# New Game

Category: Accessible Games

## Post 1 by Witchcraft (Account disabled) on Saturday, 04-Dec-2004 5:04:53

Its hot!
Its new!
Its waiting for you!
&LT;h1> Introducing Accessible Poker Squares SV! &LT;/h1>
Poker is hot again, so download a free fully functional trial version of this great game, and join the poker mania.
Accessible Poker Squares SV is a solitaire card game for one player based on a poker theme.
Whether you are a card shark, or you have never played poker in your life, the help files included with this game will allow you to fully understand the cards needed for each poker hand, and you will have a ball doing it!
Although it was designed specifically for visually impaired and blind gamers, this game is accessible to sighted players too.
Access to all aspects of this great game are provided via speech output for visually impaired and blind gamers. This game contains the Eloquence text to speech engine. The card graphics on the screen provide access to sighted users.
No screen reader or any other software is required. Just install it, and it will talk to you!
The Game Screen
The Accessible Poker Squares SV game screen has 2 main objects, the deck of cards, and a 25 cell grid.
The Deck:
This game uses 25 cards for each game, so when the game begins, the deck of cards on the game screen has 25 cards in it.
The top card on the deck of 25 cards is turned over so that its value is known to the player.
The remainder of the game screen contains a 25 cell grid where the cards on the deck will be moved to.
The Grid:
The grid is located on the middle and right side of the game screen.
The grid cells are arranged in 5 rows, and 5 columns.
Each cell can hold only 1 card at a time.
Playing the Game:
When the program starts, a new standard deck of 52 cards is created and shuffled.
The top 25 cards of the standard deck is then removed, and placed face down on the game screen.
The top card on the deck is turned over, so the player knows the value of only this top card.
The object of the game is to move cards, one at a time, from the deck and place them into the 5 x 5 grid so that each of the rows and columns forms the best possible poker hand.
For this game, a poker hand is five cards, so as you move cards to the grid, you will be creating a poker hand in each row, and a poker hand in each column.
To move the top card on the deck to an empty cell, move to that cell with the arrow keys, and press the enter key.
The decision of where to place each card in the grid is very important considering that once a card is moved from the deck to the grid, it can not be moved again.
Your goal is to create the best poker hand possible in each row and column.
Your score is based on a point system which assigns point values to the 9 poker hands.
When all twenty five cards have been moved to the grid, the game will end, your score will be calculated, and the results will be displayed in a new window.
You can learn more, and download the trial version of this new and exciting game, at the home of Accessible Games:
Accessible Games

## Post 2 by GreenTurtle (Music is life. Love. Vitality.) on Saturday, 04-Dec-2004 12:18:18

Sweet! This sounds cool, so I'll be sure to check it out.

## Post 3 by Telemachus (Death: the destroyer of worlds.) on Saturday, 04-Dec-2004 17:20:54

Yes, it sounds very cool. A little complex, but I think I'll get it and give it a run... hey, it'll get me away from Star Conquest, for a minute or two.

## Post 4 by Juliet (move over school!) on Tuesday, 07-Dec-2004 15:20:39

I installed this game yesterday, and for whatever reason, couldn't get it to do anything.

## Post 5 by Witchcraft (Account disabled) on Wednesday, 08-Dec-2004 0:25:29

Um, what operating system are you running? I'll try and help if I can.

## Post 6 by GreenTurtle (Music is life. Love. Vitality.) on Wednesday, 08-Dec-2004 17:11:37

I installed the game 2 days ago. Its complicated, but Im getting the hang of it. I really like it!

## Post 7 by The Shuck Fitter (My name is Liam) on Thursday, 09-Dec-2004 8:57:27

for some odd reason it doesn't run on my machine. go figgure.

## Post 8 by Witchcraft (Account disabled) on Thursday, 09-Dec-2004 19:22:48

For anyone who is having trouble with the game let me know the operating system that they installed it on?

## Post 9 by Juliet (move over school!) on Wednesday, 15-Dec-2004 15:40:51

windows xp

## Post 10 by Witchcraft (Account disabled) on Friday, 17-Dec-2004 12:18:52

Do you have any of the other SV games installed? If not, try installing one, and let me know if that fixes it. It has fixed it for others.