The (at the time of writing this) screenshots suggest a newer version of Solitaire, like the one that comes with Windows, but the year 1981 suggests the (to my knowledge) very first version for the Atari 8 bit computer, using the simple character graphics of that machine, completely light green on dark green except for the introduction and the shuffle animation.

It seems written in BASIC, but for that it's actually already pretty well done. It even uses a basic pointer control using the Joystick to move cards around, which must have been pretty unusual for the time.

Some controls are a bit cumbersome compared to newer variants. Still, once you get used to the controls, it's very playable and pretty much as addictive as any other Solitaire version.

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A computer adaptation of the popular card game.

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