Backjack

Play the popular card game blackjack on your palm.

Backjack v1.11

Released July 15, 1999

Copyright 1999, Jim Murff

http://members.aol.com/jmurff1

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Backjack is a Freeware PalmPilot based PocketC Applet of the game Blackjack.

This game is Freeware and requires PocketC(PocketC Free Runtime included

in the distribution) to run. This is a simple implementation of BlackJack

(aka 21, aka Backjack).

Rules:

- From the Intro screen hit 'Deal' button to start.

- Pilot has to hit(take a card) on any score of < 17.

- This implementation uses one Deck(52 cards).

- If you hit 'New Deal' button the deck continues to be used unshuffled.

- Once the deck is used up it causes a reshuffle and a new hand is dealt.

- If you hit 'New Deck' takes you back to the Intro Screen.

- 'Hit' button deals you a card.

- 'Pass' button passes turn to the Dealer.

- If you bust(go over 21) or get 21, deal automatically passes to Dealer.

- The Backjack bitmap(in center of game table) has a Popup Menu that allows

Hit, Pass, Shuffle(same as 'New Deck' button but you are not taken back to

the Intro screen) and New Deal.

- There is no splitting currently.

Future ideas include in no Particular Order:

- Splitting.

- Psuedo Money.(Betting)

- Double Down.

- Save State.

- 6 deck version. (Las Vegas Style).

- Odds calculations.

- Win/Lose counters.

- Ability to setup a hand and play it out with odds.

- Virtual Players so Odds can be calculated with more than

just You and the Dealer.

This has been tested on PalmIII but should run wherever PocketC does.

This version only works with OS 2.0 and up.

Feedback welcome!

Installation:

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1.) Using your favorite PalmPilot program, install PocketC.prc. Additionally, you

may also install MathLib.prc (which adds a substantial number of floating-

point functions such as trig functions). This runtime version will replace any

other installed version of PocketC.

2.) Using your favorite PalmPilot program, install Backjack.prc.

This runtime version will replace any other installed version of Backjack.

Tap the Backjack Icon to invoke the game. You do not need to start PocketC

first. Also If you quit out of the game via the options menu you will be

put into the PocketC environment. To avoid this simply exit by tapping the

Applications silkscreen on the Pilot.

Files included:

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PocketC_rt.zip Freeware PocketC Runtime Application.

Backjack.prc Backjack Runtime .PRC Game.

Contact:

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Please bug reports to Jim Murff ([email protected]).

Legal:

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This software is provided as is, with no guarantee of fitness for any particular

task. The user assumes all responsibility for its use.

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