Copyright: Cherry Delight ®1994-96 Ultisoft, Inc.


CONTENTS
Introduction

Registration

Placing Bets

Borrowing Credits

Payoffs

Bonuses

Double or Nothing

Program Settings

Loading/Saving Games

Statistics

Strategy

Programming Credits


Introduction

Cherry delight is not your grandmother's slot machine!  Cherry Delight is a realistic simulation of the new breed of video slot machines sweeping the U.S.  Unlike traditional slot machines, Cherry Delight has nine separate spinning wheels.  This results in eight separate pay lines.  There are also a variety of bonuses that actually bring strategy to slot machine play.  The graphics are beautiful, and the wheels really look like they are spinning.  Also includes a double-or-nothing high/low card game option which you may choose to play after a winning spin.

A pay line (sometimes called a win line) consists of the symbols showing on three wheels in a row.  There are eight separate pay lines in Cherry Delight.  Starting on the left side, the first pay line is the top-left, top-middle, and top-right wheels (in that order).  The next row is the second pay line.  The bottom row is the third pay line.  The fourth pay line starts at the top-left wheel and includes the middle-left and bottom-left wheels.  The fifth pay line is the middle column, and the sixth payline is the right-most column.  The seventh payline runs from the top-left wheel down and diagonal to the right and includes the center wheel and bottom-right wheel.  The eigth payline runs diagonally from the bottom-left wheel, through the center wheel to the top-right wheel.

After you place your bet (See Placing Bets), you click on the SPIN button (or press Enter) to spin the wheel.  If your spin produces one or more winning lines, a new window will appear to tell you how and what you won.  To see the payoffs, choose PAYOFFS from the HELP menu.


Registration

If you have purchased the registered version of Cherry Delight Video Slots, then let us thank you for your support!  You will notice that the registered version has many enhancements and additional features not available in the shareware version.  We hope that Cherry Delight brings you many hours of enjoyment.

If you are using the shareware version of Cherry Delight, then we would like to thank you, too, for trying it out.  We also need to remind you that this is copyrighted software released as shareware.  Shareware allows you to try out a program before buying it.  Millions have purchased software through this marketing method.  Isn't nice to be sure you like a program before buying it?

You are granted a limited licence to evaluate this product for up to 30 days.  If you will be using this program after 30 days, you must register it with Ultimate Software.  Using this software beyond 30 days without registering it is a serious copyright violation.  Besides the moral and legal reasons to register this program, you will find that registration is quite a bargain.  You not only gain the right to continue using the software, but you get several product enhancements.  Included in the registered version are game save and load options, unlimited credits, a double-or-nothing card game, an autoplay option, a game statistics window, and the removal of the sometimes annoying shareware reminders).

Pricing

Cherry Delight registration is only $20.

Order Info

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                              USA

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Placing Bets

To place a bet, click on either the BET 1 or BET 8 button.  Bets are made from line one to line eight.  You can bet one more credit on line one than line two, but you cannot bet a third credit on line one until all lines have at least two credits.  If you click on Bet 8, all lines receive one more credit.  The maximum bet is eight credits per line (a total of 64 credits).

For payoffs each line is played separately.  The amount shown on the payoff chart for a particular line shows the amount won per credit bet on that line.  For example, three cherries on one line pays ten.  That's ten times the amount bet on that line.

If you only bet four credits, that would be a bet of only one credit for lines one through four (with nothing on lines five through eight).  If line seven was a winner, but you bet fewer than seven credits, you wouldn't win anything on that line.  You can only win on lines you bet on.  Also, you are eligible to win screen bonuses only if you bet at least eight credits.


Borrowing Credits

You can add to your credits by borrowing.  You can borrow as many credits as you need as often as you need by selecting BANK from the SETTINGS menu.

Please note that the statistics window does take into account the number of credits borrowed.  In other words there is a difference between "won" and borrowed credits.  Also, the credits you start with are considered borrowed.


Payoffs

There are two kinds of payoffs, winning pay lines and screen bonuses.

Paylines

As explained in the introduction, paylines are made up of the symbols showing on a line of three wheels.  With the exception of cherries and lemons, for a pay line to be a winner, all the symbols showing on that line must be the same.  To see the payoff amounts for each "kind" of match, select PAYOFFS from the HELP menu (within the program).

Cherries pay if you get three in one line, and pay lessor amounts if the first symbol (or first two) are cherries.  Just having a cherry in the line is not enough, it must be on the first wheel in the line.  Two cherries pay more than one.  Two cherries also count towards an earned CHERRY ROLL (see Bonuses).  Lemons are worthless.  Three lemons pays nothing.

