Macintosh Garden - Software Resources International

Heaven & Earth

MCP — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:40:02 +0000

Four-part game from the creators of Ishido, Shanghai, and Solitaire Royale:

The Cards -
Rummy-like solitaire card game; create high scoring tricks by matching cards (with animation and sound.) Includes 22 wild cards, special combinations and randomly dealt cards.

The Illusions -
12 kinds of visual puzzles, each with 48 scenarios, and 4 levels of challenge.

The Pendulums -

Solitaire Royale

MCP — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:27:12 +0000

Designed by Brodie Lockard, Brad Fregger and Michael Sandige. Macintosh version by Brodie Lockard; Graphics by Dennis Fregger. Read more at MobyGames.com.

This is reputed to be the first commercial Solitaire computer card game. Later, Microsoft copied this formula (of Klondike) to include with Windows in their worldwide war on productivity.

Ishidō: The Way of Stones

Maedi — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:15:10 +0000

"Ishido: The Way of Stones is a puzzle video game released in 1990 by Accolade and developed by Publishing International. It was designed by Michael Feinberg and programmed by Ian Gilman and Michael Sandige. Producer was Brad Fregger, and Brodie Lockard (the designer of the Shanghai computer game) contributed with graphics.

Ishido is a puzzle board game comprising of a set of 72 stones and a game board of 96 squares.