Software:PySol
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 PySol Fan Club Edition displaying a deal of Black Hole | |
| Developer(s) | Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer |
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| Initial release | 1998 (Continued after 2004[1] as PySolFC[2]) |
| Stable release | 2.8.0
/ March 6, 2020[3] |
| Written in | Python and Tk |
| Platform | Cross-platform |
| Type | Computer game |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | www |
PySol is an open-source (GPL) and platform independent computer game that incorporates around 1,000 solitaire games, including card games and other types of single-player games.[4] The game achieved broad usage in the open-source gaming domain and was ported to other platforms, including Windows, Mac and the OpenPandora gaming handheld.[5]
History
PySol was originated by Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer in 1998.[6] It is written in the Python programming language,[7] and it uses the Tk GUI toolkit. While development of the original PySol officially ceased in 2004,[1] several forks, including PySolitaire, UltraSol, FlowerSol, and PySol Fan Club Edition (also known as “PySolFC”) continue to be developed by the game's community.
Supported games
Features
PySol features a hint system, multiple undo/redo, bookmarks and a demo mode showing how to play each game. Also, loss/win statistics are taken for every player and there are several assist play and automatic play options. If a sound server is installed, it also supports sound effects and background music.[8]
Reception and usage
PySolFC was noted by several news outlets positively as a "tremendous collection of Solitaire games, going well beyond the usual mix"[9][10] and was downloaded from Sourceforge alone 350,000 times between 2006 and April 2020.[11] PySolFC is also included in many Linux distributions like Ubuntu,[12] Fedora,[13] OpenSuse,[14] Debian,[15] and also ported to other platforms such as Microsoft Windows[9], Mac,[16] or the OpenPandora gaming handheld.[5]
In December 2000 CNN placed PySol among the "Top 10 Linux games for the holidays".[17] PySol received in 2003 The Linux Game Tome's Best Free Cards/Board/Gambling Game award.[18]
See also
- List of open source games
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Oberhumer, Markus. "Pysol Solitaire Home Page". http://www.pysol.org/. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedPysolFC - ↑ "pysolfc-2.8.0". 2020-03-06. https://github.com/shlomif/PySolFC/releases. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ↑ "PySolFC - List of solitaire games". sourceforge.net. http://pysolfc.sourceforge.net/all_games.html.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 pysolfc.jr on repo.openpandora.org
- ↑ Pysol game on archive.org
- ↑ skomoroh. "PySolFC". SourceForge. https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/.
- ↑ "Debian -- Details of package pysol in lenny". debian.org. Archived from the original on 11 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100111075123/http://packages.debian.org/lenny/pysol.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Ian Harac (23 March 2009). "Editorial Review of PySol Fan Club Edition (PySolFC)". PC World. http://www.pcworld.com/article/232489/pysol_fan_club_edition_pysolfc.html. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
- ↑ Scott M. Morris (27 Sep 2005). "PySol: More Solitaire Than You Can Shake a Stick At". Novell Cool Solutions. http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/16090.html. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
- ↑ Pysolfc - stats on Sourceforge.net (April 2020)
- ↑ pysolfc on apps.ubuntu.com/
- ↑ PySolFC on apps.fedoraproject.org
- ↑ pysol on software.opensuse.org
- ↑ pysol on packages.debian.org
- ↑ pysol on macupdate.com
- ↑ Top 10 Linux games for the holidays by Lee Anderson on cnn.com (December 20, 2000, archived)
- ↑ "Linux Game Tome Awards". happypenguin.org. 2003-01-28. Archived from the original on 2012-09-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20120919010143/http://happypenguin.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=549. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
External links
- PySolFC (PySol Fan Club Edition) Homepage
- Original PySol Homepage
- Official GitHub repository of PySolFC
- Scott M. Morris (27 Sep 2005). "PySol: More Solitaire Than You Can Shake a Stick At". Novell Cool Solutions. http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/16090.html. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
- Ian Harac. "Editorial Review of PySol Fan Club Edition (PySolFC)". PC World. http://www.pcworld.com/article/232489/pysol_fan_club_edition_pysolfc.html. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
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