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= Solitaire =
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= FAQ/Walkthrough by Daniel Gordon =
= Version 2.00 =
= E-mail: [daniel.j.gordon (at) gmail (dot) com] =
= This FAQ/Walkthrough is copyright (c) Daniel Gordon, 2003-2015 =
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= Table of Contents =
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= Section 00 -- The Find Feature =
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This guide is now equipped with a Find Feature. Whenever you want to find
something specific within this guide, use the mouse to highlight the
corresponding text in the Table of Contents. Next, press both the Control
key and the "C" key on your keyboard. After the text has been highlighted,
press both the Control key and the "F" key on your keyboard. This will
bring up the Find Menu. Now, press the Control key and the "V" key on your
keyboard. This will take the highlighted text from the document and put it
in the "Find what:" text box on the Find Menu. Finally, press the Enter key
on your keyboard. These five simple steps will take you anywhere you want to
go within the document. I hope that makes navigating this guide a little
easier.
This guide is copyright Daniel Gordon, 2003-2015, all rights reserved.
This guide is protected under International Copyright Law, and may not be
reproduced in any way, shape, or form in newspapers, magazines, or anywhere
on the World Wide Web without prior written consent from Daniel Gordon
(djg40). In order to receive consent, the applicant must send an email to:
[daniel.j.gordon (at) gmail (dot) com]
If no reply is sent, no consent is given. This guide should only be located
at www.GameFAQs.com and nowhere else. If this guide is found at any site
other than those listed above, please notify the author by sending an email
to:
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In this way, the author (djg40) is notified, and corrective actions may take
place. Thank you, and have a great day.
Solitaire, and all associated terms therein, is copyright (c) 1992 Odyssey
Software Inc. Nintendo, NES, and Nintendo Entertainment System are
trademarks of Nintendo of America (www.nintendo.com). ASCII Controller is
copyright (c) Colin Moriarty, who very nicely allowed me to use it. All
Rights Reserved.
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= Section 02 -- Version History =
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Version 2.00
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This guide, along with all my others, was updated to make it more consistent
with my other walkthroughs, in terms of formatting. I also found a few more
spelling errors, which have been corrected, and updated the copyright
section to change "legal action" to "corrective actions."
Version 2.00 was submitted to GameFAQs on January 01, 2015.
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Version 1.20
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This guide, along with all of my others, was updated to include my new
email address. Additionally, several of my guides now have a new section,
Previous Revisions. This was done mainly to move most of the Version History
to the bottom of the file. Also, I think I caught all of the remaining
spelling errors, though one or two probably slipped through the cracks. I
hope you like the new look!
Version 1.20 was submitted to GameFAQs on June 25, 2004.
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***ASCII Nintendo Controller was designed by Colin Moriarty. He was
enough to allow me to use it. Thank you, Colin!***
Since this is a Nintendo game, the basic Nintendo controller must be used in
order for this game to work correctly. The buttons, as well as what they do,
are as follows:
Directional Pad - Moves the Selection Arrow Up or Down.
- Moves the Cursor Up, Down, Left, or Right.
A Button - Chooses the selected card.
- Moves the selected card to desired stack.
B Button - Not used in the game.
START Button - Begins the game.
- Restarts the game.
SELECT Button - Brings up the "Restart" option.
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Before You Begin
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Before the player can actually start playing Solitaire, he must make a few
decisions about the game that he wants to play. In fact, there are five
decisions that the player must make before the game begins. First, the
player must choose which card back he wants to play with. There is a card
back with a tiny little checkerboard pattern, a card back with eight squares
on it, a card back with two swords, a card back with an outer layer of
diamonds and what looks like a rolling pin in the middle of the card, and a
card back with a rook piece from a chess set on it. That makes for five
different card backs, so choose the one you like best.
By pressing the down button on the Control Pad, the player will then be able
to select the desired color of the card backs. There are also five distinct
colors that the card backs can be, including Red, Blue, Dark Red, Purple,
and Gray. After selecting a desired color, press down on the Control Pad
again to determine whether one card or three cards comes with every draw
off the stack. One card at a time is easier, but for those looking for a
challenge, try drawing three cards at a time.
After choosing one card or three cards, press down on the Control Pad again
and decide whether or not music will play in the background on the game.
Finally, press down on the Control Pad once more to decide whether or not
the game has sound effects enabled during game play. Once all of these
selections have been made, press the START Button to begin playing
Solitaire.
