ECS no. 1
ECS no. 2

Hoyle Book Of Games Volume 2: Solitaire

General info

Not Amiga Original

Relationships

WHDLoad

No WHDLoad installer.

Stats

2,929

Conversions

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

ECS / OCS

Version info

No
Max 1, Sim 1

Features

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
1990
Hoyle Book Of Games Volume 2: Solitaire
Commercial
Full Price
Worldwide
English
English, French, German, Italian
1
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1994
Hoyle Book Of Games Volume 2: Solitaire
Commercial
Budget
Worldwide
English
English, French, German, Italian
1
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)

Conversion Notes

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

Screen info

ECS / OCS
Screenshot ECS no. 3

Screenshot ECS no. 4

Screenshot ECS no. 5

Screenshot ECS no. 6

Box: ECS / OCS
Box scan ECS no. 1

Budget Release (front)

Box scan ECS no. 2

Budget Release (back)

Disk: ECS / OCS
Disk scan ECS no. 1

Original Release

Disk scan ECS no. 2

Budget Release

Misc: ECS / OCS
ECS no. 1

Manual Cover (Budget)

ECS no. 2

Magazine Review [Source: .info, Issue 34 (Nov 90), p40]

Manual info

ECS / OCS

No manuals found.

ECS / OCS

No cheats found.

Conversion info

Apple Macintosh (Classic)
No conversion screens found.
Atari ST/E
No conversion screens found.
PC (DOS)
Conversion PC (DOS)

EGA

Conversion PC (DOS)

Tandy PC/IBM PCjr
No conversion screens found.

Map info

ECS / OCS

No maps found.

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
CU Amiga
Apr 1994
74%
Mark Patterson
Re-release
1
Info
34 (Nov 1990)
3/5
Tom Malcolm
1

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
No magazine previews found

ECS / OCS

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