Fast Arcade Games
Following is a list of all of the games in Fast Arcade. This is
only a quick summary of the games. Detailed instructions are
available after you select the game.
These are solitaire games. They end after a set amount of time.
- Adjacent
You are trying to remove cards from three pyramids. After flipping a
card into the discard pile, you can take cards from the bottom of the
pyramid that are numerically adjacent (6 or 8 on a 7). You play three
games in a row.
- Blackhole
You are trying to remove cards from 17 stacks of 3 cards. You can
take any card from the top of a stack that is numerically adjacent
to the card in the blackhole.
- Crag
This is the game that inspired Yahtzee. You only have 3 dice and
you only get 1 reroll. The categories are described in the
instructions.
- Eight Piles
You are trying to place all the cards in order from Ace to King
by suit. If the card you flip up isn't one of the next cards,
you can hold the card temporarily in one of 8 discard piles.
- Firing Squad
Cards are ranked from Ace up to King. Four are dealt out. You
fire at any exposed card that has a lower card in the same suit.
(If the 3 of Hearts and 7 of Hearts are exposed, the 7 can be shot.)
The goal is to get down to just the 4 Aces.
- Klondike Five
This is the most classic of solitaire games. If you've ever played
solitaire with cards, you've already played this game. You are trying to
get the cards in order from Ace to King by suit. It starts by dealing
7 piles (the first pile has 1 card, the last has 7 cards). Cards
can be built on the piles in descending order and by alternating
black and red cards (a black 6 goes on a red 7). If you don't win
on the first deal, you get 4 more deals. The catch is that each
future deal has 1 fewer pile (6 piles, 5 piles, 4 piles, and finally,
3 piles).
- Labyrinth
You are trying to place all the cards in order from Ace to King by
suit. Cards are dealt out in a row. When you get stuck, another
row is dealt above. You are only allowed to take cards from the
top or bottom of a column. Very hard to win.
- Next
You are trying to place all of the cards in order from 2 to King
(Aces are removed) by color in rows. Click on an empty space to move the
next number to that space (clicking to the right of a Red 6 brings
the Red 7 there). If the empty space is at the front of a row, you
click on a '2' to bring it to the front of the row.
- Open
You are trying to place all the cards in order from Ace to King by
suit. All cards are visible in 13 piles of 4 overlapping cards.
Only the bottom cards in each pile can be moved. Aces and their
following cards can be moved to the foundation piles. You can also
move any card to a pile whose bottom card is one higher (any 6 can be
put on any 7, any Jack can be put on any Queen). THIS GAME CAN BE
WON OVER 90% OF THE TIME WITH CAREFUL PLAY!
- Poker Square
Place 25 cards, 1 at a time, into a 5x5 array of cards. You then
get points for the poker hands you make in each row and in each
column.
- Pyramid Plus
The is the classic solitaire game Pyramid. You remove any 2 cards
exposed at the bottom of the pyramid that add up to 13 (Jack is 11,
Queen is 12; Kings are 13 and are removed with 1 card). If there
are no matches, flip up a card in the deck. If it also doesn't match,
you can place it into another pyramid being built from the top down.
You can use the bottom cards from this pyramid with a card from the
main pyramid.
- Tournament
With 2 decks, place all of the cards in order form Ace to King and
from King to Ace by suit. Only the bottom cards from the columns
can be moved, either to the Ace/King piles or to one of 8 single-card
discard piles.
- Weddings
Cards move along a 5x5 array automatically. All you have to do is
remove any 2 adjacent cards (diagonals count) with the same value.
You accumulate points by playing other gamse. You can spend them on
these games.
- Jacks Or Better
This is a standard draw poker game.
- Roulette
This is the standard roulette game.
- Slots
This is a simple slot game. If you get three "FA"s, a mini-game
comes up with a Russian Roulette feel.
- Stats
This shows all of the games you've played, how long you've played
them, and your last 10 scores.
- (Un)Lucky Slots
This is a simple slot game. If you meet a special condition (see
the rules), a mini-game comes up with a Chutes and Ladders feel.
These games tend to have logic elements and get harder the longer you
play. These end after a period of time that changes as you play.
- Alpha Num Next
Just click on the moving circles in the following pattern:
A-1-B-2-C-3-D-4, etc.
- Match
This is the classic memory game.
- Mirror Box
Mirrors and light-bulbs are arranged inside of a box. You can
look in the sides count the number of light bulbs you see. At this
point you "draw" mirrors and light bulbs on the top of the box to
re-create what is inside the box.
- Pairs
All you do is remove identical objects (same shape AND color).
- Path
You remove a set of cards in a 5-card-span range from the cards
shown (see instructions). The cards above then fall down to fill
the holes. Cards are also raining down. When the screen is full of
cards, the game is over.
- Poker Powers
By picking 5 cards in a line (diagonals count), you make poker
hands that are removed. The cards drop and new ones replace the
ones you took. Over time, you acquire powers to make it easier
to find poker hands.
- Puzzomino
You just put in the last few pieces of an abstract jigsaw puzzle.
- Sparks
Connect the power source to all of the keys by rotating the wires.
- Stock Match
Remove large blocks of matching shapes to raise the prices of stock
or to sell stock at the current price.
- Swap
The picture is broken up into rectangular pieces and then shuffled.
You click on any two pieces to swap them.
These games tend to require some thinking and have some strategy elements.
They ending condition depends upon the game.
- Connect 5
Just like Connect-4, but you need 5 in a row to win.
- Pet Store Detective
Thieves took 3 pets from a pet store and unlocked the cages of the
rest. By playing a game of memory with the other pets, you must
logically find the 3 stolen pets. But beware! You only have until
midnight to do it!
- Schedule Frenzy
Click on stars to get points, and dollar signs to get more time.
- Sensor
Fly towards targets by setting the angle you want to fly at and
your speed. The only information you get is your distance to the
targets.
- Star Merchant
Buy and sell goods and commodities at various star systems. End
the game at any time.
These games tend to deal with words or answering questions. They end
after a period of time.
- Cross Find
Find which letters in an array of letters are needed to make
a crossword puzzle from the word list provided. The words only go
across or down.
- Hangman
Guess a word or phrase one letter at a time.
- See And Do
A classic Simon-says game.
- Thirty Second Memory
Look at a picture for 30 seconds and answer 10 questions about it.
- Word Search
Find words from a list in an array of letters. The words can go in
any direction.