Backgammon

Moby ID: 98348

Released: 1980 on Mainframe
Credits: 1 person

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: Freeware / Free-to-play / Public Domain
Input Devices Supported/Optional: Keyboard
Multiplayer Options: Hot Seat
Number of Offline Players: 1-2 Players

See Also

Backgammon (1974 on Terminal)
Backgammon (1975 on Terminal)
Backgammon (1976 on Altair 8800)
Backgammon (1978 on APF MP1000/Imagination Machine)
Backgammon (1978 on TRS-80)
Backgammon (1978 on TRS-80)
Backgammon (1978 on Commodore PET/CBM)
Backgammon (1979 on Commodore PET/CBM)
Backgammon (1979 on Interact Model One)
Backgammon (1979 on Commodore PET/CBM)
Backgammon (1979 on Atari 2600)
Backgammon (1979 on TRS-80, Commodore PET/CBM)
Backgammon (1979 on Commodore PET/CBM)
Backgammon (1979 on Ohio Scientific)
Backgammon (1980 on Mainframe, Sol-20)
Backgammon (1982 on ZX81, 1983 on ZX Spectrum)
Backgammon (1982 on ZX Spectrum, 1985 on Amstrad CPC)
Backgammon (1982 on DOS)
Backgammon (1982 on Odyssey 2)
Backgammon (1982 on Philips P2000)
Backgammon (1983 on Dragon 32/64)
Backgammon (1983 on Dragon 32/64)
Backgammon (1983 on ZX Spectrum)
Backgammon (1984 on MSX)
Backgammon (1984 on MSX)
Backgammon (1984 on Philips VG 5000)
Backgammon (1985 on DOS)
Backgammon (1986 on DOS)
Backgammon (1987 on DOS)
Backgammon (1988 on Atari ST)
Backgammon (1989 on DOS)
Backgammon (1990 on NES)
Backgammon (1990 on Windows 3.x)
Backgammon (1991 on DOS)
Backgammon (1991 on CD-i)
Backgammon (1991 on Amiga)
Backgammon (1998 on Browser)
Backgammon (1999 on Game Boy Color)
Backgammon (2000 on Windows)
Backgammon (2007 on J2ME, 2011 on BlackBerry)
Backgammon (2008 on iPhone, 2012 on iPad, 2015 on Android)
Backgammon (2009 on Nintendo DS)
Backgammon (2017 on Linux, Windows, Macintosh)

Description

This is a terminal implementation of the classic board game, Backgammon. Per the original, each player must roll two dice, then use the resulting values to move the pieces forward on the board. The objective is to move all your pieces off the board, while preventing your opponent from doing the same. Two pieces on the same position will block your opponent from moving into that slot. Landing on a position with only piece will send it back to the beginning.

All moves in this version of the game are entered as comma-separated commands and can be either entered as position to position (10-12,4-8) or as start position/value (12/2,4/4).

This version of the game also contains a tutorial with the command 'teachgammon', which explains the rules of the game, then starts a pre-rolled match for practice.

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Developed by

Alan Char

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MobyGames ID: 98348

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Game added by Ryan Armstrong.

Game added November 22, 2017. Last modified February 22, 2023.