***** BlackJack *****
A TBBS/TDBS Game
Copyright 1990 The Nashville Exchange Inc
All Rights Reserved
Version 1.31
Instructions
Each Player begins with an account of $5,000. Bets are placed
before each hand and the house limit is $1,000. Four cards
are dealt initially with the dealer having one card up and
one card down. Aces are either 1 or 11, all royal cards count
10 and all other cards are face value. If a player scores 21
or BLACK JACK on the first two cards, the payoff is 3 for 2.
If the player's total is below 21 after the first two cards
the player may ask for another card-> HIT or play with the
cards he has-> STAND. Going over 21 at anytime means you
loose the hand. If a PUSH or tie occurs all bets are off.
The dealer will ALWAYS STAND on 17 or more unless it is a
soft 17 (a hand with an eleven Ace), the dealer must HIT a
soft 17. Players have the option of Doubling Down after the
first two cards......this means your bet is doubled (house
limit doesn't apply) and only one more card is dealt to the
player. Player may SURRENDER at any time before a hand is
over by paying half the bet. If the players first two cards
are a pair, player may SPLIT the pair and play two hands with
the same first card. Unlike casino BlackJack, card counting
is encouraged, in fact you can see the cards still in the
deck any time. One deck is used and when all cards have been
dealt the remaining cards are re-shuffled. Good LUCK!!! When
you quit the game your account will be compared with the
winners list and if your account is high enough you will be
placed on the WINNER's List. Pressing ESCape at any time will
take you out of the game.
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You should have the following files:
BLACJACK.TPG - Main game program.
CONFIGBJ.DBF - The database file which contains the selected
colors, the current date, Minimum Priv level required to play
the game and a logical field indicating whether or not the
sysop has limited play to once per day.
BJ_WIN.DBF - Winner's List
BJ_NAME.NDX - Name Index
BJ_ACCNT.NDX - Account Index
BJ_DATE.NDX - Date Index
DATEREC.DBF & DATENAME.NDX - The database and index files
for keeping the names of the players for the current date.
These files are only used if the sysop has chosen to limit
play to once per day.
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In addition to the normal main menu items, anyone with a
Priv level of 255 (presumably the sysop) will see an
additional choice for [C]onfiguring the game. This menu will
let the sysop set the game colors, limit play to once per
day, set the minimum privelege level required to play the
game and clear the winners list.
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A note about the winners list: Every time a player completes
a game the program will search the winners list. If the
player's name is already there, his "old" time will be
replaced only if his current time is lower. In other words, a
player can only appear once on the winners list but he can
improve his standing by bettering his old time. If the player
is not found on the winners list then his time is compared to
the highest time and if it is higher then the old high time
is deleted from the list, the current player is added to the
list and all times are re-ordered. If the current player's
time is not lower than the highest time then the program
checks to see if the oldest entry on the winners list is more
than 30 days old. If there is an entry more than 30 days old
then that entry is replaced with the current entry no matter
what the score. This keeps the winners list fresh by not
allowing an extraordinarily high score to remain on the
winner's list indefinitely.
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Hope you Enjoy - Please let me know if you have ideas about
how to improve the next version.
Please direct support questions to:
Ben Cunningham on the TBBS Support BBS
or
The Nashville Exchange BBS
2500 Hillsboro Rd
Nashville, Tn 37212
1-615-292-7565 - Voice
1-615-383-0727 - Modem
License: You are hereby authorized to use BLACKJACK on a
single TBBS/TDBS installation.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: The author and/or copyright owner and/or
reseller offer no warranty or guaranty whatsoever that this
program will perform on the purchasers computer in the same
way it has performed in pre-release tests. All purchasers
will be using this program at their own risk.