Gin Rummy

Gin Rummy is a 1992 two-player card game for classic Macintosh by William Hale. A match consists of a series of hands, with play continuing until one side accumulates 100 or more points. The program targets early 68k machines and is documented as 32-bit clean and compatible from System 1 through Mac OS 9.

Format of play

Hands are dealt in succession and scored individually, with running totals carried forward. The match resolves when a player crosses the 100-point threshold, at which point final scoring determines the winner.

Design focus

The release is described as a comprehensive implementation of the two-handed Gin variant, oriented toward serious play against the computer rather than novelty or arcade-style presentation.

System footprint

The program is built for 68k Macintosh hardware and asks for roughly 410K of memory, light enough to run on the small machines that dominated the early 1990s Mac shareware scene.

Compatibility

Documented as 32-bit clean and tested across the System 1 through Mac OS 9 range, the game is positioned as a long-lived utility-grade card title rather than a version-specific release.