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Soltrio Solitaire is an Xbox Live Arcade

Xbox Live Arcade

Xbox Live Arcade is a type of video game download distribution available primarily in a section of the Xbox Live Marketplace, Microsoft's digital distribution network for the Xbox 360, that focuses on smaller downloadable games from both major publishers and independent game developers...

title developed by Silver Creek Entertainment

Silver Creek Entertainment

Silver Creek Entertainment is a U.S.-based game developer of classic card games since 1994.The company has released several games for Xbox Live Arcade, Windows and Mac OS X:* Hardwood Solitaire III...

for the Xbox 360

Xbox 360

The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...

, which is a bundle of 18 separate solitaire card games

Solitaire

Solitaire is any tabletop game which one can play by oneself or with other people. The solitaire card game Klondike is often known as simply Solitaire....

, which was released on May 16, 2007 for 800 Microsoft Points

Microsoft Points

Microsoft Points are the currency of the Xbox Live Marketplace, Games for Windows - Live Marketplace, Windows Live Gallery, and Zune online stores. The points allow users to purchase content without a credit card and to reduce the number of small credit card transaction fees, which Microsoft would...

Gameplay

The game supports the Xbox Live Vision camera and has 2 player multiplayer over System Link or Xbox Live, including competitive solitaire in which two players use the same foundation piles, and co-operative solitaire, in which players assist one another and pass cards over.

The game features a light roleplaying mode called "Voyage Adventure" in which the player traverses a game map to play solitaire games, which includes the ability to unlock new card elements and design customizable deck graphics.

The game featured downloadable content in the form of solitaire card game packs every two weeks until October 3, 2007, using games found in Silver Creek's Hardwood Solitaire title for Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...

and Mac OS

Mac OS

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Critical reception

IGN

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rated Soltrio as "mediocre". Some game modes, such as Memory, were criticized for being "padding". The quest mode was seen as worthless and the multiplayer Klondike-variation was deemed "sloppy and no fun". Although the competitive mode could be "spirited and fun", overall the package was described as unjustifiably expensive.

Games

The full list of the initial group of 18 solitaire card games include:

Aces Up
Aces Up
Aces Up is a solitaire card game using a deck of 52 playing cards...
Archway
Archway (solitaire)
Archway is a solitaire card game using two decks of 52 playing cards. Its goal is to bring all 104 cards into the foundation.The game starts by placing one of each ace and one of each king at the bottom of your playing area. These cards will be your foundation...
Backbone
Easthaven
Klondike (solitaire)
Klondike is a Patience game . Many people refer to Klondike as patience or solitaire .- Rules :...
Forty Thieves
Forty Thieves
Forty Thieves is a Patience game. It is quite difficult to win, and relies mostly on skill. It is also known as Napoleon at Saint Helena, Roosevelt at San Juan, Big Forty and Le Cadran.-Rules:* Two decks are used ....
FreeCell Easy
FreeCell
FreeCell is a solitaire-based card game played with a 52-card standard deck. It is fundamentally different from most solitaire games in that nearly all deals can be solved...
FreeCell
FreeCell
FreeCell is a solitaire-based card game played with a 52-card standard deck. It is fundamentally different from most solitaire games in that nearly all deals can be solved...
Grandfather's Clock
Grandfather's Clock
Grandfather's Clock is a solitaire game using a deck of 52 playing cards. Its foundation is akin to Clock Solitaire; but while winning the latter depends on the luck of the draw, this game has a strategic side....
Klondike Deal 3
Klondike (solitaire)
Klondike is a Patience game . Many people refer to Klondike as patience or solitaire .- Rules :...
Klondike Easy
Klondike (solitaire)
Klondike is a Patience game . Many people refer to Klondike as patience or solitaire .- Rules :...
Matrimony
Matrimony (solitaire)
Matrimony is a solitaire card game: which uses two decks of 52 playing cards each. It is a difficult game which depends mostly on luck and is sometimes mechanical. It is also one of the many games where there are no clear rules but with two versions...
Memory
Concentration (game)
Concentration, also known as Memory, Pelmanism, Shinkei-suijaku, Pexeso or simply Pairs, is a card game in which all of the cards are laid face down on a surface and two cards are flipped face up over each turn. The object of the game is to turn over pairs of matching cards...
Montana
Gaps
Gaps is a member of the Montana group of Patience games, where the arrangement of cards from Deuce to King is the object. Other games in the group include Spaces, Vacancies, Clown Solitaire, Montana itself, and Blue Moon.-Rules:The cards are dealt into four rows of thirteen. The aces are removed...
Sea Towers
Spider 1 Suit
Spider (solitaire)
Spider is a type of Patience game. It is one of the more popular two-deck solitaire games.-The game:The main purpose of the game is to remove all cards from the table, assembling them in the tableau before removing them. Initially, 54 cards are dealt to the tableau in ten piles, face down except...
Super Flower Garden
Flower Garden (solitaire)
Flower Garden is a solitaire card game using a deck of 52 playing cards. It is not known why the game is called such, but the terms used in this game do have a relation to those in gardening and it takes merit that some skill is needed. It is also known under the names The Bouquet and The...
Zodiac
Zodiac (solitaire)
Zodiac is a solitaire card game which is played with two decks of playing cards shuffled together. An old game, it first appeared in Lady Adelaide Cadogan's book Illustrated Games of Patience. It is so-named probably because of its "globe"-shaped layout. It had many variations until its rules were...

