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''Solitaire's Journey'' is a 1992 video game by
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for
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and DOS.


Gameplay

''Solitaire's Journey'' includes a variety of solitaire games, which can be played in the campaign style of either transcontinental trip or haunted house.


Development

''Solitaire's Journey'' was designed by Andrew Visscher, who pitched it as an " unsolicited submission" to
Quantum Quality Productions Quantum Quality Productions (also known by their initials QQP) was a computer games company specializing in strategy games and war games. Run by Bruce Williams Zaccagnino and Mark Baldwin it produced a number of games that achieved "cult status ...
.


Reception

Allen L. Greenberg reviewed the game for ''
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'', and stated that "''Journey'' will prove an effective way of satisfying that primal appetite for entertainment." According to ''
Computer Gaming World ''Computer Gaming World'' (CGW) was an American computer game magazine published between 1981 and 2006. One of the few magazines of the era to survive the video game crash of 1983, it was sold to Ziff Davis in 1993. It expanded greatly through t ...
'', ''Solitaire's Journey'' was a commercial success. Jeff Koke reviewed ''Solitaire's Journey'' in ''
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'' #1 (May/June, 1993), and stated that "This is not the type of game that eats your brain for 10 hours a day, but it's not meant to be. Instead it's a game that provides a new twist on a very old pastime, and does it admirably." In 1996, ''Computer Gaming World'' declared ''Solitaire's Journey'' the 72nd-best computer game ever released.


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