TriPeaks

TriPeaks

Windows 3 - Screenshot - New game.

Developer Microsoft Publisher Microsoft Published 1991-??-?? Platforms Windows 3 Genres Cards, Casual, Passive puzzle, Puzzle, Single-screen Series Microsoft Card Games Distribution Commercial

TriPeaks is a video card game developed by A RHogue Child and published by Microsoft in the Microsoft Entertainment Pack 3 for Windows 3 in 1991, and later re-released in their The Best of Microsoft Entertainment Pack bundle. It is a video game version of the card game Tri Peaks solitaire and one of many Microsoft card games.

Personal

Own?	No.
Won?	Yes.
Finished	2020-07-24.

I may have known someone who had this game in the 1990s through the The Best of Microsoft Entertainment Pack, but, since it didn't look very different from Tut's Tomb, I didn't bother playing it much. In an effort to play more Windows 3 games, I played this game and beat it.

Review

4	4	3	1	5

Best Version: Windows 3

— This section contains spoilers! —

Good

• The game is a nice bare-bones version of Tri Peaks solitaire.
• Not only does the game let you change the card backs, but it also gives new card art for a change of pace.

Bad

• The game is multimedia-challenged, using the default 16-color Windows palette and lacking sound and music.
• Because the game is meant to be played over and over, there is no special animation for successfully completing the game. This makes winning rather underwhelming.
• The game doesn't scale to larger screen sizes. It doesn't even center the cards on the play field. In fact, the default form size isn't quite large enough to fit all the cards!

Ugly

• Nothing.

Media

Icons

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  The game's icon.

Screenshots

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  Starting a new game.

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  Clearing a peak gives you a bonus.

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  Finished a game.

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  The about form.

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  The new card backs.

Representation

Strong female character?	Fail	There are no characters.
Bechdel test?	Fail	There are no characters.
Strong person of color character?	Fail	There are no characters.
Queer character?	Fail	There are no characters.

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