FreeCell (Microsoft, Windows, 1991)
FreeCell (Microsoft, Windows, 1991)
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This game has debugging material.
This game has revisional differences.FreeCell is another all-time favorite among lazy workers. It managed to spawn quite a lot of clones seeking to improve upon the original.
Contents
1 Debug Menu
2 Special Games
3 Version differences
3.1 Icon
3.2 About screen
4 Other differences
5 Game modes
Debug Menu
Unlike its sister game Solitaire, the debug menu is still accessible here. Press Ctrl + Shift + F10 to trigger a dialog box offering three options: Ignore, Retry, and Abort. Ignore just closes the message box, Retry causes you to lose when you make your next move, and Abort induces an instant win.
The menu was likely there to check whether the win/lose stuff works properly, as there doesn't seem a point in cheating in a game like this.
Special Games
The game lets you specify the seed for the RNG used to shuffle the cards. The game has a few trick seeds that result in special deals.
- -1 - the unwinnable deal shown in the above screenshot.
- -2 - another unwinnable deal.
- -3 - rigged so that making a single move will lead to the game automatically wining itself. Not all versions have this seed.
- -4 - automatic win again. Again, not all versions have this seed.
Version differences
Icon
The Windows XP verison got a new icon.
| Windows Entertainment Pack, Win32s, Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME | Windows XP |
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About screen
The Windows Entertainment Pack version has its own About screen. The Win32s version uses the Windows About screen, as did the versions that came with Windows 95 and above.
| Windows Entertainment Pack | Win32s | Windows XP |
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Other differences
The Windows XP version features a million deals, whereas earlier versions only had 32,000.
The Windows Entertainment Pack and Win32s versions lack the ability to undo the last move.
Game modes
The Windows Entertainment Pack and Win32s versions have a hidden "Standard mode" and "Fast mode", activated by pressing CTRL+F1 and CTRL+F2 respectively. These appear to be absent in later versions.
| Standard | Fast |
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| The Microsoft Entertainment Pack series | |
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| Windows Entertainment Pack | Cruel • Golf (Prototype) • TicTactics (Prototypes) • Minesweeper (1990) (Prototypes) • Tetris • Taipei |
| Windows Entertainment Pack 2 | FreeCell (1991) • Pipe Dream (Prototype) • Tut's Tomb • Rattler Race (Prototype) |
| Windows Entertainment Pack 3 | LifeGenesis • SkiFree • TetraVex (Prototype) • TriPeaks • WordZap |
| Windows Entertainment Pack 4 | Dr. Black Jack • Chip's Challenge • JezzBall |
| Other | Microsoft Entertainment Pack • Microsoft Puzzle Collection |
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- Games released in 1991
- Games with debugging functions
- Games with revisional differences
- Microsoft Entertainment Pack series
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