Ostrich

Moby ID: 128748

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Released: 1971 on Mainframe
Credits: 2 people

Moby Score: n/a
Collected By: 2 players

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

Supported Systems/Models: Data General Nova
Number of Offline Players: 1 Player

Description

Ostrich is a chess program. Initially it ran on a Data General Supernova mainframe, but in 1982 it became the first chess program to run on multiple mainframes in parallel. The name of the program refers to the head-in-the-sand tactics the AI employs in times of crisis. The program played fifteen American Computer Chess tournaments and the first five World Computer Chess Championships from 1972 to 1987.

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MobyGames ID: 128748

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Game added by vedder.

Game added June 22, 2019. Last modified May 15, 2024.