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[–] 737@lemmy.blahaj.zone 55 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Windows XP solitaire was peak gaming.

[–] ElCanut@jlai.lu 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I miss the old Pinball 3D Space Cadet days

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was pleasantly surprised to realise faithful recreations of the old solitaire and Space Cadet pinball games are available on Linux! I have them both on my Steam Deck!

... and as a father, that makes this meme a bit of a reality for me 😂

[–] Gingernate@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Haha yep I have space cadet pinball onmy steamdeck too. Awesome game . Brings back memories

[–] Kerb@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 year ago

aparently the pinball game was a demo version of Full Tilt! Pinball , which you can get on abandonware sites.

not sure if it still works on modern windows tho.

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Today's Windows solitaire has adds. I mean wtf, this is a built in game and it has levels and adds up to 30 seconds! I don't use windows privately, only at work I'm forced to, so I don't know when exactly that happened

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My dad latched onto FreeCell and never stopped playing.

[–] ILikeBasil@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Hahaha same. He's 75+ now but still is going strong. On win11 it's a bit of a pain to create a desktop shortcut for it though so now once in a while I have to remake it for him :')

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Space Cadet pinball for me

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The version that comes with windows 11 is now with ads and you need to pay for a subscription to get rid of the ads.

[–] ericatty@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seriously, thank you for posting this. My dad's computer needs an upgrade and most of what he does is the solitaire games on it. This would have been stroke inducing to discover after the fact.

[–] KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

You can download emulators for all the old windows xp games.

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago

That was the case in Win 10 as well, p sure it's the exact same app

I think it might go back to 8 or 8.1 but I can't exactly recall

[–] DickFiasco@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait, I thought this was a joke until I read the other comments. Are there really ads in solitaire? Please tell me this is an Onion headline.

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Oh yeah, Xbox account, events, daily challenges, card backs to collect. It's got it all now.

[–] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

We Hearthstone now, they thought

[–] AToM_exe@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, it really sucks. My dad plays them on daily basis with the same ads over and over again after each round.

If I would have to guess, he probably has seen the same ads a couple of thousand times over the years.

[–] DaCrazyJamez@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So my dad actually is an avid gamer, though he plays miltary startegy games (hex based type ones). So I legit get to live this meme every time I pay him a visit.

[–] MB420GFY@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah what game, we need to know if OPs dad is on the good stuff

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

I like to imagine Advanced Squad Leader is the go-to for that dad. Could also be Battletech.

[–] DaCrazyJamez@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Panzer Corps 2, Hex Of Steel, Order Of Battle: WWII, among others

[–] Lokisan@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Balatro is the new solitaire for me

[–] RinseDrizzle@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Been seeing some hype on that. Worth?

[–] Sparkega@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've already sunk 74 hours into it and is my new nighttime treat.

Rougelike with poker hands (flush, straight, pair, etc.). Joker cards modify rules (extra chips or multipliers for certain cards) and tarot cards modify the deck (ie. remove, copy, modify cards).

Score requirement goes up each round trying to beat at least 8 rounds to "win". Playing a couple rounds goes quick and it's easy to pause when you need to step away.

Progression with new decks unlocked, new joker cards, and challenges.

[–] RinseDrizzle@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

Cheers for the write up! Might have to give that a gander.

[–] yuriy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Playing Balatro, it always feels like the ultimate goal is to use multipliers in a way the dev didn’t intend and completely break the score counter.

If that sounds as appealing to you as it does to me, you’re gonna love it.

[–] CptEnder@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Kinda wholesome ngl. The MASSIVE monitor inches away is highly accurate

[–] frankgrimeszz@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Back in the CRT monitor days, I could see green even after I stopped playing.

[–] xpinchx@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

For my dad it's solitaire. For my mom it's plants vs zombies, I think she has like 500 hours logged last time I checked :)

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Free Cell was a go to before bed for me, much better than Solitaire because there was always a solution (well, almost always). I think I got my streak to 300+ wins but I think I had figured out a way to abuse undo.

I've moved into crosswords as my go to now; it's good to have something that's not too demanding and keeps you off social media before bed.

[–] Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

Father used to play those spider card games and mahjong on his laptop...

I feel seen.

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

The legend of Soltar

ny father loves to play pinball of windows XP

[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Solitaire Till Dawn!
With games like La Belle Lucie and Klondike.

[–] polle@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

He just wants to have a good time, i guess.