P O K E R   S Q U A R E D

                      Copyright (C) 1991, by David Becker
                        MSDOS version by Jing L. Abello


        Poker Squared is the MSDOS version of a game of the same name
        written by David Becker for the Atari ST. I so enjoyed David's
        program that I decided to write one for my machine (I was
        playing the game on my brother's 1040 ST). When I sent him a
        copy of my version, I was delighted that David gave it his stamp
        of approval.

        So for all of you who wished for an MSDOS version of Poker
        Squared, here it is. I've tried to be as faithful to the
        original as possible, with respect to look and feel. Since the
        program uses the text mode, Poker Squared should run properly on
        both color and monochrome systems.

        Enjoy the program. Like the original, this is a free program;
        use at your own risk and to your heart's content.

        Jing L. Abello
        CIS 70451:1301


        GAME SUMMARY:

        Poker Squared is a solitaire version of the card game Poker. 25
        cards are dealt one at a time into a space on the right side of
        the screen. You must decide where to place each card on a grid
        of 25 squares. The objective is to create the best 12 poker
        hands; five accross, five down, and two diagonally. After the
        last card fills the grid, the computer will calculate your score
        for each of the 12 hands you have.


        SCORING:

           Hand:            Points:
           ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
           Royal Flush          899  ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
           Straight Flush   790-798  ³ NOTE:              ³
           Four Of A Kind   677-689  ³ The actual points  ³
           Full House       307-475  ³ scored depends on  ³
           Flush            294-306  ³ the cards in the   ³
           Straight         285-293  ³ hand (eg. three    ³
           Three Of A Kind  271-283  ³ ACES scores higher ³
           Two Pair          99-267  ³ than three TWOS)   ³
           One Pair           86-98  ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ
           High Card          71-83
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        HIGH SCORE:

        The highest game score is stored directly in the Poker Squared
        program file and displayed in the bottom-right corner of the
        screen. Since the program directly modifies itself, the program
        requires that:

        - you use MSDOS 3.X or later,
        - the program file should not have the Read Only file attribute
          set, and
        - the program file be on a writeable disk.


        KEYBOARD PLAY:

        To play Poker Squared with a keyboard, use the up, down, left,
        or right arrow keys to position the cursor (a big yellow
        quasi-circle in the game grid) over the square you wish to place
        the card in. Press the [Enter] key to set it in the square. Note
        that you cannot position the cursor over a square that already
        has a card set in it, and that the cursor will move to the next
        available square when a card is set on its current square.

        To press a game button (ie. the "New Deal" button) press the
        key corresponding to the first letter of the button name (ie.
        press the [N] key to press the "New Deal" button).


        MOUSE PLAY:

        If you have a Microsoft compatible mouse connected to your
        machine, you can use it to play the game. Simply position the
        mouse cursor in the square you wish to place the card in and
        press any mouse button to set it in the square. Similarly, you
        can use the mouse in the same way to press any of the available
        game buttons.

        HAVE FUN!!