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= Solitaire =
= Nintendo Entertainment System =
= FAQ/ Walkthrough by Daniel Gordon =
= Version 1.2 =
= E-mail: [daniel.j.gordon (at) gmail (dot) com] =
= This FAQ/Walkthrough is copyright (c) Daniel Gordon, 2003-2004 =
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Table of Contents
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Section 00.........................The Find Feature
Section 01.........................Legal Disclaimer
Section 02.........................Version History
Section 03.........................Controls
Section 04.........................Walkthrough
Section 05.........................Previous Revisions
Section 06.........................Special Thanks and Credits
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= Section 00 -- The Find Feature =
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This guide is now equipped with a Find Feature. Whenever you want to find
something specific within this guide, use the mouse to highlight the
corresponding text in the Table of Contents. Next, press both the Control key
and the "C" key on your keyboard. After the text has been higlighted, press
both the Control key and the "F" key on your keyboard. This will bring up the
Find Menu. Now, press the Control key and the "V" key on your keyboard. This
will take the higlighted text from the document and put it in the "Find what:"
text box on the Find Menu. Finally, press the Enter key on your keyboard.
These five simple steps will take you where you want to go within the document.
I hope this makes finding things a little easier!
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= Section 01 -- Legal Disclaimer =
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This guide is copyright Daniel Gordon, 2003-2004, all rights reserved. This
guide is protected under International Copyright Law, and may not be reproduced
in any way, shape, or form in newspapers, magazines, or anywhere on the World
Wide Web without prior written consent from Daniel Gordon (djg40). In order
to receive consent, the applicant must send an E-mail to:
[daniel.j.gordon (at) gmail (dot) com]
If no reply is sent, no consent is given. This guide should only be located
at www.GameFAQS.com and nowhere else. If this guide is found at any site
other than those listed above, please notify me by sending an E-mail to:
[daniel.j.gordon (at) gmail (dot) com]
In this way, the author (djg40) is notified, and legal action can take place.
Thank you, and have a great day.
Solitaire, and all associated terms therein, is copyright (c) 1992 Odyssey
Software Inc. Nintendo, NES, and Nintendo Entertainment System are trademarks
of Nintendo (www.nintendo.com). All Rights Reserved.
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= Section 02 -- Version History =
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Version 1.2
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This guide, along with all of my others, was updated to include my new
email address. Additionally, several of my guides now have a new section,
Previous Revisions. This was done mainly to move most of the Version
History to the bottom of the file. Also, I think I caught all of the
remaining spelling errors, though one or two probably slipped through the
cracks. I hope you like the new look!
This update was submitted to GameFAQs on June 25, 2004.
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Version 1.1
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This guide was updated, along with all of my others, to make the Table of
Contents look cleaner. I hope you like the changes I have made. Actually,
though, I like it, so I am keeping this format no matter what. I guess you
had just better like it. I also updated the copyright dates.
This guide was submitted to GameFAQs on January 14, 2004.
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= Section 03 -- Controls =
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***ASCII Nintendo Controller was designed by Colin Moriarty. He was
enough to allow me to use it. Thank you, Colin!***
Since this is a Nintendo game, the basic Nintendo controller must be used in
order for this game to work correctly. The buttons, as well as what they
do, are as follows:
Directional Pad - Moves the Selection Arrow Up or Down.
--------------- - Moves the Cursor Up, Down, Left, or Right.
A Button - Chooses the selected card.
-------- - Moves the selected card to desired stack.
B Button - Not used in the game.
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START Button - Begins the game.
------------ - Restarts the game.
SELECT Button - Brings up the "Restart" option.
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= Section 04 -- Walkthrough =
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Before You Begin:
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Before the player can actually start playing Solitaire, he must make a few
decisions about the game that he wants to play. In fact, there are five
decisions that the player must make before the game begins. First, the
player must choose which card back he wants to play with. There is a card
back with a tiny little checkerboard pattern, a card back with eight squares
on it, a card back with two swords, a card back with an outer layer of
diamonds and what looks like a rolling pin in the middle of the card, and a
card back with a rook piece from a chess set on it. That makes for five
different card backs, so choose the one you like best.
By pressing the down button on the Control Pad, the player will then be able
to select the desired color of the card backs. There are also five distinct
colors that the card backs can be. There is Red, Blue, Dark Red, Purple, and
Gray. After selecting a desired color, press down on the Control Pad again
to determine whether one card or three cards comes with every draw off the
stack. One card at a time is easier, but for those looking for a challenge,
try drawing three cards at a time.
After choosing one card or three cards, press down on the Control Pad again
and decide whether or not music will play in the background on the game.
Finally, press down on the Control Pad once more to decide whether or not
the game has sound during game play. Once all of these selections have been
made, press the START Button to begin playing Solitaire.