The wheels in the normal game are different than those in the bonus games (Cherry and Bar Rolls).  Also, the wheels themselves are different (have a different mix of symbols on them).

Screen Bonuses

Besides winning pay lines, you can win screen bonus for the total number of 7s on the screen, or for ALL FRUIT.  When the symbols showing on all the wheels are fruit (combination of cherries, watermelons, grapes, lemons and plums), you get a very nice ALL FRUIT bonus.  See the payoff charts by selecting PAYOFFS from the HELP menu (within the program).

Bonuses


Bonuses

In addition to winning on any of the eight paylines, you can also win credits by achieving one of the three bonuses mentioned below.

Pool

There is a pool that can be won by three times getting a win line with all bells.  Each time you get a line with all bells, one bell graphic is removed from the left side of the screen.  The pool is increased during regular play by getting a single "7" in the center square.  This adds seven credits to the pool.  You can also add to the pool by getting two 7s on the screen at once.  This adds ten credits.  Getting more than two 7s on the screen does not add to the pool, but does win credits for you immediately.  When you win the pool, the amount of the pool is added to your total credits, and the pool total is reset to zero.

Cherry Rolls

At the start of a new game, there are six small cherries on the upper left part of the screen.  Each time you get two cherries on a pay line, one cherry is removed.  The two cherries on the win line MUST be the first two wheels of that pay line.  When you get a pay line with all three cherries, three cherries are removed from the "For Bonus" count.  When all six cherries are removed, you get one free CHERRY ROLL.  If you only need to remove one more cherry to get a cherry roll, and you get a pay line with all cherries, you get three cherry roll spins.  There are other combinations that can give you more that one cherry roll spin.  Count the number of cherries to remove by taking three for each pay line with three cherries and one for each pay line starting with two cherries.  Subtract this number from the cherries remaining for the bonus.  If the result is 0, you get 1 spin.  If the result is -1, you get 2 spins.  And so on.  It has been reported by one of the testers that he once got 11 cherry spins!

A cherry roll is a free spin.  The wheels are different for the cherry roll--only cherries, blanks, and triple-7s appear.  Blanks do not pay anything.  Cherries pay if a pay line starts with one, two, or has three cherries.  Triple-7s pay very well.  You can win by getting a pay line with all triple-7s, and you can win a screen bonus for getting from one to nine triple-7s anywhere on the screen.  See Payoffs for more about pay lines and screen bonuses.

Bar Rolls

You get seven free bar rolls whenever you get a pay line with all 1-Bars.  Although it is rare, if you get two (or more) pay lines with all 1-Bars from a single spin, you get the number of pay lines with all 1-Bars--times 7 bar rolls.

There are special wheels (different than the normal wheels) for the bar rolls.  The symbols on these wheels are triple-7s, 3-Bars, 2-Bars, 1-Bars, and blanks.  Blanks pay nothing.  Pay lines with all of one symbol (example all 2-Bars) win you credits.  Also, you win if you get a pay line with all bars (three bars which are not all the same).  Additionally, there is a screen bonus for the total number of triple-7s on the screen.  See Payoffs for more about pay lines and screen bonuses.

Payoffs


Double or Nothing

After a winning spin, you have the option to either TAKE your winnings or try to DOUBLE them.  If you click on the DOUBLE button, a high/low card game appears.  This is a double-or-nothing game.  You can continue to play this game until you lose or choose to take your winnings back to the normal game.

The object of the game is to examine the cards already dealt and guess whether the next card (the card face down) is higher or lower than seven.  If you guess correctly, your wager is doubled.  If you are incorrect, or if the card is a seven, you lose your wager.  Your wager starts as the amount you just won on the slot machine.  If you choose to play this game, you wager all your winnings from the previous slot machine spin.  Each time you win, your wager is doubled.  You can stop at any time by clicking the TAKE button.  This will return you to the slot machine.  If you lose, you lose your entire wager.

At the beginning of this game six cards appear at the bottom of the screen.  They are the first six cards of the newly shuffled deck dealt face up.  Use them to help you choose your course of action.  If most of the cards are above seven, your best bet is to guess that the next card will be below seven.  If they are mostly below seven, you probably want to guess that the next card is above seven.


Program Settings

You can select the following options from the OPTIONS menu.

Autoplay

Banner

Banner Text

Bet Amount

Sound

Speed


Autoplay

To go into autoplay mode, select AUTOPLAY from the OPTIONS menu.

When you are in autoplay mode, the game plays automatically.  Before each spin, the game automatically bets the same amount that you last bet before going into autoplay mode.  You can leave autoplay mode (and return to normal play) by again choosing AUTOPLAY from the OPTIONS menu.