Game Pack 1

On June 13, 2007, "Game Pack 1" added the following 10 games for 200 Microsoft Points

Microsoft Points

($2.50 USD):

Clock
Clock patience
Clock patience, also known as clock solitaire is a solitaire card game with the cards laid out to represent the face of a clock.-Rules:...
Compass Easy
Compass
Lady of the Manor
Miss Milligan
Miss Milligan
Miss Milligan is a Patience game which is played using two decks of playing cards. According to Peter Arnold, author of Card Games for One, this classic game's popularity in England is due to the player's ability to recover from seemingly hopeless positions.-Rules:First, eight cards are dealt in a...
Russian Solitaire
Sir Tommy
Sir Tommy
Sir Tommy is a solitaire card game using a deck of 52 playing cards. It is said to be the earliest card building games and belongs to the same family of card building games as Calculation and Strategy. It is also known as Try Again, Old Patience and Numerica.Cards are dealt one at a time...
Storehouse
Canfield (solitaire)
Canfield is a solitaire card game with a very low probability to win. According to legend, it is originally a casino game, named after the casino owner who is said to have invented it. In England, it is known as Demon.-The story behind the game:...
Whitehead
Yin & Yang

Game Pack 2

On June 27, 2007, "Game Pack 2" added 10 more games for 150 Microsoft Points

Microsoft Points

($1.87 USD):

Bristol
Bristol (solitaire)
Bristol is a Patience game using a deck of 52 playing cards. It has an unusual feature of building regardless of suit on both the foundations and on the tableau; it is also one of the easiest to win.-Rules:...
Down Under
Easthaven 2 Deck
Aces Up
Aces Up is a solitaire card game using a deck of 52 playing cards...
Easthaven 3 Deck
Aces Up
Aces Up is a solitaire card game using a deck of 52 playing cards...
Giant
Golf Easy
Golf
Little Milligan
Pauline
Westcliff
Westcliff (solitaire)
Westcliff is a solitaire card game which is played using a deck of 52 playing cards. It is a variation of Klondike that is fairly easy to win; one can win this game nine times out of ten....

Game Pack 3

On July 11, 2007, "Game Pack 3" added 10 more games for 150 Microsoft Points

Microsoft Points

($1.87 USD):

