Hoyle Book Of Games Volume 2: Solitaire : Hall Of Light

Hoyle Book Of Games Volume 2: Solitaire

ECS/OCS

Hoyle Book Of Games Volume 2: Solitaire - Double Barrel Screenshot

Information

Year of the first release

1990

License

Commercial

Number of disks (or CD)

Publisher

Sierra - Worldwide

Number max of players

Budget publisher

Kixx XL (U.S. Gold) - Worldwide

Simultaneous max players

Developer

Sierra

Language

English

Artists

Coder : Corey Cole
Coder : Corinna Abdul
Coder : Dan Foy
Coder : Jeff Stephenson
Coder : John Hartin
Coder : John Rettig
Coder : Pablo Ghenis
Coder : Robert E. Heitman (Bob Heitman)
Coder : Robert W. Lindsley
Coder : Steve Coallier
Graphician : James Larsen
Graphician : Jerry Moore
Graphician : Warren Schwader
Musician : Rob Atesalp
Misc : Warren Schwader

Language in manual

English
French
German
Italian

Hardware

ECS
OCS

Amiga original game

Have cheatcode

Have SPS release

yes

WHD install

WHD information

HD install

yes

HD notes

Genre
Category	Games
Subcategory	Games - Cards
Dimension	2D
Origin	Brand
Origin	Personality - Literary
Scrolltype	Single Screen
Theme	Games - Cards - Cribbage
Theme	Games - Cards - Solitaire / Klondike
Viewpoint	First Person
Viewpoint	Top Down

Conversion hardware

Apple Macintosh (Classic)
Atari ST/E
PC (DOS)
Tandy PC/IBM PCjr

Conversion notes

Based on 1990 Sierra PC/Tandy release.
PC versions: Hercules, CGA, EGA, MCGA/VGA, Tandy

Classic compilation

Relationship

is a precursor to Hoyle Book Of Games Volume 3: Great Board Games
is a precursor to Hoyle Volume III
is a sequel to Hoyle's Book Of Games Volume 1

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Rarity: One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes:

[1] Licensed game based on the Hoyle® series of playing cards and rulebooks published for various card games by Edmond Hoyle, a 17th century British writer best known for his lifelong works on the rules and play of card games.

[2] Game design by Warren Schwader.
Game development system by Jeff Stephenson, Robert E. Heitman, Pablo Ghenis, John Hartin, Dan Foy, John Rettig, Corinna Abdul and Corey Cole; Amiga conversion by Robert W. Lindsley, John Rettig and Steve Coallier.
Graphics by Warren Schwader, James Larsen and Jerry Moore.
Music composition by Rob Atesalp.

[3] Original game contents include a Sierra Tenth Anniversary product catalogue.

[4] Game autoboots from floppy or can be launched from WB.

[5] Game supports full multitasking (memory permitting), mouse/keyboard/joystick support and a quit back to WB option.

Last known release: V1.001.016 (17-July-90)