Solitaire (NES)

Solitaire

Platform: NES Year: 1992 Developer: Odyssey Software

Solitaire is exactly as it sounds; it is simply a game of Klondike Solitaire. The game's box says that the game takes place on an island, as depicted on the game's cover art, but the game itself exhibits no such feature. The object of the game is to line up all of the cards from Ace (A) to King (K), all while alternating between suit colors (red and black).

The game has a few different options; you can change the card back design from 5 different designs, there's a one-card and three-card draw mode, as well as options to mute music and/or sound effects.

The game was criticized for its difficulty. One of which is the fact that all moves are final, and cards placed on the board cannot be moved unless going into the discard pile.

Screenshots

The game's title screen. The main menu. Playing a game of solitaire. I won!

Music

Solitaire has a short soundtrack by Mike Smith, Odyssey Software's in-house composer.

Recording

#	Title	Composer	Arranger	Programmer	Length	Listen	Download
01	Title Screen	Mike Smith	Mike Smith	George Rucker	2:52		Download
02	Game Start	Mike Smith	Mike Smith	George Rucker	0:04		Download
03	Game Theme	Mike Smith	Mike Smith	George Rucker	4:10		Download
04	Victory	Bob Landwehr	Mike Smith	George Rucker	0:22		Download

Credits

• Ripper: Gil-Galad (NSF)
• Recorder: Doommaster1994
• Game Credits:
  • Music and Sound: Mike Smith
  • Music and Sound: Art Cestaro credited as Art V Cestaro III
  • Music and Sound: George Rucker credited as George C Rucker III
  • Not Credited Composer: Bob Landwehr

(Source, verification from Michael Crick.)

The game's credits are displayed on the title screen.

Though the credits list Mike, Art, and George for music and sound, Art explained that Mike Smith composed the music, while he (Art) was the music producer, and George programmed the sound driver.

The Victory music was used in an earlier AVE game, Dudes With Attitude. That game only credits the designers. We have contacted Michael Crick, the game's programmer who said Bob Landwehr was the composer of those games. Because that game was released 2 years before this game, the Victory music is attributed to him.

Game Rip

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Ripping NES music is an arduous process that is beyond the scope of this site. The music was recorded in the Synthesia Mod of NSFPlay.

Releases

USA Title: Solitaire Platform: NES Released: 1992-??-?? Publisher: American Video Entertainment