Computer versions of BG
Stuart Cracraft
>Can anyone tell what are the pros and cons of computer
>backgammon games now on the market - especially those written
>for MS-DOS? If there enough replies I will post a summary.
>
>Also does anyone know how to play backgammon long distance using
>the NET? I'd love to have a game with someone.
>
>
> Patrick Wilken
> E-mail: u171...@xvax.ucs.unimelb.edu
Computer backgammon games for the PC are few and far between.
Only two, until recently, come to mind:
1) Spinnaker's "Backgammon"
2) Bill Evans EGA Gammon
Both programs play extremely poor games.
A third came to market in 1990:
3) Games People Play Software Toolworks' Backgammon
While this plays better and has a decent backgammon board display,
it still plays moderately poorly.
The best Backgammon I've seen runs under Windows 3.0. It is
called "Backgammon By George!". Let me explain. The frustration
I had with the above three programs and the fun I had had with
BKG, Hans Berliner's old program, years ago, playing it, sort
of convinced me to keep a watch for up and coming backgammon
programmers in the hopes that someday a good backgammon program
would surface.
The long and short is that Backgammon By George! came out by
a fellow named George who I befriended. I chose the name for the
program and you'll see my name in the instruction booklet copyright/credit
page and on the retail product box.
The program plays moderate backgammon. It is not near expert, so
don't think you'll be getting an expert-level program or anything.
Its interface is fantastic, very slick, completely integrated with
Windows.
For more information, write or call:
Computer Chess Gazette
Box 2841
Laguna Hills, Ca. 92654-2841
714-770-8532
Stuart
bu...@sequent.com
>Can anyone tell what are the pros and cons of computer
>backgammon games now on the market - especially those written
>for MS-DOS? If there enough replies I will post a summary.
>
>Also does anyone know how to play backgammon long distance using
>the NET? I'd love to have a game with someone.
>
>
> Patrick Wilken
> E-mail: u171...@xvax.ucs.unimelb.edu
I tried responding to both addresses and my mail was returned.
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My response:
Heck yeah, I'll be glad to have a game with you. Might be fun long-
distance and you've got to be a better player than our computerized
version!
BACKGAMMON
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| 13 14 15 16 17 18 | | 19 20 21 22 23 24 |
| w r | | r w |
| w r | | r w |
| w r | | r |
| w | | r |
| w | | r |
| |BAR| |
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| 12 11 10 9 8 7 | | 6 5 4 3 2 1|
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I'll get us started by going first, as red. My roll was: 6 and 2.
I move: 1-7, 7-9. The board now looks like this:
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| w r | | r w |
| w r | | r w |
| w r | | r |
| w | | r |
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| |BAR| |
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| 12 11 10 9 8 7 | | 6 5 4 3 2 1|
|_____________________________________________________|
If you respond directly through e-mail, that should create a
pathway for us, and provide me with an address that works.
Your move 8-)
-burt
++When I get it right, nobody notices; when I blow it, everybody
notices. Why *is* this?++ bu...@sequent.sequent.com
The Squire, Phish
>Can anyone tell what are the pros and cons of computer
>backgammon games now on the market - especially those written
>for MS-DOS? If there enough replies I will post a summary.
I've never met a computer backgammon game (that didn't cheat) that I
can't beat. If anyone knows of any that may be top-of-the-line, please
let me know! :-)
>Also does anyone know how to play backgammon long distance using
>the NET? I'd love to have a game with someone.
Short of the obvious problem of cheating (Of COURSE I've gotten double 6's
five times in a row!), you can use any agreed-upon marking scheme. Anyone
want to make an interactive internet socket-based backgammon game? :-)
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