T.OTHELLO
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FILENAME(S): T.OTHELLO
FILE TYPE(S): PRG
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".THE| 000000A0: 4C 4C 4F 22 20 47 41 4D 45 53 20 48 41 56 45 20 |LLO" GAMES HAVE | 000000B0: 42 45 45 4E 0D 41 52 4F 55 4E 44 20 41 53 20 4C |BEEN.AROUND AS L| 000000C0: 4F 4E 47 20 41 53 20 50 45 52 53 4F 4E 41 4C 20 |ONG AS PERSONAL | 000000D0: 43 4F 4D 50 55 54 45 52 53 0D 48 41 56 45 20 2D |COMPUTERS.HAVE -| 000000E0: 2D 20 50 52 4F 42 41 42 4C 59 20 4C 4F 4E 47 45 |- PROBABLY LONGE| 000000F0: 52 2E 20 20 C2 55 54 20 44 4F 4E 27 54 0D 4C 45 |R. .UT DON'T.LE| 00000100: 54 20 54 48 41 54 20 46 4F 4F 4C 20 59 4F 55 20 |T THAT FOOL YOU | 00000110: 2D 2D 20 57 48 45 54 48 45 52 20 59 4F 55 0D 43 |-- WHETHER YOU.C| 00000120: 4F 4D 50 45 54 45 20 41 47 41 49 4E 53 54 20 41 |OMPETE AGAINST A| 00000130: 4E 20 45 58 50 45 52 49 45 4E 43 45 44 20 50 4C |N EXPERIENCED PL| 00000140: 41 59 45 52 0D 4F 52 20 41 47 41 49 4E 53 54 20 |AYER.OR AGAINST | 00000150: 54 48 45 20 43 4F 4D 50 55 54 45 52 2C 20 4F 55 |THE COMPUTER, OU| 00000160: 52 20 56 45 52 53 49 4F 4E 0D 4F 46 20 22 CF 54 |R VERSION.OF ".T| 00000170: 48 45 4C 4C 4F 22 20 49 53 20 53 55 52 45 20 54 |HELLO" IS SURE T| 00000180: 4F 20 54 45 53 54 20 59 4F 55 52 0D 57 49 54 53 |O TEST YOUR.WITS| 00000190: 2E 0D 0D 20 20 C1 4E 44 20 4A 55 53 54 20 57 48 |... .ND JUST WH| 000001A0: 41 54 20 49 53 20 CF D4 C8 C5 CC CC CF 3F 20 20 |AT IS .......? | 000001B0: D9 4F 55 20 43 41 4E 0D 54 48 49 4E 4B 20 4F 46 |.OU CAN.THINK OF| 000001C0: 20 49 54 20 41 53 20 41 20 53 4F 50 48 49 53 54 | IT AS A SOPHIST| 000001D0: 49 43 41 54 45 44 20 42 4F 41 52 44 0D 47 41 4D |ICATED BOARD.GAM| 000001E0: 45 2C 20 53 4F 4D 45 54 48 49 4E 47 20 4C 49 4B |E, SOMETHING LIK| 000001F0: 45 20 43 48 45 43 4B 45 52 53 2C 20 54 48 41 54 |E CHECKERS, THAT| 00000200: 20 49 53 0D 50 4C 41 59 45 44 20 4F 4E 20 41 4E | IS.PLAYED ON AN| 00000210: 20 38 20 58 20 38 20 47 52 49 44 2E 0D 0D 20 20 | 8 X 8 GRID... | 00000220: D7 48 45 4E 20 50 4C 41 59 20 42 45 47 49 4E 53 |.HEN PLAY BEGINS| 00000230: 2C 20 45 41 43 48 20 50 4C 41 59 45 52 20 48 41 |, EACH PLAYER HA| 00000240: 53 0D 54 57 4F 20 50 49 45 43 45 53 20 49 4E 20 |S.TWO PIECES IN | 00000250: 54 48 45 20 43 45 4E 54 45 52 20 4F 46 20 54 48 |THE CENTER OF TH| 00000260: 45 20 42 4F 41 52 44 2E 0D D4 48 45 20 50 45 52 |E BOARD...HE PER| 00000270: 53 4F 4E 20 57 48 4F 20 50 4C 41 59 