Solitaire's Journey

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Solitaire's Journey
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Developer(s) Quantum Quality Productions
Publisher(s) Quantum Quality Productions
Platform(s) Amiga, DOS
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Genre(s) Puzzle

Solitaire's Journey is a 1992 video game by Quantum Quality Productions for Amiga and DOS.

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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. [1]

Development

Solitaire's Journey was designed by Andrew Visscher, who pitched it as an "unsolicited submission" to Quantum Quality Productions. [2]

Reception

Allen L. Greenberg reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World , and stated that "Journey will prove an effective way of satisfying that primal appetite for entertainment." [3]

According to Computer Gaming World , Solitaire's Journey was a commercial success. [2] Jeff Koke reviewed Solitaire's Journey in Pyramid #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." [4]

In 1996, Computer Gaming World declared Solitaire's Journey the 72nd-best computer game ever released. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Staff (November 1996). "150 Best (and 50 Worst) Games of All Time". Computer Gaming World . No. 148. pp. 63–65, 68, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 84, 88, 90, 94, 98.
  2. 1 2 Staff (January 1993). "Little Things Mean A Lot At QQP". Computer Gaming World . No. 102. pp. 84, 85.
  3. Greenberg, Allen L. (October 1992). "Journey to the Center of the Mind: QQP's Solitaire's Journey". Computer Gaming World. Vol. 1, no. 99. pp. 34, 36.
  4. "Pyramid: Pyramid Pick: Solitaire's Journey".