Why would you like go into autoplay anyway?  You may not.  However, you may find it interesting to let the game play on its own for several hours and then check the statistics window to get a feel for the overall payout.  Our tests of over 100,000 spins calculated a payout of approx. 95%.  The game will continue to play if you minimize the Cherry Delight screen.  It will also play faster (and without sound) when minimized.

You can set a win value to make the game pause if you win a certain amount.  When you set autoplay mode to on, you will be asked for a "Win Stop Value."  For example: if you enter 1000 as the win stop value, the game will pause at the payoffs screen until you click "Take."  After you click on the take button, the game will continue in autoplay mode.  If you do not wish for the game to pause no matter how much you won, then enter a zero for the win stop value.

Please Note

Autoplay mode will automatically discontinue after 200 spins.  If you want to continue autoplay mode after it discontinues, put the game back in autoplay mode and click on spin.


Banner

Use this setting to turn the banner at the top of the screen on or off.  You can change this setting by selecting BANNER from under the OPTIONS menu.


Banner Text

You can use this setting to change the moving banner text at the top of the screen.  You can make this text say anything you want.  It will automatically be saved, so it will reappear each time you plan the game.

To change the banner text, select BANNER TEXT from under the OPTIONS menu.  Then replace the current text with your own words and phrases.


Bet Amount

You can change the value of the coins use use to bet with by selecting BET AMOUNT from under the OPTIONS menu.  You can bet in increments of 5¢,10¢,25¢,50¢ or $1.

You can bet one to eight credits on the eight paylines.  So a maximum bet of 64 coins would be as high as $64 if the bet amount is $1 or as low as  $3.20 if the bet amount is 5¢.

The bet amount factors into any payoff for a winning line or a screen bonus since these are based on the dollar value of your bet.  The amount that goes into the bell pool is also affected because it is based on 7 or 10 coins at the current coin value.


Sound

To turn the sound off (or back on), select SOUND from the OPTIONS menu.  When sound is on, a check mark will appear next to SOUND on the OPTIONS menu.


Speed

The default speed setting is fast, but you can adjust it to suit your tastes (or computer speed).  To change the speed setting, select SPEED from the OPTIONS menu.  Then select the speed setting you desire.  The current speed setting will be noted by a check mark.


LOADING GAMES
Loading/Saving Games

Saving Games

To save a game, select SAVE from the FILE menu.  In the window that appears, select a game slot to save your game to.  You can change the name of your game by editing the name in the text box at the upper-right corner of the window.  Then click on the SAVE buttom to save your game.  Saving your game saves both your balances (credits, amount borrowed, won/lost, bonuses paid, etc.) as well as your settings (last bet, speed, bet amount/coin value).

Loading Games

To load a previously saved game, select LOAD from the FILE menu.  This will bring up a LOAD GAME window.  Select the game you wish to load and click on LOAD.

To begin a new game, select NEW GAME from the FILE menu.  This will begin a new game according to the default settings.  When you first run the program, it automatically begins a new game, or you can load a previously saved game.


Statistics

To view the statistics for the current game, select STATISTICS from the FILE menu.

The statistics window displays the number of spins (not counting the bonus spins), credits, amount borrowed, amount wagered (the total amount of the bets placed on all your spins), amount won/lost, bonuses won (Cherry Rolls, Bar Rolls and Pools won), the normal payout percentage (without bonuses won), and the overall payout percentage.


Strategy

Slots machines are a lot of fun because they are so unpredictable.  Winning on a traditional slot machine is mostly based on luck--not skill.

Cherry delight does offer some opportunity for strategy/skill because you are allowed to vary your bet to such a large degree.  Since the cherry rolls are so lucrative, their payout is based on your last bet, and because you know that you are more likely to get one when you only need one more cherry removed for the bonus, why not increase your bet SUBSTANTIALLY when you are close to earning a cherry roll!

You should always bet at least eight credits to be eligible for screen bonuses.  Betting fewer than eight would lower your odds significantly.  Then when you only need to remove one more cherry for the bonus, start betting 64 credits.  You may even get lucky and get a triple-cherry which would give you three spins--all based on your 64 credit bet.

Please Note

This new version of Cherry Delight offers even more strategy because now you can also change the bet amount (coin value).  Why not set bet amount to 5¢ until you only need one more cherry removed for a Cherry Roll.  Then start betting 64 coins at $1 per coin so that the Cherry Roll will pay off really well.


Programming Credits

Cherry Delight Video Slots is Copyrighted ©1994-1996 by Ultisoft, Inc.

Programming:  Mike Comish

Art Design:      Mark Comish

Testing:           Matthew Roland, Patricia Smith