Super Solitaire

Super Solitaire

North American cover art
Developer(s) Beam Software[1]
Publisher(s)
Composer(s) Marshall Parker[2]
Platform(s) Super NES
Release date(s)
Genre(s) Board game[1]
Mode(s) Single-player
Distribution 4-megabit cartridge[3]

Super Solitaire - known as Trump Island (トランプアイランド Toranpuairando)[3] in Japan - is a Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game that has different variations version of the classic solitaire card game.[4]

Summary

The variations of solitaire in the game include: Klondike, FreeCell, Golf, Cruel, Pyramid, Stonewall, Doesn't Matter, Aces Up, Florentine, Poker, Canfield and Scorpion.[4] Classic artwork for each game's background is included along with optional graphics that look like something out of a cartoon. Soft music is included with each and every game variation.

Players can even choose to get hints or even skip to the next card through a special options screen.[4]

Reception

On release, Famicom Tsūshin scored the game a 21 out of 40.[5] GamePro praised the variety of games, the graphics, the music, and the ability to change the backgrounds, though they emphasized that the game would bore most children.[6] Allgame would assign this video game a rating of 2.5 starts out of a possible 5.[7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Release information". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
  2. "Composer information". SNES Music. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Japanese-English title translation/media information". SuperFamicom.org. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Basic overview of game". MobyGames. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
  5. NEW GAMES CROSS REVIEW: トランプアイランド. Weekly Famicom Tsūshin. No.341. Pg.29. 30 June 1995.
  6. "Super Solitaire". GamePro (59) (IDG). June 1994. p. 66.
  7. "Rating information". Allgame. Retrieved 2012-10-02.