coins you played and a running total of the number of games you have played overall. When you load up PAT POKER you will have the option to press to start a new game or you can press "L" to load a game. When it tells you to enter the filename to load, type in exactly what you typed in to save you're game (doesn't matter if it's in all CAPS or not). It should then say "GAME LOADED". If it says "FILE WAS NOT FOUND" then that means you didn't type in the right name. If you forget what the names of the games you have saved are called, just check under File Manager. =========================================================================== Running from Windows: To run this game from windows, make an item with the following command line: C:\DOS\QBASIC.EXE /RUN C:\DOS\PATPOKER.BAS NOTE: This is assuming that QBASIC and the PATPOKER.BAS file is located in the C:\DOS directory This command line will load QBASIC and automaticaly run the PATPOKER.BAS file. You can also use the PATPOKER.ICO icon I included with the .ZIP file. =========================================================================== Stuff to Know: * When you're playing PAT POKER, if you want to speed up the cards when they are dealt to you, press to automaticaly make the next card appear. (NOTE: this does not affect the card you will be given.) * Whenever the game is just sitting there and it doesn't tell you what to do press to continue. Some examples of this are when you first start and it says PAT POKER on the video screen, after the video screen shows an animation, after it tells you how many games you played, etc. * When you're done playing the game, by saying "No" to Deal Again you can get how many games you played and if you made money, lost money, or came out even. =========================================================================== Requirements: All you need to run this game is the following: * VGA monitor (256 colors) * Microsoft QBasic v1.1 (probably works with other versions, but I never tried.) =========================================================================== Questions, Comments? If you want to say anything to me you can contact me at the following e-mail adresses: If you're on Compuserve: 74454,1421 If you're on anything else: 74454.1421@compuserve.com *************************************************************************** YOU MAY DISTRIBUTE THIS GAME IN IT'S ORIGINAL .ZIP FILE. YOU MAY NOT DISTRIBUTE A .ZIP FILE YOU ALTERED IN ANY WAY. THANK YOU! :) *************************************************************************** Have fun playing PAT POKER...