Not five minutes after posting, and by completely random coincidence, I found a stand alone tetris clone.

Speak of the devil, and he'll come knockin'. Leftyfb requires you to register if you want to download, but it is free, and he does have a pretty good forum. )Īs for Tetris, while I do know that there are a couple of stand alone clones, I unfortuneately did not document them, because I downloaded this off of another forum: 'Arcade! Classic Arcade Pack includes six addictive games: Asteroids, Packman, Pong, Snake, Space Invaders, and Tetris.' And for all that, after striping it down, it comes to a grand total of 314 KB. (Backwards, with the Kings in the Aces spots, and playing down from there, instead of placing Aces first. In initial testing it seems okay, though the Klondike plays a little odd. No need to worry about special device drivers or software.If you head over to, they have a solitaire clone called Yazzle.

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Once you plug in and access your USB or another portable device you instantly have access to that software and when you unplug the USB, nothing you did or any of your personal data is left behind. You may even use a Cloud folder like Dropbox or G-Drive. This allows you to carry it on a USB drive and use it on any Windows computer. If so, Portable Apps might be what you need.Ī portable app is just a computer program that does not require you to install it on any operating system like you would a regular Windows app. You just want to use your favorite email client. You want to scan for viruses but the AV present on the computer is not effective. Have you ever wanted to use an application you were familiar with but just happened to be on someone else’s computer? Say you like using the Chrome browser but the computer you are currently using only has Edge installed.

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