Over 500 million people have played Microsoft Solitaire since its 1990 release as an included game in the Windows 3.0 operating system. In 2019, it was inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame, marking it as one of the most influential video games of all time.
Since its inception, it's been localized into 65 languages and played on every continent, including Antarctica. Though it doesn't come pre-installed in Windows computers anymore, users continue to download and play it on computers, tablets and phones 35 years later.
USA TODAY's Ariana Torrey recounts her experience as a millennial growing up playing Microsoft Solitaire and how she evolved alongside the game:
I was six-years-old when we got our first Windows PC.
Before Windows 95, games were things I played on my Super Nintendo, sometimes my Gameboy, rarely our family Macintosh.
