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- Solitaire Games
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- Contents:
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- -----Card Games
- -----Mah Jongg Solitaire
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- -----Card Games
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- [ACCORD]
- Accordian Solitaire 2.0 (Sands, Richard R.; $0) is an interesting and
- entertaining solitaire game. The goal is to deal out as many cards as you want
- and try to move them all into one stack. You can only move a card up one or
- three places and then only if the destination card matches the suit or value
- of the card being moved. VBRUN300 is required.
-
- [BRAINJM]
- Brain Jam 1.6 (Brain Jam Publications; $12-$20) is an unusual card game for
- Windows. All the cards are dealt face up into eight columns. You can move
- cards sequentially onto the build pile, or onto the discard pile. This looks
- to be very difficult to win, but six winnable hands can be dealt from a menu.
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- [CALCSOL]
- Calculation Solitaire (Thomas, Daniel ASP; $15-$20) is a well-done game of
- solitaire. Features include card dragging, saved top scores, multiple
- difficulty levels, hints, and more.
-
- [CANFIELD]
- Canfield for Windows (Thomas, Daniel ASP; $20) is an interesting and fun
- variation of solitaire. If its five levels of difficulty are not enough, you
- can define your own levels. Other features include cheating, auto-play, hints,
- extensive help, and much more. This is a very nicely done game, with many
- challenging options.
-
- [CLCKSOL]
- Clock Solitaire 1.1 (Fanion, Barry C.; $5) is an interesting game where the
- cards are dealt into piles corresponding to locations on a clock face. The
- object is to place all cards into the proper pile (aces at 1 o'clock, sixes at
- 6 o'clock, etc.) without getting stuck. You can change the graphic of the card
- backs, and a running total of games won and lost is maintained. Requires
- VBRUN300.
-
- [CRISPY1]
- Crispy1 (Pando, Chris; $0) is a solitaire game based on the King's Corners
- game. It requires VBRUN100.
-
- [FC_WIN]
- FreeCell 1.2 (Allen, Marc L.; $5) is an interesting variation of solitaire for
- Windows. There are several options for customizing the playfield. Other
- features include card animation, automatic moves, and more. Do not expect to
- win this game easily.
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- [GAPS]
- Gaps 1.31s (Kokoski, Richard T.; $12) is a challenging variation of solitaire.
- The object of the game is to properly move the cards so that you have the same
- suit aligned up in sequential order, where each row holds a different suit and
- the last position holds a blank space. You have an option to choose from 5 to
- 8 cards per suit. VBRUN100 is required.
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- [KINGCO]
- King's Corners (Financial Systems Associates; $10)
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- [KLNDIKE]
- Klondike Solitaire 93.06.20 (Junod, John A.; $5) is an excellent game of
- solitaire for Windows. Features include unlimited backup of moves, a variety
- of card and deck options, and an option that sends all playable cards home.
- There are even two cheat features available for when frustration sets in. The
- card bitmaps are very well done, and there are enough options to keep you from
- getting bored.
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- [KLONWIN]
- Klondike Solitaire for Windows (Pigeon Lake Software, Inc.; $5) is a
- challenging card game for Windows 3.1. Features include six colorful card
- backs, support for card dragging, double-clicking to place cards, and more.
-
- [PAT_SOL]
- Patience Solitaire 1.01V (Sands, Richard R.; $0) is a fast-paced solitaire
- card game. You must build on the four aces in sequence (but regardless of
- suit) from four face-up stacks. Don't expect to win at this very often. VBRUN
- is required.
-
- [PYR_SOL]
- Pyramid Solitaire (Waddell, James; $0) is an interesting variation of
- solitaire for Windows. The object is to clear all cards from the pyramid by
- selecting pairs of cards that total 13 points. A mouse is required.
-
- [PYR13]
- Pyramid 1.3 (Philip Bush;; $5) is an interesting version of solitaire. You
- must pair cards whose value totals 13 to remove them from the pyramid display.
- This can be a difficult game to win. Requires VBRUN300.
-
- [SOL_PAK]
- Solitaire Pak (Waddell, James; $0) is a set of four card games for Windows.
- Included are Acey-Ducey, Golf Solitaire, Poker Solitaire, and Pyramid
- Solitaire. A 386-20 with 2 meg RAM is recommended, and a hard disk and VGA is
- required.
-
- [SPS_GAME]
- SPS Game Pack (SP Services; 15 pounds Sterling) is a collection of three games
- for Windows. ARACHNID and TOWERS are two challenging variations of solitaire.
- MINES is a strategy game in which you maneuver around a grid avoiding hidden
- bombs.
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- [THINGS]
- Thieves and Kings 1.2 (Pixel Perfect; $20) contains two challenging solitaire
- games for Windows: King's Corners and Forty Thieves.
-
- [TOWERS]
- Towers (Peninsula Software; $15) is a solitaire game that you can win 90% of
- the time IF you are careful. You cannot blow through the cards playing the
- first available cards every time as in other solitaire games. To win games,
- you will probably have to take back a lot of moves and maybe start the hand
- over a time or two.
-
- [WINSPDR]
- Windows Spider Solitaire 93.06.20 (Junod, John A.; $5) is a difficult
- variation of solitaire for Windows. It uses two decks of cards and comes with
- a help file to get you started. The author states that he can usually win 1
- out of 5 games, and that skill in placing cards can overcome the luck of the
- draw.
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- -----Mah Jongg
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- [MJW]
- Mah Jongg For Windows 3.1 (Balewski, Ron; $20) is a full-featured version of
- the Mah Jongg solitaire tile game. Ten different tile sets are included; more
- can be created with a compatible paint program and the accompanying PCX
- template. Requires VGA.
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- [TAIPEI]
- Taipei! (Norris, Dave; $10) is an excellent game of Mahjongg for Windows 3.0.
- Features include beautiful full-color tiles, selectable BMP backgrounds,
- user-defined tile layouts, and an on-line help file. Several tough layouts are
- included. 400K of disk space is required.
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