Hearts (Microsoft, Windows, 1993)

Hearts
Also known as: The Microsoft Hearts Network (Windows for Workgroups 3.1x to Windows Me) Developer: Microsoft Publisher: Microsoft Platform: Windows Released in US: August 11, 1993 This game has debugging material. This game has regional differences. This game has revisional differences. This game has a prototype article

Another of the Microsoft card games, and the first one with multiplayer support. Still, it didn't quite gain the popularity of its sister games.

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Prototype Info

Debug Mode

This game has a debug mode, but it's a bit harder to enable here because it requires editing the Windows registry.

Open a registry editor and go to key HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Hearts (create any sub-keys that don't exist). Add a REG_SZ named ZB and set its value to 42 (in Windows for Workgroups 3.11, add "ZB=42" to the [Hearts] section of win.ini).

After having done this, start the game and you'll be able to use the keyboard combination Ctrl + Shift + Alt + F12 to see the cards of your competitors. This was probably used to test the game engine and possibly also the AI.

Version Differences

The Windows XP version changes the icon (although the old icon remains as a low color depth fallback) and removes networking support.

Windows for Workgroups 3.11/9x/NT/2000/ME	Windows XP

Windows for Workgroups 3.11/9x/NT/2000/ME	Windows XP

Regional Differences

Opponent Names

The AI opponents have different names in each language.

Language	Opponent (West)	Opponent (North)	Opponent (East)
English, Indonesian, Luxembourgish, Maltese, Simplified Chinese, Swahili, Thai, Tswana, Zulu	Pauline	Michele	Ben
Afrikaans	Elmien	Ania	Jan
Albanian	Arta	Rina	Iliri
Arabic	هناء Hanāʾ	سمير Samīr	أشرف ʾAšraf
Armenian	Հասմիկ Hasmin	Արմեն Armen	Տիգրան Tigran
Azerbaijani	Murad	Nicat	Xəyyam
Basque	Leire	Iker	Nekane
Bengali	সুবর্ণা Śuborna	সৌরভ Śōurabha	কৌশিক Kōuśik
Bosnian	Cyrillic: Азра Latin: Azra	Cyrillic: Наташа Latin: Nataša	Cyrillic: Емир Latin: Emir
Bulgarian	Полин Polin	Мишел Mishel	Бен Ben
Catalan	Paula	Martina	Benet
Croatian	Jelena	Mihaela	Hrvoje
Czech	Pavel	Martina	Jitka
Danish	Anni	Charlotte	Claus
Dutch	Johan	Annelies	Wouter
Estonian	Paula	Mihkel	Kalle
Finnish (pre-XP)	Anne	Keijo	Juuso
Finnish (XP)	Pauliina	Riku	Hannes
French (pre-XP)	Jean-Pierre	Bruno	Michel
French (XP)	Aude	Michel	Marc
Galician	Paula	María	Manuel
Georgian	ეკა Ek'a	დიტო Dit'o	ლაშა Lasha
German	Jutta	Michael	Matthias
Greek	Έλενα Élena	Μαρίζα Maríza	Αλέξανδρος Aléxandros
Gujarati	પ્રીતિ Prīti	માધુરી Mādhurī	સ્વાતિ Svāti
Hebrew	שרון Sharon	ליאת Liat	אורי Uri
Hindi	जितेन्द्र Jitendr	सौरभ Saurabh	प्रमोद Pramod
Hungarian (pre-XP)	Levente	Miki	Viktor
Hungarian (XP)	Botond	Dorka	Viktor
Icelandic	Pálína	Mikaela	Bensi
Inuktitut	Jeela	Leena	Gavin
Irish	Póilín	Máire	Seán
Italian	Giovanna	Davide	Roberto
Japanese	かおる Kaoru	かなこ Kanako	ひさこ Hisako
Kannada	ಕುಮಾರ್ Kumār	ಮೈಕಲ್ Maikal	ಸಂಜಯ್ San̄jay
Kazakh	Сараң бай Sarañ bay	Қожанасыр Qojanasır	Алдар Көсе Aldar Köse
Konkani	प्रसाद Prasād	नितीन Nitīn	गणाधिश Gaṇadhiś
Korean (pre-XP)	진수 Jinsu	영미 Yŏngmi	정훈 Jŏnghun
Korean (XP)	유미 Yumi	해정 Haejŏng	영주 Yŏngju
Latvian	Linda	Alise	Edgars
Lithuanian	Džiuginta	Raimonda	Liutauras
Macedonian	Павлина Pavlina	Михаил Mihail	Горан Goran
Malay	Sheila	Fatimah	Abdullah
Malayalam	പോളിന്‍ Pōḷin	മൈക്കിള്‍ Maikḷ	ബെന്‍ Ben
Maori	Pāorīni	Mīhera	Pēne
Mapudungun	Manuel	Ana	Kesu
Marathi	रत्‍नाकर Ramākar	अभिजीत Abhijīt	कार्तिकी Kārtikī
Nepali	पूजा Pūjā	गीता Gītā	नारायण Nārāyaṇ
Norwegian	Kim	Einar	Signe
Pashto	خوشحال Xošhal	ایمل Amil	بین Beyn
Persian	فریبا Farêbâ	مریم Maryam	امیر Amir
Polish	Bartek	Michał	Marcin
Portuguese (Brazil)	Túlia	Giselle	Laura
Portuguese (Portugal)	Paula	Maria	Manuel
Punjabi	ਪਉਲਾਈਨ Pa'ulā'īna	ਮਾਈਕਲ Mā'īkala	ਬੈਨ Baina
Romanian	Paula	Mihaela	Bogdan
Russian (pre-XP)	Анна Anna	Лиза Liza	Катя Katya
Russian (XP)	Трус Trus	Балбес Balbyes	Бывалый Byvalyy
Serbian	Cyrillic: Александар Latin: Aleksandar	Cyrillic: Силвана Latin: Silvana	Cyrillic: Драган Latin: Dragan
Slovak (pre-XP)	Ivana	Zuzana	Ľubana
Slovak (XP)	Ivana	Zuzana	Jozef
Slovenian	Miha	Miša	Jaka
Spanish	Manuel	Ana	Jesús
Swedish	Jesper	Joséphine	Mika
Tamil	குமார் Kumār	ராஜா Rājā	சுந்தர் Cuntar
Tatar	Хәмзин Xämzin	Шәрәфи Shäräfi	Шамкай Shamkay
Telugu	తరుణ్ Taruṇ	వరుణ్ Varuṇ	ప్రభాస్ Prabhās
Traditional Chinese	白素貞 Bái Sùzhēn	聶小倩 Niè Xiǎoqiàn	祝英台 Zhù Yīngtái
Turkish	Can	Mehmet	Gamze
Ukrainian	Оксана Oksana	Галина Halyna	Тарас Taras
Urdu	کامران Kāmrān	سارہ Sārā	جمال Jamāl
Vietnamese	Trang	Phương	Huy
Welsh	Elin	Bethan	Rhys

