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T.CRIS-CROS POKE

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00000820: 0D 0D 0D 0D C4 C9 D3 CB  20 C6 C9 CC C5 D3 20 D4  |........ ..... .|
00000830: C8 C9 D3 20 D0 D2 CF C7  D2 C1 CD 20 D5 D3 C5 D3  |... ....... ....|
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00000880: 45 58 54 20 2A 2A 2A 2A  0D                       |EXT ****.       |
..^U:BRAIN..    C R I S - C R O S    P O
 K E R..            BY LOU AVANZI..    H
OW MANY TIMES HAS THIS HAPPENED.TO YOU? 
 YOU'RE IN VEGAS AT THE DUNES.AND YOU FI
ND YOURSELF DOWN TEN GRAND.AT THE HIGH-S
TAKES POKER TABLE.  YOUR.NEMESIS, SAL SA
GEV, HAS JUST RAISED.YOUR BET AND NOW YO
U'RE WAITING FOR.SAMMY JR. TO MAKE UP HI
S MIND.  EVEN.FRANKIE IS CHOMPING AT THE
 BIT, AND.HE'S EVEN SLOWER THAN JOEY OR 
PETER!.YOU FIND YOURSELF MUTTERING UNDER
.YOUR BREATH, "WHY DIDN'T I JUST STAY.AT
 HOME AND PLAY WITH MY C64.INSTEAD?"..  
  NOW YOU CAN TELL YOUR RAT PACK.BUDDIES
 TO GET LOST -- YOU HAVE.CRIS-CROS POKER
 AND DON'T NEED THEM.ANYMORE.  NOW YOU C
AN PLAY TEN HANDS.OF POKER AT ONE TIME. 
 ADMITTEDLY THE.PAYOFF IS SMALLER, SHEKE
L-WISE, BUT.IT'S A HELL OF A LOT MORE FU
N.  AND.YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE BORING,.TOP
-HEAVY SHOW-GIRLS LEANING OVER.YOUR SHOU
LDER ALL THE TIME, TRYING TO.PLY YOU WIT
H FREE DRINKS...    LOU AVANZI, A RESIDE
NT OF LOST.WAGES HIMSELF, HAS WRITTEN A 
CRISP,.CLEAN PROGRAM THAT CHALLENGES YOU
R.ABILITY TO PLAN AHEAD...    IT'S EASY 
TO PLAY, TOO...    THE INSTRUCTIONS TELL
 YOU THAT.TWENTY-FIVE CARDS WILL BE DEAL
T ONE.AT A TIME.  YOUR JOB IS TO PLACE T
HEM.ON THE TABLE SO THAT THE TEN POKER.H
ANDS PRODUCED - FIVE ACROSS AND FIVE.DOW
N - ARE THE BEST YOU CAN MAKE.THEM.  THE
 'VALUE' OF EACH HAND IS.SHOWN ON THE IN
STRUCTIONS SCREEN..THE RANKING OF EACH T
YPE OF HAND IS.JUST THE SAME AS IN TRADI
TIONAL.POKER; A FLUSH BEATS A STRAIGHT,.
THREE-OF-A-KIND BEATS TWO-PAIR, ETC...  
  YOU PLACE THE CARDS ON THE TABLE.BY FI
RST PRESSING A, B, C, D OR E FOR.THE ROW
, THEN 1, 2, 3, 4 OR 5 FOR THE.COLUMN.  
THE CARD AUTOMATICALLY MOVES.INTO PLACE 
AND THE NEXT CARD IS.DEALT..    REMEMBER
 THAT YOU CAN PRESS F1 AT.ANY TIME TO EX
IT FROM THE GAME.  THIS.IS A FEATURE SOR
ELY NEEDED IN LAS.VEGAS, BY THE WAY.  YO
U CAN STILL.RETURN TO THE CURRENT GAME A
FTER YOU.PRESS F1...    I HAVE NO HINTS 
FOR THE BEST.STRATEGY TO USE.  LOU IS AN
 EXPERT,.BUT HE WISELY HAS KEPT HIS TACT
ICS TO.HIMSELF -- AFTER ALL, YOU MAY FIN
D.YOURSELF IN A MEGABUCK CRIS-CROS.POKER
 GAME WITH HIM SOMEDAY...    GOOD LUCK..
....DISK FILES THIS PROGRAM USES..CRIS-C
ROS POKER    ML.T.CRIS-CROS POKER..     
   **** END OF TEXT ****.
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