Solitaire Royale
- Date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Spectrum HoloByte
- Language
- English
- Genre
- strategy video game
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Key facts
• Developer — Software Resources International • Publisher — Spectrum HoloByte • Designer — Brad Fregger • Programmer — Michael Sandige (PC) Brodie Lockard (Mac) • Artist — Dennis Fregger (Mac) • Released — 1987 • Genre — Strategy • Platforms — Amiga, Apple IIGS, MS-DOS, FM-7, Macintosh, MSX2, NEC PC-8801, NEC PC-9801, Sharp X1 Solitaire Royale is a collection of solitaire games published by Spectrum HoloByte in 1987 for the Apple IIGS, MS-DOS, Macintosh, and Amiga. The eight games included are "3 Shuffles and a Draw", "Pyramid", "Golf", "Corners", "Reno", "Klondike", "Canfield", and "Calculation". There are also three children's games: "Pairs", "The Wish", and "Concentration".
Gameplay
Solitaire Royale is a computer solitaire card-game simulation which features colorful card-back designs, digitized sounds of cards shuffling, and eight solitaire games. The game features a tournament competition where the challenge is to accumulate the highest total score upon playing all eight games in a row, with the two combatants receiving exactly the same deal. When a solitaire game is won, fireworks are displayed.
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Reception
The game received 5 out of 5 stars in Dragon #141 in "The Role of Computers" column.
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- 1.Lesser, Hartley. The Role of Computers. Dragon. 141. 72–78. January 1989.
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