8080 Checkers

Moby ID: 176411

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Released

1979 on TRS-80

Credits

1 person

Releases by Date (by platform)

Publishers

TCD, inc.

Developers

TCD, inc.

Moby Score: n/a

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

TRS-80 Specs

Business Model: Commercial
Media Type: 5.25" Floppy Disk, Cassette Tape
Input Devices Supported/Optional: Keyboard
Number of Players Supported: 1 Player

Description

8080 Checkers is a checkers game allowing the player to play the classic board game against the computer. The game can run on various micro computers. All the rules of the game of checkers are present. The game displays the board on the screen. There are two difficulty levels at which can be played, changing the number of moves the AI will look ahead (4 or 6 moves ahead).

Groups +

Genre: Board game - Checkers / Draughts

Credits (Intel 8080 version)

Vice President of TCD, Inc.

William T. Block

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MobyGames ID: 176411

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Game added by vedder.

Game added December 8, 2021. Last modified February 22, 2023.