Samantha Fox Pin-Up Poker (V1.0)
DF Design 1987-2025

Sam is back on the speccy after a 39 year absence with a brand new fast action poker game!
Her strip poker computer game from 1986 went down in history and continues to be remembered fondly.
Now the grainy, page 3 like pics of the 80s have been updated in this brand new fan-made homebrew game and addition to the ZX Spectrum's continuing renaissance.
Using recovered unreleased code originally produced in 1987 and modern sound engines, this new speccy game celebrates one of the most photographed women of the 80s and acclaimed International popstar, Samantha Fox once again.

Featuring:
Video digitised 1-bit classic images
Four games each with a different set of brand new images , sound and playing style
Modern sound engines covering seven of Sam's tunes, jingles and samples

Sam's Guide to Playing the game:
OK Foxys, let's simplify things. We've now got 3 cards, we bet, we raise, we call or we fold, it's as simple as that.
If you win all my money, I'll show a classic 80s pin-up pose and it'll be just like the old days tee hee.
If I win all your money, well, let's see how game you are!

Rules:
The game is a loose derivative of 3 card poker 
Each player initially pays an ante of £5 into the pot
The player can then decide whether to bet, fold or call
If bet is chosen then the next player can decide to raise in increments of £5 up to a max of £25 in the first round, fold or call
Folding means you give up the hand and the other player wins the pot
Calling at this point means you can swap either 1 card (press 1-3) or zero cards (press enter)
Now play enters the 2nd round where betting, raising, folding and calling are the same as round one except when calling, Sam's cards are shown and the winner of the pot decided.

Ranking of hands:
High card (ace is high) - a single high card where the other 2 cards are discarded
Pair (2 cards of the same value, the other card is discarded)
Flush (3 cards in the same suit)
Straight (3 consecutive cards of any suit)
Three of a kind (3 cards of the same value, ace is high)
Straight flush (3 consecutive cards in the same suit)

**If both players hands are the same, the player who CALLed LOSES, so CALL wisely**

 
Pin-Up Poker
When Sam's money is less than or equal to zero she displays one of her classic pin-up pictures.
When the player's is less than or equal to zero they can decide how to forfeit  ;)
If the player or Sam loses all their money then they revert back to their previous pin-up or forfeit level and play continues.

Controls:
Pressing any key scrolls through the options, pressing ENTER chooses an option
When swapping cards, press 1-3 or ENTER (swap zero cards)
Pressing P  views the full pin-up image
BREAK restarts the game (+2B/+3 load in 48K mode for this feature to be available if playing on real hardware)

*IMPORTANT* If loading on a Spectrum emulator such as FUSE or SPECTACULATOR, be sure to have the AUTO LOAD and AUTOPLAY/STOP options enabled so the loader works as intended.

The Team
Design/Coding/Digitising/Beeper ('87-2025) :  Rich Hollins
AY Music (48k/128k): Pedro Pimenta
Compression code : Einar Saukas
Font: Damien Guard
Loading screen & Lips: Lee 'Chops' Stevenson (he made sure I included the lips)
Testing: Lee 'Chops' Stevenson /Andre Luna Leao /Mark Bailey/Andy Cooper
Tape/Inlay art:  Anthony Scarfe - Northern Games 2025
Limited run of physical tapes available from the Northern Games Facebook group

Sam mixes up her play on each of the four games to keep you on your toes!
Will you be able to tell if she is bluffing this time ?


History
This game has been a long term project (38 years in the making) which was started in 1987 and stalled until 2015, when an old tape was found in my loft containing the unfinished/bugged poker game code.  Some work was then done to try and understand the code, add some features and create new sets of digitised images. 
The game then stalled again until late 2024 when the coder decided to try and finish the project. A lot of work was then carried out with the objective being to try and make a faster (than usual) fun card game, which was hopefully addictive and playable.
As was the original plan, lots of Sam's music was also included as tunes and jingles replacing the traditional Joplin Rags.

I hope you like it.
DF Design