Physical Deck of Microsoft Windows Solitaire Cards

Playing some Solitaire using a real life deck of Microsoft Solitaire playing cards! Featuring the classic Windows 3.0 artwork designed by Susan Kare.
I bought them here:
www.areaware.c...

[@LGRBlerbs]

Just so y'all know, I can't hear your move suggestions through the screen, haha. "Wrong" and "obvious" card swaps are gonna happen no matter how loud you scream :P

[@Rothiseph]

Have to admit it was kind of a challenging watch... Excellent job all the same! 😂👌

[@stewart_fisher]

im "thinking pay attention you missed the 5♣ going onto the foundation"

[@EvilishDem0nic8732WhatItDo]

Review a Compaq Presario

Yeah man... your play almost caused me a heart-attack.. :) But no worries... my body often calms down with a huge portion of nostalgia when watching your "non-blerb" videos. (I am same age as you + - , so diving into my childhood is always the case... ... "and as always, thanks for doing this for us"

[@JesusSalazar]

Were you playing badly on purpose?

[@vetchb.s.c.1612]

What do you do if you get lost in the woods? Get out a deck of cards and start playing solitaire. In about 30 seconds someone will come along and say "You know you can put the 8 on that 9 right?"

[@High_Caliber]

I was scratching at the screen trying to get at that 8 lol.

[@billrichard9730]

Can you the one of the phone?

[@artchic528]

I was basically screaming myself horse inside my head because of that. Then I did it all over again when he didn't see that he could put that 5 of Clubs on the 4 of Clubs. I never knew watching something could be simultaneously cathartic and overly stress inducing.

[@ezioauditoredafirenze8352]

Sounds very logical and solid idea. 👍 Thanks from that.

[@NeilRoy]

LMAO

[@lyonadimral]

Nearly 25 years later, I got back in the 90s mindset to design matching Jokers for the Areaware deck, since Solitaire doesn't use them. -Susan Kare

[@juandemeirleir6497]

"There's always some obvious thing that you're missing in the moment." PUT THE 8 ON THE 9!!!!!!!!!

[@HubrisInc]

And the freakin 10-stack on the Jack!

[@Leviathan609]

I was yelling so many obscenities...

[@AndersEngerJensen]

Everyone was doing it! 😂🙈

Yes.. I was getting mad here watching Clint not seeing this.. I was like: "8 man... 8!!! Can't you see that?"

[@JohnSmith-xq1pz]

@@AndersEngerJensen Yup lol

[@Drakonpirata]

Need to play on a green felt and maybe a drink coaster in the shape of a cursor to complete the effect

[@digiowl9599]

Sounds like a thinkgeek thing, oh wait...

[@KyurekiHana]

@@digiowl9599 I miss the old ThinkGeek. They have never been the same since they were bought up by Gamestop.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

That would actually fit right in.

[@Tomek1949]

I didn't have any green felt, so I used green crepe paper.

[@Tomek1949]

I guess Windows 3 is the first OS to have that Ace of Spades! ♠️

[@scruffythejanitor1969]

I clicked for a chuckle... now I really want a deck.

[@nu52927]

Same

[@furrymessiah]

They're still for sale at Areaware!

[@wordart_guian]

When I was about 8 or 9, and had just learned the windows solitaire, I taught it to my grandma with real cards. (she never got a computer). In the later years, I taught her spider, threepeaks and pyramid too. She would play the game every night, not going to bed until she had won, and when I was here we would do solitaire contests (who won faster, although we helped each other a fair bit). She had found a way to distribute the cards so as to raise her winning chances to 50%.

[@legoman8960]

cool!

[@bland9876]

How do you play spider with an actual deck? If i remember correctly there is like 8 king at least

@@bland9876 You use several decks. It's not that complicated.

[@finonevado8891]

Wholesome

[@moorhen6156]

haha that's odd it was the other way around for me my nan taught me a game called patience with playing cards, was funny when i found solitaire for the first time

[@thejabberwalker]

Hahaha! Who else stayed till the end to see if L would try and emulate the card explosion? Great minds think alike

[@plan7a]

All that was missing was the fanfare and fireworks; or didn't they come until later on? I can't remember now!

[@drewzero1]

plan7a I think that was added in Vista.

[@m2pt5]

Those corners are neat, but there's no way they're going to stay nice and pointy after the deck has been used a few times.

[@AnonymousFreakYT]

"With the 30th anniversary of Windows 3..." No... It can't be. Windows 3 came out in.... frak.

