Tommy's Spades screenshots

This is the first screen a player sees. Most, if not all, Tommy's early shareware games start like this

The game's title screen

The cards have been dealt. One of the features of the game is that up to three rounds of cards per deal can be dealt face up. Player plays South

Now that the cards have been dealt the bidding begins. This game is being played with the 'Open hand' option enabled. Note North has both jokers in their hand

This shows cards in play. Cards are nominated by typing rank then suit, AC is the Ace of Clubs, TH the ten of Hearts, etc

Here North has played the Extra Joker. Spades are trumps but this outranks the Ace of Spades played by West

Here North has played the Joker. Spades are trumps but this outranks the Ten of Spades played by West

The bidding sequence at the start of the second hand of the game. In the lower centre of the screen are the scores for the previous hand

The first of the game's help screens

As the player exits the game shows the current score

The game's exit screen

The game has an option to run with a monochrome display. This is what the title screen looks like when this option is used

The game has an option to run with a monochrome display. This is what the game looks like when this option is used

Tommy's Spades

DOS screenshots