In English

Publisher: Fontana, 1983

ISBN: 0-00-636743-7 (Wikipedia Book Sources) (Wikipedian kirjalähteet)

More than 50 magnificent games for your computer are prought together in the bumber volume by one of the world's bestselling computer authors. Every kind of game is included for your entertainment:

BOARD GAMES - Chess, Gomuku, Awari, Knightsbridge, Shogun and others

ADVENTURE GAMES - Stronghold of the Dwarven Lords, The Duke of Dragonfear, The Bannochburn Legacy

SIMULATIONS - including Mistress of Xenophobia

DICE GAMES - Chemin de Computer, No Sweat, Under'n'Over and three more

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - including Eliza and Electronic Brain

JUST FOR FUN - Inner Spring, Robot Minefield, and five others

FUN WITH YOUR PRINTER - Celestia and Billboard

SPACE GAMES - including Moonlander

BRAIN GAMES - Fastermind, Switcheroo and several others

Plus how to create your own exciting games, and a chapter of games and program ideas for you to convert.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION	9
Getting your programs running on your system	10
Board Games	15
How the computer plays	19
CHESS	23
GOMUKU	49
FOUR IN A ROW	54
CHECKERS	62
SHOGUN	72
AWARI	77
KNIGHTBRIDGE	85
REVERSI/OTHELLO	91
Adventure	99
STRONGHOLD OF THE DWARVEN LORDS	109
THE DUKE OF DRAGONFEAR	115
THE BANNOCHBURN LEGACY	126
Simulations	149
MISTRESS OF XENOPHOBIA	153
RURAL PURSUITS	158
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD	163
Dice games	173
CHEMIN DE COMPUTER	177
SEVEN/ELEVEN	185
NO SWEAT	188
ONE-AND-TWENTY	193
SNAKES EYES	198
UNDER'N'OVER	206
Artificial Intelligence	211
ELIZA	217
ELECTRONIC BRAIN	224
PROBOSCIDEAN	231
AMANUENSIS	239
Just for Fun	245
INNER SPRING	248
NIMGRAB	250
CADDY	253
CAVALCADE OF PUZZLES	258
ROBOT MINEFIELD	271
NOUGHTS AND CROSSES	277
Fun with your Printer	289
CELESTIA	289
BILLBOARD	297
Space Games	301
MOONLANDER I and II	304
HYPERWAR	309
Brain Games	317
FASTERMIND	320
IDAHO STARS	323
EXECUTIONER	329
CUBIST	333
MUMBLE MARBLE	337
CYCLOTRON	341
SWITCHEROO	345
FLIPPER	248
SEARCHING FOR DARYL	353
Creating your own Games	365
GAMES TO ADAPT	366
BOOKS TO READ	374
GLOSSARY OF COMPUTER TERMS	377