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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.
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- 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.