Eric's Ultimate Solitaire
Eric's Ultimate Solitaire (also known as Eric's Ultimate Solitaire X) is a commercial solitaire game developed by Delta Tao Software for the Macintosh. The game was later ported to Linux by Loki Software.
Eric's Ultimate Solitaire
- Date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Loki Entertainment
- Genre
- strategy video game
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Key facts
Key facts
• Developer — Delta Tao Software • Publisher — Loki Software (Linux) • Designer — Joe Williams • Platforms — Mac OS, Mac OS X, Windows, Linux (Alpha/PowerPC/SPARC/x86)
Gameplay
Gameplay
The full game includes seventeen versions of solitaire, a number chosen because of the maximum number of items that could be shown in the menu of a Mac Plus without scrolling. The game includes an undocumented feature where it displays messages on certain days, such as Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, birthday.
Development
Development
Apple Computer bundled the game with some Macintosh systems. As of January 4, 2012, Delta Tao Software had not released an update compatible with Apple's Mac OS 10.7 (Lion) operating system. As of November 21, 2013, Sniderware released Eric's All-in-1 Solitaire as its successor.
History of the object
Dated record
History of the object
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2000
Eric's Ultimate Solitaire published.
2000
Eric's Ultimate Solitaire is recorded as published in 2000.
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- United States
Reception
Washington Apple Pi Journal recommended reading the manual, not to learn about the game, but because it is funny.
Context
Primary material
Context
The circumstances in which Eric's Ultimate Solitaire stands. Published by Loki Entertainment. Developed by Delta Tao Software. Issued for Microsoft Windows. Issued for Classic Mac OS. Eric's Ultimate Solitaire is recorded as video game. Issued for macOS. The identifiers under which Eric's Ultimate Solitaire may be traced in institutional catalogues. Classed in the genre strategy video game. Associated with United States.
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Primary material
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authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q2472634: Eric's Ultimate Solitaire
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reference work
- “Eric's Ultimate Solitaire”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Eric's Ultimate Solitaire, revision 1337566787 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
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Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
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- 1.Loki game for Linux: Myth II, Railroad Tycoon II coming soon -- five more major titles promised by year end - The Register
- 2.Eric’s Ultimate Solitaire: A Menace to Civilization. Washington Apple Pi Journal. 39-41. January–February 1997.
- 3.Dealer's Choice - Entertainment Weekly. Entertainment Weekly.
- 4.Back to School Games -lowendmac
- 5.Home. deltatao.com.
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