Solitaire City ---------------- Version: 1.02s (Shareware) -------------------------- 256 Color, 16-Bit and True Color Windows Solitaire Collection ------------------------------------------------------------- Description ----------- Solitaire City is a collection of eight popular one and two pack solitaire games played against the clock for points. The faster you complete the game, the higher your score, the best of which are saved to hard drive. Solitaire City looks awesome in 256 color mode and looks even better in 16-bit or true color modes. The game supports three size of cards so the graphics will look large and detailed regardless of your video resolution. Download new card sets from the Internet or create your own with Solitaire Setty which is available separately. Solitaire City has been in development for over a year and a half in order to make it one of the best and most feature packed solitaire games ever. One Pack Solitaire Games Included : ----------------------------------- Klondike, Demon, Poker Squares, Pyramid, Cribbage Squares, Golf Two Pack Solitaire Games Included : ----------------------------------- Casket, Alternations Other Cool Features ------------------- Forty Three Wacky Sound Effects (Configurable) Two Cool Cardsets in three sizes for (640x480, 800x600 or 1024x768 and better displays) Numerous Game Rules Multiple Hi-Score Tables Hi-Scores Manager Fast and Furious Game Play Hardware Requirements --------------------- 386 4 megs free Hard drive space 4 megs ram 256 color display Mouse Recommended ----------- 486 or Pentium 4 megs free Hard drive space 8 megs ram 16-Bit or True Color display Solitaire Setty (The Cardset Design Tool) Software Requirements --------------------- Windows 3.1x, Windows 95 or Windows NT Installation ------------ [1] Create a temporary directory somewhere on your hard drive eg C:\SCRATCH [2] Unzip all the files in SCITY102.ZIP into this temporary directory [3] Run SETUP.EXE from the temporary directory, either by selecting RUN from the Program Manager menu (Windows 3.1) or from the START menu (Windows 95/NT) [4] Follow the on-screen installation instructions [5] Delete the temporary directory from your hard drive [6] Click on the new Solitaire City icon to play. Enjoy ! What's New ? ------------ V1.00s - First Release V1.01s - Added credit card ordering information in the help files. The game remains the same. I've also added batch files, DISK1.BAT, DISK2.BAT and DISK3.BAT which will create a three disk floppy installation of the game which you can then pass around to your friends. Instructions on how to do this can be found in the DISKS.TXT file. Evaluation count has been reset so you can play another 120 games before you are required to register Solitaire City. V1.02s - Australian order forms added. Australians can now order with their Ozzie dollars from Australia's best shareware distributor and registration service, Shareware-Australia. Author Contact Information -------------------------- Peter Wiseman, 1534 Plaza Lane #334, Burlingame, CA 94010-3204. e-mail pete@solitairecity.com Please visit my web site where you can keep up to date with the latest Solitaire City developments, download photo-realistic cardsets, silly sound effects and upgrade patches : http://www.solitairecity.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- COMING SOON - Solitaire City V1.10 : Expect to see various cosmetic enhancements including photographic backgrounds which will improve the look of Solitaire City no end. I will also be adding a few more rules to Klondike and maybe even including some MIDI music. Registered users will be able to download a FREE upgrade patch from my web site which will convert their existing V1.00r files into V1.10r so keep your eyes peeled ! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Pete Wiseman - 26th April 1998