[@Hans-gb4mv]

Sorry you had to find out you're getting old this way :(

[@alexdhall]

Huh. I'm a couple years older than Windows 3...

[@Moonbeam143]

I collect playing card decks, and this is real neat.

[@AndrewFremantle]

"So much manual labour. They should make a computer version of this. I bet it would do well". Literally LOLing over here.

[@dahlgaard2624]

I remember when I use to make custom decks for all of the card games back in school. Now seeing this makes life complete.

[@Just_Kamil2]

They made solitaire into a real thing

[@dans6127]

Makes me feel old that I learned on a real deck....oh wait, I am old.

[@CODMarioWarfare]

someone 3d printed the save icon

[@EternallyEve]

@Joe Casson (that's the joke)

[@retropuffer2986]

This is one of those things where I say "Man, that's so gimmicky!" yet I still want it nonetheless.

[@artchic528]

Wow. The graphics for this version of Microsoft Solitaire are superb! Especially the end animation!

[@Bren0780K]

From physical to digital, now digital back to physical. The solitaire circle of life!

[@zachaliles]

I felt like a hacker when I found out I could change the deck style in solitaire back in the day.

[@zachaliles]

@Joe Casson why don't you go shit in someone else's 25ish years ago Cheerios?

[@yukimoe]

My mom ran into my room and was like, "ARE YOU WATCHING SOMEONE PLAY SOLITAIRE???"

[@likestocomeovertohelp]

"Complicated 52 card pick up", good one.

[@Nimmo1492]

It's so stressful seeing someone play Solitaire and miss a move

[@awilliams1701]

and then do it again!!! AHHHHHHH!!!!!!

[@EvilishDem0nic8732WhatItDo]

Omg, my stress levels went up when I saw that shit

[@acme01]

@@awilliams1701 10 on the jack was my tipping point!

[@nicholsliwilson]

Sitting here screaming at my TV “Put the black 10 on the red jack, Clint!” 😄

[@justintantiongloc6987]

In 31 years of living...I don't think I've ever just sat and watched another human being play a physical game of solitaire from beginning to end...

[@GooniesNeverSayDie1980]

We're watching somebody play Solitaire & actually enjoying watching.... Thank you Clint for the 12mins of stress-relief in the chaos, sincerely....

[@jiface]

Ha! Love the Blerbz! Such a good idea Clint. You have a gift for making EVERYTHING interesting.

[@stevethepocket]

You made me google Susan Kare. Before working for Microsoft, she designed all of the graphics for the original Macintosh! She's responsible for things like the paint bucket and lasso cursors in art programs, the Chicago font, and Clarus the Dogcow.

[@violetchristophe]

So... This is basically a "Solitaire Let's Play" with a little intro, nice!

[@M00NSIDIAN]

Your mentioning the cards with the hand on the back reminds me that (in at least one game), the hand is very slightly animated, and I noticed it one time when I was a kid and *it scared the shit out of me*. I was easily scared as a kid.

[@madinfects]

Im so bored I watched someone play a physical version of a simulated version of a physical game of solitaire.... freecell next?

[@Cerberus1960]

Haha I can't believe I just watched a video of someone playing solitaire and shouting at the missed opportunities.

[@Moonbeam143]

It's a real life Let's Play.

[@pedroferreira4323]

same lul

[@TheOtherBill]

You're not alone

[@MasticinaAkicta]

Wow, the graphics! The CGI they are so lifelike! Joking aside, quite cute... quite cute to have a solitairy deck looking like that.

[@axelcutythetvguy786]

All this needed was the green background covering the table and it'll be like the real thing. Other than that this is the best ASMR i've ever listened to

[@mimejrice-cream7291]

Thanks for doing the endgame animation. You turned a 10/10 video into a 100/10. Great blerb

[@jenkins80526]

This is the perfect Solitaire video. It's just better in real life lol! Thanks for this one LGR Blerbs!

[@005AGIMA]

My wife: so you're actually watching someone play solitaire? Me: yes... But it's LGR! She doesn't understand...

[@TLugs]

I'm sure this is the reason that you created "Blerbs", but this was the perfect quick and funny distraction to real life that gave me a smile and helped me to move on with my day, getting back to what I had to do with a better attitude. Thanks again!

[@Kawa-oneechan]

When I saw the original promotion for this deck, I realized I *had* to ... refictionalize? I had to refictionalize the joker card. In a .DIB file with the same palette as the rest of the deck. I only had a reference photo of the one though, so thanks for showing that the other one just has red and yellow reversed.

