Spider Solitaire (Windows)
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Spider Solitaire A component of Microsoft Windows |
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| Included with | Windows 98 Plus! and up |
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| Solitaire Chess Titans, FreeCell, Hearts, Mahjong Titans, Minesweeper, Purble Place |
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Spider Solitaire is a card game that is included in Microsoft Windows. It is a version of Spider. It was first included in Microsoft Plus! for Windows 98.
[edit] Features
Spider Solitaire allows moves to be retracted. Any number of moves can be retracted, back to the last non-retractable move. The version of Spider Solitaire included in Windows Vista allows row deals to be retracted and has been updated to have a new high resolution interface including new animation and sound effects. Windows Vista also allows users to have limited customization of appearance by choosing background colors and card face designs or have them chosen randomly.[1] Windows Vista also included a new feature which tells the user that there are no more moves even when there are.
[edit] Gameplay
The aim of the game is to get all of the cards in order (King to Ace).[2] There are three levels of difficulty: Beginner (one suit), Intermediate (two suits), and Advanced (four suits). The user clicks and drags the card to the desired location. The M on the keyboard (H in Windows Vista) will highlight the next possible moves. When there are no more possible moves, the player can end the game or undo previous moves and try again. Windows also keeps track of scores for your reference; view them by going to File and then Statistics. In Windows 7, these scores appear in the Games Explorer by clicking the game and selecting the Statistics tab in the Preview Pane.
[edit] Highest Possible Scores
The highest possible score is 1364 without using an exploit[]. Achievement requires all Kings be the bottom cards in the piles, deals must land perfectly thus not requiring any adjustments, and the player needs to remove the stacks without partial sequences.
The highest score without any draws being a sequence (e.g. 7 on an 8) is 1205. Higher scores can be expected, given some draws will be in sequence.
There is an exploit you can use to increase your score infinitely to anything you would want, but it can prove to be tricky. If your last move removes a set and directly after you lose the game, the score goes up by 100 even if you undo the move and try again thus giving you 100 more points than is possible. You can repeat this infinitely bumping your score up by 100 each time making a score that is otherwise impossible achievable.
One problem with this program is that the shuffle is not truly random. You will find yourself playing an exact same game the youv'e played before, pretty frequently if you play the game a lot.
