Ultimate Gin 5

• License:

  Free to try; $19.95 to buy

• Editor's Rating:

  4.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  2.0 stars (out of 2 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  42,238

• Operating Systems:

  Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98

• Additional Requirements:

  Windows 98/Me/2000/XP

• Limitations:

  5-use trial

• Date Added:

  June 10, 2004

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version Ultimate Gin 5.0 Ultimate Gin 4.1 Ultimate Gin 4.0 Ultimate Gin 1.3 Ultimate Gin 1.2c

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Publisher's description of Ultimate Gin

From Accidental Software:

Play gin with animated computer characters or with a friend over the Internet or a LAN. Download free character sets, and select one of our 10 card decks. Also, use Hollywood scoring if so desired. Select game variations as well as the value assigned to different bonus values. Use our Internet server or a direct connection to play over the Internet or a LAN.

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Editor's review of Ultimate Gin

• 4.0 stars

• "Ultimate Gin"

• Reviewed by: CNET Staff
• Version reviewed: Ultimate Gin 5

If you're a gin-rummy aficionado, this game should keep you entertained for quite a while. Installing Ultimate Gin is a somewhat lengthy process, which makes sense once you see the quality graphics. We liked the fact that we were given the option to play against the computer, a real-life Internet opponent, or a friend on the same LAN. If you choose to challenge the computer, you'll find yourself in a casino sitting across from your opponent, who tries to intimidate you by making rude comments. You can customize the game to your liking, changing your opponent's skill level, the game type, the casino room, the deck type, the shuffle speed, and the music. However, the trial version only allows you to launch the game five times, which seems a bit chintzy. This high degree of configurability, along with the variety of play options, makes Ultimate Gin a worthy pick for any lover of the game.

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• 3 stars

  2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

  Version: Ultimate Gin 5

  "Very good Gin game because of user interface."

  by Tempe_grl on December 10, 2006

  Pros: I've played this game for probably ten years, maybe more. It was a DOS program. This was always a good program because of the way it presents the player's hand. You can quickly see what goes where and make decisions about what to play. No other Gin program I've seen comes even close to the usability of this one.

  Cons: This would be a five star program to me if it weren't for the tons upon tons of bugs in this version. It has a feature where, if you end the program, next time you run it you can resume the previous game. You'll use that feature a lot, because the program gets confused a lot, sometimes multiple times in a game. I does things like, when you try to discard it will tell you that have to draw, but when you try to draw it tells you that you have to discard. The only way out of these little "features" is to end the program.

  Also, the automatic meld selection seems to be less intelligent in this version than in the old DOS one. I feel I have to manually select my melds far more often than with the old version.

  But, I still bought it, and I use it.

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• 1 stars

  Version: Ultimate Gin 5

  "Once you play a couple games it starts cheating"

  by rocketcitygirl on January 28, 2009

  Pros: great when you play like 15 games in one sitting and win but look out....

  Cons: cheats too much on the trial download, if they are trying to get people to buy it well guess what after you keep losing awhile you get tired of playing the game. Who wants to loose all the time. No bad game

  Summary: I wouldn't buy this software, it cheats you rarely see any Aces, twos threes fours fives or sixes being dealt, this tells me something is off here.

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