Ever since the legendary Eric's Ultimate Solitaire, Eric Snider's solitaire versions are the gold standard for computer solitaire games. Spider is one of his best--you can tell that he's put a lot of thought into how to make the game more playable for the people who like to play it a lot. It's missing some of the bells and whistles that were so endearing about Ultimate, like the thematic card backs that appeared on holidays. And of course there's only one game here. But I think it's better to have a really good implementation of one game than a poor implementation of hundreds.
The program would easily be worth five stars but for its annoying tendency to crash just when you're cleaning up a won game. I think (but am not sure) that it helps to slow down a little when you're making the obvious moves in a won position.
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