This manual is brought to you by the Playstation Manuals Online http://www.seanet.com/~greg ***************************************** CAESARS PALACE Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS Starting Up 2 Controls 3 Entering Caesars Palace: The Signpost 5 Signing in at the Cashier 6 Management 9 Tutorials 10 The Games 10 Roulette 10 Blackjack 12 Craps 13 Slots 14 Baccarat 16 Credits 17 Customer Support 18 Limited Warranty 19 World Wide Web 20 3 DIRECTIONAL PAD Allows you to highlight or select various options in each game screen. X BUTTON Performs an action, after you have made a selection by using the Directional pad. For example, by selecting EXIT and then pressing the X button, you will leave a screen to return to the previous screen. Control instructions continued on next page 4 In other areas of the game, pressing the X button will allow you to place and increase bets, to select the next player, to indicate that you are done betting, etc. TRIANGLE BUTTON Allows you to remove bets you have placed. Select the bet you wish to remove by using the Directional pad and press the Triangle button to remove it. This button also returns you to the screen after you call up the Controls Menu and cancels Load/Save Game selections. SQUARE BUTTON Calls up the Chip Rack. In any game, you can press the Square button to readjust the base amount of money you wish to bet; make these adjustments using the Directional pad. Pressing the Triangle button will close the Chip Rack. CIRCLE BUTTON Calls up help information. Pressing this button over a selection often provides information on what will happen if you press the X button here. For example, this button may tell you that by pressing the X button you will be placing your bets on all odd numbers (for Roulette), or that you should only press the X button over your selection if you are done placing all your bets. START Calls up a menu from which you can resume your game, restart the game, or call up the Controls Menu. The Controls Menu indicates any special functions that the L1, L2, R1, R2, and other buttons have in the current area in Caesars Palace. Press the Triangle button to return to the menu and then select RESUME. Press the X button to return to the game. 5 ENTERING CAESARS PALACE THE SIGNPOST After setting up your PlayStation and inserting the Caesars Palace CD, press the START button on your controller to begin. The first thing you'll see is the Main Menu which is called the Signpost. When you start playing the game will take you directly to the cashier's window. The games are not available until you sign in at the Cashier. After you visit the Cashier, discussed in a later section (Signing in at the Cashier), you will return here and be able to play any of the available games. For now, select Cashier and hit the X button. 6 SIGNING IN AT THE CASHIER Now that you are in the Cashier Window, you can sign in one or two players, load a previous player, and perform other actions. PLAYER 1 To register a new player, select the scroll in the center of the window and press the X button. This calls up a card where you sign in. First you must enter your name. Use the Directional pad UP/DOWN to select the appropriate letter of the alphabet. Then use the RIGHT button on the Directional pad to go to the next letter. You can correct mistakes by using the LEFT button to go back to an earlier point in the name. 7 Press the X button. Select NEW (it is selected by default) and press the X button to register this player. After you have signed in a player, you can delete him by selecting DELETE and pressing the X button. If you only want one player, use the Directional pad to select DONE and press the X button. PLAYER 2 If you want to register a second player, use the Directional pad on Player 1 controller to highlight the right arrow on the sign-in card or press R1. Press the X button to bring up a second card. Sign in the second player in the same way as for the first. When you are done, select DONE and press the X button. During play, you can return to the Cashier Window at any time from the Signpost by selecting Cashier and pressing the X button. When you return to this window, select options using the Directional pad and then press the X button. THE SCROLL In the center of the window is a scroll. By selecting this scroll you reach the Add/Delete Player Menu. If you are playing with two players, your only option will be to delete a player. To switch between players, use the Directional pad to highlight one of the arrows next to the sign-in card and press the X button. When you have the sign-in card for the player you wish to remove select DELETE and press the X button. If you are playing with one or no player, you can register a new player as described earlier. Select EXIT when you are done and press the X button to leave the scroll. 