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2003-11-26	Elastic Software™ releases Crazy Eights card game for Windows Mobile® Pocket PC Elastic Software Inc. released today Elastic Software Crazy Eights. Fun themes, such as space ships, frogs, cactus, and roses. Play a standard game or one of the many variations. Screech to a halt and reverse direction in the 'Kings Command' variation. Bounce past the skipped player in 'Jack Be Nimble'. Track your statistics too! Games played, games won, and winning streak are tracked. With up to 4 players, Crazy Eights is fun for the whole family! Great for traveling or holiday gatherings.

2003-11-21	Elastic Software™ releases Old Maid for Windows Mobile® Pocket PC Elastic Software Inc. released today Elastic Software Old Maid. Old Maid is a beautiful social game for 1 to 4 players. Animated themes set the stage with roses, swans, lady bugs and more! Traditional "old maid" card game, with French, German, and other variants. Simple and easy to play - children can choose cards with their fingers! Buddy list for playing with siblings or computer players. Adjustable game speed and musical sounds let you play at your own tempo.

2003-11-13	Elastic Software™ releases War card game for Windows Mobile® Pocket PC Elastic Software Inc. released today Elastic Software War. Features include: thunder and lightening strikes when you win a war, animated themes get you in the mood for chivalry (castles, cannons, dragons or under water submarines), plus track the number of wars, confrontations and player wins. Buddy list for playing with siblings or computer players. Adjustable game speed, plus auto-play mode to really speed up the game fun!

2003-11-6	Elastic Software™ releases Memory card game for Windows Mobile® Pocket PC Elastic Software Inc. released today Elastic Software Memory. Features include: fun animations, friendly 'welcome' screens, buddy list for playing with siblings, beautiful pictures for both themes (general imagery) and card faces. A special emphasis was placed on an easy, clean screen layout - children can use fingers to flip over cards. The table size can be changed for easy short games or increase the size to add challenge! The game speed is adjustable - slow for learning, fast for multiplayer or travel. Increase your visual memory by trying to remember where the pairs are hiding!

2003-10-17	Elastic Software™ releases Favorite Card Games for Palm OS® Elastic Software Inc. released today Elastic Software Favorite Card Games (Palm OS). This game pack includes Cribbage, Gin Rummy and Monte Carlo Solitaire card games. The games feature fast game play, intuitive controls making the most of the Palm OS platform! Players will appreciate the many game options, card & color themes, adjustable animation speeds, plus in game rules and help!

2003-6-13	Elastic Software™ releases Cribbage, Gin Rummy and Freecell for Microsoft® Smartphone Get exciting games such as Cribbage, Gin Rummy and Freecell for your Orange SPV Smartphone! Elastic Software Inc. released today SpCribbage, SpGinRummy and SpFreecell. These games are available at Handango for Microsoft based Smartphones such as Orange SPV Smartphones. The games feature fast game play, intuitive controls making the most of the Smartphone platform! Players will appreciate the many game options, card & color themes, adjustable animation speeds, plus in game rules and help!

2003-5-23	Elastic Software™ Inc. releases Monte Carlo Solitaire (Palm OS) 1.0 Bringing a better Monte Carlo Solitaire to Palm OS Elastic Software Inc. released today version 1.0 of Monte Carlo Solitaire for Palm OS 3.1 or later.

2003-5-9	Elastic Software™ Inc. releases Gin Rummy (Palm OS) 1.0 Gin Rummy brings fun, luck and strategy to Palm OS® users for lots of heart pounding excitement. Elastic Software Inc. released today version 1.0 of it's fun and challenging Gin Rummy game. This edition supports high resolution color, greyscale and black/white devices, with Palm OS 3.1 or later. The game features hollywood scoring, auto-arrange for card sorting, player hints, and 3 levels of computer AI!

2003-3-21	Elastic Software™ Inc. releases Cribbage (Palm OS) 1.0 Bringing a better Cribbage gameplay to Palm OS® Elastic Software Inc. released today version 1.0 of it's flexible and challenging Cribbage game. This edition supports high resolution color, greyscale and black/white devices, with Palm OS 3.1 or later. The game features advanced computer player AI, adjustable animation for pegging points and cards, tournament play (first to win 5 games, with pause and resume), color / card themes to support varied device / environment characteristics plus dialog prompts and AI assisted hints for player!

2003-2-12	Elastic Software™ Inc. releases Pinochle 1.2 Today Elastic Software Inc. released Pinochle for Pocket PC! This popular strategy card game features variations such as initial bidding levels, dealing widow cards, passing cards, firehouse bidding, plus a minimum point threshold to encourage aggressive bidding! As with most of our games, the computer AI is adjustable plus player hints use same AI so it helps new players quickly master Pinochle. The game display has many options for enabling detailed information and you can track your games played versus won.

