Of course I do, but at least give me a goddamn card-cascade before you ask. If you won, you just got a stupid pixelated King sitting in the corner mugging you off - no fun waterfall of cards, no exciting message, just a poxy “Congratulations, you win! Do you want to play again?”. If there’s one problem with Freecell, it’s that there’s no pay-off. And who doesn’t like winning? Everyone! Everyone likes winning! (see above) It’s actually another version of Solitaire, didn’t you know, only in this case, nearly every combination is winnable. But hey, you, let me tell you this: once you discover the true wonders of Freecell, you have never lived. Obviously, to begin with, when it came to cards, I was a Solitaire man - why wouldn’t I be? Everyone was. I think I was… winning it? Still, nice to win, isn’t it, and I was, so this was the most pleasing of all the games. I never understood Hearts, but I found very early on that if you just rapidly clicked the deal button over and over again then you… just won? I never… lost? Would still play it though - just see how fast I could click until everything was over. So let’s show them a bit of respect, eh, and have a deep look at each one, whilst also ranking them on their propensity to cause an eyeball to dislodge, mid-scream.įrom least to most stressful, here they are: 11. Ostensibly, yes, but it ate into your time just as much as any Champ Manager quest would so many years later. “But it was just a dumb 2D card game!” you hoot. These simple games, designed to be fun ( as well as teach us how to use computers), were decidedly on the other end of the fury scale. Or absolutely not, or red-faced, neck-bulging, blood-vessel-splitting, screaming (just absolutely screaming) not. You remember the first time you got a PC, and had a little play on one of the pre-loaded games, don’t ya? Had a swift whizz on Solitaire? A quick flutter with Minesweeper? What fun they were, those games - what a great way to spend a bit of down-time. Yep, this is the internet, everyone, and I’m about to start talking about something from the past, and you, mate, are going to LOVE IT. Really gets in the blood, properly squeezes that gut, punches the heart, makes the finger click on the mouse. Oh man, nostalgia, eh? Strong old emotion, that.

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