Ultimate Card Games review:4 stars (Pretty Good) - All in all, this is a good game. You might play the games differently than the computer does, and you cant change it. You can play many different games though, and it will teach you the ones that you dont know. This isnt not one of those games that will entertain you for hours, but it is definatley fun. If your not that crazy about card games, do not buy this game. But if you are, BUY THIS GAME!!!!!!4 stars (Extremely addictive and fun, but solitaire will tire you out) - I've noticed that a lot of the reviews are really harping on a specific game having a bug that ruins the experience for them. If you look at the group on a whole, though, this is the best bargain in Gameboy games that I have seen yet.

The casino games are a lot of fun. Poker and Blackjack are well done, albeit slow (the computer really takes its time dealing cards). Video poker is a bit too simplistic to play for any amount of time, but your kids or slightly retarded uncle might enjoy it.

The Classic card games are extremely well done. I haven't played euchre in ages, but I got sucked back in almost immediately. Gin Rummy is slightly different than the version I played as a kid, but it's as viable a version as mine, so it doesn't bother me. Crazy Eights is a hoot, and learning to play cribbage and bridge by myself with a cold beer and Radiohead playing is a lot easier than having to listen to my grandmother or mom harp at me about how I played the last hand all wrong.

The solitaire games, while technically fine, are rendered almost useless by the controller. Moving each card one-by-one with the controller reminds me how much easier it is to play the solitaire games on my computer with a mouse. By the end of one game of Freecell, my hand was cramped so bad I had to go get another couple of cold beers and listen to side 1 of Dark Side of the Moon before my hand was functioning again. Fun, competent solitaire games, but I'll bet you develop Popeye forearms after a couple of weeks.

The cartridge is definitely worth it just for the Classic and Casino games, though. Perfect games for sitting in the airport or riding in the passenger seat - most of these can be played in 5 to 10 minutes, which is a plus for me. Even when they go longer than that, every game has a good save feature. You can make an identity for yourself, complete with customized face. Pretty funny and cool. This thing never seems to come out of the GBA. My wife is just as hooked as I am, too.1 stars (Glitch in Klondike) - After going through the deck three times, the program freezes up, making it impossible to win. Rather than admitting a programming error, telegames replied "that's how this version is in some countries." What they should do is fix all the bugs in the program and issue a recall to replace the older version if sent to their mailing address.
Ultimate Card Games Features:
Video Games
Nintendo Game Boy Advance (Gameboy)
GBA
Canasta, Gin Rummy, Go Fish, Crazy Eights, Poker, Blackjack
Variety of solitare games and video poker
For 1 to 4 players with Gamelink
All your favorite classic card games
Hearts, Spades, Bridge, Euchre, Cribbage

Ultimate Card Games is the Video Game version. The full version can be purchased by clicking on the "CLICK HERE TO ORDER" button below for around 19.98USD.