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".
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.
The game received 5 out of 5 stars in Dragon #141 in "The Role of Computers" column.[1]