Ayers Rock
Beleaguered Castle
Beleaguered Castle
Beleaguered Castle is a solitaire card game played with a deck of 52 playing cards. It is one of the card games touted as "Freecell without cells" because its game play is somehow akin to the popular solitaire computer game but without extra empty spaces to maneuver...
Betrothal
Blind Alleys Hard
Blind Alleys
Grand Duchess
Grand Duchess (solitaire)
Grand Duchess is a solitaire card game which is played with two decks of playing cards. One unique feature of this game is the building of the reserve, which is not used until the entire stock runs out....
Grandfather
Grandfather (solitaire)
Grandfather is a solitaire card game within KPatience. According to the KPatience documentation, there is no other known software implementing this game. While there are other solitaire games with names including Grandfather, including Grandfather's Clock and Grandfather Solitaire , these games do...
Indian
Forty Thieves
Forty Thieves is a Patience game. It is quite difficult to win, and relies mostly on skill. It is also known as Napoleon at Saint Helena, Roosevelt at San Juan, Big Forty and Le Cadran.-Rules:* Two decks are used ....
Josephine
Number Ten
Forty Thieves
Forty Thieves is a Patience game. It is quite difficult to win, and relies mostly on skill. It is also known as Napoleon at Saint Helena, Roosevelt at San Juan, Big Forty and Le Cadran.-Rules:* Two decks are used ....

Game Pack 4

On July 25, 2007, "Game Pack 4" added 10 more games for 150 Microsoft Points

Microsoft Points

($1.87 USD):

Black Hole
Black Hole (solitaire)
Black Hole is a solitaire card game that is akin to Golf and Tri Peaks, but its tableau is somewhat like that of La Belle Lucie. Invented by David Parlett, this game's objective is to compress the entire deck into one foundation....
Can-Can
Cruel
Cruel (solitaire)
Cruel is a solitaire card game played using a deck of 52 playing cards. Its arrangement and game play are almost like another solitaire card game Perseverance....
Demon
Canfield (solitaire)
Canfield is a solitaire card game with a very low probability to win. According to legend, it is originally a casino game, named after the casino owner who is said to have invented it. In England, it is known as Demon.-The story behind the game:...
Forty Thieves Open
Forty Thieves
Forty Thieves is a Patience game. It is quite difficult to win, and relies mostly on skill. It is also known as Napoleon at Saint Helena, Roosevelt at San Juan, Big Forty and Le Cadran.-Rules:* Two decks are used ....
Four Seasons Easy
Four Seasons (solitaire)
Four Seasons is a solitaire card game which is played with a deck of playing cards. It is given the more appropriate alternate names of Corner Card and Vanishing Cross because of where the foundations are placed and the arrangement of the tableau respectively.First, five cards are dealt in form of...
Four Seasons
Four Seasons (solitaire)
Four Seasons is a solitaire card game which is played with a deck of playing cards. It is given the more appropriate alternate names of Corner Card and Vanishing Cross because of where the foundations are placed and the arrangement of the tableau respectively.First, five cards are dealt in form of...
King Albert
King Albert (solitaire)
King Albert is a solitaire card game using a deck of 52 playing cards. It is said to be named after King Albert of Belgium the first. It is the best known of the three games that are each called Idiot's Delight because of the low chance of winning the game .-Rules:The aim of the game, like many...
L'Imperiale
La Belle Lucie
La Belle Lucie
La Belle Lucie is a Patience game where the object is to build the cards into the foundations.All cards are visible from the start, but this does not imply that this game is solvable with strategy. The default rule is very hard to win. The majority of games cannot be solved...

Game Pack 5

On August 8, 2007, "Game Pack 5" added 10 more games for 150 Microsoft Points

Microsoft Points

($1.87 USD):

Little Giant
Lucas
Forty Thieves
Forty Thieves is a Patience game. It is quite difficult to win, and relies mostly on skill. It is also known as Napoleon at Saint Helena, Roosevelt at San Juan, Big Forty and Le Cadran.-Rules:* Two decks are used ....
Maria
Forty Thieves
Forty Thieves is a Patience game. It is quite difficult to win, and relies mostly on skill. It is also known as Napoleon at Saint Helena, Roosevelt at San Juan, Big Forty and Le Cadran.-Rules:* Two decks are used ....
Pas Seul
Quilt
Crazy Quilt (solitaire)
Crazy Quilt is a solitaire card game using two decks of 52 playing cards each. The game is so-called because the reserve resembles the weaves of a carpet or an arrangement of a quilt...
Steps
Streets
Sultan
Sultan (solitaire)
Sultan is a solitaire card game, meaning it is played only by one person. However, this game uses two packs of playing cards. The cards are laid out thus:...
Trefoil
La Belle Lucie
La Belle Lucie is a Patience game where the object is to build the cards into the foundations.All cards are visible from the start, but this does not imply that this game is solvable with strategy. The default rule is very hard to win. The majority of games cannot be solved...
Twenty

