Hex

Moby ID: 127731

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Released

September 1978 on Mainframe

Credits

1 person

Publishers

Creative Computing Software

Moby Score: n/a

Genre: Strategy / tactics
Perspective: Top-down
Visual: Fixed / flip-screen
Pacing: Turn-based
Gameplay: Board game
Interface: Text parser

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

See Also

Hex (1983 on DOS)
Hex (1986 on Amiga, Atari ST)
Hex (2000 on Windows)
Hex (2004 on Windows)
Hex (2017 on Windows, Macintosh)

Description

Hex is a strategy played against the computer. At the start, there is a variable sized play field, ranging from 3x3 to 11x21 hexagons in a diamond form. The player and computer put a mark on the board each turn with the goal of connecting two sides of the board in a continuous string.

Groups +

Genre: Board game - Hex

Credits (Mainframe version)

Written by

James L. Murphy

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MobyGames ID: 127731

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Game added by vedder.

Game added June 1, 2019. Last modified February 13, 2023.