Power Poker

Published first in COMPUTE!'s Gazette 1985/11 (Issue #29), Then in Best of COMPUTE! & Gazette, and also in COMPUTE!'s Third Book of C64 Games. It was published under the same name by Macrisoft a year later in Spain, though the gameplay is in English. At some point Corbois Software published this in Dutch. This is one of the most addictive games we've ever published. It adds a new dimension to the traditional game of poker, and is fun for one player or in competition with friends.

Poker is a game that's just as popular today as it was a century ago. Even though there's always a random element at play, it usually requires careful thought and a

knowledge of probability, The variations created by the cards you're dealt and how you arrange them makes poker unpredictable, "Power Poker," written for the Commodore 64, adds a new twist to the game — rather, another dimension.

Think of this game as two-dimensional poker. You play on a five-by-five grid and try to make the hands that gain the most points. Each card serves two hands, so

placement must be done carefully,