Free Cell

The solitaire card game called Freecell is a very exciting game that has consumed hours and hours of computing resources. This DOS version of the game is written in Quick BASIC and includes source code. In addition to supporting the ability to deal random layouts it also provides the following features:

Restart the current deal
Full step by step undo
Manual set up of a specific deal
Show the next obvious move
Search for a complete solution
Save/Restore a deal

While the program is not as pretty as a GUI version, it can be played. But it is best used as a tool for analyzing and understanding the game. In addition, if you are addicted to playing a different version of the game and you come across a deal that you can't solve, you can set up that deal and have this version solve it for you.

The algorithm that I developed for playing this game is strictly heuristic. In other words I haven't got the faintest idea what I am doing. If you are really interested in knowing all about free cell - there is tons of information at the freecell.org web site.