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87 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critics What's this?

  • Summary: Ultimate Card Games offers a variety of card games, including Hearts, Spades, Bridge, Go Fish, Poker, Blackjack, and much more. You can play your favorite games against AI-controlled opponents or against up to three of your friends via a Game Link cable. If you don't know how to play one of the games, you can watch demonstrations or review the instructions on rules, scoring, and gameplay. You can even create your own character and face with the included Face Creator program.… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Cheat Code Central
    100
    The replay value is off the chart. This game alone may be a reason to purchase a GBA. I have played card games on the PC over the years that weren't this comprehensive. I highly advise purchasing Ultimate Card Games. It's an instant classic.
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  2. IGN
    95
    One of the very few games that can be considered an absolute must-have Game Boy Advance title This incredibly complete game package is brimming with so much replayability, you probably wouldn't even care if someone permanently superglued this cartridge into the slot.
  3. Game Informer
    70
    If you find yourself hankering for a simple game of Hearts rather than saving the galaxy for the billionth time, Ultimate Card Games is for you. [Sept 2004, p.118]

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User Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 16
  3. Negative: 1 out of 16
  1. RasheedJ.
    10
    Just about the best game I have ever bought for my SP.
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  2. MistyR.
    10
    My family plays this game all the time. All four of us can play all the games head2head with only my one game cartridge. How neat is that!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. NemoD.
    0
    *Pitiful*. The "brain" behind this software, in the Gin Rummy option, is *horrible*. *Frequently*, my hands are not optimally parsed. For example, one time I had 5-6-7-8 of clubs, two other 8's, and four of a kind of some other denomination ... a *gin* hand! *But* the program *insisted* upon putting the 8 of clubs into the 5-6-7 run, instead of with the other two 8's, and wouldn't allow me to knock, telling me that I had 16 in deadwood. Another time I had K-Q-J-10 of hearts, two other 10's, and 6 in "deadwood" in the remaining four cards. When the AI opponent knocked with 8, I should have scored an undercut, but, instead, my 10 of hearts was grouped with the K-Q-J, instead of with the other two 10's, leaving me losing by 18! This sort of thing has happened to me about every 5 to 8 hands. I'd *never* recommend this game to *anyone*: it's *trash* which shouldn't have been published without minimal testing. Shame on Telegames for releasing this game and shame on Nintendo for approving Telegame's release of this game.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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