Hearts is a classic four player card game played by just about anybody, particularly college students during finals and sailors out at sea. It requires more skill than Rummy but not as much as Bridge; it is perhaps on par with Spades in terms of difficulty.

Hearts for Windows is a Windows version of this game that plays a good game and adds a lot of the original atmosphere of it as well. Your opponents put up sarcastic and humorous dialog that matches the game play. There are many options and features as well:
Select different opponents/skill level
Choose from different rule variations
Select your preferred game speed
Add your own card designs (supports up through 24 bit color)
Design your own players (see the External Player below)
Add your own player on-screen comments
Add your own player .wav file comments
View a detailed history of each game played
See your performance record on a bar graph
And more!

Registration Jump to this page to get a list of what you get for registering Hearts and how to register Hearts. You get more than just the registered version of the game--check out this page to see!
FAQ Go to this page to get help on frequently asked questions about Hearts.
External Player The External Player is a separate Windows program that plays the game as an independant player that you can program Go to this page to get information and sample code for the Hearts External Player.
Known Bugs This page shows a list of known bugs for the current release.
Revisions This page shows a revision history summary for Hearts.
Extras There are some extra programs and files that you can get for Hearts, including downloadable custom card backs. Go to this page to get them.
Download Jump here to download the Hearts program and associated files.

Here is a picture of the game in action:

   Paul Pedriana
   paulp@ccnet.com
   Two-Bit Software
   4003 Via Estrella
   Martinez, CA 94553