53 20 54 48 |SON WHO PLAYS TH| 00000280: 45 20 42 4C 41 43 4B 20 50 49 45 43 45 53 0D 4D |E BLACK PIECES.M| 00000290: 55 53 54 20 54 48 45 4E 20 22 43 41 50 54 55 52 |UST THEN "CAPTUR| 000002A0: 45 22 20 41 20 57 48 49 54 45 20 50 49 45 43 45 |E" A WHITE PIECE| 000002B0: 20 42 59 0D 22 43 4F 4E 54 41 49 4E 49 4E 47 22 | BY."CONTAINING"| 000002C0: 20 54 48 45 20 57 48 49 54 45 20 50 49 45 43 45 | THE WHITE PIECE| 000002D0: 20 4F 4E 20 41 0D 48 4F 52 49 5A 4F 4E 41 4C 2C | ON A.HORIZONAL,| 000002E0: 20 56 45 52 54 49 43 41 4C 2C 20 4F 52 20 44 49 | VERTICAL, OR DI| 000002F0: 41 47 4F 4E 41 4C 20 4C 49 4E 45 0D 57 49 54 48 |AGONAL LINE.WITH| 00000300: 20 41 20 54 48 49 52 44 20 42 4C 41 43 4B 20 50 | A THIRD BLACK P| 00000310: 49 45 43 45 2E 20 20 D4 48 45 0D 53 41 4E 44 57 |IECE. .HE.SANDW| 00000320: 49 43 48 45 44 20 57 48 49 54 45 20 50 49 45 43 |ICHED WHITE PIEC| 00000330: 45 20 54 48 45 4E 20 54 55 52 4E 53 0D 42 4C 41 |E THEN TURNS.BLA| 00000340: 43 4B 2C 20 41 4E 44 20 43 4F 4E 54 52 4F 4C 20 |CK, AND CONTROL | 00000350: 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 47 41 4D 45 20 47 4F 45 53 |OF THE GAME GOES| 00000360: 0D 4F 56 45 52 20 54 4F 20 54 48 45 20 50 4C 41 |.OVER TO THE PLA| 00000370: 59 45 52 20 57 48 4F 20 48 41 53 20 57 48 49 54 |YER WHO HAS WHIT| 00000380: 45 2E 20 20 D4 48 45 0D 50 4C 41 59 45 52 20 50 |E. .HE.PLAYER P| 00000390: 4C 41 59 49 4E 47 20 57 48 49 54 45 20 43 41 4E |LAYING WHITE CAN| 000003A0: 20 54 48 45 4E 20 54 52 59 20 54 4F 0D 43 41 50 | THEN TRY TO.CAP| 000003B0: 54 55 52 45 20 54 48 45 20 52 4F 57 20 4F 46 20 |TURE THE ROW OF | 000003C0: 54 48 52 45 45 20 42 4C 41 43 4B 20 50 49 45 43 |THREE BLACK PIEC| 000003D0: 45 53 2C 0D 41 4E 44 20 53 4F 20 4F 4E 2E 20 20 |ES,.AND SO ON. | 000003E0: D4 48 45 20 4F 42 4A 45 43 54 20 4F 46 20 54 48 |.HE OBJECT OF TH| 000003F0: 45 20 47 41 4D 45 20 49 53 0D 54 4F 20 43 41 50 |E GAME IS.TO CAP| 00000400: 54 55 52 45 20 41 53 20 4D 41 4E 59 20 4F 46 20 |TURE AS MANY OF | 00000410: 59 4F 55 52 20 4F 50 50 4F 4E 45 4E 54 27 53 0D |YOUR OPPONENT'S.| 00000420: 50 49 45 43 45 53 20 41 53 20 50 4F 53 53 49 42 |PIECES AS POSSIB| 00000430: 4C 45 2E 0D 0D 20 20 C4 4F 4E 27 54 20 57 4F 52 |LE... .ON'T WOR| 00000440: 52 59 20 49 46 20 54 48 49 53 20 53 4F 55 4E 44 |RY IF THIS SOUND| 00000450: 53 20 43 4F 4E 46 55 53 49 4E 47 0D 41 54 20 46 |S CONFUSING.AT F| 00000460: 49 52 53 54 20 2D 2D 20 4F 55 52 20 56 45 52 53 |IRST -- OUR