Tac-Tix

Moby ID: 182073

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Released

1979 on Commodore PET/CBM

Credits

2 people

Releases by Date (by platform)

1979 (Commodore PET/CBM)
1979 (Zilog Z80)

Publishers

Benwill Publishing Corp.

Moby Score: n/a

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

Commodore PET/CBM Specs

Business Model: Commercial
Media Type: Cassette Tape

Description

Tac-Tix is a mathematical puzzle game played on a square grid. The player and computer take turns removing pieces from the board. In a turn any number of pieces are removed as long as they are in a single row or column. The person to take the last piece of the board wins the game.

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Credits (Zilog Z80 version)

By	Reginald D. Gates
Described by	Martin Gardner (in his excellent book Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions)

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MobyGames ID: 182073

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Game added by vedder.

Game added April 1, 2022. Last modified October 20, 2023.