Includes Hoyle Board Games, Hoyle Card Games, Hoyle Texas Hold'Em, and Hoyle Slots, and Video Poker. SOlitaire/Majong, and Hoyle Friday Night Poker. Includes Hoyle Classic Games 2, Hoyle Slots/Video Poker, and Hoyle. Hoyle Classic Games Pack: Fun for the Whole Family (2003).Hoyle Card, Puzzle & Board Games (2013).Hoyle Classic Board Game Collection 2 (2012).Hoyle Solitaire and Mahjong Tiles (1999, 2000).Hoyle Slots & Video Poker (with Horse Racing) (1999).Hoyle Classic Poker and Hoyle Friday Night Poker) Hoyle Classic Board Games Collection (2012).The first CD-ROM version of the game (1995), has over 30 characters to choose from including 'animated', 'icon', and 'business'.īy the late 1990s, the new versions of each game were published almost yearly. All the artwork and character sprites look like old fashioned and sepia-toned. There are a few additional text based messages in theme for each character for some of the games, but only relate to the gameplay (characters do not have conversations with each other outside of the scope of the game). Each character has five unique expressions in full speech (ranging from dislike at the plays, happiness, or praise). There is some digitized speech for each character. The number of games was increased to eight, with the inclusion of Contract Bridge and Euchre. Load screens involve a silly comments made by the Classic characters, in relationship to whatever game was loading. There was a set with 'Classic Characters' to play with and one with an increased number of Sierra characters as well. Hoyle Classic Card Games (Hoyle 4) was a remake of Volume I, released with VGA support, speech and original soundtrack. Sheriff of Nottingham ( Conquests of the Longbow).Laura Bow ( The Colonel's Bequest and The Dagger of Amon Ra).Passionate Patti ( Leisure Suit Larry series).Larry Laffer ( Leisure Suit Larry series).It also depends on the game, a character might have more interesting things to say about plays in one game, but have generic comments to say in another. Some characters are more specific than others, and some are more generic. For example, the Sheriff may refer to himself as the 'Great Nottingham', or Baba Yaga who refers to her opponents as 'dearie'. They do not interact with each other or have conversations as in the first game, but several of them have themed comments, catch phrase or accented style comments (though these are uncommon). Like the first volume, and unlike the second volume, this game offers Sierra characters as opponents in the various games. Games featured were Backgammon, Checkers, Dominoes, Yacht (the original ancestor of the trademarked game Yahtzee), Pachisi, and Snakes and Ladders. Unlike the two previous games, this one was made with Sierra's new improved VGA engine, and focused on board games, where the previous entries in the series had featured card games. Hoyle's Official Book of Games: Volume 3 was the third volume in Sierra On-Line's series of computer games based on the officially licensed Hoyle rules and trademark. The game sold over 250,000 copies by 1990. Rob Atesalp was the composer and sound designer for the original and next two games. Warren Schwader continued as the Lead Programmer and Game Designer for the next two games in the series. Working with SCI to implement card games and to code artificial intelligence for the characters proved challenging. SCI was originally created to aid in the development of Sierra's core line of adventure games. The games were programmed using Sierra On-line's proprietary scripting language: Sierra Creative Interpreter (SCI). Once the project was greenlit, Warren acted as the Lead Programmer as well as the Game Designer. The original concept was submitted to Ken Williams (CEO/Founder of Sierra On-Line) by Warren Schwader. For example, Leisure Suit Larry begins to comment about women, while Roger Wilco wants to escape the game to save the universe again. When the player took too long making a decision, the characters started having dialogues, each according to his background. These opponents included historical figures, members of Sierra staff, and characters from Sierra games. The games included are: Crazy Eights, Old Maid, Hearts, Gin Rummy, Cribbage, and Klondike.įor all games, except the last, the player could choose opponents, each having their own AI and manner of playing. The Hoyle trademark and facecards were used under license from Brown & Bigelow Inc.

The series owes its name to Edmond Hoyle. Hoyle's Official Book of Games: Volume 1 was the first card game simulator series released by Sierra entertainment.

Hoyle rules on pinochle card game