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Solitaire Royale

DOS - 1987
Also available on: Amiga - Apple IIgs - FM-7 - Mac - MSX

Excellent solitaire game with high historical value. In the designer's own words at MobyGames: Solitaire Royale is the first commercial instance of Card Solitaire on the PC and Macintosh. There are 8 different solitaire games, an "Aunt Anne's Tour" where you play all 8 in row, trying for the highest score, and 3 children's games. In addition, there are 10 different choices for deck art.

Solitaire Royale is a solid card game that has very high production value, as evident from both 16-color EGA graphics and mouse support, something rarely found in a 1987 game. The user interface is top-notch: you can quickly jump from one solitaire game to the next by using the top menu bar, or peruse well-written solitaire rules or help on game mechanics. The games included range from the familiar (Klondike, Canfield, Pyramid, and Golf) to the more obscure (Corners, Calculation, Three Shuffles and a Draw, and Reno). The tour option and children's games are excellent value-added options, although they are not as full-fledged as QQP's later classic Solitaire's Journey.

Overall, it's the first commercial solitaire game that also ranks among the best. Highly recommended!

Review By HOTUD

Comments and reviews

Brad 12 Nov. 2024

I love the positive comments after all these years

0
Moe 29 Nov. 2023

Yes can you get the money when you cash out

0
space 20 May. 2020

hi like this game

0
ALCORS3 26 Aug. 2019

I run this as an MS-DOS game in Windows 10 using DOSBOX.

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Joe Mama 18 Mar. 2017

I had this game & ran it on my 8088 back in the day. Is a really good solitaire game and even the CGA graphics weren't bad. Think I'll have to download this for old time's sake.

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arrgh 19 Mar. 2016

please would anyone be so nice and convert this game to Windows 7 or 8, just improve the graphics a little bit, the programming is nice as it is

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Rick 06 May. 2014

Really Love this game

1
Nick 10 Jan. 2012

Best Solitaire Game on the market until Microsoft stuffed it up by introducing new Windows Software. Will no one convert the program for Windows 7???

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sandi 15 Jul. 2011

The best game I ever played.Had it on my old PC but it crashed,trying to get it back.

1
Sandi Lieber 13 Jul. 2011

Best games I ever had or played

0
Sheridan Holman 25 Oct. 2010

Been looking for this or years. Use to have it with my old mac. I too hope it works.

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Miss Wittie 29 Jun. 2009

This has been my favorite solitaire game since MSDOS. Can't play it on new equipment though. Hope the download works!

1

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Downloads

DOS version
Game file
United Kingdom English
146 KB
Mac version
Game file
United Kingdom English
9 MB
Amiga version
Game file
United Kingdom English
614 KB
MSX version
DSK format
Japan Japanese
162 KB
Alt Version

DSK format

Japan Japanese
225 KB
Alt Version

DSK format

Japan Japanese
173 KB
Apple IIgs version
Game file
United Kingdom English
1 MB
FM-7 version
Neo Kobe Release
Japan Japanese
3 MB

Extras

Manual Manual 1
Extra file
Mac 5 MB English English

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