FreeCell, Microsoft’s first Solitaire variant, mimics the card game of the same name. Game play in FreeCell resembles “regular” Solitaire in many ways, as you use the cards to build suit stacks and sequential columns of cards in alternating colors. Yet, most people don’t know that there are game cheats available to help them boost their FreeCell player statistics in Windows 7.
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Game play
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To start playing FreeCell, choose Start→Games and double-click the FreeCell icon. To move cards, just click the card, then click the new location. If you get stumped, you can always ask for help by pressing the H key. However, like Solitaire, FreeCell’s help isn’t always helpful, but if you like the help you’re given press Enter, FreeCell makes the recommended move for you.
Many people think that you can only move kings to empty column on the table, but you can actually move any card to an empty row.
One of the ways FreeCell lets you impress your friends is by replaying the same hands over and over until you’ve mastered it. You can play that same hand in front of your friends and show them just how talented you are. To replay a hand, choose Games→Select Game, type the number of the hand, and click the OK button. This trick also allows you to play the same hand in multiple locations or to challenge a friend on a different machine to a duel.
Windows 7 supports hands numbered from 1 to 1,000,000 for FreeCell. Only hands 11,982, 146,692, 186,216, 455,889, 495,505, 512,118, 517,776, and 781,948 are unwinnable.
Cheating
FreeCell keeps track of how many hands you win and lose, and the length of your current winning (or losing) streak. To see the scores, choose Game→Statistics. The primary way to cheat in FreeCell is to trick the scoring system.
FreeCell includes four not-so-hidden symmetrical hands, numbered –1, –2, –3, and –4. Games –1 and –2 can’t be won. Games –3 and –4 win all by themselves.
What’s the easiest way to run up your winning statistics? Play a whole bunch of games using hands –3 or –4. (Choose Game→Select Game, and select –3 or –4). Simply drag an ace onto one of the suit stacks and wait for the cards to start crashing against the bottom of the screen.
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If you’ve been playing for ages, and you’re completely fed up, you can opt for an instant win. Press Ctrl+Shift+F10 to bring up a dialog box that says “User-Friendly User Interface.” Click Abort, then move any card, and you instantly win. Click Retry, you lose the game, and Ignore cancels the dialog box. Since FreeCell is so hard, it’s nice to see what winning looks like.
Original author(s) | Jim Horne |
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Developer(s) | Microsoft |
Initial release | 1991; 29 years ago |
Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
Replaced by | Microsoft Solitaire Collection (Windows 10) |
Type | Computer game |
FreeCell, also known as Microsoft FreeCell,[1] is a computer game included in Microsoft Windows,[2] based on a card game with the same name.
Development[edit]
Paul Alfille implemented Freecell in 1978 for the PLATO computer system at CERL; by the early 1980s Control Data Corporation had published it for all PLATO systems. Jim Horne, who enjoyed playing Freecell on the PLATO system at the University of Alberta, published a shareware $10 DOS version with color graphics in 1988. That year Horne joined Microsoft, and later ported the game to Windows.[3]
The Windows version was first included in Microsoft Entertainment Pack Volume 2 and later the Best Of Microsoft Entertainment Pack.[4] It was subsequently included with Win32s as an application that enabled the testing of the 32-bitthunking layer to ensure that it was installed properly.[5] However, FreeCell remained relatively obscure until it was released as part of Windows 95.[6] In Windows XP, FreeCell was extended to support a total of 1 million card deals.[4]
Releases[edit]
Microsoft Solitaire Collection in Windows 10, in FreeCell mode
Today, there are FreeCell implementations for nearly every modern operating system as it is one of the few games pre-installed with every copy of Windows. Prior to Windows Vista, the versions for Windows were limited in their player assistance features, such as retraction of moves. The Windows Vista FreeCell implementation contains basic hints and unlimited move retraction (via the Undo menu choice or command),[7] and the option to restart the game. Some features have been removed, such as the flashing screen to warn the player of one move remaining. FreeCell is not included in the Windows 8 operating system but is available in the Windows Store as the free Microsoft Solitaire Collection, which is also bundled with Windows 10.
Legacy[edit]
Microsoft created the Entertainment Packs to encourage non-business use of Windows. According to company telemetry FreeCell was the seventh most-used Windows program, ahead of Word and Microsoft Excel.[3]
The original Microsoft FreeCell package supports 32,000 numbered deals, generated by a 15-bit, pseudorandom-numberseed. These deals are known as the 'Microsoft 32,000',[4] and all but one of them have been completed.[6] Later versions of FreeCell include more than one million deals.[4] When Microsoft FreeCell became very popular during the 1990s, the Internet FreeCell Project attempted to solve all the deals by crowdsourcing consecutive games to specific people. The project ran from August 1994 to April 1995, and only #11982 proved unwinnable.[8] Out of the current Microsoft Windows games, eight are unsolvable.[9][10]
The significance of the 'Microsoft 32,000' to many FreeCell players is such that other computer implementations of FreeCell will often go out of their way to guarantee compatibility with these deals, rather than simply using the most readily available random number generator for their target platforms.[4][11]
References[edit]
- ^'FreeCell Stops Responding When You Click Undo'. Support. Microsoft. January 23, 2007. Archived from the original on February 6, 2007. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
- ^Rubenking, Neil J. (March 4, 1997). 'User-to-User'. PC Magazine. p. 271. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
- ^ abDear, Brian (2017). '27. Leaving the Nest'. The Friendly Orange Glow. New York: Pantheon Books. pp. 501–503. ISBN9781101871560.
- ^ abcdeKeller, Michael (2005). 'FreeCell - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)'. Solitaire Laboratory. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
- ^'How to Troubleshoot Win32s Installation Problems'. Microsoft. May 21, 1998. Archived from the original on July 12, 2010. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
- ^ abKaye, Ellen (October 17, 2002). 'One Down, 31,999 to Go: Surrendering to a Solitary Obsession'. New York Times. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
- ^Rubenking, Neil J. (January 2008). 'Ask Neil'. PC Magazine. p. 124. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
- ^O'Reilly, Tim; Mott, Troy; Glenn, Walter J. (September 2, 1999). Windows 98 in a Nutshell. O'Reilly Media, Inc. pp. 199–. ISBN9781565924864. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
- ^Leonhard, Woody (September 15, 2009). Windows 7 All-In-One for Dummies. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 293–. ISBN9780470487631. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
- ^'FreeCell lists of difficult (and extra easy) deals'. Solitaire Laboratory. March 13, 2010. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
- ^'PySol - Rules for Freecell'. PySolFC documentation. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
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