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What can I say... it's a Video Poker game.
Dont worry, I didn't sit hours and hours to think, and then finally come up with the thought: 'What this world needs, is a Video Poker game for the Palm™ platform'.
I just wanted to try out Palm™ programming, and this is my first attempt. If you like it, fine, but if you don't, I wont lie awake at night wondering what went wrong.
Features
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Support for Palm OS® 5 high resolution
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Color and greyscale support
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Full face cards
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Double or nothing
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Game statistics
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Highscores
vPoker is freeware - hope you like it.
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Just install vpoker.prc, and you should be up and running.
However, if you want to save some space on your handheld, read on for the long version.
vPoker can be installed on your Palm Powered™ handheld without deleting earlier versions. Note, however, that when installing vPoker v. 1.4 and above over v. 1.0 or 1.1, your current game will be lost.
The zip-file contains 7 different prc files. The only difference is the display modes they support (and hence their sizes).
Table 1. Supported display modes
| Name | Size | Display support |
|---|---|---|
vpoker.prc |
154K | All modes |
vpoker_hires.prc |
98K | Palm OS® 5 high resolution |
vpoker_color.prc |
46K | Low resolution color |
vpoker_grey.prc |
50K | 1, 2 and 4 bpp |
vpoker_grey16.prc |
35K | 4 bpp |
vpoker_grey4.prc |
29K | 2 bpp |
vpoker_mono.prc |
25K | 1 bpp |
You can only install one of them, and which one you install depends on your hardware and software, and how much memory you are willing to sacrifice.
If you have a high resolution display, install vpoker_hires.prc.
If you have an older device (Palm OS® 4.x and below), you can install vpoker_color.prc if you're the lucky owner of a color device, and vpoker_grey.prc if you're not.
If you have a monochrome device, you can save even more space by determining your device's graphic capabilities, and installing one of vpoker_grey16.prc, vpoker_grey4.prc or vpoker_mono.prc.
Below is a table of Palm OS® versions and the greyscale screen modes they support.
Table 2. Palm OS® display modes
| Version | 1bpp | 2bpp | 4bpp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palm OS® 2.0 | X | ||
| Palm OS® 3.0 | X | X | |
| Palm OS® 3.1 | X | X | |
| Palm OS® 3.3 | X | X | X |
| Palm OS® 3.5 | X | X | X |
| Palm OS® 4.0+ | X | X | X |
Note that it is possible that your hardware does not support all the modes, even though your OS version does.
If you install one of the multi-mode versions, vPoker will automatically select the highest mode.
- Palm OS® 5 high resolution support
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vPoker now supports Palm OS® 5 high resolution.
- Tap to hold
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Some people have been confused, because you must tap the cards you want to discard, rather than the cards you want to hold. Now you have the option to choose which method you want to use.
- Score limit fixed
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For technical reasons, the previous versions had a score limit of 32767. This has been fixed, so the limit is now 2147483647. That ought to be enough, but then again, so I said about the 32767. The programmers among you will know what I'm talking about here ;-)
- Jacks is now 'J'
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If there were a vPoker FAQ, this one had to be on the top of the list. I'm from Denmark, and here the jacks have a 'B'. I must have been a little too fast when I made the cards. The queen, however, was lucky enough to get a 'Q' instead of a 'D' ;-) (I made an unofficial release with a 'J', but the old version is still floating around somewhere out there)
- 1.4
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Palm OS® 5 high resolution support Tap to hold option Score limit fixed Jacks is now 'J' - 1.3
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Added color and greyscale support Current highscore entry appears in bold All cards revealed in 'Double or nothing' Added 'nearsight mode' - 1.2.1
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Fixed a bug on older Palm OS® versions - 1.2
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Added game statistics Added highscores Added Settings dialog Fixed a few bugs - 1.1
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Added 'double or nothing' feature Added Odds info - 1.0
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Initial release