The Samuel Checkers-playing Program

Moby ID: 89090

Released: 1952 on Mainframe
Credits: 1 person

Moby Score: n/a
Collected By: 2 players

Genre: Strategy / tactics
Perspective: Text-based / Spreadsheet
Pacing: Turn-based
Gameplay: Board game

Business Model: Freeware / Free-to-play / Public Domain
Input Devices Supported/Optional: Teletype/Teleprinter
Number of Offline Players: 1 Player

Description

The Samuel Checkers-playing Program allows a player to play checkers against the computer. Later iterations on the game allowed the program to learn from past games and improve its game. It was a landmark program in the early development of artificial intelligence. The game was updated until the mid 70s and ran on various computers including the IBM 701, IBM 704 and IBM 7094.

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Genre: Board game - Checkers / Draughts

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Credits (Mainframe version)

Programmed by

Arthur Lee Samuel

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MobyGames ID: 89090

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Game added by vedder.

Game added May 28, 2017. Last modified February 13, 2023.