8 PLAYER CARDS Each player has a card in the Cashier Window. If a player is currently selected, his card will be highlighted. To select a different player, go to the scroll. Press X after selecting the arrow pointing at the player you wish to select. Exit from the scroll and then perform whatever other actions in the Cashier Window that you like. CHIP RACK On the right side of the window is a pile of chips. Select this to reach the Chip Rack where you can transfer money between Players 1 and 2. Use the 9 RIGHT and LEFT buttons on the Directional pad to move between denominations. Then use the UP and DOWN buttons to remove or add money from Player 1 (simultaneously adding or removing money from Player 2). Note: You can only give money from a wealthier player to a poorer one. Press the X button to exit the Chip Rack. THE REGISTER On the left side of the window is a register. Select this to reach the Load/Save Menu. There are several save-player positions. Use the Directional pad to select a slot in which to save the current player. Select SAVE with the Directional pad and then press X to save that player's game. Select EXIT and press the X button to return to the Cashier Window. From the Load/Save menu you can also load a previously saved-player position Use the Directional pad to select a save position, then select LOAD and press X to load that position. 9 RETURN TO SIGNPOST Use the Directional pad to get to the bottom of the window. When the RETURN TO SIGNPOST card is selected, press the X button to return to the Signpost. Now that you have signed in, you can select a game at the Signpost. MANAGEMENT Selecting the Management option from the Signpost takes you to the Options Menu. Use the Directional pad to move between the options shown and press the X button to turn the various options on or oft or to adjust them. You can turn the computer players, sound, dialogues, and ambiance on or off. To return to the Signpost, use the Directional pad to highlight EXIT and press the X button. 10 TUTORIALS Select Tutorials from the Signpost (using the UP/DOWN buttons and then the X button) to learn more about the games in Caesars Palace. It you click on Tutorials you can go to the tutorials signpost and select a tutorial video. The choices are: Blackjack, Baccarat, Roulette, and Craps. THE GAMES Caesars Palace offers five popular casino games: Roulette, Blackjack, Craps, Slots, and Baccarat. To enter any of these games, use the Directional pad at the Signpost to select the game of your choice. Then press the X button to go to that game. Roulette To play Roulette, you place bets on various areas of the board. You can bet on individual numbers; you can bet that a red or black number will appear. Similarly you can bet on various other combinations (such 11 as even or odd numbers, only the numbers shown in a column on which you've placed your bets, groups of numbers clustered around a point on the betting table, etc.). When the betting is complete, the wheel spins and the winning number emerges. If you win, your earnings reflect the odds against which you bet. The greater the odds, the better your earnings if you win. Player 1 places his bets first. Use the Directional pad to move the cursor to different betting positions. When you've reached a position where you wish to place a bet, press the X button. Continue to press the X button until you have bet the total amount you wish to bet on this position. You may place more than one bet. When you are done, select the NEXT card and press the X button to get to Player 2. Player 2 then places his bets. When he is done, press the X button after selecting the NEXT card to get the wheel rolling. After the wheel stops, you can start a new game or leave. To leave, use the Directional pad to select the LEAVE GAME card and press the X button. For further instruction on how to play Roulette, view the tutorial located at the Signpost. Blackjack In Blackjack, each player plays against the house. Players try to achieve a value in cards (face cards are worth 10 points, and an Ace is worth 1 or 11) as close to (but not greater than) 21 as possible. If you beat the house's hand, you win. Player 1 goes first. To place a bet press the X button and continue pressing it until you are satisfied with your bet. When you are done betting, move to the NEXT card and press the X button to get to Player 2. Player 2 then places his bets. When done, move to the NEXT card and press the X button to start the game. Each player is dealt cards and the game reports the value of the current player's cards. If a player gets 21 points in cards at any time during the game, his turn is automatically over and he wins. Further, if at any time a player's cards exceed 21 points in value, he goes bust and automatically loses. When it is your turn, use the Directional pad to select STAND (take no more cards), HIT (get another card) DOUBLE DOWN (double your bet and take only one more card), or SPLIT (divide a pair and play as two separate hands); the last two options are only allowed after your initial two cards are dealt. 