I GOT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JUST GO TO "STORE" (one of the blocks in the pop-up) and type 'hearts' in the search box. You can download hearts free!! I was so glad to get it :)
Hearts for Windows 10 - part 2
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Anonymous
After reviewing all of the posts to my original message (shown below in italics) about the original Hearts game being deleted from Windows 10, please allow me to make some comments about the current abundant load of "trashy" Hearts games that Microsoft now offers for free and otherwise as "alternatives":
a) The new games are way, way too easy to figure out. I've played Hearts Deluxe some 86 times and have a 78% win rating. I have 48 moons in some 350 games. This is ridiculous. In the original game the most I ever achieved in 10+ years of playing was 68 to 70%. That was far more challenging.
b) The new "Free" games are NOT free. They have ads that are annoying and that take up a lot of screen "real estate".
c) The Paid game is worse than the free games as far a challenge goes.
d) The programmers of the games do not appear to have a lot of knowledge or abilities regarding the game strategies and nuances. They may be good programmers, but they are not "Hearts players".
e) The original game was clean, nicely thought out, well presented, had great graphics, and was fun as well as challenging.
It was not like playing "real" hearts against human opponents, but it still had enough nuances and tricks that made it interesting.
Why - I still ask - was it pulled? Where is the game now? Has it been discarded to some trash heap of technology forever? Has it been banned for life or to another planet? What did Microsoft do with it? Won't they even sell it?
Who is the "genius" that decided to pull the Hearts game from Windows?
This was one of the best features of windows when you needed to take a break from the information overloads.
WHY?
Was it taking up too much software space?
Was it bothering anyone?
Was it as social burden?
Come on guys - we know you were not making money on these type of features and your would rather reap huge rewards from vicious and bloody war and terror games, but not everyone is into that.
Sometime you want to exercise your mind.
Is that a sin?
Will that hurt Microsoft?
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2015-10-15T15:17:50+00:00 This thread is going around and around and getting nowhere.
How about all of you who preferred Windows 7 because the games MAKE it for you just go back to Windows 7 and forget about the upgrade altogether.
Extended Support for all versions of Windows 7 doesn't end until January 14, 2020 and even after that you would still be able to use the device as a gaming console (I just wouldn't advise connecting it to the Internet anymore)
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Anonymous
2015-10-15T09:11:42+00:00 I too loved hearts on Windows 7 but, equally, enjoyed playing several of the other excellent games, solitaire, spider solitaire, free cell, mahjong, etc. I miss them all, and think I would probably purchase them if that were possible, but I fear they are gone forever. I like Windows 10 but, so far, the games I have found are seriously inferior to those on Windows 7. Why doesn't Microsoft listen!!!