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+ A D D I X +
Copyright PC SOLUTIONS 1992, All rights reserved.
ADDIX is one of those neat strategy games with deceptively simple
rules! Each player takes turns to capture numbers from the grid.
You may only take numbers from the HORIZONTAL ROW of the last move,
whereas the computer takes numbers from the VERTICAL COLUMN of the
last move. The numbers captured are added to the scores, and when
one side runs out of moves, the game is over and the highest score
wins.
If a NEGATOR is captured, subsequent numbers captured DEDUCT from
the score! NEGATE mode is toggled off by capturing another NEGATOR.
Note that the board is symetrical along the A1-H8 diagonal - this
ensures that both Horizontal/Vertical players have the same choices
If you want, you can make the computer go first by hitting F2 - then
you will be the vertical player.
Note that you can disable NEGATORS (F1 on menu) and select various
board maps (F2 on menu).
Play tends to center around attempts to capture the biggest numbers
- watch out for cunning tactical combinations! When playing, select
move with CURSOR keys, and hit RETURN to place your stone.
Commands DURING game:- ESC - Abort back to menu.
F1 - Show legal moves. F3 - Auto-Play, SPACE ends.
F2 - Make computer take your go. F4 - Change IQ level.
Please support quality shareware and REGISTER - the full ADDIX
on GPack 1 has IQ levels above 9, and much more..
EXTRA NOTES
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The computer employs a full alpha-beta game-tree search algorithm -
the same method used for CHESS and other two-player strategy games.
Its depth of search is controlled by its IQ level - an IQ of 9 means
the computer is searching 9 moves ahead! (In fact, its deeper than that
towards the end of the game.) The score it shows next to the computer move
is its evaluation of the current position - positive is good for the
VERTICAL player, negative is good for the HORIZONTAL player. When the
score exceeds +/-20000, a forced win is on for one of the players - if
over +20000 then VERTICAL wins, if below -20000 HORIZONTAL wins.
The best way to grapple with the computer is to select one of the
fixed-maps (F2 on menu-screen), and to try out different approaches
until you win.
This version of ADDIX is released as shareware. You may distribute
it as long as you don't charge more than a small disk-copying fee for it,
or alter it in any way.
PC SOLUTIONS holds all rights to this program, and we reserve the right
to withdraw permission to use or distribute this program from any individual
or organisation, if we feel they are abusing this privilege.
Please remember that shareware is NOT free, but 'try before you buy',
so please become a registered user by purchasing one of our program packs -
see the advert within the program.
People often ask how we generate such small, fast programs - well special
thanks must go to Borland and thier excellent Turbo-C compiler - this can
generate much, much faster/smaller code than, say, Quickbasic. Forget the
rest, Turbo-C is the best! Contact Borland on Freephone 0800 212727
(or 0734 321150) for futher info. You will find some of our own special
C-Tools for Turbo-C on our Util-Pack..