Atari 2600
Othello
You'll need strategy, foresight and cunning to be a success at this game. The field is made up of a grid containing 64 squares. Each player is designated by a color(white or black) and takes turns trying to capture as many squares as possible. When you capture a square, it becomes your square and changes to your color. Your corresponding score is displayed at the top of the screen. To capture a square, you must OUTFLANK your opponent. To do this, you must position your squares on the grid so that one or more of your opponent's squares is in a row which is bordered on each end by one of your squares. If neither player can make a move the game is over. This can occur when one player has no pieces left on the board. It is also possible to end a game when there are blank squares on the board and both players have pieces left but there are no legal moves.
- Release date
- February 1, 1981
- Developer
- Atari
- Publisher
- Atari
- Players
- 1-2
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Othello
You'll need strategy, foresight and cunning to be a success at this game.
The field is made up of a grid containing 64 squares. Each player is designated by a color(white or black) and takes turns trying to capture as many squares as possible. When you capture a square, it becomes your square and changes to your color. Your corresponding score is displayed at the top of the screen.
To capture a square, you must OUTFLANK your opponent. To do this, you must position your squares on the grid so that one or more of your opponent's squares is in a row which is bordered on each end by one of your squares.
If neither player can make a move the game is over. This can occur when one player has no pieces left on the board. It is also possible to end a game when there are blank squares on the board and both players have pieces left but there are no legal moves.
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- Atari
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- Atari
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