Microsoft's 'Solitaire' Enters World Video Game Hall of Fame



It has been installed on Windows since the '

Windows 3.0 ' released by Microsoft in 1990, and for many people it is Microsoft's ' Solitaire ' that has become synonymous with 'PC-equipped games.' This is a hall of fame in the 'World Video Game Hall of Fame', which is the choice of The Strong Museum, the American National Toy Museum.

Microsoft Solitaire | World Video Game Hall of Fame
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Microsoft Solitaire Inducted into World Video Game Hall of Fame-The Verge
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The 'World Video Game Hall of Fame' of The Strong Museum is a video game hall of fame, established in 2015. When judging whether the game is suitable for entering the hall of fame, the judges asked, 'Is the game widely known?', 'Is its popularity lasting for many years?', 'The game affects not only other games but also the society in general. Considering such criteria as 'Taka?', It is decided to decide whether or not to enter the hall of fame.

Microsoft's solitaire has joined the fame of such a prolific video game.



Before the release of Windows 3.0, Microsoft was looking for games to be loaded on the OS, and intern student Wes Cherry chose programming solitaire and Susan Kare chose solitaire for card design. Many users understand the rules because solitaire is originally a card game. At the same time, it was introduced on Windows as it is the best game to teach users how to use the 'mouse', which was newly introduced at the time, and 'drag and drop'.

The episode that Microsoft solitaire was created by intern is described in detail in the following articles:

It is confirmed that the super-popular game 'Solitaire' of Windows was made by the intern student-by GIGAZINE



Microsoft has included solitaire as standard on all versions of Windows from Windows 3.0 released in 1990 to Windows 2013 in 2013 for 24 years. After that, although it was once removed from the built-in applications, it has been revived as a built-in application of Windows 10 under the name ' Microsoft Solitaire Collection ', and is now also distributed on Google Play and the App Store .

Read the following article to find out what Microsoft Solitaire Collection is the latest version of Microsoft Solitaire, which states that The Strong Museum may be installed on 1 billion computers.

I tried to play that time thief game 'Solitaire' because Microsoft has finally officially released it for iOS and Android-GIGAZINE



'The Microsoft solitaire demonstrates that there is a huge market for games that can appeal to people of all kinds,' said The Strong Museum, at a press conference. It paved the way for growth, 'he praises for its achievements.

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