Klondike (Solitaire)

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Klondike for GNOME .

Klondike is a special variant of the Patiencen . The game was developed in 1989 by Wes Cherry while he was working for Microsoft. Cherry developed the game on her own to improve his programming style. Some Microsoft managers saw the game and decided to ship it with Windows 3.0. This variant is particularly well known due to its distribution with Microsoft Windows under the name Solitaire , also known as Solitaire , which has been supplied with the operating system since 1990 . Over the years, the versions supplied there have also been continuously processed. While z. For example, with Windows 3.0 only a simple basic version was supplied, with Windows 2000 there were already various game variants including the standard variant in a more comfortable version. With a Windows installation in standard mode, the game is also installed. Some cheats are known for Solitaire under Windows XP . For example, you can activate the profit animation with + + . AltShift2

The game is now also available for graphical interfaces that run on other operating systems, mostly under the name Klondike . For example, it is installed with a KDE standard installation. The game collection 51 Worldwide Games , which was released for the Nintendo Switch in 2020 , also contains the game under the name Klondike-Solitaire .

Klondike for Mac was released in 1984, five years before the Windows version, and is maintained by Michael Casteel and offered for macOS. The programmer has been developing for the Mac for 32 years.

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