Game Pack 6

On August 23, 2007, "Game Pack 6" added 9 more games for 150 Microsoft Points

Microsoft Points

($1.87 USD):

Eight Off
Eight Off
Eight Off is a form of Patience, named after its employment of eight cells, played with one deck of playing cards. The object of the game is to move all the cards into the foundations.-Rules:...
ForeCell
Four Colors
FreeCell 2 Deck
FreeCell
FreeCell is a solitaire-based card game played with a 52-card standard deck. It is fundamentally different from most solitaire games in that nearly all deals can be solved...
FreeCell 3 Deck Easy
FreeCell
FreeCell is a solitaire-based card game played with a 52-card standard deck. It is fundamentally different from most solitaire games in that nearly all deals can be solved...
FreeCell 3 Deck
FreeCell
FreeCell is a solitaire-based card game played with a 52-card standard deck. It is fundamentally different from most solitaire games in that nearly all deals can be solved...
Maxel's Gambit
Monte Carlo
Monte Carlo (solitaire)
Monte Carlo is a Patience pair-matching card game where the object is to remove pairs from the tableau...
Penguin
Penguin (solitaire)
Penguin is a solitaire card game, invented by David Parlett, which uses a deck of 52 playing cards. The game play is similar to other solitaire card games as Freecell and Eight Off.-Rules:...

Game Pack 7

On September 5, 2007, "Game Pack 7" added 10 more games for 150 Microsoft Points

Microsoft Points

($1.87 USD):

Canfield Easy
Canfield (solitaire)
Canfield is a solitaire card game with a very low probability to win. According to legend, it is originally a casino game, named after the casino owner who is said to have invented it. In England, it is known as Demon.-The story behind the game:...
Canfield
Canfield (solitaire)
Canfield is a solitaire card game with a very low probability to win. According to legend, it is originally a casino game, named after the casino owner who is said to have invented it. In England, it is known as Demon.-The story behind the game:...
Klondike 2 Deck Easy
Klondike (solitaire)
Klondike is a Patience game . Many people refer to Klondike as patience or solitaire .- Rules :...
Klondike 2 Deck
Klondike (solitaire)
Klondike is a Patience game . Many people refer to Klondike as patience or solitaire .- Rules :...
Klondike 3 Deck
Klondike (solitaire)
Klondike is a Patience game . Many people refer to Klondike as patience or solitaire .- Rules :...
Superior Canfield
Canfield (solitaire)
Canfield is a solitaire card game with a very low probability to win. According to legend, it is originally a casino game, named after the casino owner who is said to have invented it. In England, it is known as Demon.-The story behind the game:...
Xray Klondike
Klondike (solitaire)
Klondike is a Patience game . Many people refer to Klondike as patience or solitaire .- Rules :...
Yukon - Rigel's
Yukon (solitaire)
Yukon is a version of solitaire similar to standard Klondike solitaire, but with the following additions:* Groups of cards can be moved; the cards below the one to be moved do not need to be in any order, except that the starting and target cards must be built in sequence and in alternate color...
Yukon - Two Decks
Yukon (solitaire)
Yukon is a version of solitaire similar to standard Klondike solitaire, but with the following additions:* Groups of cards can be moved; the cards below the one to be moved do not need to be in any order, except that the starting and target cards must be built in sequence and in alternate color...
Yukon
Yukon (solitaire)
Yukon is a version of solitaire similar to standard Klondike solitaire, but with the following additions:* Groups of cards can be moved; the cards below the one to be moved do not need to be in any order, except that the starting and target cards must be built in sequence and in alternate color...

