UNO

Uno Free is an unofficial computer edition of the UNO card game.

Uno Free is UNO the card game brought to PC format. In Uno Free, players can match wits with up to nine other people who are either AI players or actual human players in multiplayer mode. There is a help manual for players to refer to when trying to remember the rules of the game, and the game's main objective is easy. Just like Uno the card game, Uno Free the PC version cis all about getting rid of the player's hand so that the one without cards wins the round. At the end of the round, the winner takes the points of each card the other players have left. Whoever gets to 500 points first wins.

The word Uno means one. When only one card is left, players shout Uno! Failure to do so can result in a penalty and more cards. For the computer version, a button-press feature replaces the shouting.

The real-life card game was created by an Ohio Barber named Merle Robbins back in the early 1970s. It sold 125 million decks within a few short years. Eventually, Robbins sold the rights to UNO for $50,000 to a company named International Games, which is now a part of Mattel. Though it doesn't seem like much of a deal now for $50,000, Robbins did get a 10 cent royalty for each deck sold.

Uno Free is freeware software for Windows XP/ME/Vista/7. The colours are vibrant in Uno Free, and the play can be as fast or slow as the player likes. There are various speeds and difficulty levels to the game. The AI player is, for the most part, evenly matched against the human player.

Pros

• Easy to hard difficulty
• Up to 9 players

Cons

• Sometimes crashes in multiplayer