Latest Version : 1.1
Download IMR-Checkers shareware version
You can now purchase the Full-Version of IMR-Checkers
Tucows PilotZone has rated IMR-Checkers with 5 stars/cows/pilots :)
How do you contact me ?
email : eder@bigfoot.com
site : ohad.visual-i.com
GSM : 972-54-262144
Checkers is a nice game!
Therefore it must have a Pilot version...
Very simple logic behind the making of this game :)
What is Checkers ?
Checkers is a nice board game, Checkers is the american name for 'British Draughts'.
What is IMR ?
IMR is the corporation.
How do I play Checkers ?
Where can I get IMR-Checkers ?
You can download it from the following web-sites :
http://ohad.visual-i.com/pilot/ickr/ickr.htm
http://www.palmpilotgear.com
http://www.palmcentral.com
http://www.pilotzone.com
in the last 3 sites enter 'IMR' or 'Checkers' in the search field and you will be lead automatically to the game.
Why is IMR-Checkers Shareware ?
Because I've worked on this game alot of time.
Whats the difference between the Shareware and Registered version ?
In the shareware version you can play only 7 games. In the registered version you can play untill the sky falls :)
In the shareware version you can only look at the preferences but not change them, things like difficulty level, computer behaviour (defensive,offensive,etc), many nice features. In the registered version you can change all that.
In the shareware version the board-state is not saved between sessions, this means that if you leave IMR-Checkers and go to an other program, when you come back, the Pilot will automatically start a new game for you. In the registered version the board-state is saved between sessions.
In the shareware version you can't undo moves. In the registered version you can undo up to 250 moves :)
The shareware version has a 3 second shareware-nag-screen when it loads everytime.
What do i get for registering IMR-Checkers ?
You get :
The Registered version which has all the nice features
mentioned in the above paragraph
Tech-Support
Free Updates of IMR-Checkers v1 Revisions/Fixes/Updates.
Anything else we can come up with.
Cool, I want the Registered Version, how do I purchase it ?
Great, another fine person. please go to http://www.palmpilotgear.com , make a search for 'checkers', choose 'software titles', choose 'IMR-checkers', and click 'Buy'.
Does IMR-Checkers support multiple-eats ?
As of version 1.1, Yes :)
Whats that on my screen ?
Note : This is a shot of the standard board, its also possible to play in the 'Big-Board' mode, just click on 'menu->Game->Board Size' or draw a '/B' on the grafitti area.
Whats this 'Setup Board' screen ?
Using the 'Setup Board' feature you can start playing
from any possible board position.
Just click the gray blocks to change their
content from Black pieces, to White piece to Kings (both black
and white :).
You can quickly clear
the entire board by clicking the 'Clear Board' button at the
bottom of the screen,
And you can quickly set the standard board by clicking the 'New
Board' button at the bottom of the screen.
What do all the preferences mean ?
Lets take a look at hte preferences...
Ok, Now tell me all the cool stuff about the Computer Artificial Intelligence...
Ahh, I'm so happy you asked.
It goes like this, IMR-Checkers uses the standart MinMax
algorithm, reaches depths 1, 2 & 4 (Level 3 is skipped due to
the wise advice of some people and my sheer experience from
testing it).
The Evaluation function has no less than 9 factors.
Due to the fact that IMR-Checkers can't get too deep in the tree,
the evaluation function takes into consideration several aspects
that compensate for this.
It uses Alpha-Beta pruning to speed up the deep level scanning,
but uses it only on one side, this eliminates the possibility of
mischoosing the 'best-move'.
It has 3 playing modes : Offensive, Normal and Aggresive, all 3
of them are different implementations of the evluation function.
All co-efficients were composed after a period of beta-testing
and heuristic evluation.
Cool :)
Tell me what was the difference between all IMR-Checkers Versions...
Version 1.2 :
Version 1.1 :
Version 1.0 :
IMR-Checkers was released.
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