Game Pack 8

On September 19, 2007, "Game Pack 8" added 10 more games for 150 Microsoft Points

Microsoft Points

($1.87 USD):

Funnel Web
Spider (solitaire)
Spider is a type of Patience game. It is one of the more popular two-deck solitaire games.-The game:The main purpose of the game is to remove all cards from the table, assembling them in the tableau before removing them. Initially, 54 cards are dealt to the tableau in ten piles, face down except...
Plait
Rank and File
Forty Thieves
Forty Thieves is a Patience game. It is quite difficult to win, and relies mostly on skill. It is also known as Napoleon at Saint Helena, Roosevelt at San Juan, Big Forty and Le Cadran.-Rules:* Two decks are used ....
Scorpion Easy
Scorpion (solitaire)
Scorpion is a Patience game using a deck of 52 playing cards. Although somewhat related to Spider, the method of game play is akin to Yukon. The object of this game is to form four columns of suit sequence cards from king down to ace....
Scorpion
Scorpion (solitaire)
Scorpion is a Patience game using a deck of 52 playing cards. Although somewhat related to Spider, the method of game play is akin to Yukon. The object of this game is to form four columns of suit sequence cards from king down to ace....
Scorpio
Spider 2 Suits
Spider (solitaire)
Spider is a type of Patience game. It is one of the more popular two-deck solitaire games.-The game:The main purpose of the game is to remove all cards from the table, assembling them in the tableau before removing them. Initially, 54 cards are dealt to the tableau in ten piles, face down except...
Spider 4 Suits
Spider (solitaire)
Spider is a type of Patience game. It is one of the more popular two-deck solitaire games.-The game:The main purpose of the game is to remove all cards from the table, assembling them in the tableau before removing them. Initially, 54 cards are dealt to the tableau in ten piles, face down except...
Spike
Thumb & Pouch
Klondike (solitaire)
Klondike is a Patience game . Many people refer to Klondike as patience or solitaire .- Rules :...

Game Pack 9

On October 3, 2007, "Game Pack 9" added 10 more games for 150 Microsoft Points

Microsoft Points

($1.87 USD):

Block Ten
Fourteen Out
Fourteen Out
Fourteen Out is a Patience card game played with a deck of 52 playing cards. As this game involves carrying off cards with a fixed sum, it belongs to the same family of games as Pyramid.-Method of Play:The cards are dealt face up into twelve columns, from left to right...
Nestor
Nestor (solitaire)
Nestor is a Patience game where the object is the removal of pairs.- Rules :Cards are dealt into eight columns of six cards. They are dealt in such a way that no two cards in the same column have the same rank...
Pyramid Deal Three
Pyramid (solitaire)
Pyramid is a solitaire game where the object is to get all the cards from the pyramid to the foundation.-Rules:Pairs of cards can be removed if their values total 13. In this game, Jacks value at 11, Queens at 12, and Kings at 13. Thus, kings can be removed immediately. Cards must not be covered....
Pyramid Easy
Pyramid (solitaire)
Pyramid is a solitaire game where the object is to get all the cards from the pyramid to the foundation.-Rules:Pairs of cards can be removed if their values total 13. In this game, Jacks value at 11, Queens at 12, and Kings at 13. Thus, kings can be removed immediately. Cards must not be covered....
Pyramid Golf
Pyramid (solitaire)
Pyramid is a solitaire game where the object is to get all the cards from the pyramid to the foundation.-Rules:Pairs of cards can be removed if their values total 13. In this game, Jacks value at 11, Queens at 12, and Kings at 13. Thus, kings can be removed immediately. Cards must not be covered....
Pyramid Seven
Pyramid (solitaire)
Pyramid is a solitaire game where the object is to get all the cards from the pyramid to the foundation.-Rules:Pairs of cards can be removed if their values total 13. In this game, Jacks value at 11, Queens at 12, and Kings at 13. Thus, kings can be removed immediately. Cards must not be covered....
Pyramid
Pyramid (solitaire)
Pyramid is a solitaire game where the object is to get all the cards from the pyramid to the foundation.-Rules:Pairs of cards can be removed if their values total 13. In this game, Jacks value at 11, Queens at 12, and Kings at 13. Thus, kings can be removed immediately. Cards must not be covered....
Simple Pairs
Concentration (game)
Concentration, also known as Memory, Pelmanism, Shinkei-suijaku, Pexeso or simply Pairs, is a card game in which all of the cards are laid face down on a surface and two cards are flipped face up over each turn. The object of the game is to turn over pairs of matching cards...
Tens

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