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Information about “LETTER SHIFT/TRIPLE OTHELLO”
Puzzle people will be very happy with this one. Imagine, if you will, a
square made of 16 smaller squares, four to a side. In each of these is
placed one of the first fifteen letters of the alphabet, leaving one
square empty. You define how many times the computer will shuffle these
letters. Now, arrange them alphabetically while the computer counts
your moves. Sounds simple, doesn't it?
TRIPLE OTHELLO is an interesting variation on the classic strategy board
game. Instead of playing one game against the computer, you play three
games at once.
The object of TRIPLE OTHELLO is to win more pieces than the computer.
Winning pieces is accomplished by "outflanking." "Outflanking" means
you place your piece in such a way that you have your pieces on both
sides (right and left, or above and below) of the computer's piece or
pieces. Whatever piece(s) you "outflank" become yours.
FILE1556.TXT
Disk No: 1556
Disk Title: Letter Shift/Triple Othello
PC-SIG Version: S1
Program Title: Letter Shift
Author Version: 1.0
Author Registration: None.
Special Requirements: None.
Puzzle people will be very happy with this one. Imagine, if you will, a
square made of 16 smaller squares, four to a side. In each of these is
placed one of the first fifteen letters of the alphabet, leaving one
square empty. You define how many times the computer will shuffle these
letters. Now, arrange them alphabetically while the computer counts you
moves. Sounds simple, doesn't it?
File Descriptions:
LS EXE Compiled version of LETTER SHIFT.
LS DOC Documentation for LETTER SHIFT.
LS PAS Source code of LETTER SHIFT.
Program Title: Triple Othello
Author Version: S1
Author Registration: None.
Special Requirements: None.
TRIPLE OTHELLO is an interesting variation on the classic strategy board
game. Instead of playing one game against the computer, you play three
games at once.
The object of TRIPLE OTHELLO is to win more pieces than the computer.
Winning pieces is accomplished by "outflanking." "Outflanking" means
you place your piece in such a way that you have your pieces on both
sides (right and left, or above and below) of the computer's piece or
pieces. Whatever piece(s) you "outflank" become yours.
When the title screen is displayed, you are asked if you want to be x or
o. Once you have entered your choice, the boards are drawn and you will
see a flashing cursor. To play, you move the flashing cursor around the
board (using the cursor keys). When you are ready to play your piece,
type an "x" or an "o" (depending on what you chose at the title screen).
Play moves from board to board automatically as you and the computer
make one move each.
File Descriptions:
TOTHELLO EXE TRIPLE OTHELLO program.
TOTHELLO TXT Information file.
PC-SIG
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Sunnyvale Ca. 94086
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(c) Copyright 1988 PC-SIG, Inc.
GO.TXT
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║ <<<< Disk #1556 LETTER SHIFT and TRIPLE OTHELLO >>>> ║
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║ To start LETTER SHIFT, type: LS (press return) ║
║ To start TRIPLE OTHELLO, type: TOTHELLO (press enter) ║
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║ To print LETTER SHIFT documentation, type: COPY LS.DOC PRN ║
║ To print TRIPLE OTHELLO documentation, type: COPY TOTHELLO.TXT PRN ║
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TOTHELLO.TXT
Triple Othello by Reggie Howard
Othello is a strategy board game for 2 players (in this
case, one player and one computer.) It is played on an 8 by 8
board and play begins with 4 pieces placed in the center.
Players take turns placing their pieces until the board is full
or no more moves can be made.
The players must place their pieces so that they "out
flank" at least one of their opponent's pieces. "Out flanking"
means that you place your piece in such a way that you have your
pieces on both sides (right and left, or, above and below) of
your opponent's piece or pieces. What ever piece(s) you
"outflank" become your own. And the game is won or lost
depending on who has more pieces when the final move is made.
Many times the player who appears to be winning sees a majority
of his pieces lost in the final moves.
The only difference between Othello and Triple Othello
is that with Triple Othello you play three games at once. This
may seem like an unfair challenge but with persistence you
should learn to beat the computer on at least 2 of the 3
boards. Your task is somewhat simplified too as the computer
does all the piece changing and prevents any misplacement of the
pieces.
When you start the program you are first asked if you
want to be x's or o's. Once you have made your choice the
boards are drawn and you will see the flashing cursor. To play,
you move around the board with the arrow keys and when you are
ready to place your piece type an "x" (or "o" if that is what
piece you chose). Play moves from board to board automatically
as you and the computer make one move each. One thing which may
be confusing at first is that the computer moves first on the
middle board while you move first on the right and left boards.
This means that the computer makes two moves in a row as play
moves from board one to board two and you must make two moves in
a row as play moves from board two to board three.
Remember the rules for placing your pieces. If you try
to place in an illegal position the computer refuses your
entry. As the board becomes fuller there will be times when one
player is unable to move. If you think this is the case for you
then enter "0". The computer will then make a check and if
there is a move you can make it will beep and you will have to
move. If you need help while playing simply press F1.
I hope you enjoy Triple Othello and good luck!
Directory of PC-SIG Library Disk #1556
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FILE1556 TXT 4071 10-20-89 1:57p
GO BAT 38 10-12-89 12:24p
GO TXT 694 1-01-80 12:24a
LS DOC 2611 6-23-89 11:34p
LS EXE 12576 6-23-89 11:40p
LS PAS 8404 6-23-89 11:41p
TOTHELLO EXE 56773 8-03-88 8:18p
TOTHELLO TXT 2845 8-03-88 7:34p
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