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- ROTHELLO
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-
- Rothello is (c) Copyright 1992 by
-
- Michael Köpke Rolf Herrmann
- Berliner Ring 5 Theresenstraße 16
- 6233 Kelkheim/Ts. 6233 Kelkheim/Ts.
-
- Rothello is a SHAREWARE-Program. Permission is granted to
- distribute this program freely and without profit. Copying is
- allowed, but only complete and unchanged. If you like it and use
- it we aks for a donation of US-$ 5.
-
- The complete program consists of the following files:
-
- - ROTHELLO
- - ROTHELLO.info
- - ROTHELLO.DOK
- - ROTHELLO.DOK.info
- - ROTHELLO.DOC
- - ROTHELLO.DOC.info
-
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-
- A new idea behind a wellknown game. Everyone knows OTHELLO,
- better known as REVERSI. Dozens of more or less excellent
- computer conversions of that game exist already.
-
- The principle is easy:
- The players alternating place a piece of their color. This
- presumes that the pieces of their opponent are enclosed by own
- pieces. The oppenent pieces then take over the color of the
- actual player. The player with the most pieces at the end of a
- game is the winner.
-
- So far - so good. Of course does this ROTHELLO, too. But here are
- the good news: as the name indicates are with ROTHELLO not only
- pieces to be set, but whole rows or columns can be rotated resp.
- shifted! Therefor corresponding arrows are located around the 8x8
- playfield. Are there located in a row/column minimum 4 pieces of
- different colors this row/column may be shifted in the direction
- the arrow shows for one position. Pieces that leave the playfield
- at one end enter it at the opposite side. Be careful! According
- to the new positions of the pieces within the row/column the
- whole playfield with the exception of the shifted row/column is
- recalculated. This can lead to a totally new situation. Use your
- shifts with care, you have only five of them during a game.
-
- The game is completly operated with the mouse. Before the start
- of a game you choose with a appropriate gadget whether to play
- against a human opponent "HUMAN VS. HUMAN" or agains the computer
- "HUMAN VS. AMIGA". Then you decide whom to begin "Player 1/2
- begins" resp. "HUMAN/AMIGA begins". During the game the name of
- the active player is written in the color of his pieces (orange
- resp. blue) in the display area in the upper right corner. You
- place a piece by clicking in a field of your choice. If any of
- the surrounding arrows are colored green after placing a piece
- one of corresponding rows/columns may be shifted. Therefor you
- first click the gadget "MAKE A SHIFT" then the arrow. Don´t you
- want to or is there nothing to shift the game is handed over to
- the opponent by clicking the "NEXT PLAYER"-Gadget.
-
- The actual game may be ended at any time by chosing the "QUIT"-
- Gadget. Now you have the choice to start a "NEW GAME" or to leave
- the program by "QUIT ROTHELLO".
-
-
- The game is programmed and compiled with GFA-BASIC. We hope you
- have fun with it. If you have any comments or suggestions to it,
- please feel free to send us a note.
-
- Kelkheim, January 12th 1992
- <*>The BluesBrothers<*>