Magic Square

Moby ID: 108246

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Released

January 1975 on Mainframe

Credits

1 person

Releases by Date (by platform)

1975 (Mainframe)
1978 (Commodore PET/CBM)

Publishers

Moby Score: n/a

Genre: Strategy / tactics
Perspective: Text-based / Spreadsheet
Top-down
Pacing: Turn-based
Interface: Text parser

Mainframe Specs

Business Model: Commercial
Input Devices Supported/Optional: Keyboard, Teletype/Teleprinter
Number of Offline Players: 1 Player

See Also

Magic Square (1979 on TI Programmable Calculator)

Description

Magic Square is a game similar to tic-tac-toe, except instead of placing Xs and Os the player and computer alternate placing a unique number between 1 and 9 on the grid. The first player to make a move which makes the sum of a row, column or diagonal not be 15 loses. In case of a tie a magic square is created.

Groups +

Genre: Paper-and-pencil game - Tic-Tac-Toe

Credits (Mainframe version)

Written by

David H. Ahl

Analytics

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MobyGames ID: 108246

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Game added by vedder.

Game added May 5, 2018. Last modified February 22, 2023.