THIS GAME IS A BARGAIN

This game is being distributed as Shareware. That means no middlemen, no deceptive packaging and no aloof company to deal with. When you order this game you are ordering directly from the people who made it.

If you like this software and think you will keep it on your computer, then you are obligated to purchase it. The cost is only $19.95. With your order you will receive a personal code which you can use to give SPADES DELUXE highly skilled opponents.

If you would like to be mailed a CD-ROM version that comes with extra sets of opponents, more sound effects and the latest version of Spades, as well as the shareware versions of some of our other programs then an additional $10 is required. This version makes a good gift or just for those people who want the “deluxe” Spades Deluxe version.

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To order SPADES DELUXE:

Choose, “How do I register?” from the Help Menu.

Or mail a check for $19.95 (or $29.95) to:
Freeverse Software
447 W. 24th St.
New York, NY 10011.

THANKS!

Thanks to the many people helped bring SPADES DELUXE into the world.

Ian Sez:
While Spades may have taken a while to finish, it's a better game for it.  I’m very proud of Spades Deluxe and I’d like to thank Bryan, Dan and Steven for that.

We’d also like to thank some beta-testers Mark Bertram, David Kosick, Terri Krebs, Kittycat, Odessa Curtis, Ray Tomecko, Jared Hughes, James Vaughn, Chris Kohuch, Brian S Helle, KipKop, Jamison Banks, Blue, Dawn MacLaughlin, James Vaughn, Gil Palen, Elizabeth Marshall, Philip and RoseMary Davis, Odessa Curtis, F. Stephen Costa, Philip Davis, Chris De Salvo, John Gallego, Brian Heller, Brian Lexvold,  Jane Larwa, Dawn MacLaughlin, Gil Palen, S. Perez, Jesse Stein, Michael Schway, Paul Smallwood, Paula E. Wade, and Dan Dickenson.

Bryan Sez:
Version 1.0 I’d like to thank my wife, Tamara, for putting up with me these past few months. With a new baby in the house, it’s been challenging finding the time to balance everything. (I still need to get outside and get some yardwork done! And I promise I’ll put that cabinet up in the laundry room soon! 

I also need to thank Ian...it’s been a long time since my original e-mail asking about a Spades game. I don’t think either of us ever imagined it’d take this long to get 1.0 out the door. <sigh> But, it’s out now!

Version 1.5 It’s been six months and that cabinet still  isn’t up, but at least we’re shipping version 1.5!)  (Three weeks after shipping version 1.5, I hung the cabinet!)

Version 2.0 Finally...network play. I’d like to thank Randy Thompson for all of his help and support in getting the netplay working. Without Randy you wouldn’t be reading this right now.  That goes double for Dan Schulman -- his excellent programming an attention to detail carried the game the final 10% necessary to put it over the finish line.

Dan Sez:
Version 2.1 is done at last!  I’d like to thank everyone at Freeverse, and especially Ian for hiring such a clueless college student.  And of course, thanks to Danielle for putting up with me when I got in that “just one more bug to fix” mode.

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