Masque Solitaire Antics Ultimate With 225+ Games (Win/Mac)

by Masque Publishing

Product Features

• Windows 98, Me, 2000, or XP; Microsoft Word 97, 2000, XP, or 2003; Internet connection required for installing product download; Single product license for single system.
• For MAC or PC

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00007M9MK
• Item Weight: 3 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: February 21, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,962 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #86 in Video Games > Mac Games > Strategy
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Solitaire Antics Ultimate is the most complete collection of Solitaire ever assembled. Contains over 225 games new animations and a game builder.System Requirements:Windows 95/98/XP/2000/Me/NT Pentium or better 32 MB RAM 20 MB HD Macintosh Power PC System 8.1 or higher 64 MB RAM 20 MB HDFormat: WIN 98ME2000XPVISTA/MAC 10.3.8 OR LATER Genre: ENTERTAINMENT Rating: E - Everyone UPC: 098252101989 Manufacturer No: 10198

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Perfect set for solitaire fanatic!, December 23, 2004

By 

Julia B. Reid "jbethr3" (Cambridge, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Masque Solitaire Antics Ultimate With 225+ Games (Win/Mac) (CD-ROM)

I own both Bicycle and Hoyle solitaire games but I play the Masque games far more. The setup - each moveable card is highlighted - makes new games very easy to learn, and the graphics are great. I did have a problem with the games freezing up (which is why I gave 4 instead of 5 stars) but a patch from the Masque web site fixed it perfectly. I have learned dozens of new games on this software, and enjoyed them all. I hope they put out more games soon. I would buy them without reserve.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Animations and customization bring new life to solitiaire, April 9, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Masque Solitaire Antics Ultimate With 225+ Games (Win/Mac) (CD-ROM)

I bought this solitaire collection as a coffee break package when I'm not on the net or working on reports and it is a fine piece of software for what it is. It is highly customizable and allows you to even make your own games based on rules in place for other games. The ant animations are humorous but get stale after a while. Different backgrounds, card backs, and other options make this game fresh. Recommended.

I have one problem though. The 3D option although nice, is flawed as it uses software rather than hardware acceleration which means, when playing a game like Alaska for instance, moving a large stack of cards from one area to the other causes a very jerky motion. The customer service rep who emailed me on this issue said a 2Ghz machine was required to solve this and even then it would still be slightly jerky. Certainly not a problem that should be had graphically with a solitaire game.

I still recommend the product and am looking forward to trying their card game collection to see how their canasta stacks up to Hoyle and Bicycle.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars OK Game - Installation Unfriendly, October 7, 2006

By 

T. Weber - See all my reviews
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= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Masque Solitaire Antics Ultimate With 225+ Games (Win/Mac) (CD-ROM)

While the games themselves are OK but Masque misses the mark with its unfriendly program installation. On a Mac, the program install in a users folder (whoever is installing) rather than the Application folder. If there is more than one user on the computer you have to install the program that many times (for each user) or drag the program to the Applications folder. If you take the latter option, the user must have Admin privelages on the computer in order to save game stats. Not an option in my household. There are no installation options other than what is hard-wired so if you do decide to place it in applications folder you have to manually move it after the install. Why chew up disk space with multiple itterations of a program and why use anything that requires you give Admin privelages to a user so they can get full benefit of the game features? It doesn't make sense.