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- O t h e l l o
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- Copyright 1985 Mike & Jim Co.
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- »» I N T R O D U C T I O N ««
-
- Welcome to the world of telegaming. Telegaming transforms
- the telephone network into your personal gaming arena.
-
- PC-ARENA Othello is a complete tele-gaming othello system
- from Mike&Jim. This system, when connected to a companion
- system via telephone lines, will play host to an inter-
- computer othello match. Communications, scoring, player
- prompting, move judging and board maintenance are all man-
- aged by the gaming system.
-
- The PC-ARENA series of telegaming systems require a min-
- imum configuration of 96K of memory, one disk drive, a 300
- baud modem, PC-DOS, and a color or monochrome monitor.
-
- »» P L A Y I N G T H E G A M E ««
-
-
-
- Othello, invented around 1888 and popularized in the local
- pubs, is played on a draughtsboard using sixty-four stone
- or wooden pieces. PC-ARENA Othello, developed in 1985 and
- popularized on electronic bulletin board systems and thru
- user group libraries, is played on a modem equipped PC.
-
- Black moves first. In turn, each player must place one of
- her/his pieces adjacent to an enemy piece. Any enemy
- pieces directly intervening between this piece and another
- of the player's own color, orthogonally or diagonally, are
- considered captured and turned to the players color.
-
- A move must result in the capture of one or more enemy
- pieces. If no piece can be captured, the player must pass.
-
- When neither player can move the game ends and the player
- with the most pieces on the board is declared the winner.
-
-
- »» E X A M P L E S O F P L A Y ««
-
- Opening Moves
- ╔════╤════╤════╤════╤════╤════╤════╤════╗
- ║ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ║
- ╟────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────╢
- ║ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ║
- ╟────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────╢
- ║ │ │ │ │ «» ────────────────┐
- ╟────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────╢ ├─ valid
- ║ │ │ │ ░░ │ ██ │ «» ───────────┘ moves
- ╟────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────╢
- ┌─────────── «» │ ██ │ ░░ │ │ │ ║
- valid ─┤ ╟────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────╢
- moves └──────────────── «» │ │ │ │ ║
- ╟────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────╢
- ║ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ║
- ╟────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────╢
- ║ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ║
- ╚════╧════╧════╧════╧════╧════╧════╧════╝
- Black's Move
-
- Black must choose one of the four possible openings
- Lines of Capture
- ╔════╤════╤════╤════╤════╤════╤════╤════╗
- ║ ██ │ │ │ ██ │ │ │ ██ │ ║
- ╟────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────╢
- ║ │ ░░ │ │ ░░ │ │ ░░ │ │ ║
- ╟────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────╢
- ║ │ │ ░░ │ ░░ │ ░░ │ │ │ ║
- ╟────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────╢
- ║ ██ │ ░░ │ ░░ │ «» │ ░░ │ ░░ │ ░░ │ ██ ║
- ╟────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────╢
- ║ │ │ ░░ │ ░░ │ ░░ │ │ │ ║
- ╟────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────╢
- ║ │ ░░ │ │ ░░ │ │ ░░ │ │ ║
- ╟────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────╢
- ║ ██ │ │ │ ░░ │ │ │ ░░ │ ║
- ╟────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────╢
- ║ │ │ │ ██ │ │ │ │ ██ ║
- ╚════╧════╧════╧════╧════╧════╧════╧════╝
- White's Move
-
- A White move to row 4, column 4 captures all black pieces.
- This example is for demonstration purposes only.
-
- Player Without a Move
- ╔════╤════╤════╤════╤════╤════╤════╤════╗
- ║ │ │ ██ │ ██ │ ██ │ ██ │ ██ │ ░░ ║
- ╟────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────╢
- ║ │ │ ██ │ ░░ │ ░░ │ ░░ │ ░░ │ ░░ ║
- ╟────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────╢
- ║ │ │ ░░ │ ░░ │ ░░ │ ░░ │ ░░ │ ░░ ║
- ╟────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────╢
- ║ ░░ │ ░░ │ ░░ │ ░░ │ ░░ │ ░░ │ ██ │ ██ ║
- ╟────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────╢
- ║ ░░ │ ░░ │ ░░ │ ░░ │ ░░ │ ░░ │ ██ │ ██ ║
- ╟────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────╢
- ║ ░░ │ ░░ │ ██ │ ░░ │ ░░ │ ░░ │ ░░ │ ░░ ║
- ╟────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────╢
- ║ ░░ │ │ ██ │ ░░ │ ░░ │ ░░ │ ░░ │ ░░ ║
- ╟────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────┼────╢
- ║ │ ██ │ ██ │ ░░ │ ░░ │ ░░ │ ░░ │ ░░ ║
- ╚════╧════╧════╧════╧════╧════╧════╧════╝
- White's Move
-
- White cannot make a move which will result in the capture
- of an enemy piece. White will have to pass this turn.
