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You play WHITE.
The mouse is used to select moves. Move the pointer onto
the square on which you wish to play, and press the left
button. The move is made when the button is released, so
you can change your mind before letting go of the button
by moving the pointer off the board. This can also be used
to remove the red cursor box if you find it distracting.
The Voice option tells you when it is your move - at higher
levels moves can take several minutes. This program runs
at a low priority, so you can run interactive tasks
(eg. an editor) with good response time, while the program
is "thinking".
The board is displayed on a screen, not a window, so you
can pull it down to reveal the workbench, or use the
back/front gadgets.
Moves are made by placing a white piece so that it
outflanks one or more black pieces. One or more black
pieces must lie between the new piece and another white
piece, diagonally, horizontally, or vertically.
Outflanking can occur in more than one direction.
The outflanked pieces are flipped, and become white.
A game ends when all positions are filled, or when neither
side can move. The side with the most pieces on the board
at the end of a game wins.
It sometimes occurs that you do not have any legal moves.
If this occurs, you must forfeit. (The program will not
do this automatically for you - I find that I like to
"stay" in the game, even if I cannot move!).
Two commands are useful if you are learning to play.
The "Moves" command shows you all of your allowed moves.
The "Suggest" command suggests a good (not best) move.
Level 5 is the hardest level. The program may take several
minutes to move at this level. The level can be changed
during the game. Since moves in the middle of the game take
longer, you may wish to start and end a game at a high level,
and reduce the level when moves are taking too long.
The Voice "It is your move" statements are suppressed for
levels 1 and 2, since it takes longer to say them than to
move. The other helpful (?) statements remain.
All menus are disabled while the Busy sign is up.
Comments: The program is not fast, but plays a reasonable
game. It does not always start off intelligently. The
strongest point seems to be the endgame (so don't get too
optimistic too early!). There is a slight randomization
in its evaluation function, so it will not always make
the same response to the same sequence of moves.
A REVERSI PLAYER V6.1 (Amiga)
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Manuel Almudevar March 1986
Copyright © 1986 Manuel Almudevar
This program may be distributed freely.