Cruel (Microsoft)
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Cruel is a video card game developed by Ken Sykes and was published by Microsoft in their Microsoft Entertainment Pack for Windows for Windows 3 in 1990 and one of many Microsoft card games. It is a version of the solitaire card game Perseverance solitaire.
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Personal
Own? | No. |
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Won? | Yes. |
Finished | Early 1990s. |
My first experience with Cruel was on my family's Packard Bell 386SX computer my parents bought back in 1991. The PC was a floor model which came loaded with software including the first Entertainment Pack. It took me a while to understand how to play Cruel and how, unlike Klondike, suits must match. Once I figured out the rules, I played the game until I beat it, and didn't care much for it after that.
Review
2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
Best Version: Windows 3
— This section contains spoilers! —
Good
- The game accurately enforces the basic rules of Perseverance solitaire.
Bad
- Games are very short and an optimal strategy can be learned after only a few plays.
Ugly
- There is little in the way of media. There is no music, sound, no animation, and even the ugly custom deck backs rarely make an appearance. There isn't anything in the way of a title screen or ending.
Media
Icon
Screenshots
Representation
Strong female character? | Fail | There are no characters. |
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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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Categories:
- Video Games
- 1990 Video Games
- Video games developed by Microsoft
- Video games published by Microsoft
- Windows 3 Games
- Video Game Genre - Cards
- Video Game Genre - Casual
- Video Game Genre - Passive puzzle
- Video Game Genre - Puzzle
- Video Game Genre - Single-screen
- Software Distribution Model - Commercial
- Video Games I Don't Own
- Video Games I've Beaten
- Video Game Rating - 2
- Video Game Graphics Rating - 4
- Video Game Sound Rating - 1
- Video games without a strong female character
- Video games that fail the Bechdel test
- Video games without a strong person of color character
- Video games without a queer character
- Video Game Prime Order - Strategy, Adventure, Action
- Card Games
- 4-bit Color Graphics