# Canasta - a PC version with my favorite options? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 30, 2018, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canasta-a-pc-version-with-my-favorite-options/820533 "2018-08-30T18:14:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canasta-a-pc-version-with-my-favorite-options/820533/1 "2018-08-30T18:14:05Z")
I love canasta. I prefer 2-handed, draw 2, 2 canastas to go out. I have not been able to find a PC version with these options (although I had one years ago). Although I’m a novice at downloading software, I have managed to download several versions. So far these have ended up having only draw 1 or 4-handed. Can someone recommend a version with more options or teach me how to more accurately search for one? Thanks. (We don’t want to talk about the way we play here at home with 4-6 decks and a mandatory canasta of wild cards plus an in-suit sequence, do we?) ---
**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canasta-a-pc-version-with-my-favorite-options/820533/2 "2018-08-30T18:32:48Z")
Moderator - please move to game room. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Lips\_Obsession](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bbce88/32.png) [@Lips\_Obsession](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lips_Obsession)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canasta-a-pc-version-with-my-favorite-options/820533/3 "2018-09-01T17:40:21Z")
I’d be anxious to find one too - have looked and other than online versions you play live, I haven’t ever found one. Yahoo Games used to have a good one for the online versions. I do have a good one for my Android phone. Here is the link to it in the Play store. It’s free. [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.karmangames.canasta](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.karmangames.canasta) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canasta-a-pc-version-with-my-favorite-options/820533/4 "2018-09-01T18:56:35Z")
How does 2 handed Canasta work? Does the computer have it’s own hand and tries to beat you? Like computer chess? You play against the computer. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canasta-a-pc-version-with-my-favorite-options/820533/5 "2018-09-03T23:39:07Z")
> [@Lips\_Obsession](#): > > I’d be anxious to find one too - have looked and other than online versions you play live, I haven’t ever found one. Yahoo Games used to have a good one for the online versions. > > I do have a good one for my Android phone. Here is the link to it in the Play store. It’s free. [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.karmangames.canasta](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.karmangames.canasta) Don’t know anything about the quality of Canasta games, but I do know there’s an emulator called [Bluestacks](https://www.bluestacks.com/) that will let you run Android apps on Windows. So maybe try running that app you like on that? Also, for the OP: what version of Windows do you have?