Microsoft Spider Solitaire

Spider Solitaire, also known as Microsoft Spider Solitaire (Spider in the About Box in some versions), is a solitaire card game included in Microsoft Windows. It is a version of Spider. In 2005, it was the most played game on Windows PCs, surpassing the shorter and less challenging Klondike-based Windows Solitaire. The game was first included as part of the Microsoft Plus! Package of Windows 98 and has been included in most subsequent versions of Windows since. Spider Solitaire was not included in Windows 2000, but was added to Windows ME and later Windows XP; the game gained popularity after its inclusion in Windows XP. In Windows Vista there was again a new version, which remained largely unchanged in Windows 7. Finally, in Windows 8 there is another updated version, available in the Windows Store as part of the Microsoft Solitaire Collection, but not bundled with the operating system.