Soltrio Solitaire is an

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title developed by

Silver Creek Entertainment Silver Creek Entertainment is a U.S.-based game developer of classic card games. It was established in 1994. The company released games for Xbox Live Arcade, Windows and Mac OS X: * ''Hardwood Solitaire III'' (PC, Mac) * ''Ruckus Bucks's Dangero ...

for the

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, which is a bundle of 18 separate solitaire card games, which was released on May 16, 2007.

Gameplay

The game supports the

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camera and has 2 player multiplayer over System Link or Xbox Live, including competitive solitaire in which two players use the same foundation piles, and co-operative solitaire, in which players assist one another and pass cards over. The game features a light roleplaying mode called "Voyage Adventure" in which the player traverses a game map to play solitaire games, which includes the ability to unlock new card elements and design customizable deck graphics. The game featured downloadable content in the form of solitaire card game packs every two weeks until October 3, 2007, using games found in Silver Creek's ''Hardwood Solitaire'' title for Microsoft Windows and

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Critical reception

IGN rated ''Soltrio'' as "mediocre". Some game modes, such as ''Memory'', were criticized for being "padding". The quest mode was seen as worthless and the multiplayer Klondike-variation was deemed "sloppy and no fun". Although the competitive mode could be "spirited and fun", overall the package was described as unjustifiably expensive.

Games

The full list of the initial group of 18 solitaire card games include: *

Aces Up Aces Up is a quick and simple, one-pack, patience or solitaire card game. One advantage of Aces Up is its minimal use of space: it requires only four piles of cards, and a place to discard cards to. Winning chances with good play are about 1 i ...

* Archway *Backbone * Easthaven * Forty Thieves * FreeCell Easy * FreeCell * Grandfather's Clock * Klondike Deal 3 * Klondike Easy *

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*Sea Towers * Spider 1 Suit * Super Flower Garden *

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Additional Content

Game Pack 1

On June 13, 2007, "Game Pack 1" added the following 10 games: *

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*Compass Easy *Compass *Lady of the Manor * Miss Milligan *Russian Solitaire * Sir Tommy * Storehouse * Whitehead
Yin & Yang

Game Pack 2

On June 27, 2007, "Game Pack 2" added 10 more games: *

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*Down Under * Easthaven 2 Deck * Easthaven 3 Deck *Giant * Golf Easy *

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*Little Milligan *Pauline * Westcliff

Game Pack 3

On July 11, 2007, "Game Pack 3" added 10 more games: *Ayers Rock *

Beleaguered Castle Beleaguered Castle is a patience or solitaire card game played with a deck of 52 playing cards. It is sometimes described as " Freecell without cells" because its game play is somewhat akin to the popular solitaire computer game of that name but w ...

*Betrothal *Blind Alleys Hard *Blind Alleys * Grand Duchess *

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* Indian *Josephine * Number Ten

Game Pack 4

On July 25, 2007, "Game Pack 4" added 10 more games: *

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*Can-Can * Cruel * Demon * Forty Thieves Open * Four Seasons Easy *

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* King Albert *L'Imperiale *

La Belle Lucie La Belle Lucie is a patience or card solitaire where the object is to build the cards into the foundations. It is considered to be representative of the "fan" family of solitaire card games, and has a pleasing layout. While the game origin ...

Game Pack 5

On August 8, 2007, "Game Pack 5" added 10 more games: *Little Giant * Lucas * Maria *Pas Seul *

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*Steps *Streets * Sultan *

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*Twenty

Game Pack 6

On August 23, 2007, "Game Pack 6" added 9 more games: *

Eight Off Eight Off is a patience or solitaire card game, named after its employment of eight cells, played with one deck of playing cards. The object of the game is to move all the cards into the foundations. It served as a partial inspiration for and is ...

* ForeCell *Four Colors * FreeCell 2 Deck * FreeCell 3 Deck Easy * FreeCell 3 Deck *Maxel's Gambit *

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Game Pack 7

On September 5, 2007, "Game Pack 7" added 10 more games: * Canfield Easy * Canfield * Klondike 2 Deck Easy * Klondike 2 Deck * Klondike 3 Deck * Superior Canfield * Xray Klondike * Yukon - Rigel's * Yukon - Two Decks *

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Game Pack 8

On September 19, 2007, "Game Pack 8" added 10 more games: * Funnel Web *Plait *

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* Scorpion Easy *

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*Scorpio * Spider 2 Suits * Spider 4 Suits *Spike * Thumb & Pouch

Game Pack 9

On October 3, 2007, "Game Pack 9" added 10 more games: *Block Ten * Fourteen Out *

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* Pyramid Deal Three * Pyramid Easy * Pyramid Golf * Pyramid Seven *

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* Simple Pairs *Tens

External links

Official SiteSilver Creek EntertainmentPress Release

References

{{reflist 2007 video games Patience video games Video games developed in the United States Xbox 360 Live Arcade games Xbox 360-only games Xbox 360 games Multiplayer and single-player video games