Hergs Solitaire GBA

Herg's Solitaire
General
Author	Harold Toler
Type	Card
Version	1.0
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2003/09/27
Links
Download
Website

This is a collection of card games for the Game Boy Advance, with the option to add custom backgrounds and cardbacks.

User guide

List of games

• Klondike.
• Freecell.
• Tripeaks.
• Pyramid.
• King's Corner.
• Yukon.
• Scorpion.
• Aces Up.
• Golf.
• Canfield.
• Spider.
• Double Freecell.
• Sir Tommy.
• Carpet.
• Stonewall.
• Cruel.
• Montana (written by SmileyDude).
• Topsy Turvy Queens.

Custom backgrounds

Create a 240x160 pixel image of 16 shades of gray.

• The easy way to convert from other color modes is using Photoshop.
• Change to Indexed Mode, Custom, and load the background.act palette included in the backgrounds archive. Dither to taste, and save as a 4bit BMP.

Run addbkg <bmpfile> <romfile>

• ex. addbkg bkg_solid.bmp "Herg's Solitaire.gba"

Custom cardbacks

Create a 24x32 pixel image of 16 colors (only 15 may actually be used)

• The easy way to convert from other color modes is using Photoshop.
• Change to Indexed Mode, Local (Perceptual) with 15 colors, and dither to your preference, and save as a 4bit BMP.

Run addcrdbk <bmpfile> <romfile>

• ex. addcrdbk card_red.bmp "Herg's Solitaire.gba"

There are more premade backgrounds and cardbacks in the graphics archive. You can use addcrdbk to add these to the rom.

Controls

R+L - Redeal cards

R/L+Select - Changes game

R/L - Scroll down/up

Start - Bring up options menu

D-Pad - Move pointer

A - Main action

B - Secondary action

Select+Start+A+B - Jump out to main menu (Pogoshell, FAW, LW, etc)

Select+Start - Awake from sleep mode

Statistics screen:

Right/Left - View stats for next/previous game

A - Deal cards to play currently displayed game

Start/B - Exit statistics without starting new game

Cursor Movement modes:

Normal mode - Works like a computer mouse pointer

Jump mode - Jumps to the closest card/hole in the direction pressed

Set pointer speed to 0 for Jump mode control.

Background/Color selection:

Left/Right - Select color component to modify

Up/Down - Adjust the value

L+Left/Right - Change background design

R+Left/Right - Change cardbacks

Screenshots

Online emulator

Can use gamepad or customise in the control settings.

Game Boy Advance	Keyboard

External links

• Author's website - http://www.geocities.com/hergtoler/gbdev.html (archived)