| Name | Extracted | Size | Date | Description |
| ACBJ.ZIP | Yes | 62815 | 6/14/1983 | Atlantic City Blackjack 1.0 (Goldfayn, Oleg; $25) is a game of casino blackjack for Windows 3.1. Up to seven gamblers can participate, and the computer will auto-play any unused hands. You can even customize the playing strategy of the computerized hands. Other features include on-screen advice, card counting, three dealing speeds, and more. VGA is required. |
| BJWIN.ZIP | Yes | 92310 | 9/16/1993 | Blackjack for Windows 2.1 (John Washburn; $40) is a casino-style card game. It allows you to set the size of the shoe, the dealer play, the player and house rules, and more. |
| BJW12.ZIP | Yes | 53156 | 3/25/1994 | Blackjack for Windows 1.2 lets up to six people play blackjack against the computer. Features include the ability to split hands up to six times, table minimum and starting bankroll selection, six decks in the shoe, and more. (Shamblen Enterprises, reg. fee: $15) |
| CASINO21.ZIP | Yes | 85823 | 12/6/1993 | Casino BlackJack for Windows 2.1s (Pyramid Software Development; $10) lets you play the game of blackjack against the computer. You can play from one to four decks, and start out with up to $100,000 to bet with. The game allows multiple splits and doubling down, and lets you customize the rules. Strategic hints are displayed, as well as an optional card-counting chart. This is an entertaining game with nice graphics. A 386SX or higher is recommended. |
| ULTIMA21.ZIP | Yes | 532174 | 11/4/1993 | Ultima 21 Deluxe for Windows 1.7c (Bitwise Software International, reg. fee: $40) allows you to play blackjack in one of four different casinos with computerized or human players. You can control the card count, change dealers, keep statistics, and change any or all of the casino rules. Requires 2MB RAM, hard disk, VGA. |
| VEGAS.ZIP | Yes | 237383 | 6/9/1994 | Vegas 1.0 (DeskSoft; $39) is a blackjack game for Windows. It includes VBCARDS.DLL which is required by other shareware card games. |
| WINBJ2.ZIP | Yes | 152085 | 4/22/1994 | Windows Blackjack 2.0 is a game of blackjack you play against the computer. (Robert R. Villwock, reg. fee: $10) |
| WINBJ.ZIP | Yes | 86838 | 12/6/1993 | WinBJ (Skylight Software; $20) is an advanced casino blackjack game for Windows. Features include animated dealing, card counting help, win/loss statistics, a tutor, and much more. You can double down, split, buy insurance, and surrender. The tutor can also automatically pop up to offer help from several different playing strategies. |
| WJ3_0.ZIP | Yes | 252769 | 4/22/1994 | WinJack 3.0i (Opaque Software, reg. fee: $12) is a game of Blackjack for Windows. You can double down, split, buy insurance, and more. The program is fast, with well-done graphics and animation. |
| BRIDGE.ZIP | Yes | 110735 | 4/22/1994 | Bridge Assistant 1.0 enables you to improve your game of bridge by study and practice away from the table. The program can save and restore hands and also deal hands of chosen types enabling you to study aspects of bridge where you are weak. Requires WIN31. (SoftTech, reg. fee: $38) |
| WBRIDGE.ZIP | Yes | 293576 | 4/22/1994 | Bridge For Windows 3.40 (Full Circle Software; $53) is a simple bridge game for novices. It deals random hands, but picks the best hand for you and the second best hand for your partner, so you don't ever get to defend. You always bid first, which limits the type of bidding you do. The bidding and play of the game are pretty weak. Despite its shortcomings, it should be enjoyable for novices, and it is the only shareware bridge game for Windows. However, we recommend MVPBridge in the DOS Games section. ASP; $25) assumes you know absolutely nothing about bridge and teaches you everything you need to know to bid and play a good, sound game. It is also a good review course for experienced players. This is an interactive tutorial which displays deals, asks frequent questions for reinforcement, and has review quizzes. Level I consists of one course on Play and four on Bidding: (1) Intro to Bridge & Opening Bids, (2) Responding to Opening Bids, (3) Rebids by Opener, (4) Competitive Bidding. The course on Play covers basic offense and defensive play. Advanced course files are commercially available covering intermediate and advanced bidding and play, conventions, specific bidding systems, etc. |