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Playing The Game:
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When the game begins, the game will automatically deal out the cards from
the Draw Deck. Once complete, the play area will look like this:
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| D | | | | | | | | |
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'---' '---' '---' '---' '---'
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'---' | | | | |---| |---| |---| |---|
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'---' | | | | |---| |---|
'---' | | | | |---|
'---' | | | |
'---' | |
'---'
The game starts out with a Draw Deck (represented by the "D") in the top
left corner and four places to put the four suits in the top right corner.
The four suits include Spades, Hearts, Clubs, and Diamonds. The suits also
come in two colors, Black and Red. Spades and Clubs are the Black suits,
while Hearts and Diamonds are the Red suits. This is very important, and is
a key to beating a game of Solitaire.
The remaining cards (those not still in the deck) are placed in the seven
solumns of cards below the top line. The first column has one card, the
second has two cards, the third has three cards, and so on until the seventh
column has seven cards in it. Only the last card in each column is placed
face up. The cards beneath the face up card are all face down, and will not
be revealed until the top card is moved. Because of the layout of the cards,
that means there are still twenty-four cards in the Draw Deck when the game
begins.
The object of the game is to get every card in play up to the four spaces in
the top right corner. As you might have guessed, the cards cannot go up
there is just any order. Each empty space is reserved for one Ace. Once
the Ace has been placed in a space, the cards must be placed on top of the
Ace in numerical order, at least up to the ten of each suit. After the ten
is the Jack, then the Queen, and finally the King. Once all four suits are
in the four spaces provided in the top right corner, the game is won.
When each game begins, look at the seven cards that are face up first. If
any of the cards is an Ace, move it to one of the four spaces available in
the top right corner of the playing field. Once all Aces are taken care of,
try moving other cards that are already available to make stacks of cards.
Stacks of cards can be made by placing the cards in reverse numerical order,
from top to bottom. However, the cards must also alternate between a Black
suit and a Red suit. For example, if there is a Red six, then the only card
that can be placed on that Red six is a Black five. On the Black five, only
a Red four can be placed, and so on.
Once the available cards are used, move the cursor to the Draw Deck and hit
the A Button. This will draw the desired number of cards, either one or
three. Now use the new card to continue building stacks of cards on the
columns below. If any Aces pop up, move them to the four available spaces
in the top right corner. After an Ace is found, try to stack other cards on
top of it. If ever a column runs out of cards, put a King (of any suit) in
the opening. This will enable the player to create a new stack and continue
to work on beating the game. Just remember to keep stacking up cards on top
of the Aces.
After all of the cards have been stacked in columns of thirteen, or after
all of the cards have been uncovered and put in order, the game will
automatically stack the rest of the cards on top of the four Aces. If the
player cannot complete the game, he must press the SELECT Button, followed
by the START Button. This will take the player back to the Main Menu. If,
however, the player manages to complete the game by getting rid of all the
cards, then a couple of things will happen. First, the game will finish
stacking all the cards on top of the Aces, so the player won't have to worry
about that. Second, six cards will come across the screen, one going to
each of the first three the columns, followed by an empty column, and then
three more cards, one in each of the last three columns. The first three
cards spell "YOU," while the last three cards spell "WIN."
Congratulations, you have completed Solitaire! Granted, that might not be
that big of an accomplishment, but still, it is another game won.
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= Section 05 -- Previous Revisions =
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Version 1.0
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This is the original guide, as submitted to GameFAQs. There will be updates
to come, as there is inevitably something else that can go in here. All
sections are as complete as I want them right now, and Level by Level
strategies are provided for the entire game. All portions of this guide are
of my own design, and will continue to be, until I find something better.
Work on this guide officially began on November 26, 2003.
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= Section 06 -- Special Thanks and Credits =
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First and foremost, I would like to thank my wonderful girlfriend, Megan.
Sure, she may not ever see this, and she may not be happy if she does, but she
means the world to me, and I would do anything for her. Thank you so much for
the support you give me each and every day.
Secondly, I would like to thank CJayC for running this site and for hosting
this guide. If it was not for GameFAQS, I would not be as into gaming as I am,
and I would not have thought so many other things are possible, other than just
playing the game.
I would like to thank Colin Moriarty (CMoriarty) for allowing me to use his
ASCII Nintendo Controller. He pointed out that mine was too big, so I asked
if I could use his. Thanks, Colin!
And last, but definitely not least, I would like to thank my close friends on
GameFAQs. Especially Steve, Devin, Chad, Brian, Zoop, Trace, and Andrew. You
guys are more help than you realize, and I thank you for that.
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= (c) 2004 Daniel Gordon (djg40) [daniel.j.gordon (at) gmail (dot) com] =
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