VERS| 00000470: 49 4F 4E 20 4F 46 20 22 CF 54 48 45 4C 4C 4F 22 |ION OF ".THELLO"| 00000480: 0D 48 41 53 20 53 4F 4D 45 20 45 58 43 45 4C 4C |.HAS SOME EXCELL| 00000490: 45 4E 54 20 49 4E 53 54 52 55 43 54 49 4F 4E 53 |ENT INSTRUCTIONS| 000004A0: 20 54 48 41 54 0D 53 48 4F 55 4C 44 20 4D 41 4B | THAT.SHOULD MAK| 000004B0: 45 20 45 56 45 52 59 54 48 49 4E 47 20 43 52 59 |E EVERYTHING CRY| 000004C0: 53 54 41 4C 20 43 4C 45 41 52 2E 0D CA 55 53 54 |STAL CLEAR...UST| 000004D0: 20 52 45 4D 45 4D 42 45 52 20 54 48 41 54 20 49 | REMEMBER THAT I| 000004E0: 46 20 59 4F 55 20 43 41 4E 4E 4F 54 0D 43 41 50 |F YOU CANNOT.CAP| 000004F0: 54 55 52 45 20 41 20 50 49 45 43 45 2C 20 59 4F |TURE A PIECE, YO| 00000500: 55 20 4D 55 53 54 20 46 4F 52 46 45 49 54 20 59 |U MUST FORFEIT Y| 00000510: 4F 55 52 0D 4D 4F 56 45 2E 0D 0D 20 20 C9 46 20 |OUR.MOVE... .F | 00000520: 59 4F 55 20 44 45 43 49 44 45 20 54 4F 20 50 4C |YOU DECIDE TO PL| 00000530: 41 59 20 54 48 45 20 43 4F 4D 50 55 54 45 52 2C |AY THE COMPUTER,| 00000540: 0D 54 48 45 20 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 20 57 49 4C |.THE PROGRAM WIL| 00000550: 4C 20 41 53 4B 20 59 4F 55 20 49 46 20 49 54 20 |L ASK YOU IF IT | 00000560: 53 48 4F 55 4C 44 0D 22 50 4C 41 59 20 49 54 53 |SHOULD."PLAY ITS| 00000570: 20 42 45 53 54 2E 22 20 20 C2 55 54 20 4E 4F 20 | BEST." .UT NO | 00000580: 4D 41 54 54 45 52 20 57 48 41 54 0D 41 4E 53 57 |MATTER WHAT.ANSW| 00000590: 45 52 20 59 4F 55 20 52 45 54 55 52 4E 2C 20 CF |ER YOU RETURN, .| 000005A0: D4 C8 C5 CC CC CF 20 57 49 4C 4C 20 41 4C 57 41 |...... WILL ALWA| 000005B0: 59 53 0D 42 45 20 41 20 54 4F 55 47 48 20 47 41 |YS.BE A TOUGH GA| 000005C0: 4D 45 20 54 4F 20 42 45 41 54 2E 20 20 C9 53 4E |ME TO BEAT. .SN| 000005D0: 27 54 20 49 54 0D 4E 49 43 45 20 54 4F 20 4B 4E |'T IT.NICE TO KN| 000005E0: 4F 57 20 53 4F 4D 45 20 54 48 49 4E 47 53 20 4E |OW SOME THINGS N| 000005F0: 45 56 45 52 20 43 48 41 4E 47 45 3F 0D 0D 0D C4 |EVER CHANGE?....| 00000600: C9 D3 CB 20 C6 C9 CC C5 D3 20 D4 C8 C9 D3 20 D0 |... ..... .... .| 00000610: D2 CF C7 D2 C1 CD 20 D5 D3 C5 D3 0D 0D CF D4 C8 |...... .........| 00000620: C5 CC CC CF 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 D4 2E |.... ..| 00000630: CF D4 C8 C5 CC CC CF 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |......... | 00000640: 20 2A 2A 2A 2A 20 C5 4E 44 20 CF 46 20 D4 45 58 | **** .ND .F .EX| 00000650: 54 20 2A 2A 2A 2A 0D |T ****. |
.... OTHELLO.
