Application description

Beleaguered Castle is a solitaire card game played with a deck of 52 playing cards. It is one of the games touted as "Freecell without cells" because its game play is somehow akin to the popular solitaire computer game but without extra empty spaces to maneuver. This game is also called Laying Siege and Sham Battle.

Minimum requirements:

• For F900
  • F900 2003 Second Edition or greater
  • 590K free memory
• For F900
  • F900 5.0 or greater
  • QVGA screen
  • 570K free memory

Main features:

• Supports portrait and landscape orientation. Square screens are also supported
• Three card skins with sharp and clear graphics
• Five game types:
  • Classic
  • Penelope's Web (foundations are empty at the start of the game; spaces can be filled by Kings only)
  • Selective Castle (foundations are empty at the start of the game and they build from the rank of the first card moved to the first pile)
  • Streets and Alleys (foundations are empty at the start of the game)
  • Stronghold (foundations are empty at the start of the game and there is a cell to accommodate a card)
• Current game state saved for each game type
• Play modes:
  • F900 version: drag&drop, tapping or keyboard
  • F900 version: 5-way navigation pad or keypad
• Unlimited undo
• Show Next Move feature
• Card movement animation
• Supports timed game
• Adjustable game field color (F900 version only) and card back
• Advanced Pile View option
• Best times table for each game type
• Statistics for each game type
• Game rules for each game type

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