Spending idle hours in front of the computer playing Solitaire is something that many of us have done throughout our lives, especially in the office, a game that Microsoft included with the release of Windows 3.11 more than 30 years ago and that removed from the system after one of the various Windows 10 updates. Instead, it included other titles like Candy Crash, however, they are not as entertaining as Solitaire. Fortunately, we can bring back this classic Windows game in a very simple way.
When Microsoft eliminated Solitaire, coincidentally, it released the game Microsoft Solitaire Collection, a game that collects different solitaire games (Spider, Klondike, FreeCell, TriPeaks and Pyramid), in the Microsoft Store and in the Apple and Google app stores.
This new app includes daily challenges and events as well as different in-app purchases. It allows us to synchronize the progress in the cloud and, if we are Microsoft 365 users, we get double the rewards. In short, a game oriented to mobile devices that the only thing that wants is to get our money in any way.
Who wants to play the classic solitaire of a lifetime, does not want to keep their progress, do daily challenges or anything like that, they just want to beat their own record of time and previous score . The solution to this problem is to install any previous version of Windows through a virtual machine, something that, without a doubt, is available to very few people.
Another solution, much more feasible, especially if our computer skills are not very high, is to go to the Microsoft Store and download one of the different versions of Solitaire available, such as the ones shown below.
Classic solitaire
Classic Solitaire is the best game to be able to enjoy this classic again just as we did in the past, since it offers us the same card backgrounds that Microsoft offers us in this classic while it was available natively. Like the Windows version, we can play the Standard and Vegas modes with 1 or 3 cards. In addition, it allows us to modify the size of the cards.
The scoring system is the same as that used by Microsoft in the application. This app includes ads, ads that we cannot remove by using an in-app purchase. If we want to remove it, we will have to download the HD version, whose price is 0.99 euros. We can download both versions through the following links to the Microsoft Store.
Lonely!
One of the main attractions of this version of Solitaire is that it allows us to use different card backgrounds and layouts , so if we get tired of always seeing the same design, we can quickly change it for others. It has 4 game modes: classic, no points, Vegas and cumulative Vegas by drawing 1 or 3 cards.
Lonely! is available for free download via the link below. It includes ads , ads that we cannot remove using a purchase within the application and that can be quite annoying that include, in the vast majority, images.
Solitaire Cards
Solitaire Cards is one of the free games available in the Microsoft Store with which we are going to be able to pass the idle hours at work just like we did years ago. Like the Windows classic, it allows us to play this classic drawing 1 or 3 cards. But, in addition, it also includes other modalities such as Pyramid, Golf, El Tontorrón and others.
Solitaire Cards is available for download completely free of charge. It includes in-app purchases to remove the ads that are displayed at the bottom of the app, ads that are really not very annoying, so it is not necessary to remove them, since they do not affect the gameplay.
