PsL Monthly 1994 January/PSL Monthly Shareware CD-ROM (Public Software Library) (January 1994).iso/games/dos/solitair.txt

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Solitaire


Contents:

-----Card Games
-----Mah Jongg Solitaire

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-----Card Games

[1POKER]
1Poker Solitaire 1.4 (Gellman, Robert; $0) is a poker solitaire game by the
author of one of the best draw poker games around. 1Poker is easy to play,
but calls for plenty of strategy as you attempt to place each card dealt to
you within a 5-by-5 grid so that when the grid is full, you get the best
five-card hands possible going across, down and diagonally.

[ABROAD]
Patience Abroad 1.0 (CoCoWare/Cowles, David A. ASP; $10) contains nine
foreign Solitaire card games and puzzles. Games include The Great Wall,
Monte Carlo, Four Kingdoms, Sir Tommy, Russian Patience, Beleaguered
Castle, and more. No graphics required.

[ACES]
ACES OF THE ENO (BSX International; $5-$10) is a solitaire card game.

[BLOCK11]
Block11 is solitaire for masochists. The average win rate is one time in
20. The goal is to play of the stacks any two cards that total 11 until all
the cards have been played off.

[CALCSOL]
Calculation Solitaire 1.5 (Gellman, Robert; $0) is a solitaire card game
that rewards skill, experience, concentration, and luck. According to "150
Ways to Play Solitaire", Calculation stands at the top of the list of games
that give opportunity for skill. The essentials can be understood in two
minutes, but it will take a little longer to become a good player.

[DARNIT]
DARNIT (BSX International; $5-$10) is a graphics version of Kings Corner
solitaire. Because this is an extremely difficult game to win, Darnit gives
you the choice of using Rules for Wimps.

[EGAPYR]
Pyramid Solitaire (Junod, John A.; $5) puts an interesting twist on an old
game. The object is to remove pairs of cards from the pyramid-shaped pile
whose points total thirteen.

[EGASOL]
EGA Solitaire (Junod, John A.; $5) combines excellent graphics and
playability. There are lots of options including screen colors, shuffling
and dealing rules, and hints.

[EGASPID]
EGASpiders (John A. Junod; $0-$5) is a different type of solitaire game
with an unusual twist you can cheat, but when you do, another spider comes
out on the screen to crawl around and annoy you.

[ELEVENS]
Elevens Solitaire (Metlen, Richard D.; $0) is another version of solitaire.
You get nine cards face up and try to pair up any two that total eleven.
Face cards don't count, but can be played off by getting a Jack, Queen and
King together. After playing off all the cards you can, you press Enter and
the empty places are filled in with new cards. If you play off all the
cards in the deck, you win. If you get stuck so that you cannot play off
any of the nine cards, you lose.

[EVEN_OUT]
Even-out (Metlen, Richard D.; $0) is an interesting solitaire game in which
you try to play off pairs of odd or even cards. Sounds make it unsuitable
for office breaks or late-night play. (Utilities for killing sound in
programs such as this are in the library.)

[FREECEL]
Freecell (Horne, Jim; $10) is a new kind of solitaire game. It supports a
mouse. Instructions are given when you run the program.

[GOLF_SOL]
Golf Solitaire (Expert Source Code, Inc.; $12) is an interesting variation
of solitaire with excellent VGA graphics. You have to play off seven stacks
of face-up cards onto a single stack, going up or down numerically. If you
get stuck or play a King, you have to play off a face-down deck. When the
deck is used up the game is over and the number of face-up cards left count
against you. Clear off all the cards and you get to hear the William Tell
Overture.

[GRIDLY]
GRIDLY (BSX International; $5-$10) is a unique solitaire poker game.

[KC]
Kings Columns 1.1 (Larson, Nils; $10) is an interesting solitaire card game
requiring a little strategy and planning.

[KINGS]
Kings Corners (Pixel Perfect; $0) is a fast moving form of solitaire that
is easy to learn. The goal is use up the deck by placing cards on a
four-by-four grid. Kings must go in the corners, queens on the sides
(between the corners), and jacks on the top and bottom (between the
corners. Other cards can be played anywhere, but if you block all the
positions for, say, the kings, and then draw a king, you lose. When all the
squares have cards on them, you can remove all pairs of cards that sum up
to 10, thus making room for more cards. We never came close to winning.
Plays faster and easier with a mouse, but one is not required.

[KLONDIKE]
Klondike (Martins, Eduardo ASP; $15) is a popular solitaire game also known
to some as Fascination or China-man. Klondike has excellent colors,
graphics and music, and offers optional Las Vegas scoring. EGA/VGA is
required and a mouse is strongly recommended.

[KOSYNKA]
Kosynka 1.1 (Rhyzkov, Sergey; $15) is a solitaire game sent to us from
Russia. Kosynka is similar to Klondike, except that it uses two decks of
Russian face cards which are played in nine or ten columns instead of
seven. Requires EGA/VGA.

[LABELLE]
La Belle Lucie Solitaire 4.0 (Leotti, George and Gellman, Robert; $0) is a
simple but very interesting game of solitaire. Although the game appears to
be easy to win, it requires considerable thought and planning (and some
luck) in order to be successful. The game is much more engaging than the
more familiar Klondike solitaire. Norm Silliman, Pleasant Hill, CA, writes:
"Love LaBelle, except I can't keep my wife away from the computer so that I
can play."

