OTHELINSTR

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00000500: 48 49 4E 00 00                                    |HIN..           |

R..................._...KEF....E`A..@_.7
OTHELLO IS A BOARD GAME PLAYED BETWEEN T
O PLAYERS. EACHE`A.(C_.:PLAYER HAS A DIF
FERENT COULORED COUNTER. THE PLAYERS STA
RTE`A.2J_.AWITH TWO COUNTERS, EACH IN TH
E CENTRAL FOUR SQUARES OF THE BOARD.E`A.
<A_.8THE FIRST PLAYER MUST PLACE A COUNT
ER IN AN EMPTY SQUAREE`A.FG_.>ADJACENT T
O AN OCCUPIED SQUARE IN SUCH A WAY THAT 
AT LEAST ONEE`A.PD_.;OF THE OPPONENT'S C
OUNTERS LIES BETWEEN THE CURRENT COUNTER
E`A.ZA_.8AND ANOTHER OF HIS OWN COUNTERS
 IN A STRAIGHT LINE DRAWNE`A.DG_.>ALL OF
 THE OPPONENTS COUNTERS SO 'SANDWICHED' 
BECOME CAPTURED,E`A.NH_.?THAT IS THEY CH
ANGE COLOUR. AS THE NUMBER OF COUNTERS B
UILDS UPE`A.XF_.=MORE AND MORE HAVE TO B
E SWAPPED IN EACH MOVE SO THAT OTHELLOE`
A..G_.>IS CLEARLY A TEDIOUS GAME TO PLAY
 BY HAND. THIS IMPLEMENTATIONE`A..H_.?US
ES 'O' AND 'X' TO REPRESENT THE DIFFEREN
T COLOURS AND EMPLOYSE`A..G_.>A STANDARD
 A-H, 1-8 CHESSBOARD CONVENTION. THE PLA
YER WITH THEE`A. @_.7GREATER NUMBER OF C
OUNTERS AT THE END OF THE GAME WINS.E`A.
.A_.8A PLAYER MAY BE FORCED TO PASS IF N
O EMPTY SQUARE EXISTSE`A..G_.>WHICH IS A
DJACENT TO AN OPPONENT'S SQUARE AND IN L
INE CONTAINSE`A..._..ONE OF HIS OWN.E`A.
H._`A.R<..1PLEASE, PRESS RETURN WHEN YOU
 ARE READY TO PLAY. ........R..OTHELLOTS
....................HORIZONTALLY.D.A.CA
HIN..

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