Tommy's Coon Can

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Tommy's Toys

Tommy's Toys was a company that produced over 200 shareware games between 1985 and 1998. All of the games were written in QuickBasic and were designed to run in DOS. It was a one man operation where all the games were developed by T. L. Winslow who stopped making games in 1998 to start a new career as a novelist. The company was known for its tag line "Tommy's Toys - Programmed by Aliens from Outer Space".

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Coon can is said to have come from Mexico, where it was originally called Con quien, or "with whom?" in Spanish. It is said to have been the granddaddy of all rummy games.
Players: two, you against the computer.
In coon can, the 8s, 9s and 10s are removed, the jack of each suit being considered to follow the 7 (this is also known as the 40-card spanish deck).
Melds: the object of each game is to form melds consisting of 3 or more cards The upcard pile: there is an upcard pile of face-up cards formed during play from discards. Of the same rank, or 3 or more cards of the same suit in sequence, just like in any game of rummy. Coon can is a betting game, each hand being played for a stake agreed-to beforehand. Since the computer acts as banker you start out by specifying your bet, $1 to $999.
Starting with dealer's opponent, cards are dealt one at a time until both players have 10 cards. Is to go coon can, that is, to meld all one's cards on the table before your opponent does.