Card Games: Hoyle 2004 Edition screenshots

When the game first loads the player must create a player id

After creating a player id there are a couple of simple setup options. This one controls the behaviour of the AI opponents, the next controls the animations and toggle music on/off

It's optional but the player can create and customise their avatar. There are five male and five female voices to choose from

Finally with their character set up the player gets to see the main menu. Selecting Solitaire brings up a separate menu. Choosing Memory Match or Pinochle prompts for other players

Hoyle Bucks is a new feature. This screen is accessed from the main menu and shows the three Hoyle Bucks elements

The Hoyle Bucks Guide shows the in-game achievements and their associated reward

This is the Hoyle Buck Ledger showing the player's earnings

This is the Hoyle Bucks Catalog showing some of the things the player can purchase

This is the Spacemaker option. It's accessed from the main menu and it's where the player assigns and positions their Hoyle Bucks purchases

This is a two player game of memory Match. Moby Gamer is modelling his Hoyle Bucks purchases

The start of a game of Cribbage. All games start with a screen like this.

The came of Cribbage. The detailed rules open in a new browser window, it's the same for all games

When the player wins a game, whether it's Cribbage as here or a Solitaire game, there's an animation. There are several of these the most bizarre of which is a dancing cow

The game of Cribbage is being used to show the in game statistics screen. Note in the background window that as they've played the player has earned Hoyle Bucks

Selecting the Solitaire option from the main menu brings up this menu

A game of poker in progress. After the first round of betting the player may exchange one to three cards

A game of Old Maid in progress. Players discard pairs which then disappear

Bridge, this is the bidding part of the game. There is no way that the bidding system can be customised

The player can move to another game from the on-screen menu, they don't have to return to the main menu to do this. The background is a Solitaire game

The game of WAR looks the same as in previous versions of Hoyle Card Games

Card Games: Hoyle 2004 Edition

Windows screenshots