Dame
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Version : 1.0  (Release Date: 07.03.93)
Author  : Marc Fischlin
          Steigerwaldweg 6
          D-6450 Hanau 7   (from 01.07.1993: D-63456 Hanau)
Software: C - Lattice SAS-C-Compiler V5.10
Hardware: Amiga 2000B/ 68000er/ Kickstart V2.04

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"Dame" is  copyright  1993  by  Marc  Fischlin.  All rights
reserved. "Dame"  may  be  copied  and  distributed, if the
whole directory is copied,  the  programs in this directory
are not manipulated and you do not gain any profit.

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The game:
Dame is a computer version of the well-known board game. It
substitutes one human player.


Handling:
The screen title indicates the current status. To move your
characters press once on the source position and then on
the destination. The computer will then move your character
(if possible). Otherwise this move is not possible and you
have to choose another.


Strategy of the computer:
The computer considers possible moves (usually not all!) 
until it reaches according to its level a certain depth and
judges this position (especially materially).


Programming the strategy of the computer:
The computer uses the so-called "alpha-beta-pruning" which
allows a faster recursiv searching.