[@hardies1]

When you missed moving that whole row of cards over to the K/Q/J row, I was like NOOOOO!, There's a move right under your nose and you missed it!! 😀

[@feni_1553]

Over to the *FACE CARD* row

[@garyreardon11]

I hope they release different backgrounds.

[@LGRBlerbs]

It's been five years since these were released, so I have my doubts.

[@Official_ry_Nirvana]

My favorite is the fish deck

[@ZiggityZeke]

@@LGRBlerbs NOOOOOOOOO

[@amirpourghoureiyan1637]

Send them strongly worded emails, they can't ignore all of them!

[@eDoc2020]

Especially the animated ones ;) At least Windows 2000 has some animations on some of the card backs. I'm not sure if the original versions do as well.

[@Ecter]

Clint playing klondike with a physical deck is an ASMR i did not expect to see D:

[@davidwesst]

I really enjoy the blurbs. Keep on blurbin' Clint. 👍

[@Oliver-l1c]

I could watch you playing solitaire for hours! I really enjoyed your Lego construction videos too; very relaxing with some tidbits and vloging too.

[@TheOnlyToblin]

Was waiting for the card bouncing animation. Was not disappointed.

[@Peeps40836]

Sad that the product is no longer available. Glad that I got it early on.

[@DuckReconMajor]

It is pretty surreal when he first flips the top cards over. It's like those bits of the screen haven't buffered yet

[@matchmakerchris7617]

Aweseome. Only thing missing is wearing a fingerless glove with a cursor pointing on top of it for almost complete immersion.

[@nensondubois]

I'm tempted to order a pack because this is actually a genius time to sell cards.

[@mathewdempsey16]

Loved your winning animation!

[@atrocity3010]

*start of video* Come on, what a pointless idea for a novelty gag. *12 minutes later* I need this in my life.

[@Spamlynguist]

Clint getting excited about things like this is the absolute best.

[@drahkas8526]

One of my favorite computer and real life games ever! When we got our first windows PC back in the early 90s I would play this for hours every day. I wish I still had access to the old version without having to install win 3.1 on something lol.

[@eDoc2020]

You can copy SOL.EXE and CARDS.DLL from an installation of Windows XP, 2000, or NT. Just put both files in the same folder on modern Windows and you should be good to go! I just did this on my system.

[@agohl2305]

No "Nice hiss" while pulling that plastic off was a real missed opportunity lol

[@CzlowiekDrzewo]

These are the highest quality pixels that anybody has seen.

[@jenesuispasbavard]

Literally never thought I'd watch someone play Solitaire, but here I am.

[@xureality]

Played this on my dad's windows 98 PC at the time. Still doesn't know how to play it 20 years later.

[@Moonbeam143]

I learned how to play it the correct way by playing it on Windows. Fun times.

[@alexdhall]

I honestly don't know how to play solitaire either....

[@bluekewne]

I legit went to eBay & bought a pack of these cards because of this video lol - at the time they were $30 including shipping, but now I can't seem to find em anywhere - so good buy!

[@wallyhackenslacker]

This is unironically the best thing ever!

[@Delphink]

Great follow-up to your Solitaire Lets Play, even ended up having a similar single Undo click and first deal victory. Just missing the moving Robot animation.

[@fensoxx]

I love that you made this vid. I love that these cards exist. I do draw the lime at watching a man play solitaire yet I did ff to the important parts 😂

[@Twintania]

If clint goes crazy he might have to go to Solitaire confinement

[@dans6127]

5:20 It should've come with a glove with a cursor on the back of the hand

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Or just a white glove.

[@KedViper]

A green glove so you can edit out everything but the cursor?

[@queegfivehundred8197]

As a kid I watched my mum play a hand of solitaire using physical cards, and told her she could have put a card down in the play area before putting it up top to get extra points... it only took a second to realise that was silly advice in the circumstances ;-)

[@magicalplaid]

My great grandfather used to play solitaire all the time and cheat at it which I find hilarious. He taught me to play (correctly) so I have a real soft spot for the game, but I still can't believe I watched a video of someone playing it for 12 minutes lol. I might need a deck of those cards though

[@skagerstrom]

LGR must have one of the most satisfying chuckles ever chucled :P

[@voodootrois]

This is hilarious, I watched the Windows 3.1 solitaire LGR Plays last evening. You were much more "with it" in today's video. Edit: Okay, not really lol

[@jwil6902]

I just watched a computer video of a guy playing real solitaire with a deck of computer playing cards. Life just divided by zero.