| BDCRIB.ZIP | Yes | 157313 | 3/17/1994 | Black Dog Cribbage 1.0c (Black Dog Software, reg. fee: $15) is an excellent game of Cribbage for Windows. Optional in-game instructions guide you through the game like cue cards. |
| CRIBBAG.ZIP | Yes | 67049 | 1/25/1994 | Cribbage (Walter Warniaha, reg. fee: $15) is a nice game of Cribbage for Windows. |
| CRIBWIN.ZIP | Yes | 43136 | 6/9/1994 | Cribbage for Windows 1.1 (RR Enterprises; $20) is the card game Cribbage. Features include having the computer play a hard or easy game, and the Fair or Cheat mode, in which you can see the computer's cards. You have to restart the program after every game. |
| WINCRIB.ZIP | Yes | 61668 | 2/10/1994 | Cribbage for Windows 3.02c (Proudtech Limited, reg. fee: $15 Pounds) lets you play a game of Cribbage against the computer. There are two skill levels, and a variety of configuration options. |
| CSHEARTS.ZIP | Yes | 391811 | 6/9/1994 | CardShark Hearts 4.14 (Ford, Nelson ASP; $29) lets you play Hearts against three computer hands or up to three other humans over a network. Features include an AutoPlay/Hint mode, Show All Hands, automatic cash-in when one hand has all high cards remaining or when all points are in, animated players with digitized sounds, user selectable playing styles and strengths, and the ability to change your mind after selecting a card but before playing it. Other features include a "Duplicate" mode which lets the computer replay your hand against the other computerized players, a Ten/Jack of Diamonds = -10 option, and many other rules options. This is one Hearts game you will have a tough time beating. VBRUN300.DLL and a mouse are required. |
| CANASTA.ZIP | Yes | 49022 | 2/9/1994 | Canasta for Windows 1.0 lets you play Canasta against the computer. The included help file provides an introduction to this classic card game, as well as detailed rules. (Mark-Jan Harte, reg. fee: $20) |
| ECNEUQ.ZIP | Yes | 126582 | 7/31/1993 | Ecneuqes 1.1 (Smith, Matthew L.; $10) is an unusual combination board/card game. The object of the game is to place chips on the playing board matching the corresponding card played from your hand. The first player with two rows of five chips wins the game. Features include game save/recall, multimedia sound support, two levels of play difficulty, and more. Requires VBRUN300. |
| EUCH11.ZIP | Yes | 133611 | 3/22/1994 | Euchre 1.1 is a nicely-done version of Euchre for Windows. Euchre is played by two teams of two players. The objective is to be the first team to score 10 points by winning tricks in each of a number of hands. Detailed instructions are available in the help file for those unfamiliar with this card game. (Land-J Technologies, reg. fee: $0) |
| PINWIN.ZIP | Yes | 25117 | 3/24/1994 | JJR Pinochle is a version of the card game Pinochle for Windows. (Joseph J. Roehrig, reg. fee: $10) |
| SCAT10.ZIP | Yes | 93658 | 1/25/1994 | Scat 1.0 is an interesting and addictive card game you play against the computer. The program deals you and your three computer opponents three cards. The objective is to obtain a final hand that is all of the same suit and whose value is not the lowest among the four players, and the player with the lowest card hand loses that hand. You can choose one of three playing strategies for the computer players. Other features include dealing speed control, the ability to leave the cards face up or down during play, user-defined names for computer players, computer player comments, and a colorful selection of card backs. Requires VBRUN300. (Bob Dolan Software, reg. fee: $10-$15) |
| TABLNET.ZIP | Yes | 44165 | 6/9/1994 | Tablenette 1.0 (Sycomp Limited; $0) is an interesting card game you play against the computer. Requires VBRUN. |