Super Solitaire (SNES) Review
System SNES
Developer Beam Software Publisher Extreme Entertainment Group Genre Board/Card Game # of Players 1 Release Date January 1994 |
Pros
Wide range of solitaire games Good controls Cons Graphics are so-so Can get boring real quick |
Review
by Thonos
7/28/2015
At one point of another, everyone has played a game of solitaire either with a real deck of cards, on a computer or a tablet/phone. Solitaire is one of the greatest ways to kill time. Since it is readily available on multiple platforms, the question becomes, does it work as a stand alone cartridge game? I feel that it does.
Super Solitaire comes with 16 games:
Klondike
Free Cell
Golf
Cruel
Pyramid
Stonewall
Doesn't Matter
Aces Up
Florentine
Poker
Canfield
Scorpion
There is a good variety of games here. Within the in game menu for each game you can look up the objective of each game along with how to play and common terminology for each game. This was a big help since while games like Klondike and Free Cell are easy to play, others like Aces Up and Cruel are probably lesser known to people. The game also supports a password feature so that if you wanted to continue your progress at a later time you can. There is also a tournament feature where you can pick multiple games and play them in order to rack up a high score.
Some games allow rule variation, for example when playing Klondike you can choose either to draw a single card from the deck each time or three at a time. These variations do affect the gameplay and depending on what you are looking for can add an extra challenge. Other customization options involve changing the background music, card backgrounds and sound effects that the game uses. The sound effects were fun since they had a arcade and comic book option. While these customization options are nice to have, they do nothing to alter the game.
One of my main concerns going into this game was the controls since I have been so used to using a mouse to play solitaire on my computer. After spending a few hours with the gamepad I had no problems with playing the game. The L and R buttons control the hint and undo options, Y cancels a selection, B selects a card and X is a quick access to the menu. The main game options also allows you to pick the speed of the cursor. I ended up playing this game as easily as I would play a solitaire game on my computer.
The graphics in the game are passable. Being a card game I wasn't expecting anything impressive and I wasn't disappointed. The background images for each game looked good and fit the type of game being played The only issue I had was seeing the number on some of the cards but this could have been due to the display I was playing on.
This is a good game if you like solitaire games. While there is not much to do here besides play solitaire games, the game doesn't try do sell itself as anything else. While there are other free ways to play these games on a computer, for the SNES this is a great way to play and learn new solitaire games. The only real downfall is that it can get repetitive after a while even if you do like solitaire games.
by Thonos
7/28/2015
At one point of another, everyone has played a game of solitaire either with a real deck of cards, on a computer or a tablet/phone. Solitaire is one of the greatest ways to kill time. Since it is readily available on multiple platforms, the question becomes, does it work as a stand alone cartridge game? I feel that it does.
Super Solitaire comes with 16 games:
Klondike
Free Cell
Golf
Cruel
Pyramid
Stonewall
Doesn't Matter
Aces Up
Florentine
Poker
Canfield
Scorpion
There is a good variety of games here. Within the in game menu for each game you can look up the objective of each game along with how to play and common terminology for each game. This was a big help since while games like Klondike and Free Cell are easy to play, others like Aces Up and Cruel are probably lesser known to people. The game also supports a password feature so that if you wanted to continue your progress at a later time you can. There is also a tournament feature where you can pick multiple games and play them in order to rack up a high score.
Some games allow rule variation, for example when playing Klondike you can choose either to draw a single card from the deck each time or three at a time. These variations do affect the gameplay and depending on what you are looking for can add an extra challenge. Other customization options involve changing the background music, card backgrounds and sound effects that the game uses. The sound effects were fun since they had a arcade and comic book option. While these customization options are nice to have, they do nothing to alter the game.
One of my main concerns going into this game was the controls since I have been so used to using a mouse to play solitaire on my computer. After spending a few hours with the gamepad I had no problems with playing the game. The L and R buttons control the hint and undo options, Y cancels a selection, B selects a card and X is a quick access to the menu. The main game options also allows you to pick the speed of the cursor. I ended up playing this game as easily as I would play a solitaire game on my computer.
The graphics in the game are passable. Being a card game I wasn't expecting anything impressive and I wasn't disappointed. The background images for each game looked good and fit the type of game being played The only issue I had was seeing the number on some of the cards but this could have been due to the display I was playing on.
This is a good game if you like solitaire games. While there is not much to do here besides play solitaire games, the game doesn't try do sell itself as anything else. While there are other free ways to play these games on a computer, for the SNES this is a great way to play and learn new solitaire games. The only real downfall is that it can get repetitive after a while even if you do like solitaire games.