[@zebby]

Ok wow, thats a throwback to my childhood, playing Solitaire on our "children's computer" (just the old Win95 machine my dad used before he upgraded) when I was bored from messing around in Paint. I need me a deck like that! The print and everything, ugh so nice!

[@Dukefazon]

If they have a dack with the castle back art I'm in! Especially if it's animated :P

[@feni_1553]

🦆 or 🃏?

[@PaitVideo]

The tropical background was my favourite one

[@Veezyjung]

Last time on LGR, we watched Clint silently use an IBM PC XT for more than half an hour. This time, we see him play Windows 3.0 Solitaire in real life. Blerbs are wild, man. Still waiting for a video of you reading the IBM PC XT manual cover to cover.

[@marees213]

watching clint playing solitaire. wauw....you can make a match look interesting for sure.

[@thiagocamargoalima]

I used to play solitaire with physical cards A LOT during my childhood when my parents took us to places w/o internet signal...

[@deadeyedave444]

My mother used to say that whenever you go camping, you should always take a deck of cards. If you get lost, just sit down and start playing solitaire. You can BET some jerk will come along and tell you what moves you're missing before you know it, and then you can just follow them out.

[@JadeHarleyCoffeeMug]

as an aspiring playing card collector, these look absolutely sick and I want em

[@danleedev]

They should release all of the original backgrounds as a collectible series.

[@jeremiefaucher-goulet3365]

I was totally watching this for the animation at the end

[@SubpotentMilk]

The screaming at the screen is real :D

[@heavysystemsinc.]

I like your desktop wallpaper there. Woodgrain.

[@fubaralakbar6800]

That's a wicked idea, I love it :D Now they need the need a chess set modeled on the chess game in Windows 3.1 : )

[@feni_1553]

windows 3.1 didnt have chess

[@ivanr3107]

things like these give me such a good feeling that you can really hit it off with any kind of crazy product ideas

[@RetroPCUser]

Klondike solitaire is fun.

[@Moonbeam143]

So is Pocket Solitaire. In fact, all Solitaire is fun.

[@GzeeBRII]

I was screaming. THE BLACK 10 STACK HERE CLINT, THER BLACK 10 STACK

[@zekdarkwood3899]

Watching him not but that ten of clubs on that Jack of hearts hurt in ways I didn't know I could feel

[@philtkaswahl2124]

You've been digitized, LGR. But instead of ending up in a funky neon-lit Tron-scape, you've ended up in a Solitaire window. Could be worse. Could've been Minesweeper.

[@BenMunro]

A complicated 52 pickup, truer words ne'er spoken

[@Tomek1949]

Just imagine catching a bouncing deck around the room that even leaves a trail literally EVERY TIME you complete a game!

[@feni_1553]

Oh look that's from when I was still using my dad's account, but now I have my own

[@shexec32]

There are only 52 cards in the cards32.dll / cards.dll used by Windows Solitaire. That means there are no joker cards (hidden or otherwise) in Windows Solitaire, or in any of the other in-built Card games.

[@coleeau]

Oh man I am so glad I brought this at a museum a few years back

[@cvbabc]

Clint, I've watched every video on your channel (several multiple times). I remain a devoted fan, but I have to say, watching you play solitaire is pushing it. I mean, it's literally a game designed to play when you're alone!

[@joelandjake]

The two 8-bit Joker cards were made specifically for this deck, according to the Areaware website.

[@KairuHakubi]

"We have solitaire at home"

[@theresnobodyhere5474]

I can't believe I just watched a man play solitaire for 12 minutes

[@crescentfresh8001]

I'd love a series of these using all the different later designs. The beach, the mansion, the fish... maybe do some tech magic with those ultra thin flexi screens to make them animate... ugh, I need it! Haha

[@IgnatSolovey]

I did that with a regular deck of cards in January 1994, was 12-soon-13 then.

[@JeffBreyer]

I collect playing cards and I have never seen these before. Two on the way now!

[@Waldimart]

Great 4K animations!

[@stillnotscaredofspiders]

I knew I was going to end up pushing the like button on this video, and I was not wrong.

[@josejuanandrade4439]

Oh wow! I didn't know Microsoft made a real life version of Solitare! Is a good promotion i suppouse.

[@finonevado8891]

I watched this while eating pasta at 4:30 AM. No regrets

[@generalgk]

Thank you Susan