Stars Bingo, 1952 by United - Ported to Visual Pinball 0.5 by druadic@cs.com
VERSION 2.1 - FOR VP DOGFOOD 5 (Version 0.5) ONLY.
1/23/02 - UPDATED!!!!

This version has been DRAMATICALLY REDUCED in size! IN HALF!!!!

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THIS IS THE REAL VERSION - LAST VERSION WAS A NOVELTY RELEASE!

TO START: PLEASE FOLKS DO NOT CHANGE THIS GAME IN ANYWAY UNLESS YOU WISH 
TO DO
	the ENTIRE thing from scratch! Trust me, it takes a LONG TIME to make these bingo boards!
	PLEASE RESPECT my wishes as the sole author of this board release. Thank you. Just had to
	get that out of the way.

	My code my be "crude" or a form of "spaghetti code" but it works and WORKS PERFECT! I
	have taken over four days to test this board with NO ERRORS. So please don't knock me for my
	"old school" ways; I started out with AppleSoft Basic and ProDos and on this board it does
	show, but it works! Thanks and please read the rules below.

	I DO HAVE TO SAY ONE MORE THING: This game plays just like it should. I asked a personal
	buddy of mine (will not name him since he asked for me NOT to) to tell me EVERYTHING about
	United's Stars Bingo and let me just say he OWNS one. So, the rules ARE CORRECT. Just a bit
	of reassurance that the game plays correctly. I DO MY HOMEWORK for each board I release
	and that goes for ALL of my boards. So rest assured your playing an original classic! :)

	TONS OF THANKS GOES TO ROY who has emailed me, playtested, emailed me and playtested!
	This guy is as vigilant as I am and has done a superb job of keeping me going. THANK YOU
	ROY FOR ALL YOUR HELP! :)

	UPDATE: I have just went through SIX PEOPLE to find out the rules to this game on 11/25/01!
	EVERYTHING plays AS IT SHOULD. This was NOT an easy task, but I got it to work!

NEWLY ADDED ON 11/17/01!!!!!

PAYOUT ODDS!!!!

	The higher your replay credits on the backglass are, the LESS chances you have of getting ANY
	spottem numbers, doubled cards or double all cards. This is a NEW item I have implemented and
	it works great - I've been lucky at some times and some I have just wasted coin after coin with no
	luck at all! SO GOOD LUCK!!! :)

Keypresses DURING the game: UPDATED!
	NOT ACTIVE - (1, 2, 3) for buying your three cards. Pressing EACH number buys EACH card.
	NOT ACTIVE - (I)nsert coins BEFORE gameplay to chance for spottem numbers, double a card 
or
		double all cards. Be careful as this DOES use up your credits on the backglass! If you
		have only chosen card A and then press the "I" key to insert coins you CAN NOT get
		card B and / or card C!
	NOT ACTIVE - use (C) for buying up to three balls. If you're at ball five and do not have all of the
		balls purchased this is your LAST chance before you start a new game OR play your
		extra balls!
	ACTIVE - (P)lay the game after selcting your cards or (P)laying your extra balls you have 
recieved.
	ACTIVE - (Enter Key) to release the balls into the playfield.
	ACTIVE - (Space Bar) to nudge the ball upwards.
	ACTIVE - (/) to nudge the ball to the left.
	ACTIVE - (Z) to nudge the ball to the right.
	NON ACTIVE - (R) to reset the entire game from the beginning. Credits go back to 25. Use these
		credits VERY sparingly! This option can be selected at anytime NOT during a game.

	Non Active is when the game is NOT IN PLAY.

STARTING THE GAME: You'll see a few things missing. I've placed the credits / game credits won on the
	backglass. You get any 3, 4 or 5 in a line and those winnings will be added there. Here's the 
combos
	for winning:

	THREE LINER: 4 replay credits - Not too hard to get.
	FOUR LINER: 20 replay credits - These are tough.
	FIVE LINER: 100 replay credits - Nearly impossible unless you are one hell of a bingo player OR
		you're just one hell of a lucky guy! :P

	The more credits / replay credits you have on the backglass, the longer you play! If you run out of
	those credits the game WILL NOT start. You must reset the game by pressing the R key. This will
	start you off again with 50 credits to play.