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Playing The Game
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When the game begins, the game will automatically deal out the cards from
the Draw Deck. Once complete, the play area will look like this:
The game starts out with a Draw Deck (represented by the "D") in the top
left corner and four places to put the four suits in the top right corner.
The four suits include Spades, Hearts, Clubs, and Diamonds. The suits also
come in two colors, Black and Red. Spades and Clubs are the Black suits,
while Hearts and Diamonds are the Red suits. This is very important, and is
a key to beating a game of Solitaire.
The remaining cards (those not still in the deck) are placed in the seven
columns of cards below the top line. The first column has one card, the
second has two cards, the third has three cards, and so on until the seventh
column has seven cards in it. Only the last card in each column is placed
face up. The cards beneath the face up card are all face down, and will not
be revealed until the top card is moved. Because of the layout of the cards,
that means there are still twenty-four cards in the Draw Deck when the game
begins.
The object of the game is to get every card in play up to the four spaces in
the top right corner. As you might have guessed, the cards cannot go up
there in just any order. Each empty space is reserved for one Ace. Once the
Ace has been placed in a space, the other cards must be placed on top of the
Ace in numerical order, at least up to the ten of each suit. After the ten
is the Jack, then the Queen, and finally the King. Once all four suits are
in the four spaces provided in the top right corner, the game is won.
When each game begins, look at the seven cards that are face up first. If
any of the cards is an Ace, move it to one of the four spaces available in
the top right corner of the playing field. Once all Aces are taken care of,
try moving other cards that are already available to make stacks of cards.
Stacks of cards can be made by placing the cards in reverse numerical order,
from top to bottom. However, the cards must also alternate between a Black
suit and a Red suit. For example, if there is a Red six, then the only card
that may be placed on that Red six is a Black five. On the Black five, only
a Red four may be placed, and so on.
Once the available cards are used, move the cursor to the Draw Deck and hit
the A Button. This will draw the desired number of cards, either one or
three. Now use the new card to continue building stacks of cards on the
columns below. If any Aces pop up, move them to the four available spaces in
the top right corner. After an Ace is found, try to stack other cards on top
of it. If ever a column runs out of cards, put a King (of any suit) in the
opening. This will enable the player to create a new stack and continue to
work on beating the game. Just remember to keep stacking up cards on top of
the Aces.
After all of the cards have been stacked in columns of thirteen, or after
all of the cards have been uncovered and put in order, the game will
automatically stack the rest of the cards on top of the four Aces. If the
player cannot complete the game, he must press the SELECT Button, followed
by the START Button. This will take the player back to the Main Menu. If,
however, the player manages to complete the game by getting rid of all the
cards, then a couple of things will happen. First, the game will finish
stacking all the cards on top of the Aces, so the player won't have to worry
about that. Second, six cards will come across the screen, one going to
each of the first three the columns, followed by an empty column, and then
three more cards, one in each of the last three columns. The first three
cards spell "YOU," while the last three cards spell "WIN."
Congratulations, you have completed Solitaire! Granted, that might not be
that big of an accomplishment, but still, it is another game won.
This guide was updated, along with all of my others, to make the Table of
Contents look cleaner. I hope you like the changes I have made. Actually,
though, I like it, so I am keeping this format no matter what. I guess you
had just better like it. I also updated the copyright dates.
Version 1.10 was submitted to GameFAQs on January 14, 2004.
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Version 1.00
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This is the original guide, as submitted to GameFAQs. There will be updates
to come, as there is inevitably something else that can go in here. All
sections are as complete as I want them right now, and Level by Level
strategies are provided for the entire game. All portions of this guide are
of my own design, and will continue to be, until I find something better.
Work on this guide officially began on November 26, 2003.
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= Section 06 -- Special Thanks and Credits =
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First, I would like to thank CJayC for running this site and for hosting
this guide. If not for GameFAQs, I would not be as into gaming as I am,
and I would not have thought so many other things are possible, other than
just playing the game.
I would like to thank Colin Moriarty (CMoriarty) for allowing me to use his
ASCII Nintendo Controller. He pointed out that mine was too big, so I asked
if I could use his. Thanks, Colin!
And last, but definitely not least, I would like to thank my close friends
on GameFAQs. Especially Steve, Devin, Chad, Brian, Zoop, Trace, and Andrew.
You guys are more help than you realize, and I thank you for that.
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= rights reserved under International Copyright Law. =
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