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Spider (solitaire)
Spider is a type of solitaire, and is one of the more popular two-deck solitaire games. The game originated in 1949, and its name comes from a spider's eight legs, referencing the eight foundation piles that must be filled in order to win.[citation needed]
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 for the top cards. The tableau piles build down by rank, and in-suit sequences can be moved together. The 50 remaining cards can be dealt to the tableau ten at a time when none of the piles are empty.
A typical Spider layout requires the use of two decks. The tableau consists of 10 stacks, with 6 cards in the first 4 stacks, with the 6th card face up, and 5 cards in the remaining 6 stacks, with the 5th card face up. Each time the stock is used, it deals out one card to each stack.
Given its popularity, numerous Spider variants exist:
Common software versions of Spider are included with versions of Microsoft Windows 7, Vista, ME and XP as Spider Solitaire. Spider Solitaire was introduced in the Microsoft Plus! 98 addition pack for Windows 98. The game comes in three versions of difficulty: 1, 2, or 4 suits. These play modes are equivalent to disregarding suit difference, either within the colors or altogether.
An earlier version was written for Windows 3.x in 1991 by John A. Junod, the original developer of WS_FTP. He also wrote an MS-DOS version called EGA-Spider. A similar game called Arachnid was released for Windows 3.x in 1991 by Ian Heath, a computer science professor at the University of Southampton in the UK. It was rewritten for 32-bit operating systems and is referred to as Arachnid 32.
On Unix operating systems, an early version was developed around 1989 at Sun Microsystems. A version of Spider Solitaire typically comes bundled with both the KDE and GNOME desktop environments on other Unix-like operating systems such as Linux and BSD, under the names KPatience and AisleRiot Solitaire, respectively.
Additionally to desktop operating systems, Spider has been adapted for numerous online gaming portals. Modern versions use HTML5 technology to offer cross-platform play on computers and mobile devices without requiring software installation. These accessible versions are hosted on major web gaming platforms such as CrazyGames.
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Spider (solitaire)
Spider is a type of solitaire, and is one of the more popular two-deck solitaire games. The game originated in 1949, and its name comes from a spider's eight legs, referencing the eight foundation piles that must be filled in order to win.[citation needed]
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 for the top cards. The tableau piles build down by rank, and in-suit sequences can be moved together. The 50 remaining cards can be dealt to the tableau ten at a time when none of the piles are empty.
A typical Spider layout requires the use of two decks. The tableau consists of 10 stacks, with 6 cards in the first 4 stacks, with the 6th card face up, and 5 cards in the remaining 6 stacks, with the 5th card face up. Each time the stock is used, it deals out one card to each stack.
Given its popularity, numerous Spider variants exist:
Common software versions of Spider are included with versions of Microsoft Windows 7, Vista, ME and XP as Spider Solitaire. Spider Solitaire was introduced in the Microsoft Plus! 98 addition pack for Windows 98. The game comes in three versions of difficulty: 1, 2, or 4 suits. These play modes are equivalent to disregarding suit difference, either within the colors or altogether.
An earlier version was written for Windows 3.x in 1991 by John A. Junod, the original developer of WS_FTP. He also wrote an MS-DOS version called EGA-Spider. A similar game called Arachnid was released for Windows 3.x in 1991 by Ian Heath, a computer science professor at the University of Southampton in the UK. It was rewritten for 32-bit operating systems and is referred to as Arachnid 32.
On Unix operating systems, an early version was developed around 1989 at Sun Microsystems. A version of Spider Solitaire typically comes bundled with both the KDE and GNOME desktop environments on other Unix-like operating systems such as Linux and BSD, under the names KPatience and AisleRiot Solitaire, respectively.
Additionally to desktop operating systems, Spider has been adapted for numerous online gaming portals. Modern versions use HTML5 technology to offer cross-platform play on computers and mobile devices without requiring software installation. These accessible versions are hosted on major web gaming platforms such as CrazyGames.
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