Five Hundred Cards
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Five Hundred Cards (or 500 Cards) is a Classic Mac adaptation of 500, the trick-taking partnership card game wildly popular in Australia and New Zealand and a close cousin of Whist, Bridge, and Euchre. Denis A. Birnie's Mac version translates the bidding-and-trick rhythm of the table game into a tidy single-player and networked program.
How It Plays
The highest bidder must take at least as many tricks as bid; making the bid scores points while failing to make it loses them. The first partnership to reach 500 points wins, giving the game its name. Computer opponents handle the other seats when no humans are available.
Version 1.4 Highlights
The 1.4 release was a major revamp featuring tougher AI, a high-score and members list, real picture cards, several new preferences and background textures, and groundwork for forthcoming network play.
System
Minimum requirements were System 6.0.5 and an original 9-inch monitor; the developer recommended System 7 with 256 colors and confirmed it ran from a Mac Plus on 6.0.7 up to PowerMacs on 7.5. Later releases added NetSprocket network play and reached compatibility through Mac OS 9.
Sources
Description and screenshot are drawn from the Macintosh Garden 500 Cards listing, with version notes from the Info-Mac BinHex submission by Denis A. Birnie.
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