Description:
Updated version of the popular ''patience'' solitaire app, originally by Keith Packard.
This version supports color, high-res, and has improved graphics.
It supports the same great gameplay and the same 15 games from the original patience game.
Update Description:
v5.1:
- Add support for mapping hardware buttons to game actions. Buttons include the standard up/down and date book, address, todo, and memo buttons, as well as the 5-way controller buttons, if present. Game actions include Undo, Hint, Examine, Deal, Another Hand, New Game, and Restart Game.
- Create preference for game variant options (Golf 4-row vs 5-row, Klondike 1-card deal vs 3-card).
- Add a preference to ask for confirmation before starting a new game. Helpful if you accidently draw a ‘m’ (which would quit your current hand and start a new one).
- Add a preference for suit colored rank labels (i.e., red for hearts and diamonds, black for spades and clubs).
- Improve distinctness of clubs vs. spades on low resolution screens
- Updated the description of Towers to more accurately describe the game.
- Change “Another Game” menu item to “Another Hand” to avoid confusion
- A few minor improvements for non-volatile RAM PalmOS 5 devices.
- Implement a new random number generator, which should make the games a little more, well, random. The existing algorithm had a flaw that made roughly 1 in 16 games contain a non-random sequence. This changes the “game numbers,” but the “Select Game Number” form allows specifying game numbers compatible with Patience 5.0.
- No new games (no room on the game selection screen! :-)
Reviews:
**** [Jun 13, 2006] by kre8iv1
I play the "freecell" game on my Palm Treo 650. I like it a lot. However, it does NOT automatically clear the board when you win ... you have to do it manually. Yet I DO like the song it plays when you win!
**** [Mar 27, 2006] by puddintame
Great updates in 5.1, however it does not detect the 5-way navigator on my Palm TX.
* [Feb 12, 2006] by barb
Yep, thought they had fixed the z22 problem. Guess I'm not play solitaire.
*** [Jan 31, 2006] by Clare
I agreee w/Jay. After 5 oir so moves is locks up my z22.
*** [Nov 21, 2005] by Jay
Seems great, but freezes Z22 consistently after only a few minutes of play.
***** [Mar 20, 2004] by sl
This is a great set of games, I play it far too much! ;) For the record, it works great on my Handera 330 (PalmOS 4.1) and even takes advantage of the full-screen! Woo!
***** [Feb 27, 2004] by Vayos Anyfantis
I tried many card games for PalmOS. The most freeware offer few games. Only the Patience is freeware and have many games with all the needed features. I spend many hours playing them. It's unique!
***** [May 19, 2003] by Junie
I have 200 games on my palm and I still play the games from Patience! It's much better than some shareware version of solitaire. Maybe the only thing it needs is more sounds ;). Other than that, it's perfect! I love freecell and klondike!
***** [May 1, 2002] by Richard A. Benedict
I had the original Solitaire pack. When I installed and began to play the upgraded version, I immediately began to notice the difference. Incredible game-play, much-improved graphics, and the statistics addition is a nice touch. Keep up the good work!
***** [Apr 27, 2002] by CaptainGecko
WOW! It's all I could ever hope for and more! Great update, looks and feels fantastic, definitely my favorite Palm game now. Thanks very much!
***** [Apr 26, 2002] by nsanders
I had the previous version of Patience on my Smartphone and thoroughly enjoyed it. But, the graphics on the new version are so much better! Thanks!
***** [Mar 30, 2002] by Barry
Thank you SO MUCH! A wonderful updating of a FANTASTIC Program. Thanks to you and especially Keith Packard.
***** [Mar 25, 2002] by _ReD_OcToBeR_
This is now my favorite palm game.It looks great in greyscale on my Visor Deluxe. A good collection of solitaire games. I find this is much better than Solitaire free by smallware. Thanks to the developer.
**** [Mar 12, 2002] by Avery Regier
Excellent! I've been waiting for this for some time. It looks quite pretty and seems to work well. Thank you for your work! One question: Where's the source? If you don't intend to support it further, you should release the source somewhere. I'd suggest putting it on sourceforge.net. Then someone can pick it up and fix the remaining known issues, make sure it works well with SD cards, etc.
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