Solitaire

E193792

Solitaire is a classic single-player card game that became widely known through its inclusion as a standard game on early Microsoft Windows operating systems.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Solitaire canonical 3
FreeCell 1
Klondike Solitaire 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf card game
patience game
single-player game
alsoKnownAs Klondike Solitaire
linked to: Solitaire

Patience
hasCardDesignBy Susan Kare
hasCommonRuleVariant draw one card from stock
draw three cards from stock
hasComponent foundation piles
stock pile
tableau piles
waste pile
hasGenre casual game
strategy puzzle
hasLoseCondition no legal moves remaining
hasPlayerCount 1
hasPopularDigitalVersionOn Microsoft Windows
linked to: Windows
hasPrimaryGoal move all cards to foundation piles by suit in ascending order
hasRandomnessSource initial shuffle of the deck
hasScoringSystem move-based scoring (in many digital versions)
time-based scoring (in many digital versions)
hasTypicalTheme standard French-suited playing cards
hasWinCondition all cards moved to foundations
inspiredOtherGames FreeCell
linked to: Solitaire

Pyramid Solitaire
linked to: Solitaire

Spider Solitaire
linked to: Solitaire

TriPeaks
isDeterministic true
isMostFamousVariantOf Klondike
isPerfectInformationGame true
isPlayableOn mobile device
personal computer
physical tabletop
isPopularIn home computing
office environments
isTurnBased true
requiresSkill patience
planning
probability assessment
teachesInteractionConcept double-clicking
drag and drop
usesPlayingCards standard 52-card deck
wasBundledWith Microsoft Windows 3.0
linked to: Windows 3.x
wasDevelopedForWindowsBy Microsoft
wasIntroducedAsWindowsGameIn 1990
wasProgrammedBy Wes Cherry
wasUsedTo familiarize users with mouse operations

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Windows 95 includedComponent Solitaire
Solitaire alsoKnownAs Klondike Solitaire
linked to: Solitaire
Solitaire inspiredOtherGames Spider Solitaire
linked to: Solitaire
Solitaire inspiredOtherGames FreeCell
linked to: Solitaire
Solitaire inspiredOtherGames Pyramid Solitaire
linked to: Solitaire
Laura Branigan notableWork Solitaire
Laura Branigan notableSingle Solitaire