Let's start with the scoring!

	Scoring is VERY simple. You can get three, four or five in a line. The NICE thing about this
	game is you can score these by getting them horizontal, vertical or diagonal! The game is
	really limitless in terms of scoring.

	DOUBLE SCORING: Stars Bingo can ONLY score up to double your amount back. NO
	HIGHER. This was to limit the amount of payout credits to the player and made the game
	quite tough.

	KEEP TRACK of your winnings / credits under the left woman on the backglass. The highest
	this amount will go to is 999. UPDATED.

	PAYOUTS FOR LINES, have a MAXIMUM PAYOUT of 200 EACH GAME. If you get any 
higher
	than 200 the game WILL NOT give you more game credits.

SCORING IN FURTHER DETAIL: If you do not have "DOUBLE" lit on any cards, then you get single
	payouts only. For a three liner, you get 4 replay credits. For a four liner twenty and for the
	five liners 100 replay credits are returned. Watch these on your backglass.

	When the scoring on a card or all cards is "DOUBLE" then it's time to clean house. When your
	cards are doubled then go for it all; just make sure you have credits left to play extra balls!

	This game DOES NOT payout triple or quadtriple scoring. It was United's SECOND machine so
	I guess they didn't get too far with that until MUCH later with further production of other bingo
	machines.

SOME SCORING TRICKS: The cool thing (and tough to playtest) was the scoring of TWO single three
	liners at once. This game DOES THIS!

KEYPRESSES FURTHER: The game WILL tell you what you can and cannot press at any time. If you run
	out of credits and winnings it will tell you to reset the game from the beginning.

WATCH YOUR CREDITS: If you have one credit left and you select to play card A for that one credit then
	remember you CAN NOT use any more credits UNTIL you (R)eset your credits on the backglass
	OR you win a 3, 4 or 5 in liner. IF during the game itself you manage to gain a line those credits
	ARE available to you IMMEDIATELY!

RESETTING THE GAME: When hitting the (R) key after the game is DONE, it WILL RESET ALL of
	your credits/games on the backglass! So make sure you pay attention to this BEFORE
	you hit that key - especially if you have winnings you could play. UNLESS you don't have
	enough winnings that you would want to keep. Remember that this function ONLY WORKS
	after the GAME IS OVER. You'll see "GAME OVER" above the coins or credits you have
	left. Once that is there then hit the (R) key to reset.

SPOTTEM FEATURE: ONLY AFTER you buy the second card will spottem work, but only for cards 1
	and 2. You must buy card three for a chance at spottem for card 3 AND for doubling the payout
	of game credits (center light).

SOUNDS: Land the ball in a hole and you'll hear a single ping. Get a three liner and you'll hear a strange
	single ding sound. Hit a four liner it gets a little louder and a few more rings can be heard. Get five
	in a line and it goes ballistic. THIS IS UPDATED.

CHANCE EXTRA BALLS: During the game you can use a credit AFTER each ball you play lands into a
	hole. Once that happens, you can choose to "chance" a (C)redit by pressing of course key C.
	If you hear a "ping" then look at your backglass. you have won an extra ball for after the five balls
	of the game are finished. Even AFTER ball five has been played and you have not gotten all of the
	extra balls that are available you can take a "chance" to buy one again. If you have all three balls
	already you cannot buy any more balls. If you're at ball five and you have say two extra balls and
	you chance for the third and do not get it then you can NO LONGER go after chance extra balls.
	Sux huh? Anyway, if you do not hear a ping, you'll hear a BUZZ sound telling you the ball has not
	been allowed for purchase.

Well, that's it; the game plays GREAT and I hope everyone enjoys my work. I had A LOT of fun making it
	and HOPE I'll get lots of email about this wonderful little bingo game.

MOST IMPORTANT: HAVE A LOT OF FUN!

Sincerely;
Will
AKA druadic at ShivaSite
druadic@cs.com

