Real Deal Video Poker

Real Deal Video Poker is a Macintosh shareware video poker simulation preserved on Macintosh Garden as part of the broader card and casino category. The title belongs to the wave of single-machine gambling sims that emerged in the mid-to-late 1990s as freeware authors recreated the Las Vegas casino experience for home Macs running System 7 and Mac OS 8.

About this Listing

This entry is preserved here from BinHex-wrapped distribution archives mirrored by the Macintosh Garden community. Detailed authorship and release-year metadata were not recorded in the original upload, so the page acts primarily as a download mirror plus archival placeholder for the binary.

Gameplay Conventions

Like its peers in the Video Poker category, the game presents a single five-card draw machine with hold-and-replace mechanics and a Jacks-or-Better paytable. Bet sizing, credit tracking, and a payout schedule appear on the main play screen.

Distribution Format

The archive is distributed in classic Mac BinHex 4.0 format (.hqx), which preserves the resource fork required for the application icon, sound resources, and runtime code. Decoding requires Stuffit Expander or a comparable utility on the host Mac before the application can be launched.

Compatibility

Comparable shareware video poker titles from this era target System 7.0 through Mac OS 9 on 68k or PowerPC hardware. Modern preservation play is straightforward under SheepShaver or Basilisk II with an appropriate ROM and disk image.