2003-1-31	Elastic Software™ Inc. presenting Cribbage handheld software on Pocket PCs at A.C.C. Open Tournament - 2003 Elastic Software Inc. will be attending the American Cribbage College (www.cribbage.org) Open National tournament at the Sands Regency, Reno, NV January 31 to February 2, 2003. Elastic Software is proud to present their Favorite Card Games™ product which features Cribbage, Gin Rummy, Monte Carlo Solitaire and Reflection Solitaire for the Pocket PC handhelds. Elastic Software will also present their Favorite Card Games 2 product that features Pinochle, Hearts and Canasta. Key features of the Pocket PC mobile handheld platform that will be showcased are customizations, flexible game variations, player statistics, personalized card/color themes, player hints and since the games are meant for playing on the go - in game rules and help.

2002-12-29	Elastic Software™ Inc. released Hearts 1.0 Today Elastic Software Inc. released Hearts for Pocket PC devices! This is a classic, easy to learn and fast action card game. Unique fun variations not seen on handhelds include Omnibus, Pink Lady and Partnership play. Elastic Software continues it's tradition of including scalable computer AI, player hints, card/color themes and player statistics.

2002-11-8	Elastic Software™ Inc. releases Canasta 1.0 Today Elastic Software Inc. released Canasta, South America's Rummy, to your Pocket PC! This popular, elaborate version of Rummy is easy to play with in-game rules, hints, and user prompts. You can start the game and play immediately. Features include fast game play and automatically sorted hands. Both your computer partner and the two opponents have scalable computer AI. Game hints and complete in-game rules help new players pick up this exciting game and experts gain a playing edge. 'Play anywhere' card color themes are good indoors and outdoors.

2002-08-28	Elastic Software™ Inc. releases Gin Rummy 1.0 Today Elastic Software Inc. released version 1.0 of it's exciting and challenging Gin Rummy card game. This edition supports ARM, MIPS and SH processors. Gin Rummy is one of the most popular two person card games. The rules are easy to learn and its fast play, luck, and skill makes it an exciting wagering game. The game features advanced computer AI, adjustable animation, color / card themes to support varied device / environment characteristics plus dialog prompts and AI assisted hints for new players! Expanded hollywood scoring builds excitment as who is the winner can change from hand to hand.

2002-07-19	Elastic Software™ Inc. releases Cribbage 1.0 Bringing a better Cribbage gameplay to Pocket PC's Elastic Software Inc. released today version 1.0 of it's flexible and challenging Cribbage game. This edition supports ARM, MIPS and SH processors. The game features advanced computer player AI, adjustable animation for pegging points and cards, tournament play (first to win 5 games, with pause and resume), color / card themes to support varied device / environment characteristics plus dialog prompts and AI assisted hints for player!

2002-07-3	Elastic Software™ Inc. releases Monte Carlo Solitaire 1.1 Monte Carlo Solitaire is four solitaire games in one for Pocket PCs Elastic Software, Inc. released today version 1.1 of it's Mote Carlo Solitaire game. This edition supports ARM, MIPS and SH processors. The game features four different solitaire games (Pairs, Sum 10, Sum 11 and Sum 14) ranging from mostly luck based to strategy, adjustable game rules, multiple high score lists and color / card themes to support varied device / environment characteristics!

2002-06-7	Elastic Software™ Inc. releases Reflection Solitaire 1.0 Reflection Solitaire is a solitaire game for Pocket PCs Elastic Software, Inc. released today version 1.0 of it's Reflection Solitaire game. This edition supports ARM, MIPS and SH processors. Reflection Solitaire features a strategy card experience unlike other games! There are four foundations that have a strict card rank sequence, plus there are four card talons to temporarily hold cards but beware because unlike other easier solitaire games - you can't move cards across the talons! For easier play though there is a fifth talon that strictly holds kings which are the block cards on the end of each of the sequences. The game features high score lists, color / card themes to support varied device / environment characteristics!

2002-04-26	Elastic Software™ Inc. releases Blackjack for Pocket PC 1.1 Blackjack for Pocket PC brings blackjack to the mobile card game enthusiast! Elastic Software, Inc. released today version 1.1 of it's Blackjack for Pocket PC. This edition supports ARM, MIPS and SH processors. Elastic Software's Blackjack for Pocket PC features gameplay for 7 player profiles with up to 3 simultaneous players. There are configurable settings for splitting, doubling-down, insurance and payoff amounts with a new single deck fun 21 variant. The game has color / card themes to support varied device / environment characteristics!