King Sol
Solitaire, by Rapture Technologies & Global Star Software,
$19.95
Reviewed July 2002
Whether you are a serious card player wanting
to sharpen your skills without anyone looking over your shoulder,
or a casual solitaire lover who likes to try your luck once
in a while, here is a game that will likely cover all your
needs and then some. Developed by Rapture Technologies and
distributed by Global Star Software in many electronics stores,
King Sol Solitaire is one of the most complete solitaire
games in one package.
The selection of solitaire games in King
Sol is just incredible. With total of 70 games, from Klondike
to Last Chance, from Pyramid to Queensland, from Sir Tommy
to Triad, you will likely find all your favorites in this
game. Each game comes with a rulebook and some very in-depth
stats that include pie-chart graphs, a scoreboard, game playing
history, and more. The level of customization is also impressive.
Not only can you customize the background, the card deck
and sound style with the graphics and sound effects that
come with the game, you can also download more selections
from Rapture’s web site, which also added new skins
for the background. The game also gives you a large number
of options to customize the game play and score keeping.
You can use the Vegas scoring or standard scoring, you can
choose different ways to shuffle the deck, you can set unlimited
undos, etc. All that insures a tailor-made game each time
you play the solitaire.
Veteran card players will likely find King
Sol the most valuable card game to get on a Pocket PC. Casual
players won’t get intimidated by this game with the
included rulebooks, and should find it useful and refreshing
compare to the freebies. If you can learn a few more card
games and sharpen your skills, you might just surprise a
few friends in a real card game. That alone is worth of the
money.
King Sol Solitaire supports ARM,
MIPS and SH3 and takes up 1 MB space.
Playing Hints and Tips
Take some time to
use the wonderful features to customize your games. |
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