Developer: Wes Cherry (Microsoft)
Platform: Microsoft Windows 3.0+
Release Year: 1990
Stephen's Rating: 5/10
The classic game of Solitaire that came with every version of Microsoft Windows since 3.0 in 1990.
Gameplay
The game is simply a computerized version of the card game Solitaire (also known as Patience or Klondike). Starting with the Ace cards the player stacks each suit up on top of each other until all 4 suits are sitting in an ordered pile.
Not every game was winnable. There was only an 80-90% chance of recieving a winnable deck and sometimes you simply had to start a new game.
The most poignant part of this game was when you completed it every card "bounced" out from the screen leaving a trail of cards behind it in a strange but hypnotic visual effect.
Positives
Everyone's played it. It's an important part of computer culture and is still played by millions of people every day.
The effect at the end if you completed a game.
Negatives
It's just a card game put onto a computer. It doesn't utilize the medium of the computer much at all except the visual effect at the end.
Memorable Momements
I had an ex-girlfriend who played this pretty solidly for hours on end, and could finish a game very quickly and almost every time. She would do timed games and try and beat her time. Imagine if she'd put that time into Counter-Strike like I was at the time...
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