Please support my efforts by registering this program. Thank you!
-------------------------
Changes From Last Version
-------------------------
Note: You must delete any version of Montana Solitaire prior to 2.0.
Not doing so is not harmful, but you will not be using the most recent version.
- Fixed to a bug that showed up if you had the "Place Blanks Randomly" option turned off and played for a long time. It would generate a Fatal Exception upon exiting Montana.
- Added new Online Help system.
--------
Overview
--------
NOTE: In the UNREGISTERED version, the game starts over everytime you play it. Statistics are not saved, and there is a shareware notice. Please consider registering.
Montana Solitaire (also known as Station, Blue-Moon, Gaps)
Object:
To order all of the cards in 4 rows of increasing order from 2 to K, one single suit per row.
Initial Deal:
All 52 cards are dealt face up into 4 rows, 13 cards each. The Aces are then removed to create 4 blank spaces.
Moving a Card:
Any card can be moved to a blank spot, provided it:
- is one rank higher than the card to the left of the blank
- is the same suit as the card to the left of the blank
Only 2's may be placed at the beginning of a row, and nothing can be placed after a King.
Tapping on the card you want to move will automatically move it to it's correct spot, if it is a valid move.
Re-Deal:
All unordered cards (those not in sequence, beginning with the 2 at the left most side) of each row are picked up, and shuffled thoroughly with the Aces. The cards are put down again behind each of the remaining rows; subsequently the Aces are removed again to create four new gaps.
The number of re-deal times can be set in the Settings.
Scoring:
1 point for each card in sequence beginning with the 2 of that suit in the left most spot.
Game Over:
The game automatically ends when either all the cards are placed in order, or there are no re-deals left and no possible move.
If all of the cards are placed in order, then a new hand is dealt, and the Score keeps increasing. Note that the Re-Deals are not reset.
Undo:
Undoes the last move only.
See the Settings menu for game play options.
----------
Disclaimer
----------
Even though I have tried my best to make a quality program that does no harm, sometimes sneaky little bugs rear their ugly heads. Thus, I can not be held accountable for data loss or harm done to you or your PalmPilot. I also can not be held accountable if your boss catches you playing this game at work ;-)
Montana Solitaire, the Palm OS(r) game, is Copyright 2000 by James Lee.
--> This program may NOT be redistributed on any type of media without the express consent of the author <--