Solitaire FunPak

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story | gameplay | my thoughts |
level structure | controls | options | credits

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BASIC INFO:
Title ....... Solitaire FunPak
Players ..... 1
Genre ....... parlor
Subgenre .... card
Platform .... Game Boy (1994), Game Gear (1994)

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STORY:
Don't be silly.

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GAMEPLAY:
Solitaire FunPak is an electronic collection of 12 solitaire games. The varieties included are Klondike, Tripeak, Pyramid, Cruel, Freecell, Golf, Canfield, Aces Up, Scorpion, "Poker", Stonewall, and Florentine.

You can also play a Tournament, which is a series of games in a row. There are 4 choices: Standard, Championship, Custom, and Custom timed.

Standard and Championship have has you playing one of each of the 12 games. I do not know what the difference is. Custom allows you to choose which games you play. Custom timed allows you to choose which games you play, and to set a time limit on each game (when the limit is up, you are automatically moved to the next game).

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THOUGHTS:
The interface and visuals are barely adequate. Lack of color is a major negative. It's completely worthless if you have a portable internet-capable device, of course. Plenty of internet sites allow you to play solitaire, with better visuals, sound, options, and handy explanations nearby.

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LEVEL STRUCTURE:
n/a

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CONTROLS:
D-pad .... move cursor
select ... doesn't appear to have any function
start .... pause/unpause; confirm (in certain places)
A ........ cancel (in certain places), cancel and return cursor to default position (in-game); confirm (in certain places)
B ........ confirm (in certain places)

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OPTIONS:
The options in this game are actually fairly robust.

If you have chosen to play a game by itself, outside of Tournament mode, press start to bring up the following menu options: redeal same, undo, deal again, new game, game over, music (theme 1, theme 2, off). Additionally, Klondike and Canfield will prompt you to make some choices upon starting a game (choose between flip 3 or flip 1; draw many times, draw 3 times only, or draw once only) as will Golf (play on king or flip on king).

Tournament mode is much more limited in options, allowing you to skip games at any time (but not return to them) and change the background music. You are not given the additional prompts when playing Klondike, Canfield, or Golf.

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CREDITS:
screen 1:

DESIGNED, DEVELOPED
& COPYRIGHT (C) 1994
BEAM SOFTWARE P/L

PRODUCED BY
INTERPLAY PRODUCTIONS

LICENSED BY NINTENDO

screen 2:

INTERPLAY tm

screen 4 (let the title screen, screen 3 sit without pressing any buttons to trigger the appearance of screen 4):

BEAM SOFTWARE
CLIVE BARRETT ....... PROGRAMMING
GREG HOLLAND ........ ARTWORK
SIMON HART .......... ARTWORK
MARSHALL PARKER ..... MUSIC + SOUND EFFECTS
ANN DAVIE ........... PRODUCER (BEAM)
KERRY GARRISON ...... PRODUCER (INTERPLAY)
PRESS START TO PLAY

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