Posted by bob on February 19, 2000, at 23:27:41
In reply to Mindless games...., posted by Noa on February 18, 2000, at 22:22:22
On the Mac side for a number of years now, they've all come with a sampler of two solitaire games from a commercial program that has lots more than those two. One, of course, is Klondike, the other game is called Eight Off. It's a game in which it is mathematically impossible to lose -- each card layout does have a solution. The two years I was a professor, I spent much of my time while hiding in my office playing Eight Off. Sometimes it would take me 30 seconds to win, other (much rarer ... it's a simple game) times 10 minutes or so. When I left that job, I left behind a string of over 5000 consecutive wins and no losses.
I always wanted to see the face of the next person who got my old computer and opened that for the first time....
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