Checkers
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Activision Anthology
(2002)
- Checkers (1961 on Mainframe)
- Checkers (1973 on Mainframe, 1976 on Intel 8080, Zilog Z80)
- Checkers (1974 on Terminal)
- Checkers (1978 on TRS-80)
- Checkers (1978 on Compucolor II)
- Checkers (1978 on VideoBrain)
- Checkers (1978 on TI Programmable Calculator)
- Checkers (1978 on TRS-80)
- Checkers (1978 on Commodore PET/CBM)
- Checkers (1979 on Commodore PET/CBM)
- Checkers (1979 on TRS-80)
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Checkers
(1980 on
Intellivision)
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Checkers
(1981 on
TRS-80)
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Checkers
(1984 on
Commodore 64)
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Checkers
(1986 on
TRS-80 CoCo)
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Checkers
(1989 on
DOS)
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Checkers
(1990 on
Windows 3.x)
- Checkers (1998 on Browser)
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Checkers
(2001 on
Windows)
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Checkers
(2017 on
iPhone,
Android,
iPad)
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Checkers
(2020 on
Nintendo Switch)
Description
Checkers is a computerized version of the popular board game and follows the same rules.
The object of the game is to remove all of your opponent's pieces from the 8x8 game board. This is accomplished by moving your pieces diagonally forward on the board; an opponent's piece is removed from play if one of your pieces jumps over it (if any of your pieces are able to jump an opponent's piece, you must make that move). When beginning the game, pieces can only move in a diagonal forward direction until they reach the other side of the board; that piece then becomes 'kinged' allowing movement both forwards and backwards.
The game can be played by one player against the computer (with three skill levels available) or two players against each other.
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Game added by Servo.
Xbox 360, Windows added by Alaka.
Game added November 10, 2005. Last modified March 4, 2024.