================= Video Card Arcade ================= Document created by rstuart@ukonline.co.uk on 22nd Nov 99 for World of Spectrum: http://www.void.demon.nl/spectrum.html Taken from the CDS compilation 'The Complete Home Entertainment Centre'. VIDEO CARD ARCADE brings you three of the most popular card games. Play Poker Royal, Pontoon or High Low and hope lady luck is on your side in your bid to get on the high score table. Loading Instructions -------------------- All the programs will load in 48K Basic mode using LOAD"". Poker Royal: The Game --------------------- The computer will display five cards dealt at random. You then have to decide which cards to hold, before the remainder are redealt. The aim of the game is to accumulate as many points as possible in the bank. You start with twenty credits, and bonus credits are awarded when you score over 200 points. The hands score as follows:- 300 points Royal flush - ace, king, queen, jack and ten of the same suit. 200 points Straight flush - five numerically consecutive cards of the same suit, the highest being that led by a king and so on down the rank. 150 points Four of a kind - any four cards of the same value, the highest being four aces. The fifth card in the hand does not count. 100 points Full house - three cards of one value, together with two of another, the highest being three aces and two kings. 80 points Flush - any five cards of the same suit, the value of the flush depending on the value of the highest card. 60 points Straight - five numerically consecutive cards of any mixture of suits, the value depending on the highest card. 40 points Three of a kind - any three cards of the same value, ranking from three aces downwards. The other two cards in the hand do not count. 20 points Two pairs - two cards of the same value and of any suit, and two of another. The higher fifth card in the hands decides the winner between two pairs of equal value. KEYS 1-5 Hold/Keep respective cards M Return to menu ENTER Deal cards SPACE Cancel last choice High Low: The Game ------------------ The computer will deal five cards of which the first one is revealed. You are given the option of changing this first card. Once you have decided to keep it you have to decide whether the subsequent cards are higher or lower than the preceding card. You start with twenty credits, and bonus credits are awarded when you score over 200 points. The hands are as follows:- 300 points Full house 150 points Flush 100 points Straight 80 points Three of a kind 40 points Two pairs 20 points Any other Aces can be high or low but not both. Sould you get two cards of the same value following each other, then to decide which is higher or lower follow the ranking of suits; Hearts (high), Spades, Diamonds, Clubs (low). KEYS ENTER Deal cards H Higher L Lower C Change Card M Return to menu Pontoon (Twenty One): The Game ------------------------------ The computer will deal the player two cards and itself two cards, of which one is hidden. You then have to decide whether to twist (take another card) or stick (settle for the cards you have) and hope the computer goes bust (scores over twenty one). The Ace can score as either one or eleven. You start with twenty credits and bonus credits are awarded when you score over 200 points. The aim of the game is to get a score as close to twenty one as possible without going bust yourself. There are various special hands you can get which whilst all scoring twenty one or under count for more points. The hands score as follows:- 300 points 7, 7, 7 200 points 6 card trick 150 points 6, 7, 8 (Any order) 100 points 5 card trick 60 points 2 card 21 20 points 21 and under KEYS T Twist S Stick ENTER Deal cards M Return to menu