Contents
 Othello Help Contents

Othello is a deceptively simple strategy game

To learn how to use help press F1.

Introduction

Rules of the Game.

Credits.

Net2000

How To.

Play the Game.

Change the Names


Rules
 Othello (Rules of the Game)

Othello is a strategy game played on an eight by eight square grid.

The rules are very simple, and the game deceptively so.

The object of the game is to capture as many of your opponent's pieces as possible. Play

consists of each player in turn adding a piece to the board, until the board is full. Each player

starts with two pieces and tries to capture those belonging to the other by surrounding them.

This is done by placing an extra piece at the end of a row so that the opponent is flanked by

your pieces. All the opposing pieces between your pieces are then replaced by yours.

The score is simply the number of pieces on the board belonging to each player.

The winner is the player with the most pieces when the board becomes full


Pontoon Credits
 Othello Credits

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"It doesn't matter if you're Black or White"

(Michael Jackson 1993)

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OTHELLO

by Richard Dalton.

©1994 R.D.Software

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This Game was written using a Gateway2000 4DX-33V

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The Following Albums were played repeatedly during the development of this Game.

Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits*

Chris de Burgh -Best Moves*

Rebecca Storm - Broadway by Storm

*Supplied by Brian Power  ( Thanks )

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Dedicated to Clive Sinclair.

And to the Spectrum

(The only real computer built in the 80's)

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Thanks to John Daly for Beta Testing Othello.

Version 1 failed the JD test and so Version 1.1 was born

Thanks to anyone who was there for the official presentation of the beta version.

You're comments and suggestions will be ignored in due course.

Thanks to Ken Guest for distributing info on NET2000

Thanks to Ken Power for giving me some useful suggestions on improving the AI.

Version 2 will be far more intelligent.

Thanks to John Keane & Everyone in Dublin

Where I first discovered Othello

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Also Available

for Windows

PONTOON

Coming soon....

FLIPSIDE

(Addictive cross between Draughts and Othello)

&

Marbella

(The most infuriating puzzle since the Rubik's™ cube)

These games should be available around the end of 1994.

( If I ever get them finished )

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If you have any comments or suggestions about this game please write

to the following address.

 Richard Dalton,

 Luffany,

 Mooncoin,

 Co. Kilkenny,

 Ireland.

This program is freeware.

You are free to copy, distribute, or use it without payment.

If you do use this program please send a postcard and let me know what you think.


NET2000
 NET2000 Information

PC USERS WANTED.

If you use a PC for any purpose Games, Work, Programming etc.

You will want to know about NET2000.

We hope to set up an international network of PC Users. This is a network with a difference.

No subscription fee, No hidden costs.

Access to all PC users (No need to be connected to any network)

By using the postal services to distribute the NET2000 disks worldwide, And by asking members of the network to distribute copies of those disks to their friends. We can run the network with virtually no cost. (Certainly cheaper than buying a modem and paying a huge phone bill)

You can use NET2000 to distribute games you have written yourself and get in touch with other programmers. Or if you prefer to just play games you can exchange cheats and tips or get help if you are stuck. We would also like to build up a library of Shareware and Public Domain titles which could be made available to all members.

If NET2000 is as successful as we hope it will be we would like to introduce Play By Mail

Games at some stage in the future.

If you would like more information on NET2000 please write to the Following Address

Richard Dalton,

Luffany,

Mooncoin,

Co. Kilkenny,

Ireland.

Phone (051) 95165

Remember It's FREE.

What have you got to lose?


How to Play
 How to Play Othello

When OTHELLO loads you will see the about screen. Click OK or press enter to clear this.

You will then be asked to enter the names of the players. If you want to changes the names,

just enter the new names in the boxes and click Ok or press enter.

You may change the names at any time by selecting the names option from the Game Menu.

To start a new game choose either 1 or 2 player from the Game Menu.

If you choose a 1 player game you will play against the computer. You will have to spin a piece

to decide who goes first.

To spin the piece click on the Spin Button. When the piece stops spinning you will play with

the color that is up. Black always goes first.

If you are playing a two player game you will not have to spin a piece. You can argue with you're

opponent as to who plays with black and white.

Play begins with two pieces of each colour at the center of the board. Black plays first by placing

a piece on the board so that this piece captures at least one white. White plays next in the same

way. Play continues like this until the board is full.

Placing a Piece (Rules)

1. You must play on an empty square.

2. You must play on a square which is adjacent to an opponents piece.

3. You must capture at least one piece with every move.

Capturing a Piece (Example)

This is an example of how to capture a piece.


 You play with the colour that this piece stops spinning on


 Click this button to spin the piece.  When the caption changes to OK click again to start playing


How to Change Names
 How to Change the Names

You can change the players names which are shown at the top of the main screen.

In a one player game the Computer is called Otto, the human uses the name given to player 1.

In a two player game Player 1 uses black, Player 2 uses white.

1. Click on Names in the Game Menu

2. When the Names form is displayed enter the names in the boxes provided.

3. To confirm the new names click on Ok or Press Enter

4. To cancel new names click on Cancel

The names used are remembered when you shut the game down.

They are re-loaded the next time you play the game.