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- ** See CASINO for poker machine games.
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-
- -----Blackjack
-
- [ACBJ]
- Atlantic City Blackjack 1.0 (Goldfayn, Oleg; $25) is a game of casino
- blackjack for Windows 3.1. Up to seven gamblers can participate, and the
- computer will auto-play any unused hands. You can even customize the playing
- strategy of the computerized hands. Other features include on-screen advice,
- card counting, three dealing speeds, and more. VGA is required.
-
- [BJWIN]
- Blackjack for Windows 2.1 (John Washburn; $40) is a casino-style card game. It
- allows you to set the size of the shoe, the dealer play, the player and house
- rules, and more.
-
- [CASINO21]
- Casino BlackJack for Windows 2.1s (Pyramid Software Development; $10) lets you
- play the game of blackjack against the computer. You can play from one to four
- decks, and start out with up to $100,000 to bet with. The game allows multiple
- splits and doubling down, and lets you customize the rules. Strategic hints
- are displayed, as well as an optional card-counting chart. This is an
- entertaining game with nice graphics. A 386SX or higher is recommended.
-
- [ULTIMA21]
- Ultima 21 Deluxe for Windows 1.7 (Bitwise Software International, reg. fee:
- $40) allows you to play blackjack in one of four different casinos with
- computerized or human players. You can control the card count, change dealers,
- keep statistics, and change any or all of the casino rules.
-
- [VEGAS]
- Vegas 1.0 (DeskSoft; $39) is a blackjack game for Windows. It includes
- VBCARDS.DLL which is required by other shareware card games.
-
- [WINJACK]
- WinJack 2.2 (Linddicoet, Brett; $12-$19) is a game of Blackjack for Windows.
- You can double down, split, buy insurance, and more. The program is fast, with
- well-done graphics and animation. This is an excellent simulation, with many
- playing options available. Requires BWCC.DLL from the RUNTIMES directory of
- the PsL CD.
-
- [WINBJ]
- WinBJ (Skylight Software; $20) is an advanced casino blackjack game for
- Windows. Features include animated dealing, card counting help, win/loss
- statistics, a tutor, and much more. You can double down, split, buy insurance,
- and surrender. The tutor can also automatically pop up to offer help from
- several different playing strategies.
-
-
- -----Other
-
- [BRIDGEWN]
- Bridge For Windows (Full Circle Software; $53) is a simple bridge game for
- novices. It deals random hands, but picks the best for you and the second best
- hand for your partner, so you don't ever get to defend. You always bid first,
- which limits the type of bidding you do. The bidding and play of the game are
- pretty weak. The user interface is cluttered, very slow, poorly designed, and
- buggy. To add insult to injury, the $49 (plus $4 shipping) registration fee is
- much higher than retail bridge games (available from PsL) like Omar Sharif
- ($39) and Bridge 7 ($35), both of which are much more sophisticated. So why
- are we adding this program? Well, for one thing, despite its shortcomings, it
- should be enjoyable for novices, and it is the only shareware bridge game for
- Windows. (A shareware bridge game for DOS is in the library, but is only
- marginally better.) In addition, we have seen this program raved about in
- other shareware catalogs which charge you for TWO disks, the second of which
- just has VBRUN100 on it.
-
- [CRIBWIN]
- Cribbage for Windows 1.1 (RR Enterprises; $20) is the card game Cribbage.
- Features include having the computer play a hard or easy game, and the Fair or
- Cheat mode, in which you can see the computer's cards. You have to restart the
- program after every game.
-
- [CSBT]
- CardShark Bridge Tutor Level I (Ford, Nelson ASP; $25) assumes you know
- absolutely nothing about bridge and teaches you everything you need to know to
- bid and play a good, sound game. It is also a good review course for
- experienced players. This is an interactive tutorial which displays deals,
- asks frequent questions for reinforcement, and has review quizzes. Level I
- consists of one course on Play and four on Bidding: (1) Intro to Bridge &
- Opening Bids, (2) Responding to Opening Bids, (3) Rebids by Opener, (4)
- Competitive Bidding. The course on Play covers basic offense and defensive
- play. Advanced course files are commercially available covering intermediate
- and advanced bidding and play, conventions, specific bidding systems, etc.
-
- [CSHEARTS]
- CardShark Hearts 4.07 (Ford, Nelson ASP; $29) lets you play Hearts against
- three computer hands. Features include an AutoPlay/Hint mode, Show All Hands,
- automatic cash-in when one hand has all high cards remaining or when all
- points are in, animated players with digitized sounds, user selectable playing
- styles and strengths, and the ability to change your mind after selecting a
- card but before playing it. Other features include a "Duplicate" mode, which
- lets the computer replay your hand against the other computerized players, a
- Ten/Jack of Diamonds = -10 option, and many other rules options. This is one
- Hearts game you will have a tough time beating. A mouse is required.
-
- [ECNEUQ]
- Ecneuqes 1.1 (Smith, Matthew L.; $10) is an unusual combination board/card
- game. The object of the game is to place chips on the playing board matching
- the corresponding card played from your hand. The first player with two rows
- of five chips wins the game. Features include game save/recall, multimedia
- sound support, two levels of play difficulty, and more. Requires VBRUN300.
-
- [TABLNET]
- Tablenette 1.0 (Sycomp Limited; $0) is an interesting card game you play
- against the computer. Requires VBRUN.
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