BY. PAUL FORMISANO... Y
OU CAN THINK OF OTHELLO AS THE.SENIOR CI
TIZEN OF COMPUTER STRATEGY.GAMES. "OTHE
LLO" GAMES HAVE BEEN.AROUND AS LONG AS P
ERSONAL COMPUTERS.HAVE -- PROBABLY LONGE
R. BUT DON'T.LET THAT FOOL YOU -- WHETH
ER YOU.COMPETE AGAINST AN EXPERIENCED PL
AYER.OR AGAINST THE COMPUTER, OUR VERSIO
N.OF "OTHELLO" IS SURE TO TEST YOUR.WITS
... AND JUST WHAT IS OTHELLO? YOU CAN.
THINK OF IT AS A SOPHISTICATED BOARD.GAM
E, SOMETHING LIKE CHECKERS, THAT IS.PLAY
ED ON AN 8 X 8 GRID... WHEN PLAY BEGINS
, EACH PLAYER HAS.TWO PIECES IN THE CENT
ER OF THE BOARD..THE PERSON WHO PLAYS TH
E BLACK PIECES.MUST THEN "CAPTURE" A WHI
TE PIECE BY."CONTAINING" THE WHITE PIECE
ON A.HORIZONAL, VERTICAL, OR DIAGONAL L
INE.WITH A THIRD BLACK PIECE. THE.SANDW
ICHED WHITE PIECE THEN TURNS.BLACK, AND
CONTROL OF THE GAME GOES.OVER TO THE PLA
YER WHO HAS WHITE. THE.PLAYER PLAYING W
HITE CAN THEN TRY TO.CAPTURE THE ROW OF
THREE BLACK PIECES,.AND SO ON. THE OBJE
CT OF THE GAME IS.TO CAPTURE AS MANY OF
YOUR OPPONENT'S.PIECES AS POSSIBLE... D
ON'T WORRY IF THIS SOUNDS CONFUSING.AT F
IRST -- OUR VERSION OF "OTHELLO".HAS SOM
E EXCELLENT INSTRUCTIONS THAT.SHOULD MAK
E EVERYTHING CRYSTAL CLEAR..JUST REMEMBE
R THAT IF YOU CANNOT.CAPTURE A PIECE, YO
U MUST FORFEIT YOUR.MOVE... IF YOU DECI
DE TO PLAY THE COMPUTER,.THE PROGRAM WIL
L ASK YOU IF IT SHOULD."PLAY ITS BEST."
BUT NO MATTER WHAT.ANSWER YOU RETURN, O
THELLO WILL ALWAYS.BE A TOUGH GAME TO BE
AT. ISN'T IT.NICE TO KNOW SOME THINGS N
EVER CHANGE?...DISK FILES THIS PROGRAM U
SES..OTHELLO T.OTHELLO..
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