Bridge Pro

Bridge Pro is one of several contract-bridge implementations that circulated as Mac shareware during the 1990s, sitting alongside more prominent titles like Artworx Bridge and 3D Bridge Deluxe. It is aimed at solo players who want an AI partner and three AI opponents at the table, with the standard bidding, declarer-play, and scoring loop of contract bridge.

Gameplay

The game runs through a full deal: shuffle, deal, bid in the standard auction sequence, then play the hand with one player as declarer and the other side defending. Trick-taking, scoring above and below the line, vulnerability, and game- and rubber-completion are all handled in software.

Bidding and AI

Bidding follows a standard convention -- typically Standard American or a close variant for shareware bridge programs of the period -- and the AI plays both as partner and as opposition. Strength varies sharply between releases of this kind; the AI is generally a serviceable practice opponent rather than a tournament-grade engine.

Macintosh interface

The Mac presentation uses a single table window with the four hands laid out compass-style, dropdown menus for bidding, and click-to-play card selection. The card art is the familiar Apple-style deck rendered in 1- or 8-bit color.

Compatibility

Bridge Pro is distributed as a 68k Macintosh binary and runs on System 7 through Mac OS 9, with PowerPC compatibility via the 68k emulator. There is no Carbon or Mac OS X build.