Friday, January 22, 2010

Windows 7 supported games

Windows 7 Games ExplorerIf you have nothing to do, you can play some interesting and exciting games on your latest Windows 7 computer. Windows 7 Games Explorer offers tools to set up hardware, software and parental controls, options to get updates, and games you can play against the computer and other players online such as Chess Titans, FreeCell, Hearts, Internet Backgammon, Internet Checkers, Internet Spades, Mahjong Titans, Minesweeper, Purble Place, Solitaire, and Spider Solitaire.

When you start an Internet game, the game server automatically finds players matched to your skill level and language from around the world. You can’t choose the players or locations of your opponents, but you can interact with them by using the Chat controls. Description of each game is given below play as per your interest.

Window 7 Chess Titans: Put your opponents’ king in checkmate. Each player has one king. As you capture your opponent’s pieces, strategize a way to capture the opposing king.
FreeCell: Stack the cards in the cells at the top in descending order, starting from any card, alternating the red and black cards.

Window 7 Spider Solitaire: Stack the cards by suit in one column in descending order.
Solitaire: Reveal all the cards that are turned face down by stacking them in descending order (alternating the red and black cards) on the lower piles, and stack them in ascending order from Ace through King by suit in the upper piles. You use the mouse to drag one card on top of another.

Window 7 Purble Place: Teach colors, shapes, and pattern recognition.
Window 7 Minesweeper: Uncover all the squares that don’t contain mines in the shortest amount of time. You use the numbers in the uncovered squares to determine which adjacent squares contain mines.

Window 7 Mahjong Titans: Remove all the tiles from the board by finding matching pairs of free tiles. Mahjong is a form of solitaire that is played with tiles instead of cards.

Window 7 Hearts: Score the lowest number of points, one point for each heart and 13 points for the Queen of Spades. You play a card to follow suit or a heart or the Queen of Spades when you can’t follow suit.

Microsoft Windows 7 also brought back three of the most lovely games from Windows XP. These are Internet Checkers, Internet Spades, and Internet Backgammon. But these are only available in Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate editions of windows 7. Although these games were present in XP, Windows 7 offer them with 3-D graphics. You can access games through Games Explorer, which has also been redesigned for Windows 7.

Use Windows 7 Games Explorer tool in order to access your favorite games. Game Explorer provides a list of all games currently installed on your Windows 7 computer. You can access Game Explorer through Start menu. Each game’s icon provide easy access to the game and offer detailed information about game’s publisher, developer, version, and many more. Use this information to sort and organize your games. Right-click a game’s icon for easy access to a menu of play tasks.

Using the Games Explorer command bar, you can easily access any game-related settings for your software or hardware.

Note: To open the Windows 7 Games folder, you normally click on the Games Explorer link in the Start Menu. If you cannot see the Games link there, click Start > Right Click > Properties > Start Menu tab > Customize > Select Games > Display as a link or Display as a menu > OK > Apply > OK. You can also type Shell:Games in Windows start menu search bar and hit enter to open the Games folder.