[MID_OIL]
Midnight Oil (Rasa, Randy; $5) is a solitaire game also known as "La Belle
Lucie". The cards are dealt into 17 three-card stacks with the last card
alone in the 18th stack. The object is to play all the cards into suit
stacks in ascending order. You can temporarily move cards to other stacks
in descending order. You can only play the top card from a stack, except
that you can get one draw" of any card per game, as well as three
re-shuffles per game of the remaining cards.

[MONTANA]
Montana Solitaire (Donnell, Brian L.;$?) is a challenging game of
solitaire. All 52 cards are dealt in four rows. The aces are removed, and
the object is to get each row in ascending rank order from left to right.

[OSMOSIS]
Osmosis (Rasa, Randy; $5) is a solitaire game in which you move cards into
four stacks by suit. The catch is that you cannot play a card into a stack
unless a card of the same value is already in the next stack above it, with
the exception of the top stack, of course. There are four face-up piles of
four cards each from which you can play the top card. The other cards are
turned up three at a time. EGA/VGA and mouse required.

[PATENC40]
Patience 10 4.0 (CoCoWare ASP; $10) is a single program with a choice of
ten distinctly different versions of solitaire selectable from a menu. Each
game has its own Best Scores table. We found the usage of keys to be about
the most awkward of any solitaire game we have tested, causing you to have
to stretch your hands across the keyboard and numberpad; however, after a
while we got used to it. Graphics are not used, so the program will work on
any type of video. Mouse support is included. The large selection of
solitaire variations in this game makes it worth a try.

[PDS_SOL]
PDS Solitaire (Personal Data Systems; $5) is a solitaire game with four
game options: Triangle Easy or Difficult or Agnes Easy or Difficult. We are
not familiar with the meaning of "Triangle" and "Agnes", but we could not
detect any difference in the way they played. This is a very well done,
entertaining version of solitaire.

[POKERSOL]
Poker Solitaire 1.1 (Martins, Eduardo ASP; $15) is a poker solitaire game
that works like 1POKER, except this program is for the EGA/VGA.

[POKR_SQ]
Poker Squared (Abello, Jing L.; $0) is a combination of solitaire and
poker. The object of the game is to place 25 cards onto a 5x5 square grid
and create the best 12 poker hands possible. The poker hands are scored
across, down, and diagonally. The computer will then automatically
calculate your total score, and keeps a running total of the highest score.
Mouse support is provided.

[PYRAMID]
Pyramid (Martins, Eduardo ASP; $15-$20) is a solitaire game. It features
high-resolution EGA graphics and optional mouse support. It includes a
Tournament mode in which you can play against a friend.

[SOLI_BAS]
Soli-bas is a solitaire game that is included mainly because some people
may be interested in the BASIC source code.

[SOLIEGA]
SoliEGA (Junod, Joahn A.; $5) is an EGA/VGA-Mouse rendition of the basic
solitaire game. You are given three options for turning the cards in the
deck. The EGA means sharper graphics and the Mouse means easier playing of
the cards. After quitting the program, we were left with a black screen and
had to blindly type CLS to get a cursor and DOS prompt back.

[SOLITAIR]
Solitair (Zemon, Arthur; $5) is the easiest to use of these games in terms
of keyboard usage.

[SOLITAR2]
Solitar2 (Irvine, Brian; $?) is played Las Vegas style.

[SOLMENU]
Solmenu1 (Meadows, Karl; $12) contains five solitaire games: Canfield,
Golf, Grand Duchess, Monte Carlo and Frog. The graphics are attractive and
the games are fun to play.

[SOLTAIR]
Solitaire 1.1 (Compusoft; $15) is a good implementation of the Klondike
solitaire game. It has attractive graphics and mouse support. Options
include three-card and one-card turns. Requires EGA/VGA, a mouse, and 483K.

[STACKEM]
Stackem (JCC Software; $10) is a challenging and unique solitaire game. It
will probably take you a game or two to figure it out, and then you'll wish
you hadn't - it'll drive you crazy trying to figure the best way to move
the cards around.

[STREETS]
Streets and Alleys (Conrow, Kenneth; $0) is a solitaire puzzle using cards.
It can keep a record of a deal and let you replay it as often as you like
until you have explored all the possible paths to a solution and either
found one or confirmed that the deal is a bust. It can be used to keep a
record of deals which have been solved. Over 200 solvable games have been
saved on disk for you to try to solve, in addition to being able to
generate new hands. Also included is the game, La Belle Lucie. Pascal and
SPA:WN source code are provided for each of these games.

[T8]
T8 (Williams, Peter; $0) is a rather unusual and very addictive game of
solitaire. (The author can no longer be reached at the address provided in
the documentation.) EGA/VGA and mouse required.

[VGASOL]
VGASol (Cox, Doug; $5) is a well-done game of Pyramid Solitaire. It
requires VGA and a mouse.


-----Mah Jongg Solitaire

[MAHJNG41]
Mah Jongg 4.1 (ASP) is a solitaire game played with Chinese tiles.