13 Press the X button when you have made your choice. If you chose HIT, you can then select HIT again or STAND (if you haven't gone bust). This continues until you STAND, go bust or you reach a value of 21 points in cards. The game is then played out until it is done. You can then start a new game. To leave this game, use the Directional pad to select the LEAVE GAME card and press the X button. For further instruction on how to play Blackjack, view the tutorial located at the Signpost. Craps In Craps, one player (the shooter) rolls the dice and all players, including the shooter get to place bets on the outcome. On the first roll, a result of 7 or 11 is an automatic win; a result of 2, 3, or 12 is an automatic loss, and all other results are called "points." If the first roll results in a point, the shooter continues to roll until the dice give a value of 7 (the house wins) or the value of the point made on the first roll (the shooter wins). A variety of bets on the outcome can be made before all rolls. For example, you can place a bet that the result of the next roll will be a 4. 14 In Craps, if you wish to roll the dice, select the PICK UP card and I press the X button. You must then either bet that you will win (the Pass Line) or that you will lose (Don't Pass Bar). You may then place other bets. Other players can place any bets they wish. If you do not wish to roll, select NEXT instead and press the X button. Once a player has picked up the dice, bets can be placed. Select the result on which you wish to bet by using the Directional pad; then press the X button. You can increase the size of a particular bet by pressing the X button repeatedly. You may place as many bets as you like (but you can't select both the Pass Line and Don't Pass Bar). When a player is done placing bets, select the NEXT card and press the X button. The next player then places his bets. When players are done placing bets, select the NEXT card and press the X button until (or unless) you are asked to roll the dice. If you are to roll, select ROLL and press the X button. Depending on the results, the game may be over. You can then start a new game. If the shooter has not won or lost, new bets can be placed, or old bets altered, before rolling the dice again. To leave at any time, use the Directional pad to select the LEAVE GAME card and press the X button. For further instruction on how to play Craps, view the tutorial located at the Signpost. Slots In Slots you are betting that certain combinations of items will line up in a row on the machine's slots. You place money into slot machines to build up credits. You can then play 1 to 3 credits at a time. The more you play in edits at a time, the more you stand to win (or lose). You may cash out whenever you like. 15 Select one of the three available slot machines (Fountains of Fortune, Bank of the Nile, and Million Dollar Babies) using the Directional pad and then press the X button. Only one player can play Slots at a time. You can switch between Players 1 and 2 by pressing the Ri button. Use the Directional pad to get to the place (on the far right) where you put in your money. Add money by pressing the X button repeatedly until you have put as much money into the machine as you like. You can add money, as long as you have it, any time during play. Use the Directional pad to select One Credit, Two Credits, or Three Credits. This indicates how much you are willing to bet. Press the X button over your selection to play. Continue playing as long as you like, or as long as your credits last. When you are done, and if you still have credits, use the Directional pad to get to the Cash Out button at the far left. Press the X button over Cash Out to get your remaining money from the machine. You can then leave by using the Directional pad to get to CHOOSE ANOTHER MACHINE at the bottom of the screen. Press the X button to return to the screen with the three slot machines. To return to the Signpost, press the DOWN button to select RETURN TO SIGNPOST and press the X button. 16 Baccarat Baccarat is a card game in which the bank (or house) plays against a player for the highest value in a set of cards. The cards' values are added up and only the final digit counts in comparing values. There are strict rules for what the players can do and bettors merely bet for or against the bank or on the chance of a tie. In Caesars Palace Baccarat, you bet on the bank, the player, or a tie (you cannot bet on both the player and the bank). Select which bet you wish to place using the Directional pad and then press the X button. To increase the size of your bet press the X button repeatedly (as long as your money holds out). When you are done placing bets, select the NEXT card with the Directional pad and press the X button. The next player can then place bets. When done, 'TV' select the NEXT card and press the X button to begin the game. You can then play again (if you can still afford to). Return to the Signpost by selecting the LEAVE GAME card and pressing the X button. For further instruction on how to play Baccarat, view the tutorial located at the Signpost.