Quote

The quote in the Help menu is different in some languages.

Language	Quote	Translation	Explanation
English	I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts... -Julius Caesar, Act III, Scene ii		Quote from Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. Later translated and reused in the Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic, Indonesian, Inuktitut, Japanese, Kannada, Konkani, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malayalam, Maltese, Maori, Mapudungun, Marathi, Nepali, Norwegian, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tswana, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese and Zulu versions of the game. Estonian has (as in: hearts) added, due to the title being untranslated. Afrikaans and Thai only translate the source. Bengali and Malay leave it untranslated.
Finnish	Kortit parhaat riviin pöydälleen saada tahtoo meistä jokainen... - Heikki Salo: "Pataässä"	The cards are best lined up on their table to get the wants of each of us... - Heikki Salo: "Ace of Spades"	Quote from "Pataässä", a song by Heikki Salo.
French	À vaincre sans péril, on triomphe sans gloire... - Corneille, Le Cid	To vanquish without peril, one triumphs without glory... - Corneille, Le Cid	Quote from Le Cid, a play by Pierre Corneille.
Hungarian	Óvakodj a Fekete Macskától ! ***	Beware of the Black Cat ! ***	Possibly a reference to black cats being considered bad luck.
Irish	An rud a líonas an tsúil líonann sé an croí... - Seanfhocal	What fills the eye fills the heart... - Proverb	An Irish proverb.
Italian	Al cuor non si comanda.	You can't command the heart.	Italian proverb equivalent to "love is blind".
Kazakh	Үскірген боран. Ойыншы кеше карта ойнаған үйге келіп, терезе қағады: "Сен қызылашаның валетін жүрмегенде, біз ұтылмас едік!" - Халық аңызы	A blizzard. The player came to the house where he played cards yesterday and knocked on the window: "If you hadn't played the Jack of Hearts, we wouldn't have lost!" - Folk legend	Quote from some Kazakh or Central Asian folk tale.
Russian	Червы особенно часто приходили к Якову Ивановичу, а у Евпраксии Васильевны руки постоянно полны бывали пик. Л. Андреев, "Большой шлем"	The hearts came especially often to Yakov Ivanovich, and Evpraksia Vasilievna's hands were constantly full of spades. L. Andreyev, "The Grand Slam"	Quote from "Большой шлем", a short story by Leonid Andreyev.
Swedish	Finns det HJÄRTERrum så finns det stjärterum... - Göteborgare på 7:ans spårvagn	If there's room in the HEARTS, there is room for the butt... - Gothenburger on tram line 7	A play on a Swedish proverb which, if interpreted literally, is about making room for someone you care about. Figuratively, it can be used to describe being willing to sacrifice something to help someone overcome an obstacle. The closest English counterpart is likely "Where there's a will, there's a way". Since this is a common proverb, as opposed to a famous quote, the line is instead attributed to some random tram passenger from the Swedish city of Gothenburg who is presumably scooching over to make room for someone else to sit.
Tatar	Черви барысыннан да күбрәк Гали Галиечка килә иде, Ә Бибинәгыймә кулында һаман карга була иде..... Билгесез автор	Hearts came to Gali Galich most of all, and Grandma still had a crow in her hand..... Unknown author	Unknown Tatar or Central Asian source.
Ukrainian	Голяк масті - чирва світить! - Іван Карпенко-Карий, "Сто тисяч"	The naked suit - the red shines! - Ivan Karpenko-Karyy, "Hundred Thousand"	From Ivan Karpenko-Karyy's play "Сто тисяч" (Hundred Thousand).
Welsh	Paid digalonni....! -Paid Digalonni, Huw Jones	Don't get discouraged....! -Don't Get Discouraged, Huw Jones	From David Huw Jones' song "Paid Digalonni" (Don't Get Discouraged).