Welcome to Pretty Good Solitaire, the Quest Edition!
Pretty Good Solitaire Quest Edition contains 400 different solitaire card games and a brand new way to play solitaire - a solitaire quest! Play solitaire for points. Climb the levels - the games get harder at each level! You can even submit your scores to the Pretty Good Solitaire web site.
-- Pretty Good Solitaire Awards --
-- 2001 Shareware Industry Award --
Pretty Good Solitaire won the 2001 Shareware Industry Award in the best non-action game category.
-- 1999 and 2000 People's Choice Award --
Pretty Good Solitaire won the People's Choice Award for best shareware non-action game two years in a row. The People's Choice award is voted on by visitors to the ZDNet, CNet and Tucows shareware sites.
-- 1999 Shareware Industry Award --
Pretty Good Solitaire won the 1999 Shareware Industry Award for best shareware game of 1999, voted on by members of the shareware industry.
-- 1999 and 2000 ZDNet Shareware Award Nominee --
Pretty Good Solitaire was nominated for the ZDNet Shareware Award in the Card/Casino Game category in both 1999 and 2000.
-- WUGNET Pick of the Week / Shareware Hall of Fame --
Pretty Good Solitaire was the first game ever selected as a WUGNET Pick of the Week by the Compuserve WUGNET Windows Users Group in April 2000. Picks of the Week are inducted in the WUGNET Shareware Hall of Fame.
-- PLAYING TIPS --
Some tips and tricks to remember:
1) To play a particular game, click on its name on the main screen.
2) To see the rules for a particular game, press F1 or click on the help (question mark) button.
3) The game that comes with Windows is called Klondike. Another familiar game is FreeCell. The other most popular games are Aces and Kings, Australian Patience, Demons and Thieves, Eight Off, Forty Thieves, Penguin, Pyramid, Scorpion, Spider, and Yukon. If you have trouble deciding what game to play, clicking on the random game button chooses one of the games at random.
4) In most games, the cards can be moved by drag and drop. A quick way to move cards is to right click on the card you want to move. If there is a legal move for this card, Pretty Good Solitaire will make the move.
5) When you exit a game, the game position is saved until the next time you play that game. When you start that game again, your saved game is played back ready for you to continue.
6) Detailed statistics are kept for each game, including your score, the game number, and date/time when you played. You can submit your statistics and have them posted on the Pretty Good Solitaire web site along with other users top scores. Each game has a top scores list! To see the top scores and to submit your statistics, go to http://www.goodsol.com/stats.
7) Have fun!
-- OPERATING SYSTEMS --
Pretty Good Solitaire Quest Edition runs on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT (at least version 4.0 service pack 3), Windows 2000, and Windows XP.
-- TECHNICAL SUPPORT --
Technical Support is available by email to support@goodsol.com.
-- BUGS, SUGGESTIONS, AND COMMENTS --
If you find any bugs, or have any suggestions for features or for new games to be included in the collection, e-mail support@goodsol.com.
-- GET THE LATEST VERSION --
The latest version of Pretty Good Solitaire can always be found at http://www.goodsol.com.
-- RELEASE HISTORY --
Sept 5, 2001 - version 7.2.0, 400 games.
May 29, 2001 - version 7.1.0, 370 games.
March 22, 2001 - version 7.0.1, maintenance release.
February 8, 2001 - version 7.0, Quest Edition - 350 games.
October 19, 2000 - version 6.1.2, maintenance release.
July 19, 2000 - version 6.1, 330 games. 5th anniversary edition.
February 29, 2000 - version 6.0.1, maintenance release.
January 17, 2000 -- version 6.0, 320 games.
May 2, 1999 -- version 5.1, maintenance release.
March 16, 1999 -- version 5.0, 300 games.
Oct. 21, 1998 -- version 4.98.2, 230 games.
June 30, 1998 -- version 4.98.1, maintenance release
May 20, 1998 -- version 4.98.0, 200 games.
December 12, 1997 -- version 3.97.2, maintenance release.
October 10, 1997 -- version 3.97.1, maintenance release.
July 25, 1997 -- version 3.97.0, first Windows 95 version, 160 games.
Windows 3.1 versions:
February 1, 1997 - version 2.2, 100 games.
June 21, 1996 -- version 2.1, 60 games.
November 15, 1995 - version 2.0, 30 games.
September 25, 1995 - version 1.2, 15 games.
August 20, 1995 - version 1.1, 10 games.
July 19, 1995 - version 1.0, 5 games.
-- CREDITS --
Design and Programming: Thomas Warfield
Order Fullfillment: Anne Warfield
Some Artwork is by Rick Tumanis, SophSoft Incorporated.
QCARD32.DLL is by Stephen Murphy.
Quest Edition Beta Testers:
Bob Beauchamp, Mara Christensen, Sherry Coombs, Michael Keller, Danny Olson, Vania Mascioni, Michael McCulloch, Lisa McIntyre, Kjell Petterson, Tom Simondi, Jim Stevens, Rick Tumanis, George Zerdian.
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-- LEGAL STUFF --
Pretty Good Solitaire Quest Edition
Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Goodsol Development Inc.
All Rights Reserved.
-- LICENSE AGREEMENT --
You should carefully read the following terms and conditions before using this software. Your use of this software indicates your acceptance of this license agreement and warranty.
You may load the software into RAM as well as install it on a hard disk or other storage device. You may not modify, translate, disassemble, reverse engineer, decompile, or create derivative works based upon the Software.
SHAREWARE LICENSE
You are hereby licensed to:
use the shareware version of the software for a 30 day evaluation period; make as many copies of the unregistered shareware version of this software as you wish; give exact copies of the original unregistered shareware version to anyone; and distribute the unregistered shareware version of the software in its unmodified form via electronic means. There is no charge for any of the above.
The software may be not be sold for a fee on diskette or CD-ROM, either alone or as part of a collection with other products, without prior permission of Goodsol Development Inc. (with the exception of magazine cover CD-ROMs that are sold with a magazine, which require no permission). All such products must be clearly marked as shareware that may require further payment to the program author.
You have the ability to register the shareware version at any time by purchasing a registration code. This will convert the Software into the registered version.
REGISTERED COPY LICENSE
When you register the Software, you will receive a personal registration code that will enable you to change the shareware version of the Software into the full registered version. You agree not to distribute your registration code to others and to use it only for your own personal use of the Software. Any unauthorized distribution of your registration code will result in immediateand automatic termination of your license.
One licensed copy of the Software may either be used by a single person who uses the Software personally on one or more computers, or installed on a single workstation used nonsimultaneously by multiple people, but not both.
You may access the program through a network, provided that you have obtained individual licenses for the software covering all workstations that will access the software simultaneously through the network. For instance, if 8 different workstations will access the program simultaneously on the network, each workstation must have its own license.
The Software is owned by Goodsol Development Inc. and is protected by United States copyright laws and international treaties. You must treat the Software like any other copyrighted material, except that you may make copies of the shareware version of the Software to give to other persons under the terms of this Agreement.
Governing Law -- This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Illinois.
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