-
- »» E S T A B L I S H I N G A L I N K ««
-
- To begin, two players need to pre-arrange as to who will
- place the phone call and who will answer the phone call.
- Execute program PCOTHELL.EXE. After the system loads, the
- banner page will be displayed. From this page the players
- will be prompted to specify the communications port which
- their modem is connected to. Valid responses will be (1)
- for COM1: or (2) for COM2:. The next prompt will ask you
- what baud rate your modems will be operating at. The valid
- responses are (3) for 300 baud and (1) for 1200 baud. Both
- players must select the SAME baud rate.
-
- Once the communications parameter have been established
- you may key in the modem commands necessary to call or
- answer the phone. For example, if you are using a modem
- that is Hayes compatible you would key in ATDT(phone no.)
- to dial the call or you would key in ATA to answer an in-
- coming call. If your modem is not Hayes compatible, please
- consult your modems documentation for dialing and answering
- the phone.
-
-
- »» O P E R A T I N G T H E S Y S T E M ««
-
- Odd Numbered Function Keys
- F1:Move - moves piece to current cursor location.
- F3:Reset- resets game board and score.
- F5:G'Bye- end game, hang up phone, and return to dos.
- F7:White- choose to play the white pieces.
- F9:Black- choose to play the black pieces.
-
- Even Numbered Function Keys
- F2:Color- toggle text color from 0 thru 15.
- F4:Sound- toggle the sound off and on.
- F6:F-Key- toggle the function key display off and on.
- F8:Time - display the estimated connect time.
- F0:Share- display the user supported software notice.
-
- Numeric Keypad
- - move cursor around playing board.
- Home- erase the message area.
- Typewriter Keyboard
- ┘ - advance message line.
- A-Z - player messages.
- 0-9 - player messages.
- »» S Y S T E M K E Y B O A R D L A Y O U T ««
- ┌ F1:Move ┌ Home:Erase Message
- ├ F3:Reset │ ┌ :Cursor Up
- ├ F5:G'Bye │ │ ┌ :Cursor Right
- ├ F7:White │ │ │
- ├ F9:Black │ │ │
- ╔═│════╤════════════════════════════════════════════│══│══│════╗
- ║┌┐┌─┐│┌─┐ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ │ ┌│┐┌│┐ ║
- ║└─┘└─┘│└─┘ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ └┘└│┘ ║
- ║┌─┐┌─┐│┌─┐ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ┌─┐┌─┐┌│┐┌─┐║
- ║└─┘└─┘│└─┘ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ └─┘└─┘└┘└─┘║
- ║┌─┐┌─┐│┌─┐ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐ ║
- ║└─┘└─┘│└─┘ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ └─┘└─┘└─┘ ║
- ║┌─┐┌─┐│ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ ┌─┐┌┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐║
- ║└─┘└─┘│ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ └─┘└│┘└─┘└─┘└─┘║
- ║┌─┐┌─┐│ ┌─┐ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄ ┌│┐┌┐ ║
- ║└─┘└┘│ └─┘ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ └│┘└│┘ ║
- ╚════│═╧════════════════════════════════════════════│══│═══════╝
- ├ F2:Color │ └ :Cursor Down
- ├ F4:Sound ▄▄ └ :Cursor Left
- ├ F6:F-Key ▀▀ Solid fill keys represent
- ├ F8:Time the typewriter portion of
- └ F0:Share keyboard
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- Mike & Jim encourage users to copy and distribute to other users
- all PC-ARENA(TM) tele-games identified with the 'Shared' Game ID
- in accordance with the terms set forth below.
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- A limited license is granted to all users of
- 'Shared' identified software, to make copies
- and distribute them to other users, on the
- following conditions:
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- 1. The software may not be distributed to others in a modified form
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- 2. No fees or other considerations are to be charged for copying or
- distributing the system without an express written agreement
- with the Mike & Jim Co.
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- 3. The software may not be distributed with any other product or
- used in promotion without an express written agreement with the
- Mike & Jim Co.
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