Othello

Moby ID: 7465

Released

October 13, 1986 on NES

Credits

8 people

Releases by Date (by platform)

1986 (NES)
1990 (Game Boy)

Publishers

Developers

Moby Score

6.2

#19,803 of 24.2K

Critics

61% (7)

Players

(12)

Review Ranking

#384 on NES

Collected By

26 players

Genre: Strategy / tactics
Perspective: Top-down
Visual: Fixed / flip-screen
Pacing: Turn-based
Gameplay: Board game
Interface: Point and select
Misc: Licensed

NES Specs

Media Type: Cartridge, Famicom Disk System
Number of Players Supported: 1-2 Players

Buy on NES

$8.00 used, $119.99 new on eBay

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See Also

Othello (1977 on Mainframe)
Othello (1977 on Mainframe)
Othello (1977 on Mainframe, 1978 on Commodore PET/CBM, 1980 on Sol-20)
Othello (1977 on Mainframe)
Othello (1978 on Apple II)
Othello (1978 on Compucolor II)
Othello (1978 on Commodore PET/CBM)
Othello (1978 on Ohio Scientific)
Othello (1978 on Intel 8080, Zilog Z80)
Othello (1978 on TRS-80)
Othello (1979 on Commodore PET/CBM)
Othello (1979 on Exidy Sorcerer)
Othello (1979 on Apple II)
Othello (1979 on Super Vision 8000)
Othello (1979 on Apple II)
Othello (1979 on KIM-1)
Othello (1980 on Atari 2600)
Othello (1980 on TRS-80)
Othello (1982 on ZX81)
Othello (1982 on DOS)
Othello (1983 on Dragon 32/64)
Othello (1983 on Dragon 32/64)
Othello (1983 on Jupiter Ace)
Othello (1984 on Arcade)
Othello (1985 on SG-1000)
Othello (1986 on Sinclair QL)
Othello (1986 on DOS)
Othello (1988 on DOS)
Othello (1991 on DOS)
Othello (1993 on CD-i, 1996 on Windows)
Othello (2015 on Linux, Windows, Macintosh)
Othello (2017 on Nintendo Switch)

Description official descriptions

Othello is a conversion of the board game. Each player tries to fill the game board with as many discs of his color as possible. On each turn the player places a disc on the board by selecting a location where the opponents discs will become trapped between two of his discs. The trapped discs are flipped over to the players color. The game ends when the board is filled or time runs out, and the player with the greatest number of his color discs on the board wins. Two players can play against each other, or one player against the computer.

Spellings

オセロ - Japanese spelling

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Credits (NES version)

8 People

Producer	Satoru Iwata (S. Iwata)
Logic programming	T. Fuchi
Character design	H. Naka
Many helps	Akio Hanyu (A. Hanyu)
Musical composition	Hideki Kanazashi (Rodeo Kanagushi)
Advices and complaints	Makoto Kanai (FLZ) Hiroaki Suga (GSX)
Miscellaneous works	Haruo Amari (Harry Amari)

Reviews

Critics

Average score: 61% (based on 7 ratings)

Players

Average score: 2.9 out of 5 (based on 12 ratings with 0 reviews)

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Identifiers +

MobyGames ID: 7465

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Contributors to this Entry

Game added by Servo.

Game Boy added by Patrick Bregger.

Additional contributors: Rik Hideto.

Game added October 14, 2002. Last modified September 2, 2023.