Microsoft Hearts

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Hearts

Hearts in Windows 7 before a hand is played. The South player must select three cards, passing them to West and receiving three from East. Play will commence with the player who holds the 2 of Clubs leading it.
Developer(s)	Microsoft
Initial release	April 6, 1992; 32 years ago (1992-04-06)
Operating system	Microsoft Windows
Type	Computer game

Hearts, also known as Microsoft Hearts,^[1] and The Microsoft Hearts Network prior to Windows XP, is a computer game included with Microsoft Windows, based on a card game with the same name. It was first introduced in Windows 3.1 in 1992, and was included in every version of Windows up to Windows 7. Despite the name, the game rules correspond to those of Black Lady in which the queen of spades is a penalty card, in addition to the cards of the heart suit that are the only penalty cards in the traditional card game of Hearts. An online version, named Internet Hearts was included in Me and XP.